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Getting her first taste of Canadian life, 4-year-old Nguyen Quynh Mai takes a glass of pop from her uncle, Nguyen-Huu Hoi of Bathurst St., while her b(...)
Getting her first taste of Canadian life, 4-year-old Nguyen Quynh Mai takes a glass of pop from her uncle, Nguyen-Huu Hoi of Bathurst St., while her b(...)

Getting her first taste of Canadian life, 4-year-old Nguyen Quynh Mai takes a glass of pop from her uncle, Nguyen-Huu Hoi of Bathurst St., while her b(...)

Date5/8/1975
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  • Getting her first taste of Canadian life, 4-year-old Nguyen Quynh Mai takes a glass of pop from her uncle, Nguyen-Huu Hoi of Bathurst St., while her b(...)
  • Getting her first taste of Canadian life; 4-year-old Nguyen Quynh Mai takes a glass of pop from her uncle; Nguyen-Huu Hoi of Bathurst St.; while her brother; Hoang Nhan; 20; watches. The children and their parents are the first Vietnamese refugee family to arrive in Metro. Another 95 were to arrive today.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Getting her first taste of Canadian life; 4-year-old Nguyen Quynh Mai takes a glass of pop from her uncle; Nguyen-Huu Hoi of Bathurst St.; while her brother; Hoang Nhan; 20; watches. The children and their parents are the first Vietnamese refugee family to arrive in Metro. Another 95 were to arrive today.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019060F
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      2. Quynh Mai, 4, nestled in lap of her mother, Kim Ly. Their names mean forsythia and golden lily
      2. Quynh Mai, 4, nestled in lap of her mother, Kim Ly. Their names mean forsythia and golden lily
      Lennon, Frank
      5/8/1975
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      Bull, Ron
      2/13/1983
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      Glittering ceremony: Tham Nguyen poses at her wedding in metro yesterday with Jewels seized last week when groom Sanh Nguyen tried to enter Canada.
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      10/15/1988
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      RCMP constable Gail McKeag gives Nguyen Bich an, 8, her first look at Canada
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      3/29/1979
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      Gould, Tom, 1932-2016
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      Griffin, Doug
      4/18/1979
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      Nguyen family, Yen, An, 9, Huy, 4 and Don: We know we can never return
      Mahler, John
      6/21/1979
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      Slaughter, Mike
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      The Nguyens were hopeful, but Canadian Tire at Main and Danforth stayed closed
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      Faught, Ken
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