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One of the thousands of Canadian war workers who are turning their thoughts towards peacetime employment, above
One of the thousands of Canadian war workers who are turning their thoughts towards peacetime employment, above

One of the thousands of Canadian war workers who are turning their thoughts towards peacetime employment, above

Date5/26/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: One of the thousands of Canadian war workers who are turning their thoughts towards peacetime employment; above
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018997F
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Thousands of men make thousands of the tools of war in Welland's factories
Thousands of men make thousands of the tools of war in Welland's factories
7/3/1941
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
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
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10/18/1944
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
Filled fuses by the thousands are packed daily in this plant
Filled fuses by the thousands are packed daily in this plant
1/7/1942
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
Somewhere in Quebec they're turning out these Chicago pianos Canadian warships and from the Canadian army that has waited ne More and more, Quebec wo(...)
Somewhere in Quebec they're turning out these Chicago pianos Canadian warships and from the Canadian army that has waited ne More and more, Quebec wo(...)
1/1/1942
and Mary Murphy, Long Branch, RIGHT, a stenographer by occupation made the rifle produced by fellow-workers an interesting subject for examination
and Mary Murphy, Long Branch, RIGHT, a stenographer by occupation made the rifle produced by fellow-workers an interesting subject for examination
6/2/1942
Machines, Material, Money Call For Workers: There is a factory in Toronto producing Bren guns at the rate of 97,500 a year
Machines, Material, Money Call For Workers: There is a factory in Toronto producing Bren guns at the rate of 97,500 a year
4/24/1941