Handle With Care is the motto of the girls as they pack cordite is silk bags in a munitions plant

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Handle With Care is the motto of the girls as they pack cordite is silk bags in a munitions plant

Date2/28/1942

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Handle With Care is the motto of the girls as they pack cordite is silk bags in a munitions plant. One-third of the workers are women.

Subject

World War, 1939-1945

Weapons industry

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019343F

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