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A dude today: There's not much different between the Count Basie of today and of the 1930s - except he doesn't play the ponies and arthritis has slowed him a step or two
A dude today: There's not much different between the Count Basie of today and of the 1930s - except he doesn't play the ponies and arthritis has slowed him a step or two

A dude today: There's not much different between the Count Basie of today and of the 1930s - except he doesn't play the ponies and arthritis has slowed him a step or two

Date4/28/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: A dude today: There's not much different between the Count Basie of today and of the 1930s - except he doesn't play the ponies and arthritis has slowed him a step or two.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0031046F
      Steps back to a normal life: Harriet Milne, 23, after operations that have given her artificial hips, is slowly learning to walk again after being victim of arthritis
      Steps back to a normal life: Harriet Milne, 23, after operations that have given her artificial hips, is slowly learning to walk again after being victim of arthritis
      Beaty, Keith
      7/5/1974
      Jessica Beauchamp has Juvenile Arthritis Beatrice & Bob parents
      Jessica Beauchamp has Juvenile Arthritis Beatrice & Bob parents
      Irish, Paul
      12/1/1994
      Theresa Crawford, 10, has juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and is helped in many ways by the Ontario Society for Crippled Children, campaigning for $2 mi(...)
      Theresa Crawford, 10, has juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and is helped in many ways by the Ontario Society for Crippled Children, campaigning for $2 mi(...)
      Combs, Erin
      3/24/1975
      Pension fighter: Harry Ettinger, 54, of Scarborough, is crippled by arthritis and has been writing letters to many politicians, including Premier Bill Davis, asking for increased disability pensions
      Pension fighter: Harry Ettinger, 54, of Scarborough, is crippled by arthritis and has been writing letters to many politicians, including Premier Bill Davis, asking for increased disability pensions
      Darrell, Dick
      2/25/1982
      Final check: John Crook of Oshawa inspects one of the steam engines he has built. Some of his collection will be on display at the Steam Threshing Days in Uxbridge this weekend. He grew to love steam engines while helping on his father's farm in the 1930s.
      Final check: John Crook of Oshawa inspects one of the steam engines he has built. Some of his collection will be on display at the Steam Threshing Days in Uxbridge this weekend. He grew to love steam engines while helping on his father's farm in the 1930s.
      Irish, Paul
      8/4/1989
      Metro Chairman Ab Campbell chases one of the ponies he keeps on his 19-acre Scarborough farm, in this photo taken last year. The land could be worth a(...)
      Metro Chairman Ab Campbell chases one of the ponies he keeps on his 19-acre Scarborough farm, in this photo taken last year. The land could be worth a(...)
      Campbell, Albert McTaggart (Ab), 1910-1973
      3/18/1969
      The poet prince of the airwaves was what they called him in the 1930s when he was a pop singer on radio
      The poet prince of the airwaves was what they called him in the 1930s when he was a pop singer on radio
      Feinberg, Abraham L., 1899-1986
      10/2/1969
      He's got the edge: Vic Paraninfo of Aurora is all set for his annual one-man crusade against arthritis
      He's got the edge: Vic Paraninfo of Aurora is all set for his annual one-man crusade against arthritis
      Stuparyk, Michael
      1/31/1984
      These five perfectly matched black ponies, the property of William Graham, of Fairbank, have been selected by the Fox Film Company to take part in a n(...)
      These five perfectly matched black ponies, the property of William Graham, of Fairbank, have been selected by the Fox Film Company to take part in a n(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/14/1936
      Neighborly nuzzle. The ponies on Toronto Islands' Centreville Farm get along with a fine, You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours attitude. The only d(...)
      Neighborly nuzzle. The ponies on Toronto Islands' Centreville Farm get along with a fine, You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours attitude. The only d(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      5/21/1981
      Ethel Hannah Conquers crippling arthritis
      Ethel Hannah Conquers crippling arthritis
      Goode, Jeff
      2/7/1979
      One-inch acupuncture needle, They were used to treat arthritis
      One-inch acupuncture needle, They were used to treat arthritis
      Lennon, Frank
      2/13/1973