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Where are we going from here? ask Lucy De Dokuchie
Where are we going from here? ask Lucy De Dokuchie

Where are we going from here? ask Lucy De Dokuchie

Date8/21/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: Where are we going from here? ask Lucy De Dokuchie. Fort Frances, and Anita Tokarow, Sundown, Man. They say they came to the plant two years ago at the request of selective service and now they want to know what's in store for them.
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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_0019014F
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Chosen as mother of the year and a model worker in the large Canadian gun arsenal where she works, Mrs
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