CCT0145 Liberty Village Artillery Shells Toronto 1917 Postcard

Canadian Culture Thing postcard 

View of Liberty Street looking east from Dufferin. A large storage of artillery shells produced in King and Dufferin factories (now Liberty Village) during the First World War c1917. By 1917, Canada produced one-third of all British shells. Faced with scarce labour, munition factories hired 30,000 women producing $2 million worth of goods per day.