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Typical of the difficulties being met in the building of the road is the above picture
Typical of the difficulties being met in the building of the road is the above picture

Typical of the difficulties being met in the building of the road is the above picture

Date4/25/1942
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Original Toronto Star caption: Typical of the difficulties being met in the building of the road is the above picture. This portion was cut through a solid cliff. The road has been under construction for a year and a half.
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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_0019471F
With his wife, second from the left, and nieces Inger and Sigrid, Kannenberg posed for this picture after being taken into custody. Well fed and well (...)
With his wife, second from the left, and nieces Inger and Sigrid, Kannenberg posed for this picture after being taken into custody. Well fed and well (...)
5/21/1945
Typical of thousands of young women who play important roles in the war-time scene is Mary Spellan, accountant in Research's glass-making department
Typical of thousands of young women who play important roles in the war-time scene is Mary Spellan, accountant in Research's glass-making department
2/27/1943
This German picture shows a robomb being wheeled to its launching platform
This German picture shows a robomb being wheeled to its launching platform
8/2/1944
Major David Currie, home after 28 months over seas, shows his wife the Victoria Cross which he won at Falaise, France, as they met today in Toronto. It was Mrs. Currie's birthday, happiest ever
Major David Currie, home after 28 months over seas, shows his wife the Victoria Cross which he won at Falaise, France, as they met today in Toronto. It was Mrs. Currie's birthday, happiest ever
12/15/1944
while a rescued prisoner is shown ABOVE BEING aided along deck
while a rescued prisoner is shown ABOVE BEING aided along deck
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When 130 Japanese rioted in the immigration building of Vancouver refusing to go to an Ontario road camp, they regretted it two ways. They were told t(...)
When 130 Japanese rioted in the immigration building of Vancouver refusing to go to an Ontario road camp, they regretted it two ways. They were told t(...)
5/19/1942
Picture at upper right shows the good old-fashioned way of escape by trying to unknot a barbed wire entanglement
Picture at upper right shows the good old-fashioned way of escape by trying to unknot a barbed wire entanglement
1/10/1942
They're fakes, says Reiner Landsgranffe, crew member of a recently surrendered U-boat, as he stares unmoved at pictures of atrocities committed in Belsen horror camp
They're fakes, says Reiner Landsgranffe, crew member of a recently surrendered U-boat, as he stares unmoved at pictures of atrocities committed in Belsen horror camp
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All Canadian-Born are the Japanese who posed for this picture at the Jackfish camp
All Canadian-Born are the Japanese who posed for this picture at the Jackfish camp
4/22/1942
Its engine cut out, this German robomb plummets earthward just beyond the towers of the Law Courts buliding (left) in central London. This picture was made from a Fleet St. rooftop
Its engine cut out, this German robomb plummets earthward just beyond the towers of the Law Courts buliding (left) in central London. This picture was made from a Fleet St. rooftop
8/8/1944
Carrier's officers were still aboard when this picture was taken
Carrier's officers were still aboard when this picture was taken
6/13/1942
Women Are Warriors might well be the title of this picture story, illustrating the part women play in the work of a small Ontario munitions town. Abov(...)
Women Are Warriors might well be the title of this picture story, illustrating the part women play in the work of a small Ontario munitions town. Abov(...)
10/8/1942