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Shop talk is a new marriage to the girls who are training at Peterboro to become gun and gun-carriage inspectors
Shop talk is a new marriage to the girls who are training at Peterboro to become gun and gun-carriage inspectors

Shop talk is a new marriage to the girls who are training at Peterboro to become gun and gun-carriage inspectors

Date3/7/1942
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Original Toronto Star caption: Shop talk is a new marriage to the girls who are training at Peterboro to become gun and gun-carriage inspectors. They soon master the nomenclature after theoretical training and practical work; such as Helen Martin is shown doing here.
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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_0019322F
Big 3.7-Inch anti-aircraft guns, built at Peterboro, are dependent on fuses from the General Engineering Co
Big 3.7-Inch anti-aircraft guns, built at Peterboro, are dependent on fuses from the General Engineering Co
30 June 1944
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
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
Here are four of the stationary lights lined up for shipping in the Canadian General Electric Peterboro plant
Here are four of the stationary lights lined up for shipping in the Canadian General Electric Peterboro plant
6/28/1947
Defence Department officials recently announced the award of a $1,900,000 contract to this Peterboro company for anti-aircraft searchlights chiefly for west coast defences
Defence Department officials recently announced the award of a $1,900,000 contract to this Peterboro company for anti-aircraft searchlights chiefly for west coast defences
6/22/1941
Field guns
Field guns
9/4/1941
Many more guns, still on the assembly line, will follow the first six turned out for service yesterday
Many more guns, still on the assembly line, will follow the first six turned out for service yesterday
7/2/1941
Former R.A.F. Flying Officer Hogan inspects the finished results of the trophy collection. Made from German guns captured in the first world war these(...)
Former R.A.F. Flying Officer Hogan inspects the finished results of the trophy collection. Made from German guns captured in the first world war these(...)
3/15/1941
Adding the finishing touch to the Covenanter tank she helped to make, this young war worker is seen chalking up a bit of inspiration on the tank's gun and mounting
Adding the finishing touch to the Covenanter tank she helped to make, this young war worker is seen chalking up a bit of inspiration on the tank's gun and mounting
11/28/1942
Mass production of huge defence guns is already in progress in the U
Mass production of huge defence guns is already in progress in the U
6/25/1942
and other types of guns that soon will send out a hot tune for the Axis from early three years to pounce on Hitler's hordes waiting across the English(...)
and other types of guns that soon will send out a hot tune for the Axis from early three years to pounce on Hitler's hordes waiting across the English(...)
6/15/1942
Two Young Women are here inspecting the equipment in a Ram tank before the gun shield is rivetted in place and the cannan installed. Designed by Maj. (...)
Two Young Women are here inspecting the equipment in a Ram tank before the gun shield is rivetted in place and the cannan installed. Designed by Maj. (...)
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