Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Help from friends: Don Mercer uses his tongue to operate the special remote unit give to him by the March of Dimes
Help from friends: Don Mercer uses his tongue to operate the special remote unit give to him by the March of Dimes

Help from friends: Don Mercer uses his tongue to operate the special remote unit give to him by the March of Dimes

Date9/16/1981
Names
(photographer)
Format
Medium
Language
ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130798F
Helping disabled: Jordan Max, acting chairman of the March of Dimes' Accessible Housing Coalition, stands in front of an apartment building at 25 Elm St
Helping disabled: Jordan Max, acting chairman of the March of Dimes' Accessible Housing Coalition, stands in front of an apartment building at 25 Elm St
6/8/1989
Man with a special touch. Stanley Gill uses his 40 years of working on Rolls Royce vehicles to help restore them today. The retired Willowdale man, here polishing his 1954 Silver Wraithe, owns 5 Rolls, 3 of them restored and available for special rental.
Man with a special touch. Stanley Gill uses his 40 years of working on Rolls Royce vehicles to help restore them today. The retired Willowdale man, here polishing his 1954 Silver Wraithe, owns 5 Rolls, 3 of them restored and available for special rental.
10/5/1992
March of dimes
March of dimes
1/8/1987
Right, Wade Hampton, past president of the Ontario March of Dimes, gets a kick out of Bluma Appel's apron, while artist Charles Pachter and Jacqueline Hampton also enjoy the joke
Right, Wade Hampton, past president of the Ontario March of Dimes, gets a kick out of Bluma Appel's apron, while artist Charles Pachter and Jacqueline Hampton also enjoy the joke
1/30/1988
Helpless prey: Tony Diamanti, 27, of Weston Rd., a victim of cerebral palsy who uses a pointer attached to his head to communicate with a word board and operate a computer keyboard, was attacked about noon Saturday in the intersection of Weston and Lawren
Helpless prey: Tony Diamanti, 27, of Weston Rd., a victim of cerebral palsy who uses a pointer attached to his head to communicate with a word board and operate a computer keyboard, was attacked about noon Saturday in the intersection of Weston and Lawren
3/10/1987
Kenneth Burnett, shown mixing one of his special luminous formulas, wants to sell the business which has saturated most of his 70 years in imitation glamor. He has spent most of his life creating new uses for glowing paints.
Kenneth Burnett, shown mixing one of his special luminous formulas, wants to sell the business which has saturated most of his 70 years in imitation glamor. He has spent most of his life creating new uses for glowing paints.
5/15/1970
Construction King: Mark Lawee, 15, knows how to use the chain saw he The tennager, who enters Grade 9 next month, operates his own contracting and has had up to five adults working for him, He's saving for a used truck
Construction King: Mark Lawee, 15, knows how to use the chain saw he The tennager, who enters Grade 9 next month, operates his own contracting and has had up to five adults working for him, He's saving for a used truck
8/4/1983
New hope: Dirk DePass, confined to a wheelchair by cerebral palsy, uses pencil to operate computer.
New hope: Dirk DePass, confined to a wheelchair by cerebral palsy, uses pencil to operate computer.
11/19/1981
Using his nose to operate radio microphone garage mechanic John Radmacher shows how he called for help after two men tied him hand and foot during robbery at taxi garage on George St
Using his nose to operate radio microphone garage mechanic John Radmacher shows how he called for help after two men tied him hand and foot during robbery at taxi garage on George St
6/17/1971
Now that's big: Cartoon character Wilma Flintstone flashes across the color screen as Electrohome president John Pollock operates a remote control to bring in The Flintstones live in a Toronto demonstration
Now that's big: Cartoon character Wilma Flintstone flashes across the color screen as Electrohome president John Pollock operates a remote control to bring in The Flintstones live in a Toronto demonstration
8/11/1976
Machine which performs secondary sorting of coins. Boxes hold (1) Large coppers and quarters (2) Large nickels (3) small coppers and (4) dimes
Machine which performs secondary sorting of coins. Boxes hold (1) Large coppers and quarters (2) Large nickels (3) small coppers and (4) dimes
2/13/1924
Veterinarian Dr. Stephen Penzvalto, 65, rides his hog on his rounds in Muskola. And he uses the motorcycle in his leisure time, too. He's had one accident in 51 years of riding - a motorcycle fell over on him.
Veterinarian Dr. Stephen Penzvalto, 65, rides his hog on his rounds in Muskola. And he uses the motorcycle in his leisure time, too. He's had one accident in 51 years of riding - a motorcycle fell over on him.
5/30/1977