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This picture shows the Canuck paratroopers on the special jumping platform receiving instructions from an American instructor on the proper methods of(...)
This picture shows the Canuck paratroopers on the special jumping platform receiving instructions from an American instructor on the proper methods of(...)

This picture shows the Canuck paratroopers on the special jumping platform receiving instructions from an American instructor on the proper methods of(...)

Date10/3/1942
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Original Toronto Star caption: This picture shows the Canuck paratroopers on the special jumping platform receiving instructions from an American instructor on the proper methods of falling and rolling when landing from parachutes to break the fall.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0002154F
      The voyager's companion, or, Shell collector's pilot : with instructions and directions where to find the finest shells : also for preserving the skins of animals and the best methods of catching and preserving insects, &c. &c. &c.
      The voyager's companion, or, Shell collector's pilot : with instructions and directions where to find the finest shells : also for preserving the skins of animals and the best methods of catching and preserving insects, &c. &c. &c.
      Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
      1825
      Training grounds for paratroopers, Camp Shilo is a big artillery camp
      Training grounds for paratroopers, Camp Shilo is a big artillery camp
      Canada. Canadian Armed Forces
      1/23/1948
      Canadian Paratroopers in full battle order are grouped on the unit's parade square in England, prior to moving on to the concentration area for the in(...)
      Canadian Paratroopers in full battle order are grouped on the unit's parade square in England, prior to moving on to the concentration area for the in(...)
      Canada. Canadian Army
      6/27/1944
      Injured airman is given first aid by Bud Cockerton, while two other paratroopers, Bill Farr and Roderick Robinson carry other injured member of the cr(...)
      Injured airman is given first aid by Bud Cockerton, while two other paratroopers, Bill Farr and Roderick Robinson carry other injured member of the cr(...)
      Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
      2/1/1950
      3. Static line now is all out and parachute cover has been ripped off, showing the first opening of the chute. Early part of paratroopers training at (...)
      3. Static line now is all out and parachute cover has been ripped off, showing the first opening of the chute. Early part of paratroopers training at (...)
      Canada. Canadian Army
      7/28/1943
      As the plane rises to the required height over Manitoba's Camp Shilo, these Canadian paratroopers await the signal to jump. Fit and ready after months(...)
      As the plane rises to the required height over Manitoba's Camp Shilo, these Canadian paratroopers await the signal to jump. Fit and ready after months(...)
      Canada. Canadian Army
      5/14/1943
      This board shows what can be accomplished by such safety-first methods
      This board shows what can be accomplished by such safety-first methods
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/2/1942
      Easy steps: Nancy Douglas of Color Your World demonstrates some wallpapering steps, left to right: Read instructions, roll aper inside out, use the proper applicator to smooth out the paper
      Easy steps: Nancy Douglas of Color Your World demonstrates some wallpapering steps, left to right: Read instructions, roll aper inside out, use the proper applicator to smooth out the paper
      Faught, Ken
      3/15/1989
      Easy steps: Nancy Douglas of Color Your World demonstrats some wallpapering steps, left to right: Read instructions, roll paper inside out, use the proper applicator to smooth out the paper
      Easy steps: Nancy Douglas of Color Your World demonstrats some wallpapering steps, left to right: Read instructions, roll paper inside out, use the proper applicator to smooth out the paper
      Faught, Ken
      3/15/1989
      Easy steps: Nancy Douglas of Color Your World demonstrates some wallpapering steps, left to right: Read instructions, roll paper inside out, use the proper applicator to smooth out the paper
      Easy steps: Nancy Douglas of Color Your World demonstrates some wallpapering steps, left to right: Read instructions, roll paper inside out, use the proper applicator to smooth out the paper
      Faught, Ken
      3/15/1989
      The critical spelling-book : an introduction to reading and writing readily and correctly : in a manner more commodious than any, and more comprehensive than all the spelling-books that ever were publisht ; designed-for a standard of the language : and contrivd by a proper gradation of instructions, disposd in a picturesque manner, for the easy and expeditious attaining-to a rational knowledge of it
      The critical spelling-book : an introduction to reading and writing readily and correctly : in a manner more commodious than any, and more comprehensive than all the spelling-books that ever were publisht ; designed-for a standard of the language : and contrivd by a proper gradation of instructions, disposd in a picturesque manner, for the easy and expeditious attaining-to a rational knowledge of it
      Cave, R.
      1755
      The logographic-emblematical French spelling-book, or, French pronunciation made easy : being a method by which any child, four or five years old, and of ever so slow an apprehension, although perfectly unacquainted with his letters, will, in a few months, be enabled to read French fluently, and will pronounce its as if he were a Parisian born : to which are added, besides instructions to enable any person to put this method in practice, a systematical appendix, justifying its principles, as likewise various reading-pieces, of the composition of the author, highly interesting, at least for their novelty
      The logographic-emblematical French spelling-book, or, French pronunciation made easy : being a method by which any child, four or five years old, and of ever so slow an apprehension, although perfectly unacquainted with his letters, will, in a few months, be enabled to read French fluently, and will pronounce its as if he were a Parisian born : to which are added, besides instructions to enable any person to put this method in practice, a systematical appendix, justifying its principles, as likewise various reading-pieces, of the composition of the author, highly interesting, at least for their novelty
      Boosey, T. (Thomas)
      1814