Mother's sorrow

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Mother's sorrow

Date5/29/1980

Names

Combs, Erin (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Mother's sorrow: A gentle hand guides Diane Tomlinson as she leaves funeral chapel today to accompany body of her slain 6-year-old daughter; Lizzie; to burial under an oak tree at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Relatives and friends stayed close to Lizzie's parents to help them through their ordeal. Strangers outside the chapel wept with the family.

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Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

Province or state:Ontario

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Photographs

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0121849F

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