Category:Images from Archives of Ontario - F 2082 General Engineering Company (Canada) fonds

**General Engineering Company (Canada) fonds**
	Fonds held at the Archives of Ontario
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Instance of	fonds;
Named after	General Engineering Company (Canada) Limited;
Creator	General Engineering Company (Canada) Limited;
Maintained by	Archives of Ontario;
Collection	Archives of Ontario;
Inventory number	F 2082;
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A collection of records created and collected by the General Engineering Company (Canada) (known as GECO) and Robert Hamilton. Most of the photographs were taken by George Rutherford, a Toronto photographer, and marked with his initials "G. R.". These images are a portion of the photos in the fonds as well as a sample of the GECO employee magazine, GEGO Fusilier. The GECO fonds (F 2082) housed at the Archives of Ontario contains around 500 photographs, 1.5 meters of textual records, 1 plan, 4 prints, 2 drawings, and an audio cassette of 30 minutes of audio.

General Engineering Company (Canada) Limited was the Canadian extension of the General Engineering Company from Salt Lake City, Utah. GECO built and operated mining and industrial plants, airports, and munitions works. The "Scarboro plant" (built in 1941) developed and manufactured munitions—fuses and igniting devices for heavy machinery—until the end of the Second World War. It was operated by GECO and owned by the Government of Canada.

The subjects of the images range from employees to buildings. The photographs of employees range from photographs of Miss War Worker contestants, employee leisure activities, wartime nurseries, inspector visits, celebrity visits, munitions manufacturing, and munitions testing. The photographs of GECO show the buildings, the testing range, and the gun room.

The Archives of Ontario has chosen to share these records because they document a diverse range of themes such as women in munitions manufacturing during the Second World War, the processes of munitions manufacturing, leisure activities in the 1940s, and clothing recycling during the Second World War.

Media in category "Images from Archives of Ontario - F 2082 General Engineering Company (Canada) fonds"

The following 171 files are in this category, out of 171 total.

"Miss War Worker Finals" - "Fusilier" (I0040025).tif 10,052 × 5,671; 54.39 MB
"Victory Gardens" (I0040027).tif 7,051 × 5,712; 38.41 MB
A woman measuring piece of munitions at the General Engineering Company (Canada) factory (I0004898).tif 2,830 × 3,826; 10.33 MB
Beauty contestant from the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004905).tif 2,955 × 3,660; 10.32 MB
Beauty contestant from the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004906).tif 2,340 × 4,640; 10.36 MB
Beauty contestant from the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004907).tif 2,450 × 4,415; 10.32 MB
Beauty contestant from the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004908).tif 2,950 × 3,669; 10.33 MB
Beauty contestant from the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004909).tif 2,850 × 3,795; 10.32 MB
Beauty contestant from the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004910).tif 2,600 × 4,221; 10.47 MB
Beauty contestant from the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004913).tif 2,950 × 3,688; 10.38 MB
Beauty contestant from the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004914).tif 2,955 × 3,666; 10.34 MB
Beauty contestant from the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004917).tif 2,950 × 3,708; 10.44 MB
Beauty contestant from the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004918).tif 2,935 × 3,714; 10.4 MB
Beauty contestant portrait from General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058176).jpg 4,202 × 5,562; 10.46 MB
Beauty contestant posing with a book from General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058175).jpg 4,547 × 5,722; 13.37 MB
Building No. 67 (I0040029).tif 7,936 × 4,888; 37 MB
Bust of General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory worker next to its model (I0051833).tif 9,256 × 7,536; 66.55 MB
Child at a war time nursery at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004934).tif 2,950 × 3,658; 10.29 MB
Child feeding a rabbit at a war time nursery at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004939).tif 2,950 × 3,688; 10.38 MB
Children eating at a war time nursery at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004937).tif 3,700 × 2,963; 10.46 MB
Children posed behind teeter-totter at a war time nursery at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004932).tif 3,700 × 2,933; 10.35 MB
Children washing their hands at a war time nursery at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004938).tif 3,700 × 2,974; 10.5 MB
Clothing salvage centre at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004928).tif 3,700 × 2,930; 10.34 MB
Covered bridge (I0040028).tif 7,935 × 4,896; 37.05 MB
Display of artillery and ammunition produced by the General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0004902).tif 3,700 × 2,942; 10.39 MB
Evelyn Bowman a beauty contestant from the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004916).tif 2,725 × 3,975; 10.33 MB
Factory exteriors of the General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058179).jpg 5,701 × 3,404; 9.34 MB
Front view of the 500 yard observation hut showing MK VI firing hut at rear of target tower, proofing range, General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0004922).tif 3,715 × 2,935; 10.4 MB
GECO Fusilier Magazine Vol. 1 No. 10 cover (I0028242).tif 2,785 × 3,736; 29.77 MB
GECO Fusilier Magazine Vol. 1 No. 2 Cover (I0028238).tif 2,800 × 3,747; 30.02 MB
GECO Fusilier Magazine Vol. 1 No. 2 pg. 2 (I0028239).tif 2,819 × 3,747; 30.22 MB
GECO Fusilier Magazine Vol. 1 No. 7 pg. 3 (I0028240).tif 2,814 × 3,752; 30.21 MB
GECO Fusilier Magazine Vol. 1 No. 8 pg. 2 (I0028241).tif 2,804 × 3,744; 30.04 MB
GECO Fusilier Magazine Vol. 2 No. 12 pg. 2 (I0028243).tif 2,831 × 3,740; 30.3 MB
GECO Fusilier Magazine Vol. 2 No. 21 pg. 4 (I0028244).tif 2,790 × 3,768; 30.08 MB
GECO Fusilier Magazine Vol. 2 No. 21 pg. 5 (I0028245).tif 2,792 × 3,760; 30.04 MB
GECO Fusilier Magazine Vol. 3 No. 2 pg. 2 (I0028246).tif 2,772 × 3,775; 29.94 MB
GECO Fusilier Magazine Vol. 3 No. 2 pg. 6 (I0028247).tif 2,770 × 3,776; 29.93 MB
GECO Fusilier Magazine, Vol. 2 No. 11, August 28, 1943, page 4 (I0055160).tif 11,228 × 14,832; 102.26 MB
GECO Fusilier Magazine, Vol. 4 No. 2, May 14, 1945, page 8 (I0055161).tif 11,238 × 15,094; 87.37 MB
GECO Munitions beauty contest contestants 1942 (I0028229).tiff 6,486 × 4,920; 30.44 MB
GECO Munitions beauty contest contestants 1942 (I0028230).tiff 9,524 × 7,625; 69.28 MB
GECO Munitions beauty contest contestants 1942 (I0028231).tiff 7,955 × 6,310; 47.88 MB
GECO Munitions beauty contest contestants 1942 (I0028232).tiff 6,446 × 4,940; 30.37 MB
GECO munitions beauty contestants holding a sign that reads "Beauty no artist could paint!" (I0058187).jpg 5,554 × 4,355; 11.17 MB
GECO munitions beauty contestants in 1942 (I0058184).jpg 3,726 × 2,490; 5.36 MB
GECO munitions beauty contestants on runway (I0058185).jpg 5,565 × 4,374; 11.95 MB
GECO munitions beauty contestants on runway (I0058186).jpg 4,652 × 3,480; 8.06 MB
General Engineering Company (Canada) employees relaxing in the canteen (I0051821).tif 9,236 × 7,508; 66.16 MB
General Engineering Company (Canada) employees with inventory (I0051822).tif 5,620 × 4,578; 73.64 MB
General Engineering Company (Canada) factory (I0004895).tif 4,185 × 2,589; 10.34 MB
General Engineering Company (Canada) playing horseshoes (I0051819).tif 9,460 × 7,668; 69.2 MB
General Engineering Company (Canada) softball team (I0051820).tif 9,199 × 7,491; 65.74 MB
Girl playing the accordion at a war time nursery at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004940).tif 2,920 × 3,703; 10.32 MB
Group photograph of General Engineering Company (Canada) executives (I0051814).tif 6,843 × 4,067; 79.65 MB
Major General Lock and Mrs. Lock watching Mrs. Kay Thompson operate a clicking machine at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions plant (I0004893).tif 3,685 × 2,946; 10.36 MB
Man working in the machine shop of the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004903).tif 2,920 × 3,750; 10.45 MB
Man working in the yard of the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004904).tif 3,750 × 2,919; 10.44 MB
Mary Pickford posing with a group of employees during her visit to the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004930).tif 3,700 × 2,939; 10.38 MB
Mary Pickford receiving a bouquet of flowers from a worker during her visit to the General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058174).jpg 4,509 × 5,663; 11.93 MB
Material storage room at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058191).jpg 5,632 × 4,469; 12.64 MB
Military personnel inspecting munitions during a visit to the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory in Scarborough (I0004894).tif 2,975 × 3,653; 10.37 MB
Official military visitors observing the manufacturing of munitions at the General Engineering Company (Canada) factory in Scarborough (I0004891).tif 3,700 × 2,968; 10.48 MB
Official visitors' inspection tour of the General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058180).jpg 5,665 × 4,541; 11.55 MB
Quality control operator at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058214).jpg 5,680 × 4,468; 12.31 MB
Shop A, Bldg. 60 Papering H.E. Fuze Components (I0042494).tif 5,990 × 4,819; 27.55 MB
Two children at a war time nursery at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004935).tif 3,650 × 2,952; 10.28 MB
Two girls playing at a war time nursery at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004936).tif 2,950 × 3,673; 10.34 MB
Vera Wightman a beauty contestant from the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004915).tif 2,675 × 4,063; 10.37 MB
View from observation hut showing 550 and 600 yard markers for observation of MK VI bullets, proofing range, General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0004924).tif 3,725 × 2,934; 10.43 MB
View of line of fire from right hand side of main gun room showing B.S.O. pit in foreground, 500 yard target mound at centre, 1200 yard butt a rear, proofing range, General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0004927).tif 3,720 × 2,928; 10.39 MB
View of observers during MK. VI firing, proofing range, General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0004923).tif 3,715 × 2,935; 10.4 MB
View of Operators Traying Up Based Bullets Ready for Tip Lacquering (I0042495).tif 4,726 × 5,965; 26.91 MB
View of the General Engineering Company (Canada) factory (I0004896).tif 4,150 × 2,614; 10.35 MB
View of the General Engineering Company (Canada) factory (I0004897).tif 4,174 × 2,601; 10.36 MB
View of the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004901).tif 4,250 × 2,573; 10.43 MB
View of the line of fire from right hand side of main gunroom showing B.S.O. pit in foreground, 500 yard target mound at centre and 1200 yard butt at rear, General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0004921).tif 3,715 × 2,937; 10.41 MB
View of the main gun room arrangement showing vickers machine gun on right and two rifles used for firing accuracy trials on left, General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0004920).tif 3,700 × 2,919; 10.3 MB
View of the main gunroom and B.S.O. pit at Pickering Range taken dim lightup observation tower, General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0004919).tif 3,725 × 2,936; 10.43 MB
View of vickers gun being fired showing general lay out of back shops in rear, proofing range, General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0004926).tif 3,725 × 2,929; 10.41 MB
Visit by Mary Pickford to the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004929).tif 3,675 × 2,962; 10.39 MB
Visitor inspecting the work of the women munitions workers at the General Engineering Company (Canada) factory in Scarborough (I0004892).tif 3,700 × 2,931; 10.35 MB
Visitors posing with a group of employees at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0051813).tif 5,501 × 4,480; 70.54 MB
War poster presentation at the General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058183).jpg 5,528 × 4,320; 11.44 MB
War time nursery at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004931).tif 3,650 × 2,954; 10.29 MB
War time nursery at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004933).tif 3,700 × 2,971; 10.49 MB
War Veterans Association luncheon at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058170).jpg 5,525 × 4,212; 11.37 MB
War Veterans Association Remembrance Day ceremony at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058171).jpg 4,726 × 3,575; 7.73 MB
War Veterans Association Remembrance Day ceremony at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058172).jpg 4,795 × 3,697; 8.62 MB
War Veterans Association Remembrance Day ceremony at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058173).jpg 4,826 × 3,605; 8.18 MB
Woman at General Engineering Company (Canada) posing for employee recruitiment publicity photograph (I0058211).jpg 3,940 × 2,660; 5.31 MB
Woman posing in General Engineering Company (Canada) uniform (I0051815).tif 7,945 × 9,876; 74.85 MB
Woman stamping boxes at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004900).tif 2,825 × 3,854; 10.39 MB
Woman worker from the General Engineering Company (Canada) being photographed (I0004912).tif 3,680 × 2,963; 10.4 MB
Woman working at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058198).jpg 4,428 × 5,647; 12.21 MB
Woman working at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058206).jpg 4,432 × 5,630; 13.02 MB
Women assembling primers at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058205).jpg 4,363 × 5,549; 11.14 MB
Women cleaning and operating machinery at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058194).jpg 5,652 × 4,452; 12.43 MB
Women filling magazines at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058199).jpg 4,363 × 5,550; 11.29 MB
Women from the General Engineering Company (Canada) preparing for either photographs or a beauty contest (I0004911).tif 3,660 × 2,957; 10.33 MB
Women handling packed ammunition at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058210).jpg 5,687 × 4,457; 12.57 MB
Women inspecting ammunition at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058215).jpg 4,419 × 5,674; 12.86 MB
Women moving ammunition boxes at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0051827).tif 8,712 × 7,112; 59.11 MB
Women moving fuzes at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058209).jpg 5,664 × 4,542; 12.48 MB
Women moving inventory at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0051817).tif 7,681 × 9,437; 69.15 MB
Women packing material for ammunition at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058196).jpg 5,664 × 4,433; 12.3 MB
Women pairing fuze components at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058190).jpg 5,628 × 4,547; 12.59 MB
Women posing with a telephone at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058201).jpg 5,615 × 4,544; 11.79 MB
Women producing ammunition at the General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058188).jpg 5,685 × 4,505; 13.56 MB
Women producing munitions in GECO Munitons factory, Scarborough (I0028233).tif 5,527 × 7,589; 40.01 MB
Women producing munitions in GECO Munitons factory, Scarborough (I0028234).tif 6,659 × 6,408; 40.7 MB
Women quality checking ammunition at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058197).jpg 5,692 × 4,477; 13.96 MB
Women stenciling covers for fuzes at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058189).jpg 5,709 × 4,529; 12.5 MB
Women timing the burning of fuzes at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058207).jpg 5,631 × 4,546; 11.83 MB
Women working at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0004899).tif 3,830 × 2,823; 10.32 MB
Women working at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0051818).tif 8,660 × 6,845; 27.57 MB
Women working at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0051823).tif 9,663 × 7,780; 71.72 MB
Women working at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0051826).tif 5,550 × 4,486; 71.26 MB
Women working at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0051831).tif 5,304 × 4,261; 64.69 MB
Worker from GECO munitions factory writing a letter (I0058247).jpg 4,568 × 5,703; 13.58 MB
Worker from GECO munititons factory and children posing with ribbons (I0058231).jpg 3,956 × 5,708; 10.88 MB
Worker setting a chronograph (timer) for testing at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058204).jpg 4,556 × 5,654; 12.04 MB
Workers and official visitor posing with munitions at the General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058181).jpg 5,727 × 4,548; 12.94 MB
Workers at the General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058193).jpg 5,678 × 4,457; 13.37 MB
Workers at the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory (I0051832).tif 9,263 × 7,500; 66.28 MB
Workers from Geco Munitions factory at a bowling alley (I0028235).tif 6,456 × 5,118; 31.52 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory at a formal dance (I0058222).jpg 5,557 × 4,383; 12.35 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory at a formal dance (I0058223).jpg 5,547 × 4,353; 11.7 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory at the hobby show (I0058233).jpg 4,482 × 5,689; 11.73 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory bowling (I0058217).jpg 5,684 × 4,599; 11.94 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory bowling (I0058218).jpg 5,683 × 4,608; 13.08 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory buying food at a counter (I0058251).jpg 5,668 × 4,534; 10.89 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory curling (I0058221).jpg 5,577 × 4,370; 13 MB
Workers from Geco Munitions factory dancing (I0028236).tif 6,770 × 5,487; 35.43 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory dancing (I0058224).jpg 4,378 × 5,542; 11.37 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory dancing (I0058226).jpg 4,379 × 5,578; 11.49 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory dancing (I0058227).jpg 5,657 × 4,355; 12.13 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory hoeing a victory garden (I0058244).jpg 5,675 × 4,521; 12.76 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory holding pumpkins at the hobbby show (I0058234).jpg 5,658 × 4,481; 11.66 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory in a horse-drawn sleigh (I0058232).jpg 5,692 × 4,290; 11.63 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory in fitness class (I0058252).jpg 5,735 × 4,491; 11.66 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory knitting (I0058249).jpg 5,677 × 4,541; 12.68 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory lawn bowling (I0058219).jpg 5,694 × 4,557; 11.02 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory participating in a relay race (I0058229).jpg 5,698 × 4,569; 12.29 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory playing badminton (I0058216).jpg 5,575 × 4,304; 11.32 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory playing cards (I0058245).jpg 4,464 × 5,657; 12.49 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory playing hockey (I0058228).jpg 5,681 × 4,177; 11.23 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory playing horseshoe (I0058235).jpg 5,690 × 4,513; 12.72 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory playing shuffleboard (I0058236).jpg 5,698 × 4,605; 13.73 MB
Workers from Geco Munitions factory playing softball (I0028237).tif 6,749 × 5,461; 35.15 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory playing softball (I0058239).jpg 5,695 × 4,518; 12.35 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory playing table tennis (I0058243).jpg 5,607 × 4,399; 12.09 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory playing volleyball (I0058246).jpg 4,369 × 5,591; 12.33 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory practicing boxing (I0058220).jpg 5,545 × 4,275; 11.07 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory riding horses (I0058237).jpg 5,677 × 4,510; 12.63 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory singing in a choir (I0058230).jpg 5,696 × 4,518; 12.25 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory stretching in a fitness class (I0058250).jpg 5,694 × 4,572; 12.78 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory swimming (I0058242).jpg 5,703 × 4,582; 14.79 MB
Workers from GECO munitions factory, Olive Galloupher, Ida Herrison, Jenine Malesh, Alice Pleager, Mary Moffat, cross-country skiing (I0058238).jpg 4,548 × 5,676; 13.28 MB
Workers from GECO muntions factory and their children fallen on ice rink (I0058241).jpg 5,667 × 4,523; 12.74 MB
Workers from GECO muntions factory and their children ice skating (I0058240).jpg 5,642 × 4,528; 12.93 MB
Workers from GECO muntitions factory sitting on benches outside (I0058248).jpg 5,698 × 4,513; 13.78 MB
Workers grinding inert materials at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058192).jpg 5,654 × 4,446; 12.52 MB
Workers in proof yard at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058203).jpg 5,672 × 4,485; 12.08 MB
Workers in tool room at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058195).jpg 5,663 × 4,456; 12.68 MB
Workers packing primer for export at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058200).jpg 4,523 × 5,645; 12.3 MB
Workers shovelling snow outside the General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058177).jpg 5,719 × 4,542; 12.6 MB
Workers showing munitions to official visitors at the General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058182).jpg 5,682 × 4,501; 11.79 MB
Workers transferring packed ammunition at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058208).jpg 5,667 × 4,534; 12.67 MB
Workers with wheelbarrows at the General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058178).jpg 5,561 × 4,340; 11.95 MB
Workers, Sam Greenberg and Mary Ann Moody, at General Engineering Company (Canada) (I0058212).jpg 4,516 × 5,675; 11.25 MB

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