Olga Dzatko of Weston got interested in the Dionne quints when she realized her daughter Jana was born on the same day

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Olga Dzatko of Weston got interested in the Dionne quints when she realized her daughter Jana was born on the same day

Date5/19/1990

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Eglinton, Rick (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Olga Dzatko of Weston got interested in the Dionne quints when she realized her daughter Jana was born on the same day. For her 20th birthday she gave her daughter a 1938 copy of Life magazine with the quints on the cover. But that was only the beginning.

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Dionne quintuplets

Country:Canada

Province or state:Ontario

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0044063F

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