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One of the thousands of Canadian war workers who are turning their thoughts towards peacetime employment, above
One of the thousands of Canadian war workers who are turning their thoughts towards peacetime employment, above

One of the thousands of Canadian war workers who are turning their thoughts towards peacetime employment, above

Date5/26/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: One of the thousands of Canadian war workers who are turning their thoughts towards peacetime employment; above
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0018997F
Versatility is the keynote as war production facilities are converted to peacetime needs
Versatility is the keynote as war production facilities are converted to peacetime needs
Barkley, Harold
9/11/1945
Thousands of men make thousands of the tools of war in Welland's factories
Thousands of men make thousands of the tools of war in Welland's factories
Toronto Star (Firm)
7/3/1941
Filled fuses by the thousands are packed daily in this plant
Filled fuses by the thousands are packed daily in this plant
General Engineering Company (Canada)
7 January 1942
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
Toronto Star (Firm)
1/1/1943
Typical of thousands of young women who play important roles in the war-time scene is Mary Spellan, accountant in Research's glass-making department
Typical of thousands of young women who play important roles in the war-time scene is Mary Spellan, accountant in Research's glass-making department
James, Norman
2/27/1943
to smaller intricate mechanisms, right, this Ontario town is turning out weapons in a never-ending stream
to smaller intricate mechanisms, right, this Ontario town is turning out weapons in a never-ending stream
Toronto Star (Firm)
7/3/1941
Somewhere in Quebec they're turning out these Chicago pianos Canadian warships and from the Canadian army that has waited ne More and more, Quebec wo(...)
Somewhere in Quebec they're turning out these Chicago pianos Canadian warships and from the Canadian army that has waited ne More and more, Quebec wo(...)
James, Norman
1/1/1942
Small Arms Ltd., Long Branch, has 287 grandmothers among its war workers, and personnel heads say they're the best workers in the plant. Mrs. Almanda (...)
Small Arms Ltd., Long Branch, has 287 grandmothers among its war workers, and personnel heads say they're the best workers in the plant. Mrs. Almanda (...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
9/1/1943
Ten pretty girls, all workers at the John Inglis Co
Ten pretty girls, all workers at the John Inglis Co
Toronto Star (Firm)
4/2/1944
Mrs. M. E. Nicholson says, It will be hard to go back to housework after the war. Plant officials say of the grandmothers: They're better workers than(...)
Mrs. M. E. Nicholson says, It will be hard to go back to housework after the war. Plant officials say of the grandmothers: They're better workers than(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
9/1/1943
Machines, Material, Money Call For Workers: There is a factory in Toronto producing Bren guns at the rate of 97,500 a year
Machines, Material, Money Call For Workers: There is a factory in Toronto producing Bren guns at the rate of 97,500 a year
Toronto Star (Firm)
4/24/1941
Sixty per cent. of the workers at the factory where signal cartridges and flares are made are women, forty per cent. are men. Here are two of the wome(...)
Sixty per cent. of the workers at the factory where signal cartridges and flares are made are women, forty per cent. are men. Here are two of the wome(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
6/14/1941