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All set for class. For the past four years, Mama Duck has laid her eggs near a wading pool in the central courtyard of Dunbarton High School in Picker(...)

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All set for class. For the past four years, Mama Duck has laid her eggs near a wading pool in the central courtyard of Dunbarton High School in Picker(...)

Date5/10/1984

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Russell, Jim (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: All set for class. For the past four years; Mama Duck has laid her eggs near a wading pool in the central courtyard of Dunbarton High School in Pickering and this year she has hatched 11 ducklings; who'll be moved to the wild when they're two weeks old.

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0003945F

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