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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

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

Date2/1/1943
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  • 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.
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
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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_0019031F
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
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(...)
James, Norman
6/2/1942
These Girls are Wrapping wing fillets at Moulded Aircraft Ltd
These Girls are Wrapping wing fillets at Moulded Aircraft Ltd
Toronto Star (Firm)
8/20/1943
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
Toronto Star (Firm)
9/1/1943
Trigger Guard Inspector at Small Arms, Mrs
Trigger Guard Inspector at Small Arms, Mrs
Powley, Gordon W.
11/6/1943
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
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
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
A girl crane operator, Mrs. Blanche Millette, lifts a ten-ton load as easily as she would operate a sewing machine. She is one of thousands praying women have a definite place in ward plants
A girl crane operator, Mrs. Blanche Millette, lifts a ten-ton load as easily as she would operate a sewing machine. She is one of thousands praying women have a definite place in ward plants
Toronto Star (Firm)
1/1/1943
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.