Teacher becomes pupil in war plant

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Teacher becomes pupil in war plant

Date6 July 1944

Names

Frost, Doris (subject)

General Engineering Company (Canada) (subject)

Huffman, Greta (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Teacher becomes pupil in war plant: Greta Huffman, teacher at Roden public school, gets a lesson in fuse-filling from Doris Frost, supervisor at General Engineering. Greta is one of 400 school teachers who are spending the summer helping to speed up the production of shells for the invading armies. Published in Toronto Daily Star, 5 July 1944, page 17, with article ''Ontario school teachers like new Geco war jobs''.||The 364 acre Geco complex extended South from Eglinton Avenue East to present-day Hymus Road, between Warden Avenue and Birchmount Road, and consisted of 172 buildings. (43.724781, -79.282701)

Subject

Equipment and supplies

Weapons industry

World War, 1939-1945

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

Neighbourhood:Clairlea-Golden Mile

Province or state:Ontario

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018972F

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