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English: This handkerchief was produced as a souvenir of the Canadian Dionne Quintuplets, five sisters born in Ontario, Canada, in 1934. They were the first quintuplets to survive infancy, and were made wards of the state under the Dionne Quintuplets Guardianship Act of 1935. They were controversilly turned in a tourist attaction, and much merchandise was produced. It belonged to Emily Hannah Francis, of Garden City, and was part of a collection of 145 souvenir and commemorative handkerchiefs put together by Emily, sent to her by pen friends from around the world, up to her death in 1943.
Depicted people Depicted person: Dionne quintuplets – quintuplet girls born 1934 in Ontario, Canada, who survived to adulthood
Date circa 1942
date QS:P571,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Dimensions 230 mm (Width), 230 mm (Height)
institution QS:P195,Q500890
Credit line Donation from Ms Ruth Barratt, 2015
Inscriptions Printed on one edge: C NEA SERVICE INC - J. C. & CORP
References https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/2124055
Source/Photographer https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/2124055

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