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Robomb photographed at 300 M.P.H
Robomb photographed at 300 M.P.H

Robomb photographed at 300 M.P.H

Date6/21/1944
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  • Robomb photographed at 300 M.P.H
  • Robomb photographed at 300 M.P.H.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Robomb photographed at 300 M.P.H.
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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_0019215F
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      Spitfire stops Robomb in sky, Robomb Is Sighted, Hit By Bullet Burst, Explodes In Mid-Air, Becomes Ball Of Flame
      Spitfire stops Robomb in sky, Robomb Is Sighted, Hit By Bullet Burst, Explodes In Mid-Air, Becomes Ball Of Flame
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/10/1944
      This German picture shows a robomb being wheeled to its launching platform
      This German picture shows a robomb being wheeled to its launching platform
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/2/1944
      Bombs, Robombs, the Nazis threw everything they had at Britain, but through the island's darkest days the King, the Queen and Prime Minister Churchill remained through it all, steadfast side by side
      Bombs, Robombs, the Nazis threw everything they had at Britain, but through the island's darkest days the King, the Queen and Prime Minister Churchill remained through it all, steadfast side by side
      George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
      5/7/1945
      Her agonized Face showing the extent of her wounds, a woman robomb victim in England is aided by defence workers
      Her agonized Face showing the extent of her wounds, a woman robomb victim in England is aided by defence workers
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/24/1944
      This is a launching platform where the Nazis' bizarre Robombs once whizzed into the sky
      This is a launching platform where the Nazis' bizarre Robombs once whizzed into the sky
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/22/1944
      Souvenir of Nazi terrorism is this yard-long fragment of a robomb brought back to Canada by an army officer
      Souvenir of Nazi terrorism is this yard-long fragment of a robomb brought back to Canada by an army officer
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/17/1944
      Its engine cut out, this German robomb plummets earthward just beyond the towers of the Law Courts buliding (left) in central London. This picture was made from a Fleet St. rooftop
      Its engine cut out, this German robomb plummets earthward just beyond the towers of the Law Courts buliding (left) in central London. This picture was made from a Fleet St. rooftop
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/8/1944
      Huge clippers like this 204-passenger, six-engine model are on order already for the sky ways between New York and London. They'll travel at 310 to 342 m.p.h., span the distance in nine hours
      Huge clippers like this 204-passenger, six-engine model are on order already for the sky ways between New York and London. They'll travel at 310 to 342 m.p.h., span the distance in nine hours
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/9/1945
      This is no not shot or jalopy, when it shimmied around the CNE racetrack in 1916, its speedometer was registering over 40 m.p.h. The young fellow at t(...)
      This is no not shot or jalopy, when it shimmied around the CNE racetrack in 1916, its speedometer was registering over 40 m.p.h. The young fellow at t(...)
      Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
      10/1/1947
      Professor Fred DeLory, (above) who teaches civil engineering at University of Toronto, restored 60-year-old steamboat from a Connecticut estate and it now chugs around Toronto harbor, attaining speeds up to 9 m.p.h. It's still unnamed.
      Professor Fred DeLory, (above) who teaches civil engineering at University of Toronto, restored 60-year-old steamboat from a Connecticut estate and it now chugs around Toronto harbor, attaining speeds up to 9 m.p.h. It's still unnamed.
      Loek, Dick
      7/22/1974
      Supercharged chief of CN's passenger services, Garth Campbell, 49, stands in front of the Turbo locomotive on Track 1 at Toronto's Union Station. The train has hit 140 m.p.h. on its Montreal run
      Supercharged chief of CN's passenger services, Garth Campbell, 49, stands in front of the Turbo locomotive on Track 1 at Toronto's Union Station. The train has hit 140 m.p.h. on its Montreal run
      Campbell, Garth
      4/29/1976
      It is 5.10 P.M. and the location is the traffic light at the Bathurst-Fleet intersection. Cars are jammed here, well away from the proposed 15 m.p.h. (...)
      It is 5.10 P.M. and the location is the traffic light at the Bathurst-Fleet intersection. Cars are jammed here, well away from the proposed 15 m.p.h. (...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/23/1945