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These Girls are Wrapping wing fillets at Moulded Aircraft Ltd
These Girls are Wrapping wing fillets at Moulded Aircraft Ltd

These Girls are Wrapping wing fillets at Moulded Aircraft Ltd

Date8/20/1943
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Alternate Title
  • These Girls are Wrapping wing fillets at Moulded Aircraft Ltd
  • These Girls are Wrapping wing fillets at Moulded Aircraft Ltd.; Brantford; where Avro-Anson plane fuselages are made from slabs of Ontario pine and poplar.
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Original Toronto Star caption: These Girls are Wrapping wing fillets at Moulded Aircraft Ltd.; Brantford; where Avro-Anson plane fuselages are made from slabs of Ontario pine and poplar.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018994F
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
James, Norman
2/1/1943
Girls may be needed as Sparks, Just to be ready if needed in a line of endeaver not often entered by girls, Mrs
Girls may be needed as Sparks, Just to be ready if needed in a line of endeaver not often entered by girls, Mrs
Toronto Star (Firm)
6/21/1943
Binoculars and parachutes are study for these girls in war effort, On many fronts the Canadian girl is giving her best to help the war such as the bin(...)
Binoculars and parachutes are study for these girls in war effort, On many fronts the Canadian girl is giving her best to help the war such as the bin(...)
James, Norman
3/14/1942
Oilskin fire-fighting pants would cover a couple of girls like Vera House, trying these on, but they would be just right for fishermen. The Toronto of(...)
Oilskin fire-fighting pants would cover a couple of girls like Vera House, trying these on, but they would be just right for fishermen. The Toronto of(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
11/21/1945
Toronto men, women, boys and girls who pass aptitude tests find themselves building planes
Toronto men, women, boys and girls who pass aptitude tests find themselves building planes
James, Norman
n.d.
Cotton clothing is the order of the day for these Canadian girls working in war plants
Cotton clothing is the order of the day for these Canadian girls working in war plants
Toronto Star (Firm)
11/8/1940
Handle With Care is the motto of the girls as they pack cordite is silk bags in a munitions plant
Handle With Care is the motto of the girls as they pack cordite is silk bags in a munitions plant
Toronto Star (Firm)
2/28/1942
Operating a milling machine, Jean McRae, Newton-brook, is one of the few single girls working in the plant
Operating a milling machine, Jean McRae, Newton-brook, is one of the few single girls working in the plant
James, Norman
3/11/1943
Ten pretty girls, all workers at the John Inglis Co
Ten pretty girls, all workers at the John Inglis Co
Toronto Star (Firm)
4/2/1944
Large group of smiling women coming off train 
Crews of Canadian girls commute each day by special trian to one of Canada's great war plants
Star Newspaper Service
11/9/1940
''The Stewart Girls'' as they are known at the plant, look over a shell which they helped make
''The Stewart Girls'' as they are known at the plant, look over a shell which they helped make
General Engineering Company (Canada)
8 March 1943
Keeping out of the bottleneck of inefficiency is the aim of all girls
Keeping out of the bottleneck of inefficiency is the aim of all girls
James, Norman
6/3/1942