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A weary 61-year-old Frank Mariani sits alone and virtually ignored in a wheelchair in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital lobby today
A weary 61-year-old Frank Mariani sits alone and virtually ignored in a wheelchair in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital lobby today

A weary 61-year-old Frank Mariani sits alone and virtually ignored in a wheelchair in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital lobby today

Date4/25/1984
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130462F
Nowhere to go: Frank Mariani, 61, has been living in his wheelchair in the hallways of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital since Monday when he was discharged
Nowhere to go: Frank Mariani, 61, has been living in his wheelchair in the hallways of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital since Monday when he was discharged
4/24/1984
Going home: Wheel-Trans driver Ron Vaillancourt checks that Frank Mariani is safely strapped in as daughter Simonetta Mariani looks on
Going home: Wheel-Trans driver Ron Vaillancourt checks that Frank Mariani is safely strapped in as daughter Simonetta Mariani looks on
4/26/1984
Surplus aid: Bill Magill sits in one of the wheelchairs collected for the Caribbean
Surplus aid: Bill Magill sits in one of the wheelchairs collected for the Caribbean
11/20/1987
Burned while pulling a 9-year-old girl to safety from a burning car and trying to rescue another child, Gordon Gillespie of North York sits up in Scarborough General Hospital. He and his son, Terry, 21, saved Fiorella D'Alfonso but her sister Maria, 11, b
Burned while pulling a 9-year-old girl to safety from a burning car and trying to rescue another child, Gordon Gillespie of North York sits up in Scarborough General Hospital. He and his son, Terry, 21, saved Fiorella D'Alfonso but her sister Maria, 11, b
2/10/1975
Elizabeth Lue: Six-year-old sits today on bed at the Hospital for Sick Children. Looking on are brother Michael, 5, and another girl.
Elizabeth Lue: Six-year-old sits today on bed at the Hospital for Sick Children. Looking on are brother Michael, 5, and another girl.
7/26/1990
Watch the birdie: Juno, an 18-month-old labrador retriever, sits patiently as Laura Lyon takes his picture for an employee's identification card at North York General Hospital
Watch the birdie: Juno, an 18-month-old labrador retriever, sits patiently as Laura Lyon takes his picture for an employee's identification card at North York General Hospital
12/28/1987
Double Celebration: Ingrid Navidad, left and Jana Manolakos sing some country songs to Frank Myers, 70, who marked his 40th years yesterday as a patient at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Double Celebration: Ingrid Navidad, left and Jana Manolakos sing some country songs to Frank Myers, 70, who marked his 40th years yesterday as a patient at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
9/5/1996
He wanted to be a policeman but his attempts to meet the education requirements ended in disaster, says 24-year-old factory worker Joe Gough as he sits beside his wife and his 5-year-old son outside their home in Etobicoke
He wanted to be a policeman but his attempts to meet the education requirements ended in disaster, says 24-year-old factory worker Joe Gough as he sits beside his wife and his 5-year-old son outside their home in Etobicoke
8/4/1971
Just 5 votes apart in the final voting for the NDP nomination in York Mills, 21-year-old Mike Morrone (left) sits on platform beside 18-year-old John Syrtash as they field questions from meeting
Just 5 votes apart in the final voting for the NDP nomination in York Mills, 21-year-old Mike Morrone (left) sits on platform beside 18-year-old John Syrtash as they field questions from meeting
8/11/1971
A family without a home, John Edward Norton sits with his wife, Annie Mae, and 17-year-old daughter Greer who holds their 9-year-old daughter Alwyne, a cerebral palsy victim, in one of the three crowded rooms on the third storey of the Gilbert Hotel in downtown Trenton
A family without a home, John Edward Norton sits with his wife, Annie Mae, and 17-year-old daughter Greer who holds their 9-year-old daughter Alwyne, a cerebral palsy victim, in one of the three crowded rooms on the third storey of the Gilbert Hotel in downtown Trenton
12/14/1971
Job well done:L Dr. Marvin Tile, head of orthopedic surgery at Sunnybrook Medical Centre, talks to 19-year-old Kevin Hansen, a student from Lowa, after an operation on Kevin's smashed hip socket that likely saved him from life in a wheelchair. Tile is one of North America's leading authorities on hip-socket surgery, performed at only a few hospitals in North America.
Job well done:L Dr. Marvin Tile, head of orthopedic surgery at Sunnybrook Medical Centre, talks to 19-year-old Kevin Hansen, a student from Lowa, after an operation on Kevin's smashed hip socket that likely saved him from life in a wheelchair. Tile is one of North America's leading authorities on hip-socket surgery, performed at only a few hospitals in North America.
11/18/1983
Ancient charm: Robert Noakes sits in one of his few chairs not covered with art books. To his left is a 1,200-year-old capital.
Ancient charm: Robert Noakes sits in one of his few chairs not covered with art books. To his left is a 1,200-year-old capital.
2/9/1983