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Guide dog Trina helps Wally McWilliams, 23, blind since birth, get to places too difficult for a cane, he says
Guide dog Trina helps Wally McWilliams, 23, blind since birth, get to places too difficult for a cane, he says

Guide dog Trina helps Wally McWilliams, 23, blind since birth, get to places too difficult for a cane, he says

Date9/13/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Guide dog Trina helps Wally McWilliams; 23; blind since birth; get to places too difficult for a cane; he says. But restaurants and bars often bar his dog; not knowing of a recent law permitting them in restaurants.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0020854F
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