Thursday, March 31, 2016

Building airspeed indicators, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1942

W.A.B. Douglas & Brereton Greenhous.  Out of the Shadows.  Canada in the Second World War.  Oxford University Press, 1977.

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  1. AnonymousMarch 31, 2016 at 10:20 AM

    Puts one in mind of the Radium Girls:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls

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    1. The DukeMarch 31, 2016 at 1:25 PM

      Good point. I see that the wikipedia piece talks about "radium jaw." Horrible! Made me think of "Phossy jaw" which often afflicted women who worked making matches. See an earlier post, http://progress-is-fine.blogspot.ca/2012/11/another-job-you-wouldnt-want-to-do_11.html

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