These Girls are Wrapping wing fillets at Moulded Aircraft Ltd

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These Girls are Wrapping wing fillets at Moulded Aircraft Ltd

Date8/20/1943

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: These Girls are Wrapping wing fillets at Moulded Aircraft Ltd.; Brantford; where Avro-Anson plane fuselages are made from slabs of Ontario pine and poplar.

Subject

Weapons industry

World War, 1939-1945

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018994F

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