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Minute measurements to within one one-thousandth of an inch and less can be made accurately by graduates like Betty Newman. She is shown as she measur(...)
Minute measurements to within one one-thousandth of an inch and less can be made accurately by graduates like Betty Newman. She is shown as she measur(...)

Minute measurements to within one one-thousandth of an inch and less can be made accurately by graduates like Betty Newman. She is shown as she measur(...)

Date3/7/1942
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Original Toronto Star caption: Minute measurements to within one one-thousandth of an inch and less can be made accurately by graduates like Betty Newman. She is shown as she measures taper with a dial test indicator. In addition to basic engineering practices the girls learn the history and use of the weapons on which they do their inspection work.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018980F
The Boss, Mrs. E. E. Horner, inspects one of the parts made in the plant she and her husband started a year ago. She took charge when he became ill
The Boss, Mrs. E. E. Horner, inspects one of the parts made in the plant she and her husband started a year ago. She took charge when he became ill
3/14/1943
Grandmother Mary Beer can handle any one of a dozen machines at the war plant where she is employed
Grandmother Mary Beer can handle any one of a dozen machines at the war plant where she is employed
2/10/1943
A girl crane operator, Mrs. Blanche Millette, lifts a ten-ton load as easily as she would operate a sewing machine. She is one of thousands praying women have a definite place in ward plants
A girl crane operator, Mrs. Blanche Millette, lifts a ten-ton load as easily as she would operate a sewing machine. She is one of thousands praying women have a definite place in ward plants
1/1/1943
She's helping to keep those Lancasters rolling: One Lancaster bomber a day is the current production record of Victory Aircraft at Malton, despite a 2,500 reduction in staff
She's helping to keep those Lancasters rolling: One Lancaster bomber a day is the current production record of Victory Aircraft at Malton, despite a 2,500 reduction in staff
3/8/1945
Lucky girl is Irene MacDonald. She is one of first Small Arms Ltd. girls to move into the new dormitory at Dixie and Lakeshore Rds
Lucky girl is Irene MacDonald. She is one of first Small Arms Ltd. girls to move into the new dormitory at Dixie and Lakeshore Rds
2/1/1943
At right she is shown at her delicate and important job
At right she is shown at her delicate and important job
8/1/1942
Elsie Freedman, Mrs. Elsie Freedman took the job by the horns and really showed the country's war workers that it can be done. For three-years she has(...)
Elsie Freedman, Mrs. Elsie Freedman took the job by the horns and really showed the country's war workers that it can be done. For three-years she has(...)
10/18/1944
Big 3.7-Inch anti-aircraft guns, built at Peterboro, are dependent on fuses from the General Engineering Co
Big 3.7-Inch anti-aircraft guns, built at Peterboro, are dependent on fuses from the General Engineering Co
30 June 1944
Another Modern Cinderella is Betty Watson
Another Modern Cinderella is Betty Watson
2/1/1943
Operating an electric Donkiey Engine in Canada's Ram tank factor, this girl is doing a man-sized job of hauling heavy equipment. She steers her way do(...)
Operating an electric Donkiey Engine in Canada's Ram tank factor, this girl is doing a man-sized job of hauling heavy equipment. She steers her way do(...)
8/1/1942
Chosen as mother of the year and a model worker in the large Canadian gun arsenal where she works, Mrs
Chosen as mother of the year and a model worker in the large Canadian gun arsenal where she works, Mrs
12/31/1942
As Dainty as if she were in a business office, this young lady working in a munition plant somewhere in the province of Quebec is concentrating on her job of testing bullets
As Dainty as if she were in a business office, this young lady working in a munition plant somewhere in the province of Quebec is concentrating on her job of testing bullets
11/1/1945