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Ammunition for small arms in Canada has reached the astronomical figure of 2,500,000,000 rounds
Ammunition for small arms in Canada has reached the astronomical figure of 2,500,000,000 rounds

Ammunition for small arms in Canada has reached the astronomical figure of 2,500,000,000 rounds

Date9/1/1943
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ammunition for small arms in Canada has reached the astronomical figure of 2;500;000;000 rounds. Today's production rate is 25;000;000 bullets like this every week.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019329F
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 (...)
9/1/1943
Make small arms big for our fighting men is the slogan of 3,000 women and 1,000 men at work in the Small Arms plant at Long Branch. A product of their(...)
Make small arms big for our fighting men is the slogan of 3,000 women and 1,000 men at work in the Small Arms plant at Long Branch. A product of their(...)
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Trigger Guard Inspector at Small Arms, Mrs
Trigger Guard Inspector at Small Arms, Mrs
11/6/1943
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
For the uninitiated, this sailor of British destroyer is carrying two belts of pom pom ammunition
For the uninitiated, this sailor of British destroyer is carrying two belts of pom pom ammunition
6/28/1941
These Big Shells being painted by John Havryluk for rust protection, are a small drop in the vast flood of Made-in-Canada munitions pouring, says Hon. C. D. Howe, into all war theatres
These Big Shells being painted by John Havryluk for rust protection, are a small drop in the vast flood of Made-in-Canada munitions pouring, says Hon. C. D. Howe, into all war theatres
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Canada has put her shoulder to the wheel of the empire 's war effort
Canada has put her shoulder to the wheel of the empire 's war effort
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To Satisfy Her Urge to be doing something in Canada's war effort, socially prominent Joan Holland of Montreal has been working for the past year in th(...)
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Women Are Warriors might well be the title of this picture story, illustrating the part women play in the work of a small Ontario munitions town. Abov(...)
Women Are Warriors might well be the title of this picture story, illustrating the part women play in the work of a small Ontario munitions town. Abov(...)
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That's all muscle on the arm of Mrs. Robert Wright, 235-pound sandblaster at John Inglis Co. in Toronto. Mrs. Mollie Robinson feels the muscle, while (...)
That's all muscle on the arm of Mrs. Robert Wright, 235-pound sandblaster at John Inglis Co. in Toronto. Mrs. Mollie Robinson feels the muscle, while (...)
10/15/1943
Mrs. Agnes Elliott, 56, of Clarkson, has been on the production line for 13 months, has three sons and two grandchildren
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9/1/1943
Mrs. Agnes Harper, 51, of Cooksville, has lost a son in action with the R.C.A.F. Two others of her eight children are in the navy. She has been late o(...)
Mrs. Agnes Harper, 51, of Cooksville, has lost a son in action with the R.C.A.F. Two others of her eight children are in the navy. She has been late o(...)
9/1/1943