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Colgate-Palmolive Canada factory.

Two rows of women work at a long table in a warehouse in a black and white photo. Boxes and factory equipment in the background.

Date: January 9, 1919.

Credit: Courtesy of Toronto Public Library. Accession Number – 981-3-1 Cab I. Photograph by Pringle and Booth.
 

 

As more factories opened in Toronto, women too joined the workforce. These women are working in the Colgate-Palmolive Canada factory on Colgate Avenue in Toronto.