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She didn't even look up when the photographer's bulb flashed
She didn't even look up when the photographer's bulb flashed

She didn't even look up when the photographer's bulb flashed

Date6/3/1942
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Original Toronto Star caption: She didn't even look up when the photographer's bulb flashed. She's Georgina Ogilvie; and she's riveting on a bomber. Girls regularly do this now.
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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_0019359F
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The Boss, Mrs. E. E. Horner, inspects one of the parts made in the plant she and her husband started a year ago. She took charge when he became ill
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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
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''The Stewart Girls'' as they are known at the plant, look over a shell which they helped make
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The Lady Blasters look like deep-sea divers in their heavy helmets
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n.d.
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As Dainty as if she were in a business office, this young lady working in a munition plant somewhere in the province of Quebec is concentrating on her job of testing bullets
As Dainty as if she were in a business office, this young lady working in a munition plant somewhere in the province of Quebec is concentrating on her job of testing bullets
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Operating an electric Donkiey Engine in Canada's Ram tank factor, this girl is doing a man-sized job of hauling heavy equipment. She steers her way do(...)
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At right she is shown at her delicate and important job
At right she is shown at her delicate and important job
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She's helping to keep those Lancasters rolling: One Lancaster bomber a day is the current production record of Victory Aircraft at Malton, despite a 2,500 reduction in staff
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