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2. Here, he demonstrates a lever-action Marlin. 30 Calibre hunting rifle. In the old bank vaults underneath police headquarters, have seen about 1,000(...)
2. Here, he demonstrates a lever-action Marlin. 30 Calibre hunting rifle. In the old bank vaults underneath police headquarters, have seen about 1,000(...)

2. Here, he demonstrates a lever-action Marlin. 30 Calibre hunting rifle. In the old bank vaults underneath police headquarters, have seen about 1,000(...)

Date10/23/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: 2. Here; he demonstrates a lever-action Marlin. 30 Calibre hunting rifle. In the old bank vaults underneath police headquarters; have seen about 1;000 weapons so far this year and Millard estimates that by Dec. 31; he will have handled 1;200. Last year it was 950 and in 1973; - 1;160.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019586F
Seized Rifles: Deke McBrien of the Metro police firearm registration unit examines guns seized in a Scarborough raid last year, when police raised alarms over bank robbery rates
Seized Rifles: Deke McBrien of the Metro police firearm registration unit examines guns seized in a Scarborough raid last year, when police raised alarms over bank robbery rates
7/26/1990
Dangerous haul: A small arsenal of handguns, rifles and shotguns seized by Metro police is destroyed in a metal crusher in this 1975 picture
Dangerous haul: A small arsenal of handguns, rifles and shotguns seized by Metro police is destroyed in a metal crusher in this 1975 picture
7/21/1975
Apartment Arsenal, Metro police officers examine some of the 50 rifles, shotguns and handguns, along with ammunition and a crossbow, found in a one-be(...)
Apartment Arsenal, Metro police officers examine some of the 50 rifles, shotguns and handguns, along with ammunition and a crossbow, found in a one-be(...)
11/23/1992
and Mary Murphy, Long Branch, RIGHT, a stenographer by occupation made the rifle produced by fellow-workers an interesting subject for examination
and Mary Murphy, Long Branch, RIGHT, a stenographer by occupation made the rifle produced by fellow-workers an interesting subject for examination
6/2/1942
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(...)
6/2/1942
Cool cash representing the United Way's $16.2 million goal surrounds campaign chairman William Christener deep in vaults of a Metro Bank. There is is folks . . . that's exactly what we need. Let's go out and get it, Christener said as he kicked off campaign early yesterday for the media. Official appeal kick-off starts tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Nathan Phillips Square and you're invited.
Cool cash representing the United Way's $16.2 million goal surrounds campaign chairman William Christener deep in vaults of a Metro Bank. There is is folks . . . that's exactly what we need. Let's go out and get it, Christener said as he kicked off campaign early yesterday for the media. Official appeal kick-off starts tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Nathan Phillips Square and you're invited.
9/22/1977
Adding the finishing touch to the Covenanter tank she helped to make, this young war worker is seen chalking up a bit of inspiration on the tank's gun and mounting
Adding the finishing touch to the Covenanter tank she helped to make, this young war worker is seen chalking up a bit of inspiration on the tank's gun and mounting
11/28/1942
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
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(...)
6/14/1941
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
6/18/1942
Two Young Women are here inspecting the equipment in a Ram tank before the gun shield is rivetted in place and the cannan installed. Designed by Maj. (...)
Two Young Women are here inspecting the equipment in a Ram tank before the gun shield is rivetted in place and the cannan installed. Designed by Maj. (...)
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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(...)
6/5/1943