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Doing her bit, by making the tools of war, is another Toronto grandmother, Mrs
Doing her bit, by making the tools of war, is another Toronto grandmother, Mrs

Doing her bit, by making the tools of war, is another Toronto grandmother, Mrs

Date1/18/1943
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Original Toronto Star caption: Doing her bit; by making the tools of war; is another Toronto grandmother; Mrs. Laura Weatherall.
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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_0019036F
Not only a war worker is Mrs. J. Spence, another grandmother, but she also is a donor of blood to the Red Cross clinic. Her husband is overseas
Not only a war worker is Mrs. J. Spence, another grandmother, but she also is a donor of blood to the Red Cross clinic. Her husband is overseas
1/18/1943
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
Lens cleaner in a Toronto war plant is this grandmother, Mrs
Lens cleaner in a Toronto war plant is this grandmother, Mrs
1/18/1943
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
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
Tools For Britain are rolling out in ever-increasing numbers from Canada's factories, and 24 United States newspapermen saw them roll yesterday at Gen(...)
Tools For Britain are rolling out in ever-increasing numbers from Canada's factories, and 24 United States newspapermen saw them roll yesterday at Gen(...)
6/27/1941
Red cross worker for ten years, Mrs. Gertrude Menear, 42-year-old grandmother, operates a disc-cutting machine
Red cross worker for ten years, Mrs. Gertrude Menear, 42-year-old grandmother, operates a disc-cutting machine
1/13/1943
To Satisfy Her Urge to be doing something in Canada's war effort, socially prominent Joan Holland of Montreal has been working for the past year in th(...)
To Satisfy Her Urge to be doing something in Canada's war effort, socially prominent Joan Holland of Montreal has been working for the past year in th(...)
4/5/1941
Too bad Hitler's not here, lament these eight war-working grandmothers as they train Sten guns on the photographer's assistant. There are some seventy(...)
Too bad Hitler's not here, lament these eight war-working grandmothers as they train Sten guns on the photographer's assistant. There are some seventy(...)
6/5/1943
Grandmother Mary Beer can handle any one of a dozen machines at the war plant where she is employed
Grandmother Mary Beer can handle any one of a dozen machines at the war plant where she is employed
2/10/1943
Right on the nose is the salute Canadian grandmothers will give the dictators and there's 170 pounds of war energy behind this muscle flexed by 62-yea(...)
Right on the nose is the salute Canadian grandmothers will give the dictators and there's 170 pounds of war energy behind this muscle flexed by 62-yea(...)
2/10/1943
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