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Lens cleaner in a Toronto war plant is this grandmother, Mrs
Lens cleaner in a Toronto war plant is this grandmother, Mrs

Lens cleaner in a Toronto war plant is this grandmother, Mrs

Date1/18/1943
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Original Toronto Star caption: Lens cleaner in a Toronto war plant is this grandmother; Mrs. Marie Sheppard. Her husband is overseas; one son is in the navy.
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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_0018957F
Mrs. M. E. Nicholson says, It will be hard to go back to housework after the war. Plant officials say of the grandmothers: They're better workers than(...)
Mrs. M. E. Nicholson says, It will be hard to go back to housework after the war. Plant officials say of the grandmothers: They're better workers than(...)
9/1/1943
Small Arms Ltd., Long Branch, has 287 grandmothers among its war workers, and personnel heads say they're the best workers in the plant. Mrs. Almanda (...)
Small Arms Ltd., Long Branch, has 287 grandmothers among its war workers, and personnel heads say they're the best workers in the plant. Mrs. Almanda (...)
9/1/1943
Doing her bit, by making the tools of war, is another Toronto grandmother, Mrs
Doing her bit, by making the tools of war, is another Toronto grandmother, Mrs
1/18/1943
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
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
1/18/1943
Grandmother Mary Beer can handle any one of a dozen machines at the war plant where she is employed
Grandmother Mary Beer can handle any one of a dozen machines at the war plant where she is employed
2/10/1943
Red cross worker for ten years, Mrs. Gertrude Menear, 42-year-old grandmother, operates a disc-cutting machine
Red cross worker for ten years, Mrs. Gertrude Menear, 42-year-old grandmother, operates a disc-cutting machine
1/13/1943
Too bad Hitler's not here, lament these eight war-working grandmothers as they train Sten guns on the photographer's assistant. There are some seventy(...)
Too bad Hitler's not here, lament these eight war-working grandmothers as they train Sten guns on the photographer's assistant. There are some seventy(...)
6/5/1943
Right on the nose is the salute Canadian grandmothers will give the dictators and there's 170 pounds of war energy behind this muscle flexed by 62-yea(...)
Right on the nose is the salute Canadian grandmothers will give the dictators and there's 170 pounds of war energy behind this muscle flexed by 62-yea(...)
2/10/1943
A girl crane operator, Mrs. Blanche Millette, lifts a ten-ton load as easily as she would operate a sewing machine. She is one of thousands praying women have a definite place in ward plants
A girl crane operator, Mrs. Blanche Millette, lifts a ten-ton load as easily as she would operate a sewing machine. She is one of thousands praying women have a definite place in ward plants
1/1/1943
Mrs. Charlotte Hussey is a comparative newcomer to the plant, but already is working an intricate drill. She has a daughter overseas with the R.C.A.F. (W.D.)
Mrs. Charlotte Hussey is a comparative newcomer to the plant, but already is working an intricate drill. She has a daughter overseas with the R.C.A.F. (W.D.)
9/1/1943
Mrs. V. Coole presents shell to col. Smith, Ajax. Sept. 11- Several thousand shell-fillers from the Ajax plant saw the 25 millionth shell to roll off (...)
Mrs. V. Coole presents shell to col. Smith, Ajax. Sept. 11- Several thousand shell-fillers from the Ajax plant saw the 25 millionth shell to roll off (...)
9/14/1944
The Boss, Mrs. E. E. Horner, inspects one of the parts made in the plant she and her husband started a year ago. She took charge when he became ill
The Boss, Mrs. E. E. Horner, inspects one of the parts made in the plant she and her husband started a year ago. She took charge when he became ill
3/14/1943