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525,000 Heavy shells, 25,000,000 cartridges
525,000 Heavy shells, 25,000,000 cartridges

525,000 Heavy shells, 25,000,000 cartridges

Date6/12/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: 525;000 Heavy shells; 25;000;000 cartridges . . every week
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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_0019360F
Right, an inspector testing cartridges at an intricate machine
Right, an inspector testing cartridges at an intricate machine
12/16/1939
Checking Cartridges, soon to be spitting from a Spitfire into the heart of a Nazi bomber
Checking Cartridges, soon to be spitting from a Spitfire into the heart of a Nazi bomber
11/1/1941
Sixty per cent. of the workers at the factory where signal cartridges and flares are made are women, forty per cent. are men. Here are two of the wome(...)
Sixty per cent. of the workers at the factory where signal cartridges and flares are made are women, forty per cent. are men. Here are two of the wome(...)
6/14/1941
Women learn to fill the shells for their soldiers, Wives, mothers and grandmothers of active service men are wartime schoolgirls at classes in shell-f(...)
Women learn to fill the shells for their soldiers, Wives, mothers and grandmothers of active service men are wartime schoolgirls at classes in shell-f(...)
4/7/1943
War worker Jane Cox holds a carton of finished paper components for shells, ready to be shipped to a shell Plant
War worker Jane Cox holds a carton of finished paper components for shells, ready to be shipped to a shell Plant
3/16/1944
Adly projectiles. At the Right shells which have passed the inspection line are painted and will be shipped when dry. The copper band near the base of(...)
Adly projectiles. At the Right shells which have passed the inspection line are painted and will be shipped when dry. The copper band near the base of(...)
7/6/1940
Shells, too, in untold numbers, are proceeding from Canada's factories to the war Zones
Shells, too, in untold numbers, are proceeding from Canada's factories to the war Zones
1/1/1940
These Big Shells being painted by John Havryluk for rust protection, are a small drop in the vast flood of Made-in-Canada munitions pouring, says Hon. C. D. Howe, into all war theatres
These Big Shells being painted by John Havryluk for rust protection, are a small drop in the vast flood of Made-in-Canada munitions pouring, says Hon. C. D. Howe, into all war theatres
6/6/1942
These Tubes of waste paper, held by Joyce Winn, are vital components of anti-aircraft shells
These Tubes of waste paper, held by Joyce Winn, are vital components of anti-aircraft shells
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Painting shells so as to make them rust-proof is the operation being performed by Mrs
Painting shells so as to make them rust-proof is the operation being performed by Mrs
1/2/1943
Mrs. V. Coole presents shell to col. Smith, Ajax. Sept. 11- Several thousand shell-fillers from the Ajax plant saw the 25 millionth shell to roll off (...)
Mrs. V. Coole presents shell to col. Smith, Ajax. Sept. 11- Several thousand shell-fillers from the Ajax plant saw the 25 millionth shell to roll off (...)
9/14/1944
Canada self-sufficient in vital war materials, is being rapidly whipped into Canadian shell factory where projectiles of all sizes are being manufactu(...)
Canada self-sufficient in vital war materials, is being rapidly whipped into Canadian shell factory where projectiles of all sizes are being manufactu(...)
7/13/1940