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 Black and white picture of a large log building surrounded by a chain link fence.
Dafoe Hospital, Callander, Ont. Canada
 Black and white picture of a large log building surrounded by a chain link fence.

Dafoe Hospital, Callander, Ont. Canada

DateApproximately 1939
Names
FormatPicture
DimensionsImage size: 9 cm x 14 cm (3 9/16 in. x 5 1/2 in.)
ProvenanceGift of Lucian Bem
CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object NumberPC_ON_10247
Black and white photograph of large crowds surrounding a large building made of logs.
Playhouse and Dafoe hospital of Dionne Quintuplets, Callander, Ont. Caanda.
Evans & Bowman (Walsingham, Ont.)
Approximately 1940
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
On may 28, 1934, the world heard news of a quintuplet birth in a French-Canadian farmhouse at Callander, Ont
On may 28, 1934, the world heard news of a quintuplet birth in a French-Canadian farmhouse at Callander, Ont
Toronto Star (Firm)
8/7/1954
Dionne Quints 1 yr old born May 28 1934 bornin Callander, Ont
Dionne Quints 1 yr old born May 28 1934 bornin Callander, Ont
Toronto Star (Firm)
n.d.
Fooled Quints. Gertrude Provencher, new nurse in charge of the Dionne quints at Dafoe hospital, solved the problem that faces every new nurse in recor(...)
Fooled Quints. Gertrude Provencher, new nurse in charge of the Dionne quints at Dafoe hospital, solved the problem that faces every new nurse in recor(...)
Railton, Richard R.
2/17/1941
Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe has a daughter-in-law now. In the Church of the Redeemer on Saturday night, William Allan Dafoe, son of the famous doctor of the D(...)
Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe has a daughter-in-law now. In the Church of the Redeemer on Saturday night, William Allan Dafoe, son of the famous doctor of the D(...)
Dafoe, Allan Roy, 1883-1943
6/29/1942
Five identical little girls with suitcases wearing matching coats and hats.
The Dionne Quintuplets at Callander, Ontario, Canada 13
Photogelatine Engraving Company‏
Approximately 1939
Callander, Ontario
Callander, Ontario
Toronto Star (Firm)
n.d.
Callander from the south highway
Callander from the south highway
Toronto Star (Firm)
n.d.
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
Three years old. This picture of Emilie, left, Yvonne, Cecile, Annette and Marie, was taken at their Callander home on third birthday Their father, wh(...)
Three years old. This picture of Emilie, left, Yvonne, Cecile, Annette and Marie, was taken at their Callander home on third birthday Their father, wh(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
8/20/1953
Emilie frolics on bed of callander home
Emilie frolics on bed of callander home
Toronto Star (Firm)
8/7/1954