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Irish eyes aren't smiling as Fiona O'Carroll, girl who gave up a beauty contest title and a trip to Ireland because she wanted to marry, ponders how t(...)
Irish eyes aren't smiling as Fiona O'Carroll, girl who gave up a beauty contest title and a trip to Ireland because she wanted to marry, ponders how t(...)

Irish eyes aren't smiling as Fiona O'Carroll, girl who gave up a beauty contest title and a trip to Ireland because she wanted to marry, ponders how t(...)

Date8/22/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Irish eyes aren't smiling as Fiona O'Carroll; girl who gave up a beauty contest title and a trip to Ireland because she wanted to marry; ponders how to raise a $2;000 deposit to have her own musician play Wedding March.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0020082F
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