Distraught Mother: Clutching her daughter's doll, this 24-year-old Regent Park woman says she has overcome her cocaine abuse and will fight to win back custody of her three young children

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Distraught Mother: Clutching her daughter's doll, this 24-year-old Regent Park woman says she has overcome her cocaine abuse and will fight to win back custody of her three young children

Date11/16/1989

Names

Eglinton, Rick (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

FormatPicture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Distraught Mother: Clutching her daughter's doll; this 24-year-old Regent Park woman says she has overcome her cocaine abuse and will fight to win back custody of her three young children.

Subject

Drugs

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Object NumberTSPA_0005475F

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