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Spectacular gift

Date5/9/1985

Names

Beaty, Keith (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Spectacular gift: Clarence Asham; 32; is blind and severely retarded but he can play the piano; organ and accordion extraor dinarily well. His repertoire consists of hundreds of songs.

Subject

Entertainment

Men

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0100339F

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