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Visitors checking into the 500,000th military vehicle ceremony20th Century June 19, 1943
Credits:General Motors of Canada collection '500 000 military vehicles
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Duke of Kent, on a visit to General Motors, accompanied by R.S. McLaughlin20th Century August 23, 1941
General Motors of Canada, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Thomas Bouckley Collection, Robert McLaughlin Gallery
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R.S. McLaughlin and Duke of Kent during the latter's visit to General Motors of Canada20th Century 1940
General Motors of Canada, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Oshawa Public Library, R.S. McLaughlin Branch
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Poster Hung within General Motors of Canada, showing employees the appreciation of others20th Century 1939-1945
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Oshawa Public Library, R.S. McLaughlin Branch
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Female workers outside of the General Motors of Canada Plant20th Century, May 1943
General Motors of Canada, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Credits:General Motors of Canada, War Craftsman, Oshawa, Ontario
Oshawa Community Archives
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"Dad worked at GM (General Motors). If he wanted to do something else he couldn't take another job unless it was war related too. When he used to work in Ajax at DIL (Defense Industries Limited) they make cordite. That's what flashes the gun powder. Sometimes there would be cordite particles on dad's clothes. There would be some in the cuffs of his pants and he would put it into an ashtray and light it and it would flame up right away. The stuff was very flammable." -Murray Mackay
"I worked at General Motors during the war. We packed nuts and bolts and other items and they were shipped to Europe and assembled there. A few times my girlfriend and I slipped our names and addresses into the package. We received a few letters from the soldiers and wrote to them during the war. I'm sure they enjoy being pen pals." - Phyllis Sprostak
"I worked at GM (General Motors) briefly. I had been working at the Brewers Retail and (I was) told I was able bodied and because it was non essential, then I had to go to a factory that was war production like Duplate." - Charlie Russell
"There were armored carriers and personnel carriers. Big trucks, you'd see them once in a while. You'd see them but didn't know what was in them." - Murray Mackay
"My husband worked on the truck line working on jeeps, gun carriers and trucks. He worked on assembly, putting parts together." - Jeannette Mark Nugent
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Women working on the line at General Motors of Canada20th Century 1939-1945
General Motors of Canada, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Credits:General Motors of Canada Head Office, Oshawa
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Sewing room at General Motors of Canada20th Century, 1939-1945
General Motors of Canada, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Oshawa Public Library, R.S. McLaughlin Branch
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"Following the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) at Dunkirk, where they were forced to leave all their transportation and equipment; General Motors in Oshawa, received all patterns and tools from Britain, and immediately started turning out vehicles with right-hand drive to re-supply the British Army." - Terry Giles
"When the war came I decided to apply at General Motors on my own. At first I worked on the panels for cars from 1939-1940; it all went into war work. I worked on army cushions for the trucks. The girls were like me their husbands were away." -Marion Manning
"When I was working on the army cushion, they switched me over to the aircraft engine cowling. It was a wooden fuselage. All this beautiful cotton material was put over it. It was a wood frame and then the fine cotton material that was manufactured for the plane was glued on. The other women would take scraps of the material home and make beautiful blouses out of it." - Marion Manning
"It was common to see Army trucks on the street of Oshawa; for we were all proud of our war effort and the trucks that General Motors produced." - Jeannette Mark Nugent
I worked at Rods and Tubing [North End] making tubing for gas lines for army vehicles. One man had gotten drunk, fell, and work continued because they couldn't afford to stop production. Mike worked on the "boy's line" -Resident of Sunnycrest
"I remember when my husband was called to duty and GM (General Motors) refused to let him go because he was a tool and die maker." -Resident of Sunnycrest Retirement Home
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Women war workers at General Motors of Canada20th Century, 1944
General Motors of Canada, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Credits:General Motors of Canada, War Craftsman, Oshawa, Ontario
Oshawa Community Archives
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Mosquito Bomber20th Century, August 18, 2006
Credits:Oshawa Community Archives
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The De Havilland Mosquito IV20th Century, October 1943
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Parkwood, National Historic Site, Archives, General Motors of Canada War- Craftsman volume 2 page 12
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Mosquito Bombers20th Century, 1939-1945
Credits:Oshawa Public Library, R.S. McLaughlin Branch
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