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One candle, one century, Ellen Nora Caldwell celebrated her 100th birthday Monday at Providence Villa in Scarborough, where she lives. What's it like (...)
One candle, one century, Ellen Nora Caldwell celebrated her 100th birthday Monday at Providence Villa in Scarborough, where she lives. What's it like (...)

One candle, one century, Ellen Nora Caldwell celebrated her 100th birthday Monday at Providence Villa in Scarborough, where she lives. What's it like (...)

Date11/27/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: One candle; one century; Ellen Nora Caldwell celebrated her 100th birthday Monday at Providence Villa in Scarborough; where she lives. What's it like to be 100 years old? Sometimes it's great; sometimes it's hell; she said.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0024512F
Celebrating a century, Esther Mawbey, a resident of the Ina Grafton Gage Home on O'Connor Drive, blows out the token candle on her 100th birthday cake yesterday
Celebrating a century, Esther Mawbey, a resident of the Ina Grafton Gage Home on O'Connor Drive, blows out the token candle on her 100th birthday cake yesterday
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Kisses a century in the making, Theo Lang, 102, prepares to kiss wife Pearl, who celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday at a Toronto nursing home. Th(...)
Kisses a century in the making, Theo Lang, 102, prepares to kiss wife Pearl, who celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday at a Toronto nursing home. Th(...)
5/17/1991
Blowing out the lone candle on her 100th-birthday cake, Annie Rumbles, a resident of Scarborough for 55 years, gets help from her great-granddaughter
Blowing out the lone candle on her 100th-birthday cake, Annie Rumbles, a resident of Scarborough for 55 years, gets help from her great-granddaughter
12/21/1975
A clock to mark a century, Veda McKinnon celebrated her hundredth birthday yesterday and was given this clock by fellow residents of Scarborough's Cen(...)
A clock to mark a century, Veda McKinnon celebrated her hundredth birthday yesterday and was given this clock by fellow residents of Scarborough's Cen(...)
1/16/1978
Birthday girl: Sofia Gadoutsis, who celebrated her 100th birthday today, received congratulatory telegrams from the Queen and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
Birthday girl: Sofia Gadoutsis, who celebrated her 100th birthday today, received congratulatory telegrams from the Queen and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
1/30/1990
100 and counting: Mary Stephenson, who celebrated her 100th birthday last Saturday, says keeping busy and being jolly are the keys to her longevity
100 and counting: Mary Stephenson, who celebrated her 100th birthday last Saturday, says keeping busy and being jolly are the keys to her longevity
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104 and still going strong, Oldest resident at Scarborough's Providence Villa, James Egan enjoys bit of cake and hug from nurse Joyce MacGregor at his(...)
104 and still going strong, Oldest resident at Scarborough's Providence Villa, James Egan enjoys bit of cake and hug from nurse Joyce MacGregor at his(...)
1/5/1977
Fifty years of farming out west has honed life for Eliza Jane Cooledge who celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday
Fifty years of farming out west has honed life for Eliza Jane Cooledge who celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday
2/15/1978
Celebrating a 100th Birthday, Celebrating her 100th birthday, Amelia (Minnie) Brett admires flowers with Jennifer McCullough, 5, one of her 23 great-g(...)
Celebrating a 100th Birthday, Celebrating her 100th birthday, Amelia (Minnie) Brett admires flowers with Jennifer McCullough, 5, one of her 23 great-g(...)
10/28/1974
A hundred years: Emily Passant, who celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday, stills lives alone in an apartment and is a great fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team
A hundred years: Emily Passant, who celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday, stills lives alone in an apartment and is a great fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team
3/17/1982
Roses on 100th birthday, A bouquet of roses from York Mayor Phil White was one of the gifts Florence White (no relation) of Homeview Ave. received yesterday, her 100th birthday
Roses on 100th birthday, A bouquet of roses from York Mayor Phil White was one of the gifts Florence White (no relation) of Homeview Ave. received yesterday, her 100th birthday
11/3/1974
2nd century, Emma Louisa Lock, 100 years old today, blows out candles on her birthday cake at Cummer House home for the aged in North York at a party thrown for her yesterday by about 30 relatives
2nd century, Emma Louisa Lock, 100 years old today, blows out candles on her birthday cake at Cummer House home for the aged in North York at a party thrown for her yesterday by about 30 relatives
2/8/1981