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Making and testing of a parachute is illustrated in pictures taken at a Canadian plant now engaged in large-scale production. Here is a 'chute with a test dummy just landing. [Incomplete]
Making and testing of a parachute is illustrated in pictures taken at a Canadian plant now engaged in large-scale production. Here is a 'chute with a test dummy just landing. [Incomplete]

Making and testing of a parachute is illustrated in pictures taken at a Canadian plant now engaged in large-scale production. Here is a 'chute with a test dummy just landing. [Incomplete]

Date5/23/1941
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  • Making and testing of a parachute is illustrated in pictures taken at a Canadian plant now engaged in large-scale production. Here is a 'chute with a test dummy just landing. [Incomplete]
  • Making and testing of a parachute is illustrated in pictures taken at a Canadian plant now engaged in large-scale production. Here is a 'chute with a test dummy just landing. [Incomplete]
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Original Toronto Star caption: Making and testing of a parachute is illustrated in pictures taken at a Canadian plant now engaged in large-scale production. Here is a 'chute with a test dummy just landing. [Incomplete]
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0003466F
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      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
      Little Mary and her doll : illustrated with twelve large pictures
      Little Mary and her doll : illustrated with twelve large pictures
      Bogue, David, 1812-1856
      1822
      nd the one at the right were taken under difficult circum- was allowed only two shots, and had to take the pictures w before being shooed away by the Scotland Yard escort [Incomplete]
      nd the one at the right were taken under difficult circum- was allowed only two shots, and had to take the pictures w before being shooed away by the Scotland Yard escort [Incomplete]
      James, Norman
      12/3/1955
      Just testing: George Hees, Progressive Conservative candidate in Broadview, tests a springboard during visit to Canadian Samples Show at the CNE grounds today
      Just testing: George Hees, Progressive Conservative candidate in Broadview, tests a springboard during visit to Canadian Samples Show at the CNE grounds today
      Grant, Frank
      5/22/1962
      Plunging into work: John Simis likes to look in on the parachute making the Erika Nepp (left) and Diane Schmidt have in hand at Irvin industries Fort Erie plant
      Plunging into work: John Simis likes to look in on the parachute making the Erika Nepp (left) and Diane Schmidt have in hand at Irvin industries Fort Erie plant
      Brennan, Pat
      12/12/1985
      As these pictures taken from and of the Toronto-Dominion Centre show, this is now a different-looking city
      As these pictures taken from and of the Toronto-Dominion Centre show, this is now a different-looking city
      Griffin, Doug
      2/4/1967
      Disenchantment with large-scale public housing and concern for preserving neighborhoods have shaped Toronto's new concern with housing policy. [Incomplete]
      Disenchantment with large-scale public housing and concern for preserving neighborhoods have shaped Toronto's new concern with housing policy. [Incomplete]
      Bull, Ron
      11/1/1973
      Bottle brigade: Baby feeding time is a big production at the Holland Landing home of Mae and Wayne Collier, the thrilled but wilted parents of test-tube quints who are the darlings of the community
      Bottle brigade: Baby feeding time is a big production at the Holland Landing home of Mae and Wayne Collier, the thrilled but wilted parents of test-tube quints who are the darlings of the community
      Faught, Ken
      7/4/1988
      Testing Parachutes in the still, crisp cold fo the far north is one of Force Polar Bear's tasks
      Testing Parachutes in the still, crisp cold fo the far north is one of Force Polar Bear's tasks
      Canada. Canadian Army
      4/19/1945
      It's a squeeze as Starship is loaded aboard the rail car at Big Chute on the Trent Canal system with just a quarter of a inch to spare on each side. [Incomplete]
      It's a squeeze as Starship is loaded aboard the rail car at Big Chute on the Trent Canal system with just a quarter of a inch to spare on each side. [Incomplete]
      Ross, Fred
      6/20/1978
      Rising star: Accessories designer Marla Buck, shown here wearing her large-scale costume jewelry, has made a splash in the tough New York design scene
      Rising star: Accessories designer Marla Buck, shown here wearing her large-scale costume jewelry, has made a splash in the tough New York design scene
      Combs, Erin
      11/1/1982
      Electromagnetic testing: Tara Kochanowsky and Ronald Piet charge up to $400 to conduct tests for hidden electromagnetic energy fields as they are doing here in a bedroom of a house
      Electromagnetic testing: Tara Kochanowsky and Ronald Piet charge up to $400 to conduct tests for hidden electromagnetic energy fields as they are doing here in a bedroom of a house
      Spremo, Boris
      9/21/1990