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Beating plowshares into swords is being done so rapidly in the U
Beating plowshares into swords is being done so rapidly in the U

Beating plowshares into swords is being done so rapidly in the U

Date5/30/1941
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Original Toronto Star caption: Beating plowshares into swords is being done so rapidly in the U.S. that a rising flood of armament production is flowing outof factories never before engaged in anything connected with war. Chandler and Price; as a subcontractor for Warner and Swasey; world's largest maker of turret lathes; help to turn out machine tools to be shipped to England. Here; red hot liquid is tapped from the bottom of the melting furnace on the third floor.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0019371F
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Toronto Star (Firm)
7/13/1940
Formerly a man's job, sandblasting is now being done by women
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Painting shells so as to make them rust-proof is the operation being performed by Mrs
Toronto Star (Firm)
1/2/1943
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Mass production of huge defence guns is already in progress in the U
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Toronto Star (Firm)
6/25/1942
In gentle hands like those of Irene Mahon and Vicki Pokrifka, they're just so many components of a Sten gun
In gentle hands like those of Irene Mahon and Vicki Pokrifka, they're just so many components of a Sten gun
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So quickly is the paint dried on this tank as it passes through a battery of infra-red lamps- it takes four minutes-the driver doesn't leave his seat (...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
3/27/1943
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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Toronto Star (Firm)
6/6/1942
Heavier work than ever before is now being allotted women, besides many highly technical jobs
Heavier work than ever before is now being allotted women, besides many highly technical jobs
James, Norman
6/3/1942
Here is the drum of a searchlight being lowered into what is called the chassis
Here is the drum of a searchlight being lowered into what is called the chassis
James, Norman
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Patricia is the youngest of the Lamarche sisters at the plant
Patricia is the youngest of the Lamarche sisters at the plant
General Engineering Company (Canada)
1 March 1943
Announcement of Hon. J. L. Usley, minister of finance, that a wife who earns $600 a year will be treated as a single tax-payer, and her husband as a m(...)
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Powley, Gordon W.
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