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As never before, women are running the entire scale of jobs in Canadian war industry

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As never before, women are running the entire scale of jobs in Canadian war industry

Date5/7/1941

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

Format

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Original Toronto Star caption: As never before; women are running the entire scale of jobs in Canadian war industry. Grinding; welding; assembling; drilling punching; pressing; packing; shaping on machines big and small are jobs for women today. This girl is an expert on a grinding wheel. She is working on an airplane part.

Subject

Weapons industry

World War, 1939-1945

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018983F

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