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The best present, For tiny Jennifer De Bruin, 3, the best present is being sent home from the Hospital for Sick Children to Birch River, Man., for Chr(...)
The best present, For tiny Jennifer De Bruin, 3, the best present is being sent home from the Hospital for Sick Children to Birch River, Man., for Chr(...)

The best present, For tiny Jennifer De Bruin, 3, the best present is being sent home from the Hospital for Sick Children to Birch River, Man., for Chr(...)

Date12/20/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: The best present, For tiny Jennifer De Bruin, 3, the best present is being sent home from the Hospital for Sick Children to Birch River, Man., for Christmas with her mother Florence (left). Jennifer, born with a congenital heart defect, has been cured by a successful heart bypass operation. Now all she wants is to be where Santa can find me to bring her a great big doll.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0025951F
A touch of color, Ian Payne, 9, a Hospital for Sick Children patient, touches up the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation poster, being colored by Toronto-are(...)
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