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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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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(...)
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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
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
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 Lady Blasters look like deep-sea divers in their heavy helmets
The Lady Blasters look like deep-sea divers in their heavy helmets
n.d.
''The Stewart Girls'' as they are known at the plant, look over a shell which they helped make
''The Stewart Girls'' as they are known at the plant, look over a shell which they helped make
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A girl crane operator, Mrs. Blanche Millette, lifts a ten-ton load as easily as she would operate a sewing machine. She is one of thousands praying women have a definite place in ward plants
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Putting order into the chaos of bullets brought to her by a travelling belt, this smiling miss, in the same Quebec plant, is as nonchalant as if she were only packing caramels
Putting order into the chaos of bullets brought to her by a travelling belt, this smiling miss, in the same Quebec plant, is as nonchalant as if she were only packing caramels
11/15/1941
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
11/1/1945
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(...)
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(...)
8/1/1942
At right she is shown at her delicate and important job
At right she is shown at her delicate and important job
8/1/1942
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
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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