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Ecstatically happy

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Ecstatically happy

Date8/16/1984

Names

Griffin, Doug (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Ecstatically happy: If I had legs, I would dance, Kim Beeston, 22, said after Toronto Mayor Art Eggleton told her he had found her a place to live while waiting to move to a co-op apartment in November. Boyfriend Dave Savage gives her a hug.

Subject

People with disabilities

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026771F

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