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Janet has a family for Christmas for the first time in her one-and-a-half years of life after being adopted by Mr

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Janet has a family for Christmas for the first time in her one-and-a-half years of life after being adopted by Mr

Date12/23/1968

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Bezant, Graham (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Janet has a family for Christmas for the first time in her one-and-a-half years of life after being adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Howard Thomas of Leaside. She also has a big brother; 5-year-old Roy Thomas; who will be on hand to give the help a girl with a congenitally dislocated hip will need from time to time. Her mother abandoned her shortly after she was born.

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0021476F

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