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Toronto men, women, boys and girls who pass aptitude tests find themselves building planes
Toronto men, women, boys and girls who pass aptitude tests find themselves building planes

Toronto men, women, boys and girls who pass aptitude tests find themselves building planes

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Original Toronto Star caption: Toronto men; women; boys and girls who pass aptitude tests find themselves building planes. Starting her test is Jean Secor.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018964F
Aptitude tests are simple, but skilfully devised to reveal otherwise hidden facts concerning the mechanical dexterity of applicants
Aptitude tests are simple, but skilfully devised to reveal otherwise hidden facts concerning the mechanical dexterity of applicants
9/5/1942
No optical illusions will fool Mrs. Harriet Horseman, who is making a parallax test. The supplies which the girl inspectors must pass or reject go to United Nations' forces in all parts of the world
No optical illusions will fool Mrs. Harriet Horseman, who is making a parallax test. The supplies which the girl inspectors must pass or reject go to United Nations' forces in all parts of the world
3/7/1942
An aptitude for unusual tasks is the first step to work in a war work plant
An aptitude for unusual tasks is the first step to work in a war work plant
9/5/1942
Tests tell whether vital weapons and supplies are ready for release to the armed forces
Tests tell whether vital weapons and supplies are ready for release to the armed forces
3/7/1942
Here Dorothy Norwood holds the stop watch on Miss Secor in one of the tests designed to speed up selection of suitable workers
Here Dorothy Norwood holds the stop watch on Miss Secor in one of the tests designed to speed up selection of suitable workers
7/9/1942
Shop talk is a new marriage to the girls who are training at Peterboro to become gun and gun-carriage inspectors
Shop talk is a new marriage to the girls who are training at Peterboro to become gun and gun-carriage inspectors
3/7/1942
Girls may be needed as Sparks, Just to be ready if needed in a line of endeaver not often entered by girls, Mrs
Girls may be needed as Sparks, Just to be ready if needed in a line of endeaver not often entered by girls, Mrs
6/21/1943
Oilskin fire-fighting pants would cover a couple of girls like Vera House, trying these on, but they would be just right for fishermen. The Toronto of(...)
Oilskin fire-fighting pants would cover a couple of girls like Vera House, trying these on, but they would be just right for fishermen. The Toronto of(...)
11/21/1945
Binoculars and parachutes are study for these girls in war effort, On many fronts the Canadian girl is giving her best to help the war such as the bin(...)
Binoculars and parachutes are study for these girls in war effort, On many fronts the Canadian girl is giving her best to help the war such as the bin(...)
3/14/1942
Lucky girl is Irene MacDonald. She is one of first Small Arms Ltd. girls to move into the new dormitory at Dixie and Lakeshore Rds
Lucky girl is Irene MacDonald. She is one of first Small Arms Ltd. girls to move into the new dormitory at Dixie and Lakeshore Rds
2/1/1943
Handle With Care is the motto of the girls as they pack cordite is silk bags in a munitions plant
Handle With Care is the motto of the girls as they pack cordite is silk bags in a munitions plant
2/28/1942
Large group of smiling women coming off train 
Crews of Canadian girls commute each day by special trian to one of Canada's great war plants
11/9/1940