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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(...)

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(...)

Date6/5/1943
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 grandmas working at this small arms plant near Toronto; most of them anxious to prove they can shoot; as well as make guns.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0018942F
      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
      Adolf Hitler's Personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffman, under protective custody of the Allies, is working in the photographic evidence room at Nuremb(...)
      Adolf Hitler's Personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffman, under protective custody of the Allies, is working in the photographic evidence room at Nuremb(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/27/1945
      Heinrich Hoffman, Hitler's personal photographer, wears a surly look after his capture near Rosenheim, Germany
      Heinrich Hoffman, Hitler's personal photographer, wears a surly look after his capture near Rosenheim, Germany
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/29/1945
      Hitler's Launch, the Hansestadt, which was presented to him by the city of Cologne, is seen here riding at anchor in the now quiet waters of the Rhine(...)
      Hitler's Launch, the Hansestadt, which was presented to him by the city of Cologne, is seen here riding at anchor in the now quiet waters of the Rhine(...)
      Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
      6/6/1945
      Adolf Hitler's Nazi Hierarchy will be tried by these four judges of the international war crimes tribunal at Nuernberg
      Adolf Hitler's Nazi Hierarchy will be tried by these four judges of the international war crimes tribunal at Nuernberg
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/16/1945
      Odds and ends of Hitler's personal effects are seen centre
      Odds and ends of Hitler's personal effects are seen centre
      Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
      5/7/1945
      Wherever there is a chance of raising money for Hitler's victims--particularly in New York and other eastern cities--Nazi loot is being sold. It compr(...)
      Wherever there is a chance of raising money for Hitler's victims--particularly in New York and other eastern cities--Nazi loot is being sold. It compr(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/11/1948
      Hitler's personal prisoner Dr. Martin Niemoeller, shown with his wife, told overflow congregation at Yorkminster Baptist church Sunday the Church can (...)
      Hitler's personal prisoner Dr. Martin Niemoeller, shown with his wife, told overflow congregation at Yorkminster Baptist church Sunday the Church can (...)
      Niemoeller, Martin, 1892-1984
      3/3/1947
      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
      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
      Right on the nose is the salute Canadian grandmothers will give the dictators and there's 170 pounds of war energy behind this muscle flexed by 62-yea(...)
      Right on the nose is the salute Canadian grandmothers will give the dictators and there's 170 pounds of war energy behind this muscle flexed by 62-yea(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/10/1943
      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
      Rutherford, George
      4/12/1943