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Painstaking detail of a medal Mrs. Dora de Pedery Hunt is making for the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo involves working with a scalpel and examining the work through a magnifying glass. The medal depicts an ark load of animals.

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Painstaking detail of a medal Mrs. Dora de Pedery Hunt is making for the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo involves working with a scalpel and examining the work through a magnifying glass. The medal depicts an ark load of animals.

Date7/8/1975

Names

Combs, Erin (photographer)

Metropolitan Toronto Zoo (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

De Pédery-Hunt, Dora, 1913- (subject)

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Painstaking detail of a medal Mrs. Dora de Pedery Hunt is making for the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo involves working with a scalpel and examining the work through a magnifying glass. The medal depicts an ark load of animals.

Subject

Zoos

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Object NumberTSPA_0116372F

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