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Sleepy Lesley, who's 3 months old, is no longer the only child Ruth Ann and Ross Elcombe have
Sleepy Lesley, who's 3 months old, is no longer the only child Ruth Ann and Ross Elcombe have

Sleepy Lesley, who's 3 months old, is no longer the only child Ruth Ann and Ross Elcombe have

Date3/19/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sleepy Lesley; who's 3 months old; is no longer the only child Ruth Ann and Ross Elcombe have. The Etobicoke couple have just become foster parents to Alem; a 7-year-old girl who's the first Ethiopian child aided by the Foster Parents plan of Canada. She lives with her parents and brother in a mountainous area between Eritrea and Addis Ababa; the capital.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0021527F
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