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Sunday, hundreds of cars and thousands of persons came to the Dionne home
Sunday, hundreds of cars and thousands of persons came to the Dionne home

Sunday, hundreds of cars and thousands of persons came to the Dionne home

Date8/9/1954
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sunday, hundreds of cars and thousands of persons came to the Dionne home. The demonstration of public sympathy and curiosity recalled the days when the five laughing children turned Callander into a world mecca. Nearly all were complete or virtual strangers. Many were from the U.S. Family would much rather be alone, said Father Camille LaFrance, but they recognize the sympathy of the public
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0044042F
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
Feel relief: The Dionnes, from left, Cecile, Yvonne and Annette, share their change in fortune with Bertrand Dionne, left, and their spokesperson, Carlo Tarini, at their Montreal home yesterday
Feel relief: The Dionnes, from left, Cecile, Yvonne and Annette, share their change in fortune with Bertrand Dionne, left, and their spokesperson, Carlo Tarini, at their Montreal home yesterday
3/12/1998
Ready to come home - The trouping Dionnes, parents of Callander's quintuplets, are ready to return home, having completed their vaudeville tour. Mr. a(...)
Ready to come home - The trouping Dionnes, parents of Callander's quintuplets, are ready to return home, having completed their vaudeville tour. Mr. a(...)
2/26/1935
Stan Guignard stands outside former home of Dionne quintuplets that he bought and turneed into a museum
Stan Guignard stands outside former home of Dionne quintuplets that he bought and turneed into a museum
6/6/1977
After the wedding ceremony, Ernest Dionne and his bride started on their honeymoon trip and siad they will visit Toronto and Ottawa. The Dionne family(...)
After the wedding ceremony, Ernest Dionne and his bride started on their honeymoon trip and siad they will visit Toronto and Ottawa. The Dionne family(...)
4/8/1947
Special pride of Dionne quintuplets is Joseph, youngest member of the Dionne family shown as he pauses in effort to his birthday cake. Grouped about h(...)
Special pride of Dionne quintuplets is Joseph, youngest member of the Dionne family shown as he pauses in effort to his birthday cake. Grouped about h(...)
9/9/1947
Laughter Echoes in the halls of a downtown hotel which the Dionne quintuplets have turned into a playground between appearances at the Victory Loan ra(...)
Laughter Echoes in the halls of a downtown hotel which the Dionne quintuplets have turned into a playground between appearances at the Victory Loan ra(...)
10/28/1943
Lesladies are the Dionnes when it comes to Victory Loans
Lesladies are the Dionnes when it comes to Victory Loans
2/24/1942
The biggest story of the Thirties was the birth of the Dionne quintuplets in 1934
The biggest story of the Thirties was the birth of the Dionne quintuplets in 1934
11/8/1957
Marie Starts camera education - Fred Davis, Daily Star staff photographer whose photographs of the Dionne quintuplets are seen the world over, visits (...)
Marie Starts camera education - Fred Davis, Daily Star staff photographer whose photographs of the Dionne quintuplets are seen the world over, visits (...)
3/23/1935
After spending the first few years of their lives under a glaring spotlight, the Dionne quintuplets, who will be 14 on May 28, are now living in relat(...)
After spending the first few years of their lives under a glaring spotlight, the Dionne quintuplets, who will be 14 on May 28, are now living in relat(...)
5/22/1948
Emilie Dionne on her first birthday
Emilie Dionne on her first birthday
8/7/1954
Quints' new nurse. Jacqueline Noel, of Montreal, a graduate of Verdun hospital, has been appointed head nurse to the Dionne quintuplets at Callander. (...)
Quints' new nurse. Jacqueline Noel, of Montreal, a graduate of Verdun hospital, has been appointed head nurse to the Dionne quintuplets at Callander. (...)
2/5/1936