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Dwellings

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Dwellings

Date1/1/1941

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Dwellings

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_0019012F

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World's biggest bomb, a 45,000-pounder, was manufactured at Milwaukee, Wis

World's biggest bomb, a 45,000-pounder, was manufactured at Milwaukee, Wis

10/15/1945

Miss Negro War Worker of the U.S. is Belle Calloun, chief wire machine operator in a war plant

Miss Negro War Worker of the U.S. is Belle Calloun, chief wire machine operator in a war plant

6/29/1943

Taking a cue from other democratic countries, women in the Unied States are flocking into war industries

Taking a cue from other democratic countries, women in the Unied States are flocking into war industries

3/24/1941

More than 100,000 of these 500-pound aerial bombs are produced in Canada annually, says the caption

More than 100,000 of these 500-pound aerial bombs are produced in Canada annually, says the caption

1/1/1941

Right, an inspector testing cartridges at an intricate machine

Right, an inspector testing cartridges at an intricate machine

12/16/1939

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

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

Adly projectiles. At the Right shells which have passed the inspection line are painted and will be shipped when dry. The copper band near the base of(...)

Adly projectiles. At the Right shells which have passed the inspection line are painted and will be shipped when dry. The copper band near the base of(...)

7/6/1940

Their ranks wil. For 40,000 Canadian women between 18 and 50, the Hyde Park agreement is going to mean something more concrete than a historic declaration of international co [Incomplete]

Their ranks wil. For 40,000 Canadian women between 18 and 50, the Hyde Park agreement is going to mean something more concrete than a historic declaration of international co [Incomplete]

7/13/1940

Bottom, ever-growing stores of gas masks

Bottom, ever-growing stores of gas masks

12/16/1939

Shells, too, in untold numbers, are proceeding from Canada's factories to the war Zones

Shells, too, in untold numbers, are proceeding from Canada's factories to the war Zones

1/1/1940

Down in Quebec women are playing a big role in a gun plant and here Isobel MacKenzie inspects six-pounder gun parts

Down in Quebec women are playing a big role in a gun plant and here Isobel MacKenzie inspects six-pounder gun parts

6/18/1942