THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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They were the first identical quints born to survive.
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They were a miracle story in the midst of hardship.
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Tourists got to view them at Quintland.
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All of the above.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The quintuplets became international celebrities during their early years-making three feature films for Twentieth Century-Fox, providing profitable endorsements for products from cod-liver oil to typewriters and automobiles, and attracting hordes of tourists to northern Ontario.
Detailed explanation-2: -Born at least two months prematurely, each baby was small enough to be held in one hand; together they weighed only 14 pounds. Few expected they would survive . . . . But they did, and became the first quintuplets known to have survived infancy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Newspaper organizations put thousands into the fund for access to images of them. Dionne dolls were sold. Companies-from Lysol to Karo Corn Syrup-paid to license their images on their packages. (Dafoe’s salary-as well as every hospital employee-was paid for by the quint trust.)
Detailed explanation-4: -The girls felt guilty for the suffering they had brought the family, and Elzire treated them harshly, sometimes screaming insults and hitting them. Decades later, three of them also claimed Oliva sexually abused them. The other Dionne children denied this.