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City Hall in a wheelchair sure cramps your style, Toronto Alderman Anne Johnston discovered in a one-day experimental ride yesterday to find out what (...)
City Hall in a wheelchair sure cramps your style, Toronto Alderman Anne Johnston discovered in a one-day experimental ride yesterday to find out what (...)

City Hall in a wheelchair sure cramps your style, Toronto Alderman Anne Johnston discovered in a one-day experimental ride yesterday to find out what (...)

Date3/14/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: City Hall in a wheelchair sure cramps your style, Toronto Alderman Anne Johnston discovered in a one-day experimental ride yesterday to find out what life in a wheelchair is like and to draw attention to Wheelchair Day.
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0058160F
      Voodoo sharp: The Cramps, led by Lux interior and poison Ivy, above, stormed the Concert Hall Friday night with their Inspired lunacy
      Voodoo sharp: The Cramps, led by Lux interior and poison Ivy, above, stormed the Concert Hall Friday night with their Inspired lunacy
      Bock, Tony
      2/28/1992
      Lake swimmer Kim Lumsdon. Tells of numbing cold, cramps in lake try [Incomplete]
      Lake swimmer Kim Lumsdon. Tells of numbing cold, cramps in lake try [Incomplete]
      Griffin, Doug
      8/10/1975
      Regina Marsikova had to contend with winds, humidity and leg cramps before nailing down her victory
      Regina Marsikova had to contend with winds, humidity and leg cramps before nailing down her victory
      Loek, Dick
      8/19/1978
      Rough ride: Toronto Councillor Liz Amer finds doors a major obstacle after she agreed to spend the day in a wheelchair yesterday
      Rough ride: Toronto Councillor Liz Amer finds doors a major obstacle after she agreed to spend the day in a wheelchair yesterday
      Amer, Liz
      6/3/1992
      Too much hot sun can cramp your style
      Too much hot sun can cramp your style
      Norris, Dave
      7/27/1970
      Anne Johnston: Two-pack-a-day alderman vows to butt out on Weedless Wednesday
      Anne Johnston: Two-pack-a-day alderman vows to butt out on Weedless Wednesday
      City council members
      1/6/1983
      Candy bars are dinner when Alderman Anne Johnston works at night in her cubbyhole office in City Hall, as she frequently does. Many of the 92 members (...)
      Candy bars are dinner when Alderman Anne Johnston works at night in her cubbyhole office in City Hall, as she frequently does. Many of the 92 members (...)
      City council members
      11/7/1974
      Alderman Anne Johnston is a member of the house-poor middle class whose new homes have left them with little disposable income. It's eternal hamburgers and potatoes, says Alderman Johnston
      Alderman Anne Johnston is a member of the house-poor middle class whose new homes have left them with little disposable income. It's eternal hamburgers and potatoes, says Alderman Johnston
      City council members
      9/2/1976
      What better way to pass time until Christmas than bundling up against the cold and taking a ride on a sleigh drawn by a horse on your way to find a Ch(...)
      What better way to pass time until Christmas than bundling up against the cold and taking a ride on a sleigh drawn by a horse on your way to find a Ch(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      12/17/1976
      Just what the doctor ordered, Both confined to wheelchairs, Diane Hartford, 32, and Bert Russell, 38, were married at old city hall yesterday. With th(...)
      Just what the doctor ordered, Both confined to wheelchairs, Diane Hartford, 32, and Bert Russell, 38, were married at old city hall yesterday. With th(...)
      Cooper, David
      12/16/1977
      No cramp to stilife style
      No cramp to stilife style
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/23/1989
      Work loads the desk of freshman Alderman Anne Johnston of Toronto's Ward 11 as she copes with new duties that include chairmanship of the housing and (...)
      Work loads the desk of freshman Alderman Anne Johnston of Toronto's Ward 11 as she copes with new duties that include chairmanship of the housing and (...)
      City council members
      3/6/1973