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Pulling for Hughie
Pulling for Hughie

Pulling for Hughie

Date5/1/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Pulling for Hughie: Brian Collins (left) and other Oshawa firefighters are raising money so 8-year-old Hughie McGroggan of Oshawa can get skull-reconstruction surgery in Philadelphia. Hughie's mother, Kathleen, is praying the operation and intensive therapy will make the brain-damaged boy better. Dozens of volunteers have been working with the paralyzed lad.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0026055F
      Arm exercises: Volunteer Liz Pigden and Hugh McGroggan move Hughie's arms in the hope his brain eventually will pick up the motor signals and start responding itself again
      Arm exercises: Volunteer Liz Pigden and Hugh McGroggan move Hughie's arms in the hope his brain eventually will pick up the motor signals and start responding itself again
      Dunlop, Al
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      Joe La Flamme, an expert on Canadian sled dogs, has used wolves in harness pulling his sleds
      Joe La Flamme, an expert on Canadian sled dogs, has used wolves in harness pulling his sleds
      LaFlamme, Joe, 1889-1965
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      Pulling the switch to start the diesel electric generator in the Robt
      Pulling the switch to start the diesel electric generator in the Robt
      Burton, Charles Luther, 1876-1961
      11/26/1948
      Sole survivors of the Great Canadian Wagon Train, Jon Houghton, 21, and his sister, Barb, 23, attend to come chores after pulling into Peace River Country 17 months and 2,600 miles after setting out
      Sole survivors of the Great Canadian Wagon Train, Jon Houghton, 21, and his sister, Barb, 23, attend to come chores after pulling into Peace River Country 17 months and 2,600 miles after setting out
      Brennan, Pat
      8/17/1976
      Pulling up his socks during the formal opening of the fourth session of Canada's 28th Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau makes sure h(...)
      Pulling up his socks during the formal opening of the fourth session of Canada's 28th Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau makes sure h(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/17/1972
      Top runners: Joe Clark is pulling ahead of closest rival
      Top runners: Joe Clark is pulling ahead of closest rival
      Clark, Joe, 1939-
      11/25/1982
      Pulling strings
      Pulling strings
      Davies, Robertson, 1913-1995
      4/28/1987
      Underground T-shirt: No one will admit responsibility for the T-shirt above, which depicts Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as a magician pulling Environment Minister Tom McMillan from a hat
      Underground T-shirt: No one will admit responsibility for the T-shirt above, which depicts Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as a magician pulling Environment Minister Tom McMillan from a hat
      Bull, Ron
      5/8/1987
      On The Right Track, Nicole Guy, 11, demonstrates the pulling power of a British engine at the Toronto Model Railway Show at the International Centre y(...)
      On The Right Track, Nicole Guy, 11, demonstrates the pulling power of a British engine at the Toronto Model Railway Show at the International Centre y(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      3/19/1989
      Ships ahoy, As the first of what undoubtedly will be many foreign ships pulling into the bustling Toronto Harbor this season, the Yugoslav ship Solta (...)
      Ships ahoy, As the first of what undoubtedly will be many foreign ships pulling into the bustling Toronto Harbor this season, the Yugoslav ship Solta (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      4/9/1986
      Pulling together: Core of a smooth network among Ontario's female civil servants are these affirmative-action advisers, pictured at Queen's Park
      Pulling together: Core of a smooth network among Ontario's female civil servants are these affirmative-action advisers, pictured at Queen's Park
      McConnell, Colin
      4/17/1980
      Pulling for gold: Toronto's Silken Laumann powers her way to the gold in the women's single sculls at the Pan American Games yesterday
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      Goode, Jeff
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