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Above is a sample of what 1943 cargoes include
Above is a sample of what 1943 cargoes include

Above is a sample of what 1943 cargoes include

Date6/26/1943
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Original Toronto Star caption: Above is a sample of what 1943 cargoes include. These armored monsters are well on their way to where they will do the most good.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002120F
The size of the M3, which is what the tank has been designated, can be judged by corporal standing beside it
The size of the M3, which is what the tank has been designated, can be judged by corporal standing beside it
6/2/1941
Among the small airms included in platoon weapons is the Boys' anti-tank rifle, shown above, somewhat reminiscent of the old elephant gun. It fires a (...)
Among the small airms included in platoon weapons is the Boys' anti-tank rifle, shown above, somewhat reminiscent of the old elephant gun. It fires a (...)
8/9/1941
Tank cars and oil storage tanks, Port Lands
Tank cars and oil storage tanks, Port Lands
192-?
Image shows oil storage tanks by the lake.
Oil storage tanks, Keating Street, Port Lands. Toronto, Ont.
192-?
Heading out: Grizzly and Cougar armored vehicles sit in the Canadian National Railway yard at Vaughan, north of Metro, waiting to be shipped to Canadian forces in the persian Gulf
Heading out: Grizzly and Cougar armored vehicles sit in the Canadian National Railway yard at Vaughan, north of Metro, waiting to be shipped to Canadian forces in the persian Gulf
1/21/1991
Heading out: Grizzly and Cougar armored vehicles sit in the Canadian National Railway yard at Vaughan, north of Metro, waiting to be shipped to Canadian forces in the Persian Gulf
Heading out: Grizzly and Cougar armored vehicles sit in the Canadian National Railway yard at Vaughan, north of Metro, waiting to be shipped to Canadian forces in the Persian Gulf
1/21/1991
1. Team work, team training and team spirit that make a tank crew behave with a single mind. That's how the men of Canada's army at Camp Borden are ha(...)
1. Team work, team training and team spirit that make a tank crew behave with a single mind. That's how the men of Canada's army at Camp Borden are ha(...)
7/25/1942
Private rand in Carden-Lloyd carrier
Private rand in Carden-Lloyd carrier
7/6/1940
D-Day veteran, this Canadian-built tank of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers was still in action at V-E-Day
D-Day veteran, this Canadian-built tank of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers was still in action at V-E-Day
6/22/1945
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(...)
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(...)
1/16/1941
Bullets of light, not lead, stream from the muzzle of this tank gun in battle practice at Camp Borden
Bullets of light, not lead, stream from the muzzle of this tank gun in battle practice at Camp Borden
4/25/1941
Explaining away a tank crash. A 24,000-ton Sherman tank of World War II vintage that had been on display at CNE accidentally gunned down a mail truck (...)
Explaining away a tank crash. A 24,000-ton Sherman tank of World War II vintage that had been on display at CNE accidentally gunned down a mail truck (...)
9/4/1974