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

Item ID number:

3191599

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Date:

Apr. 1944

Reference:

RG53

Item no. (creator):

WRM 4481

Type of material:

Photographs

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Item ID number:

3191599

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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
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Date(s):

Apr. 1944

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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

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Photographer: Jaques, Ronny, 1910-2008

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"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."

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WRM

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Industries - Defence

Wong, Agnes
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Government

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RG53

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1971-271 NPC
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Copy negative [1971-271 NPC] PA-108043

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

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