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Emotional moment

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Emotional moment

Date4/2/1987

Names

Bull, Ron (photographer)

Gibson, Joan (subject)

Hansen, Rick, 1957- (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Emotional moment: Rick Hansen's mother, Joan Gibson, shed a few tears yesterday as flower-be-decked Hansen reached his home town of Williams Lake, B.C., where he will visit family and friends before setting out for Vancouver on Monday for the final leg of his Man in Motion world tour.

Subject

Athletes 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_0052921F

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