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Good grip

Good grip

Date11/15/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Good grip: As Hugh McMillan Medical Centre technician Leslie Szendi looks on, Scott Connor tries picking up an object for the first time with his new, $6,000, battery-powered, microswitch-controlled arm. The 7-year-old lost his arm in a wolf attack at the Metro zoo last August.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0039941F
      Good grip takes practice, Here's one way to hold sticks
      Good grip takes practice, Here's one way to hold sticks
      Darrell, Dick
      1/16/1977
      Proper grip: The grip's important to batter and pitcher as Jalani Morgan (far left) demonstrates
      Proper grip: The grip's important to batter and pitcher as Jalani Morgan (far left) demonstrates
      Dexter, Brian
      7/21/1983
      A souvenir, She was too small too see the Pope, but this youngster kept a tight grip on her souvenir pennant at the Downsview Mass site. While hawkers(...)
      A souvenir, She was too small too see the Pope, but this youngster kept a tight grip on her souvenir pennant at the Downsview Mass site. While hawkers(...)
      John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005
      9/16/1984
      Home visit: Amanda Persad, 18 months, keeps a firm grip on mother Anna while being checked out by Dr. Tom Berko, who has recently started a housecall service in Scarborough.
      Home visit: Amanda Persad, 18 months, keeps a firm grip on mother Anna while being checked out by Dr. Tom Berko, who has recently started a housecall service in Scarborough.
      Eglinton, Rick
      8/17/1988
      At a loss: York mayor Alan Tonks couldn't get to grips with his new job yesterday, he even had to retrieve his chair
      At a loss: York mayor Alan Tonks couldn't get to grips with his new job yesterday, he even had to retrieve his chair
      Spremo, Boris
      12/1/1982
      Showing the skills and iron nerve that make him the ''human fly,'' Dan Goodwin grips the aluminum sills that are his only support as he climbs the CN Tower today
      Showing the skills and iron nerve that make him the ''human fly,'' Dan Goodwin grips the aluminum sills that are his only support as he climbs the CN Tower today
      Cooper, David
      6/26/1986
      Hawk on a skewer: Chicago's Joe Murphy, right, has a firm grip on Sylvain Lefebvre's stick during last night's game at Gardens
      Hawk on a skewer: Chicago's Joe Murphy, right, has a firm grip on Sylvain Lefebvre's stick during last night's game at Gardens
      Bull, Ron
      4/18/1994
      Getting a grip: Steve Tyler (right) waves guitar he signed with Joe Perry (left) yesterday for Rock For The Children celebrity auction March 11 at The Barracuda
      Getting a grip: Steve Tyler (right) waves guitar he signed with Joe Perry (left) yesterday for Rock For The Children celebrity auction March 11 at The Barracuda
      Bull, Ron
      2/18/1993
      Brian Opekan (right), blind karate student, is enjoying firm grip he has over his helpless teacher, MOnty Guest, in a workout at Kai-Shin Karate Studi(...)
      Brian Opekan (right), blind karate student, is enjoying firm grip he has over his helpless teacher, MOnty Guest, in a workout at Kai-Shin Karate Studi(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      7/27/1973
      The grip's the thing: Blue Jays' righthander Dave Lemanczyk feels he has time this spring to work on specifics in his pitching, now that heat's off and, for first time in six years, he doesn't have to make the team
      The grip's the thing: Blue Jays' righthander Dave Lemanczyk feels he has time this spring to work on specifics in his pitching, now that heat's off and, for first time in six years, he doesn't have to make the team
      Goode, Jeff
      3/17/1978
      Leaf goaltender Mike Palmateer has Don Maloney in death grip as Walt McKechnie plunges in
      Leaf goaltender Mike Palmateer has Don Maloney in death grip as Walt McKechnie plunges in
      Combs, Erin
      2/24/1979
      Coming to Grips with it. John Peterson of United States surprised his Olympic freestyle wrestling competition by beating Soviet Viktor Novojilov for t(...)
      Coming to Grips with it. John Peterson of United States surprised his Olympic freestyle wrestling competition by beating Soviet Viktor Novojilov for t(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      8/1/1976