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12-Year-Old Debbie Romney, She heads for surgery to her spine with confident smile
12-Year-Old Debbie Romney, She heads for surgery to her spine with confident smile

12-Year-Old Debbie Romney, She heads for surgery to her spine with confident smile

Date3/2/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: 12-Year-Old Debbie Romney, She heads for surgery to her spine with confident smile
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0026118F
      Debbie Heads Home, A Happy Girl, On a stretcher, in a body cast, 12-year-old Debbie Romney smiles at her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Romney,(...)
      Debbie Heads Home, A Happy Girl, On a stretcher, in a body cast, 12-year-old Debbie Romney smiles at her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Romney,(...)
      Norris, Dave
      3/28/1971
      Deborah Romney, a 12-year-old Virgin Islander, enters hospital in Toronto for a spine-straightening operation made possible by two doctors' generosity
      Deborah Romney, a 12-year-old Virgin Islander, enters hospital in Toronto for a spine-straightening operation made possible by two doctors' generosity
      Spremo, Boris
      3/2/1971
      Hospital Identification bracelet is fastened to 12-year-old Deborah Romney's wrist by Mrs
      Hospital Identification bracelet is fastened to 12-year-old Deborah Romney's wrist by Mrs
      Dutton, Don
      3/3/1971
      In sixteen years the confident smile on the face of June Peters hasn't faded, even though a kidney transplant failed in '82 and she has lost both legs through kidney damage
      In sixteen years the confident smile on the face of June Peters hasn't faded, even though a kidney transplant failed in '82 and she has lost both legs through kidney damage
      Cooper, David
      5/29/1984
      Arriving for surgery that offers her only chance of leading a normal life, 12-year-old Vanita Khubchandani, bundled in a dark overcoad, sits with her (...)
      Arriving for surgery that offers her only chance of leading a normal life, 12-year-old Vanita Khubchandani, bundled in a dark overcoad, sits with her (...)
      Darrell, Dick
      1/19/1969
      The proud grandmother: Rosemary Clooney's all smiles as she shows photographer a picture of the twins her daughter-in-law Debbie Boone delivered last week
      The proud grandmother: Rosemary Clooney's all smiles as she shows photographer a picture of the twins her daughter-in-law Debbie Boone delivered last week
      Clooney, Rosemary, 1928-2002
      9/25/1983
      Eighten-year-old Brenda Bomberry - Miss CNE 1977 - turned more than a few heads yesterday when she appeared to have aged a lifetime within a few minut(...)
      Eighten-year-old Brenda Bomberry - Miss CNE 1977 - turned more than a few heads yesterday when she appeared to have aged a lifetime within a few minut(...)
      Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
      8/31/1977
      Welcoming her daddy home, 4-year-old Jill Henderson is handed over the heads of Team Canada fans into the arms of her father at Toronto International (...)
      Welcoming her daddy home, 4-year-old Jill Henderson is handed over the heads of Team Canada fans into the arms of her father at Toronto International (...)
      Griffin, Doug
      10/9/1974
      A mother's Grief is expressed by Mrs. Rasim Taka (head bowed), who said she would not attend the funeral of her slain daughter, Debbie, as she was pre(...)
      A mother's Grief is expressed by Mrs. Rasim Taka (head bowed), who said she would not attend the funeral of her slain daughter, Debbie, as she was pre(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      6/6/1969
      Fifteen-year-old Debbie Johnstone of the Mississauga Gym Club is a rising Canadian star and she and her clubmates will be performing feats Friday at a(...)
      Fifteen-year-old Debbie Johnstone of the Mississauga Gym Club is a rising Canadian star and she and her clubmates will be performing feats Friday at a(...)
      Pickell, Brian
      10/20/1986
      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.
      Cusano, Jack
      11/18/1983
      Wounded Afghan girl here for surgery, Terribly wounded by machine-gun bullets when Soviet soldiers wiped out her village two years ago. Buswaliha, 12,(...)
      Wounded Afghan girl here for surgery, Terribly wounded by machine-gun bullets when Soviet soldiers wiped out her village two years ago. Buswaliha, 12,(...)
      Dutton, Don
      3/3/1987