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Abandoned in her native Bangladesh, 8-month-old Ambia is welcomed with a big smile by her adoptive mother, Lollo Fischer of Niagara Falls, last night (...)
Abandoned in her native Bangladesh, 8-month-old Ambia is welcomed with a big smile by her adoptive mother, Lollo Fischer of Niagara Falls, last night (...)

Abandoned in her native Bangladesh, 8-month-old Ambia is welcomed with a big smile by her adoptive mother, Lollo Fischer of Niagara Falls, last night (...)

Date11/27/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Abandoned in her native Bangladesh; 8-month-old Ambia is welcomed with a big smile by her adoptive mother; Lollo Fischer of Niagara Falls; last night at Toronto International Airport. Eight of the abandoned children; ranging in age from 8 months to 6 years; arrived last night for adoption by Canadian parents.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0021456F
      Abandoned in Bangladesh, 8-month-old Ambia is given a loving kiss by her adoptive mother, Lollo Fischer of Niagara Falls, at Toronto airport last nigh(...)
      Abandoned in Bangladesh, 8-month-old Ambia is given a loving kiss by her adoptive mother, Lollo Fischer of Niagara Falls, at Toronto airport last nigh(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      11/27/1972
      Bangladesh Orphan gets a smiling welcome from her new adoptive parents, John and Dorothy Morris of Brantford, last night at Toronto International Airp(...)
      Bangladesh Orphan gets a smiling welcome from her new adoptive parents, John and Dorothy Morris of Brantford, last night at Toronto International Airp(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      7/20/1972
      A Bangladesh orphan gets a smiling welcome from her new adoptive parents, John and Dorothy Morris of Brantford, last night t Toronto International Air(...)
      A Bangladesh orphan gets a smiling welcome from her new adoptive parents, John and Dorothy Morris of Brantford, last night t Toronto International Air(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      7/20/1972
      Found by police in a Niagara Falls hotel room, 6-year-old Lisa Beaudoin sobs as she is reunited with her mother, Mrs
      Found by police in a Niagara Falls hotel room, 6-year-old Lisa Beaudoin sobs as she is reunited with her mother, Mrs
      Ross, Fred
      5/27/1970
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      Dutton, Don
      6/4/1974
      A group of women and children smiling and hugging.
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      Griffin, Doug
      8/20/1975
      U.S. to decide fate, Deportation proceedings have begun at International Falls, Minn., against Manuel Fischer, 29, who escaped last week from an Ontar(...)
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/27/1940
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      Metropolitan Toronto Zoo
      5/30/1981
      Premier William Davis shakes hands with Julie Harkness, 11, who had her autograph book signed by Davis last night at a Niagara Falls hotel, where he m(...)
      Premier William Davis shakes hands with Julie Harkness, 11, who had her autograph book signed by Davis last night at a Niagara Falls hotel, where he m(...)
      Davis, William G.
      3/10/1971
      Uncertain future: Kerri-Ann Ramgeet-Wynters, 15, is happy in Canada, says her adoptive mother Lorna Wynters
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/24/1989
      A narrative of the capture and destruction of the steamer 'Caroline' and her descent over the falls of Niagara on the night of the 29th of December, 1837 : with a correspondence
      A narrative of the capture and destruction of the steamer 'Caroline' and her descent over the falls of Niagara on the night of the 29th of December, 1837 : with a correspondence
      Caroline (Ship : 1824-1844)
      1864
      Native sons: Donnie Burns, 19, (left) arrived from Nova Scotia last night, welcomed by Darrell Rafuse of North York, a former Nova Scotian who has started a fund to help pay for Burn's operation
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      Stuparyk, Michael
      10/17/1983