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Black and white photograph of large crowds surrounding a large building made of logs.
Playhouse and Dafoe hospital of Dionne Quintuplets, Callander, Ont. Caanda.
Black and white photograph of large crowds surrounding a large building made of logs.

Playhouse and Dafoe hospital of Dionne Quintuplets, Callander, Ont. Caanda.

DateApproximately 1940
Names
FormatPicture
ProvenanceGift of Lucian Bem

CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object NumberPC_ON_10246
Quints' new nurse. Jacqueline Noel, of Montreal, a graduate of Verdun hospital, has been appointed head nurse to the Dionne quintuplets at Callander. (...)
Quints' new nurse. Jacqueline Noel, of Montreal, a graduate of Verdun hospital, has been appointed head nurse to the Dionne quintuplets at Callander. (...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
2/5/1936
The Dionne quintuplets' nursery at Callander was a flower - decked chapel for the confirmation of the five famous sisters by Brig. C.L. Nelligan, chie(...)
The Dionne quintuplets' nursery at Callander was a flower - decked chapel for the confirmation of the five famous sisters by Brig. C.L. Nelligan, chie(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
8/16/1943
Ready to come home - The trouping Dionnes, parents of Callander's quintuplets, are ready to return home, having completed their vaudeville tour. Mr. a(...)
Ready to come home - The trouping Dionnes, parents of Callander's quintuplets, are ready to return home, having completed their vaudeville tour. Mr. a(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
2/26/1935
Five identical little girls with suitcases wearing matching coats and hats.
The Dionne Quintuplets at Callander, Ontario, Canada 13
Photogelatine Engraving Company‏
Approximately 1939
Watchdog to Guard Quints. The Dionne quintuplets may be forbidden by Dr. Alan Roy Dafoe to play with Tony, the dog shown here with Provincial Officer (...)
Watchdog to Guard Quints. The Dionne quintuplets may be forbidden by Dr. Alan Roy Dafoe to play with Tony, the dog shown here with Provincial Officer (...)
Dionne, Elzire (Legros)
11/23/1938
 Black and white picture of a large log building surrounded by a chain link fence.
Dafoe Hospital, Callander, Ont. Canada
Evans & Bowman (Walsingham, Ont.)
Approximately 1939
Black and white picture of a wooden house with a porch wrapping around it.
The birth place of the Dionne Quintuplets, Callandar, Ont. Canada
Unknown
Approximately 1939
Special pride of Dionne quintuplets is Joseph, youngest member of the Dionne family shown as he pauses in effort to his birthday cake. Grouped about h(...)
Special pride of Dionne quintuplets is Joseph, youngest member of the Dionne family shown as he pauses in effort to his birthday cake. Grouped about h(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
9/9/1947
New teacher for Quin. Newest member of the Dionne quintuplets' staff is Gaetna Vezina of Ottawa, whose appointment as a teacher has just been announce(...)
New teacher for Quin. Newest member of the Dionne quintuplets' staff is Gaetna Vezina of Ottawa, whose appointment as a teacher has just been announce(...)
Castonguay Studio
8/12/1938
Dionne Quintuplets - 1948
Dionne Quintuplets - 1948
Toronto Star (Firm)
4/3/1948
Laughter Echoes in the halls of a downtown hotel which the Dionne quintuplets have turned into a playground between appearances at the Victory Loan ra(...)
Laughter Echoes in the halls of a downtown hotel which the Dionne quintuplets have turned into a playground between appearances at the Victory Loan ra(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
10/28/1943
The Dionne Quintuplets at Callender, Ontario, Canada
The Dionne Quintuplets at Callender, Ontario, Canada
N.E.A. Service Inc.
1937 circa