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So quickly is the paint dried on this tank as it passes through a battery of infra-red lamps- it takes four minutes-the driver doesn't leave his seat (...)
So quickly is the paint dried on this tank as it passes through a battery of infra-red lamps- it takes four minutes-the driver doesn't leave his seat (...)

So quickly is the paint dried on this tank as it passes through a battery of infra-red lamps- it takes four minutes-the driver doesn't leave his seat (...)

Date3/27/1943
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Original Toronto Star caption: So quickly is the paint dried on this tank as it passes through a battery of infra-red lamps- it takes four minutes-the driver doesn't leave his seat and the tank is soon on its way to the war fronts.
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018944F
Adding the finishing touch to the Covenanter tank she helped to make, this young war worker is seen chalking up a bit of inspiration on the tank's gun and mounting
Adding the finishing touch to the Covenanter tank she helped to make, this young war worker is seen chalking up a bit of inspiration on the tank's gun and mounting
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Tanks from World War No. 1 are part fo the big scrap pile in this Baltimore, Md., salvage yard. The steel will go to mills where it will be reproduced(...)
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Every day more and more tanks are rumbling off production lines from factories throughout the United States
Every day more and more tanks are rumbling off production lines from factories throughout the United States
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Two Young Women are here inspecting the equipment in a Ram tank before the gun shield is rivetted in place and the cannan installed. Designed by Maj. (...)
Two Young Women are here inspecting the equipment in a Ram tank before the gun shield is rivetted in place and the cannan installed. Designed by Maj. (...)
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Operating an electric Donkiey Engine in Canada's Ram tank factor, this girl is doing a man-sized job of hauling heavy equipment. She steers her way do(...)
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That ram tanks are the best in the war is the opinion expressed by Gen
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Painting shells so as to make them rust-proof is the operation being performed by Mrs
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Not only a war worker is Mrs. J. Spence, another grandmother, but she also is a donor of blood to the Red Cross clinic. Her husband is overseas
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