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Handy hand

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Handy hand

Date10/3/1983

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Bull, Ron (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Handy hand: Picked to act as a test pilot for a new artificial hand, 8-year-old Scotty Morgan demonstrates his skill at tying shoes and pronounces the limb really neat. The electronically controlled hand could change the lives of hundreds of handicapped children.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026049F

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