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Flexing muscles for a cause
Flexing muscles for a cause

Flexing muscles for a cause

Date8/20/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Flexing muscles for a cause: Jeff Chamberlain, 12, leans from wheelchair to feel biceps of Commonwealth welterweight boxing champion Clyde Gray during yesterday's fete at the Gardens for 800 children who raised $25,000 for fight aganist muscular dystrophy. Children raised money through backyard carnivals. Gray was one of several celebrities on hand.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0051368F
      Before being fitted for her new myoelectric hand, three-year-old Rose Newhouse practises making it open and close by flexing the proper muscles in her forearm
      Before being fitted for her new myoelectric hand, three-year-old Rose Newhouse practises making it open and close by flexing the proper muscles in her forearm
      Hugh MacMillan Centre for the Handicapped
      11/22/1989
      Flexing his muscles. England's Bertil Fox shows off his body yesterday at the men's world pro bodybuilding championships at the Skylien Hotel. Fox and(...)
      Flexing his muscles. England's Bertil Fox shows off his body yesterday at the men's world pro bodybuilding championships at the Skylien Hotel. Fox and(...)
      Bull, Ron
      2/25/1984
      Strengthen muscles: In this exercise to strengthen and stretch groin muscles, transfer the hold from your arms to the groin muscles so they, rather than your arms, do the work
      Strengthen muscles: In this exercise to strengthen and stretch groin muscles, transfer the hold from your arms to the groin muscles so they, rather than your arms, do the work
      Beaty, Keith
      9/10/1985
      Stretching muscles: To stretch the groin muscles, hold one knee up tightly and tighten the thigh and seat muscles as you stretch the other leg
      Stretching muscles: To stretch the groin muscles, hold one knee up tightly and tighten the thigh and seat muscles as you stretch the other leg
      Beaty, Keith
      10/21/1985
      Mayor flexes for fitness. Richmond Hill Mayor Al Duffy is flexing his muscle with Peter Armstrong, a Mediacom billboard company executive, measuring. (...)
      Mayor flexes for fitness. Richmond Hill Mayor Al Duffy is flexing his muscle with Peter Armstrong, a Mediacom billboard company executive, measuring. (...)
      Duffy, Al
      5/17/1985
      Pushup exercise for flattening tummy muscles and tightening arm muscles is done by Nancy Fisher
      Pushup exercise for flattening tummy muscles and tightening arm muscles is done by Nancy Fisher
      Spremo, Boris
      11/20/1969
      Good for the back: The one-knee-to-chest stretch will lengthen the shortened muscles of the lower back and strengthen stomach muscles
      Good for the back: The one-knee-to-chest stretch will lengthen the shortened muscles of the lower back and strengthen stomach muscles
      Dunlop, Alan
      3/26/1990
      Plenty of pretty girls sunbathe at Cherry Beach, a good place to sto and study the mysteries of stomach muscles and thigh bulge, says Sunday walker Go(...)
      Plenty of pretty girls sunbathe at Cherry Beach, a good place to sto and study the mysteries of stomach muscles and thigh bulge, says Sunday walker Go(...)
      Cusano, Jack
      7/20/1982
      Leg test: Jodi Burgess, 18, works on machine testing the strength of her leg muscles
      Leg test: Jodi Burgess, 18, works on machine testing the strength of her leg muscles
      Cooper, David
      8/26/1980
      A good breakfast builds muscles for workes-at desk or in a war plant
      A good breakfast builds muscles for workes-at desk or in a war plant
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/31/1945
      Muscles bulge as Bobby Hull (right) arm wrestles with Gilles Gratton, a backup Goalie with team Canada
      Muscles bulge as Bobby Hull (right) arm wrestles with Gilles Gratton, a backup Goalie with team Canada
      Bezant, Graham
      9/14/1974
      Getting fit by computer. Otto Jelinek, fitness and sport minister, flexes his muscles to show Olympic medalist Angela Bailey how well he did on a new (...)
      Getting fit by computer. Otto Jelinek, fitness and sport minister, flexes his muscles to show Olympic medalist Angela Bailey how well he did on a new (...)
      Jelinek, Otto
      7/23/1985