Female Chinese-Canadian worker Agnes Wong of Whitecourt, Alberta, assembles a sten gun produced for China by the Small Arms Ltd. plant (1 digital object(s)) Archives / Collections and Fonds

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Female Chinese-Canadian worker Agnes Wong of Whitecourt, Alberta, assembles a sten gun produced for China by the Small Arms Ltd. plant

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National Film Board of Canada fonds

Photographs and posters from the Wartime Information Board classification system

Female Chinese-Canadian worker Agnes Wong of Whitecourt, Alberta, assembles a sten gun produced for China by the Small Arms Ltd. plant
Record information
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Female Chinese-Canadian worker Agnes Wong of Whitecourt, Alberta, assembles a sten gun produced for China by the Small Arms Ltd. plant

Date:

Apr. 1944

Reference:

RG53

Item no. (creator):

WRM 4481

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3191599

Date(s):

Apr. 1944

Bilingual equivalent:

See French record description

Place:

Long Branch, Ont.,

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 photograph ; 2.25 sq. in.
Negative Film B/W - cellulose nitrate

Language of material:

English

Additional name(s):

Photographer: Jaques, Ronny, 1910-2008

Additional information:

Signatures and inscriptions note:

"WAR EQUIPMENT FOR CHINA - SMALL ARMS LTD. LONG BRANCH ONT. - APRIL 1944. Agnes Wong, who comes from Whitecourt, Alta., assembles a sten gun for China. These stens are extraordinarily simple in construction and are one of the deadliest small arms in use."

Series added entry:

WRM

Subject heading:

Industries - Defence

Wong, Agnes

Source:

Government

Former archival reference no.:

RG53

Other accession no.:

1971-271 NPC
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Credit: Ronny Jaques / National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada / PA-108043
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Copyright: Expired

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