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Hi mom: When you're only 3 1/2 years old and life tends to make you feel even smaller, you have to improvise

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Hi mom: When you're only 3 1/2 years old and life tends to make you feel even smaller, you have to improvise

Date7/29/1982

Names

McConnell, Colin (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Hi mom: When you're only 3 1/2 years old and life tends to make you feel even smaller; you have to improvise.

Subject

Telephone

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Object NumberTSPA_0017880F

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