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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

Machines, Material, Money Call For Workers: There is a factory in Toronto producing Bren guns at the rate of 97,500 a year

Date4/24/1941
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Original Toronto Star caption: Machines; Material; Money Call For Workers: There is a factory in Toronto producing Bren guns at the rate of 97;500 a year.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0019299F
Many more guns, still on the assembly line, will follow the first six turned out for service yesterday
Many more guns, still on the assembly line, will follow the first six turned out for service yesterday
Toronto Star (Firm)
7/2/1941
Mass production of huge defence guns is already in progress in the U
Mass production of huge defence guns is already in progress in the U
Toronto Star (Firm)
6/25/1942
Too bad Hitler's not here, lament these eight war-working grandmothers as they train Sten guns on the photographer's assistant. There are some seventy(...)
Too bad Hitler's not here, lament these eight war-working grandmothers as they train Sten guns on the photographer's assistant. There are some seventy(...)
James, Norman
6/5/1943
Field guns
Field guns
Toronto Star (Firm)
9/4/1941
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
Carroll, Betty
30 June 1944
and other types of guns that soon will send out a hot tune for the Axis from early three years to pounce on Hitler's hordes waiting across the English(...)
and other types of guns that soon will send out a hot tune for the Axis from early three years to pounce on Hitler's hordes waiting across the English(...)
James, Norman
6/15/1942
Former R.A.F. Flying Officer Hogan inspects the finished results of the trophy collection. Made from German guns captured in the first world war these(...)
Former R.A.F. Flying Officer Hogan inspects the finished results of the trophy collection. Made from German guns captured in the first world war these(...)
Malak, Ottawa
3/15/1941
Canada self-sufficient in vital war materials, is being rapidly whipped into Canadian shell factory where projectiles of all sizes are being manufactu(...)
Canada self-sufficient in vital war materials, is being rapidly whipped into Canadian shell factory where projectiles of all sizes are being manufactu(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
7/13/1940
They glory in the heavy jobs with big machines
They glory in the heavy jobs with big machines
Toronto Star (Firm)
2/1/1941
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
Toronto Star (Firm)
2/10/1943
Father and daughter work side by side at adjoining machines in the shell plant
Father and daughter work side by side at adjoining machines in the shell plant
Toronto Star (Firm)
1/2/1943
Down in Quebec women are playing a big role in a gun plant and here Isobel MacKenzie inspects six-pounder gun parts
Down in Quebec women are playing a big role in a gun plant and here Isobel MacKenzie inspects six-pounder gun parts
James, Norman
6/18/1942