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Home again: Nineteen years and many foster homes later, Betty Phillips, 20, located her mother, Paulina Synott, through a photograph in The Sunday Star
Home again: Nineteen years and many foster homes later, Betty Phillips, 20, located her mother, Paulina Synott, through a photograph in The Sunday Star

Home again: Nineteen years and many foster homes later, Betty Phillips, 20, located her mother, Paulina Synott, through a photograph in The Sunday Star

Date4/4/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Home again: Nineteen years and many foster homes later; Betty Phillips; 20; located her mother; Paulina Synott; through a photograph in The Sunday Star.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0022973F
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