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A tank crew halts its heavily armored vehicle at the top of a hill near Camp Borden to observe enemy locations
A tank crew halts its heavily armored vehicle at the top of a hill near Camp Borden to observe enemy locations

A tank crew halts its heavily armored vehicle at the top of a hill near Camp Borden to observe enemy locations

Date8/27/1938
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Original Toronto Star caption: A tank crew halts its heavily armored vehicle at the top of a hill near Camp Borden to observe enemy locations.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002105F
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1/21/1991
Ready . . aim . . fire. Soldiers at Camp Borden are being shot with light rays these days, A newly invented ray gun, with which Sgt. E. A. Williams he(...)
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1/16/1941
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Before shipment to the battlefields of Russia and Africa a Valentine tank is put through its paces
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Tank cars and oil storage tanks, Port Lands
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192-?
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Image shows oil storage tanks by the lake.
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192-?