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Mathew's elevator

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Mathew's elevator

Date10/5/1982

Names

Cooper, David (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Mathew's elevator: The new elevator installed in Mathew Musgrove's Scarborough home has given the 5-year-old partially blind cerebral palsy sufferer a door to the future. His only means of mobility before was to drag himself on hands and knees.

Subject

Self-help devices for people with disabilities

Children with disabilities

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0025902F

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