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It caused no little stir quite recently when a Harvard professor passed through border customs with a dodo tucked under one arm. [Incomplete]
It caused no little stir quite recently when a Harvard professor passed through border customs with a dodo tucked under one arm. [Incomplete]

It caused no little stir quite recently when a Harvard professor passed through border customs with a dodo tucked under one arm. [Incomplete]

Date4/22/1939
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Original Toronto Star caption: It caused no little stir quite recently when a Harvard professor passed through border customs with a dodo tucked under one arm. [Incomplete]
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0114429F
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      It's like a grand safari when the Diggins move. The 11 members of the Diggins family moved into town this k and caused quite a ripple in diplomatic circles. John R. who is the newly appointed deputy of teh Consul-General of the United States in Toronto, his wife Gisela and their nine children took over four apartments with six bedrooms, three kitchens, 10 closets and one full time maid. [Incomplete]
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