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New hope

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New hope

Date9/9/1979

Names

Brown, Louise (subject)

Innell, Reg, 1926-2018 (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

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Original Toronto Star caption: New hope: Nine years ago Louise Joy Brown, shown in this picture at age 1, was conceived on a piece of glass in a clinic in Oldham, England. She was born to John and Lesley and gave new hope against the finality of that devastating word infertile.

Subject

Fertilization in vitro, Human

Human reproductive technology

Medium

Photographs

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0034834F

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