Digital Archive

Her fondest hope

Order Reproduction

Her fondest hope

Date5/9/1982

Names

Innell, Reg, 1926-2018 (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Her fondest hope: Suffering from severe malnutrition and a paifulbone disease; Xalima Hassan Jama; 13; hopes that doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children can help her to walk for the first time. Xalima; who weighs only 30 pounds; sits in the lap of Sandra Simpson.

Subject

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0021548F

Discover More

Her life prolonged by surgery in Toronto, 10-year-old Gwendolyn (Diana) Irons of Jamaica is now living with Robert and Ella Joel of Ajax, who hope to (...)

Her life prolonged by surgery in Toronto, 10-year-old Gwendolyn (Diana) Irons of Jamaica is now living with Robert and Ella Joel of Ajax, who hope to (...)

7/16/1975

5/18/1982

A Korean orphan arrives 'Home', Weary from her flight almost half way around the world, Korean orphan Young Soon Choi, 6, is handed over to her new mo(...)

A Korean orphan arrives 'Home', Weary from her flight almost half way around the world, Korean orphan Young Soon Choi, 6, is handed over to her new mo(...)

3/23/1968

Abandoned in her native Bangladesh, 8-month-old Ambia is welcomed with a big smile by her adoptive mother, Lollo Fischer of Niagara Falls, last night (...)

Abandoned in her native Bangladesh, 8-month-old Ambia is welcomed with a big smile by her adoptive mother, Lollo Fischer of Niagara Falls, last night (...)

11/27/1972

Jacquie Moir, 3, left, smiles as Timea Keller, 4, leans on her while checking her stockings yesterday

Jacquie Moir, 3, left, smiles as Timea Keller, 4, leans on her while checking her stockings yesterday

11/29/1992

Foster mom may lose baby by finding her real mother, Mrs

Foster mom may lose baby by finding her real mother, Mrs

3/20/1969

Foundling Barbara Jennifer, No charges against mother who abandoned her

Foundling Barbara Jennifer, No charges against mother who abandoned her

12/29/1969

Baby X: Mom may lose her, Judge may give baby a future

Baby X: Mom may lose her, Judge may give baby a future

7/5/1979

Mrs. Alex Poirier holds the baby she's named Mary-Anne and who was left with her as an infant last July. Now Mrs. Poirier is searching for the baby's (...)

Mrs. Alex Poirier holds the baby she's named Mary-Anne and who was left with her as an infant last July. Now Mrs. Poirier is searching for the baby's (...)

3/20/1969

Loretta Boyes, 17, The Magistrate Found Her a Husband, Magistrate Donald Graham today told Lawrence Simpson, 18, of Broadview Ave., to marry a girl wh(...)

Loretta Boyes, 17, The Magistrate Found Her a Husband, Magistrate Donald Graham today told Lawrence Simpson, 18, of Broadview Ave., to marry a girl wh(...)

1/20/1961

Baby Nora: Woman charged with mischief for posing as her mother

Baby Nora: Woman charged with mischief for posing as her mother

3/29/1989

Clowning Around: Karen de Waard entertains Claudia, 1, held by her father, Ron Jeffrey, at a party yesterday sponsored by a support group for parents of adopted Romanian Kids

Clowning Around: Karen de Waard entertains Claudia, 1, held by her father, Ron Jeffrey, at a party yesterday sponsored by a support group for parents of adopted Romanian Kids

12/8/1991