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It's my mother, it's my mother, 45-year-old David Barnett cries as they are reunited at Toronto International Airport - they had been separated for 29(...)
It's my mother, it's my mother, 45-year-old David Barnett cries as they are reunited at Toronto International Airport - they had been separated for 29(...)

It's my mother, it's my mother, 45-year-old David Barnett cries as they are reunited at Toronto International Airport - they had been separated for 29(...)

Date8/24/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: It's my mother; it's my mother; 45-year-old David Barnett cries as they are reunited at Toronto International Airport - they had been separated for 29 years. His parents separated while living in England and he came to Canada.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0022936F
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