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Unflinching view: Edna Alford's clear-eyed fictional look at the patients in a nursing home is based on her own experiences as a practical nurse
Unflinching view: Edna Alford's clear-eyed fictional look at the patients in a nursing home is based on her own experiences as a practical nurse

Unflinching view: Edna Alford's clear-eyed fictional look at the patients in a nursing home is based on her own experiences as a practical nurse

Date8/21/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Unflinching view: Edna Alford's clear-eyed fictional look at the patients in a nursing home is based on her own experiences as a practical nurse.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0099227F
      Lina Chartrand: Playwright's first work is fictional, but draws on her real-life experiences as French-speaking polio victim who became Little Miss Easter Seals in Timmins
      Lina Chartrand: Playwright's first work is fictional, but draws on her real-life experiences as French-speaking polio victim who became Little Miss Easter Seals in Timmins
      Slaughter, Mike
      3/1/1988
      Nurse Irma Giese can tell Shawn Butt, 6, a patient at the Hospital for Sick Children, some tales about her experiences working with children in a hospital in Peru
      Nurse Irma Giese can tell Shawn Butt, 6, a patient at the Hospital for Sick Children, some tales about her experiences working with children in a hospital in Peru
      Combs, Erin
      1/16/1975
      Two women: Fania Fenelon (foreground) opposed leftist actress Vanessa Redgrave's depicting her in movie Playing For Time, based on Fenelon's experiences in a concentration camp
      Two women: Fania Fenelon (foreground) opposed leftist actress Vanessa Redgrave's depicting her in movie Playing For Time, based on Fenelon's experiences in a concentration camp
      Combs, Erin
      11/3/1980
      Elm Tree, a home run by Jess Pennelli, used to charge $11 a day per patient for down to earth accommodation where nursing patients must mix with the mentally ill
      Elm Tree, a home run by Jess Pennelli, used to charge $11 a day per patient for down to earth accommodation where nursing patients must mix with the mentally ill
      Spremo, Boris
      8/2/1972
      Doomed home: The director of the Armstrong Nursing Home fears that some of its 27 patients may die because they will be uprooted and moved to strange surroundings when the home closes
      Doomed home: The director of the Armstrong Nursing Home fears that some of its 27 patients may die because they will be uprooted and moved to strange surroundings when the home closes
      Bock, Tony
      12/2/1981
      Mary Love, director of the Armstrong Nursing Home, is packing patients' belongings in preparation to move. Bolton, Ontario
      Mary Love, director of the Armstrong Nursing Home, is packing patients' belongings in preparation to move. Bolton, Ontario
      Armstrong Nursing Homes
      1/26/1982
      Mary Love, director of the Armstrong Nursing Home, is packing patients' belongings in preparation to move. Bolton, Ontario
      Mary Love, director of the Armstrong Nursing Home, is packing patients' belongings in preparation to move. Bolton, Ontario
      Armstrong Nursing Homes
      1/26/1982
      Renee Bell, a painter and former dress designer who's now a registered nursing assistant at Mississauga Hospital, has created a coloring book for child patients
      Renee Bell, a painter and former dress designer who's now a registered nursing assistant at Mississauga Hospital, has created a coloring book for child patients
      Calleja, Frank
      3/7/1972
      Patients join in. Lois Henley, left, and Barbara Christie, student nurses at Hospital for Sick Children, display to their young patients a banner they(...)
      Patients join in. Lois Henley, left, and Barbara Christie, student nurses at Hospital for Sick Children, display to their young patients a banner they(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      10/2/1972
      A Royal greeting for small patients: Wearing a lime green dress and matching hat, the Queen Mother greets crowd of nurses and patients out side Hospital for Sick Children today
      A Royal greeting for small patients: Wearing a lime green dress and matching hat, the Queen Mother greets crowd of nurses and patients out side Hospital for Sick Children today
      Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
      6/26/1974
      Hospital reunion: A nurse wheels heart transplant patient Ted Younger by the buffet table as he and five other transplant patients celebrated at a reunion yesterday
      Hospital reunion: A nurse wheels heart transplant patient Ted Younger by the buffet table as he and five other transplant patients celebrated at a reunion yesterday
      Bull, Ron
      3/7/1986
      Betty Jane Wylie. Puts her experiences on stage
      Betty Jane Wylie. Puts her experiences on stage
      Goode, Jeff
      1/17/1977