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Blind since birth, 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife, Betty, and 10-months-old daughter, Kimberley, for the first time becaus(...)
Blind since birth, 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife, Betty, and 10-months-old daughter, Kimberley, for the first time becaus(...)

Blind since birth, 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife, Betty, and 10-months-old daughter, Kimberley, for the first time becaus(...)

Date2/1/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Blind since birth; 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife; Betty; and 10-months-old daughter; Kimberley; for the first time because an operation removed cataract from his right eye. He still has only about 10 per cent vision; but what a difference it makes; he says.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0020955F
Blind since birth, 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife, Betty, and 1--months-old daughter, Kimberly, for the first time because(...)
Blind since birth, 56-year-old piano tuner Frank Leftley can now see his wife, Betty, and 1--months-old daughter, Kimberly, for the first time because(...)
2/1/1971
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leftley and daughters Andrea and Kim, Blind couple find consolation in knowledge their two children are healthy
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Blind Piano Tuner Bill Metcalfe, 70, tunes a grand piano at Bishop Strachan School
Blind Piano Tuner Bill Metcalfe, 70, tunes a grand piano at Bishop Strachan School
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Guide dog Trina helps Wally McWilliams, 23, blind since birth, get to places too difficult for a cane, he says
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Lynn Hackett Blind since birth
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