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Sparton of Canada

Black and white panoramic group photo, mostly women. Text reads, "Sparton of Canada, London, Ont., 1944"

Collection of the Secrets of Radar Museum, 1944

Sparton of Canada was one of the many factories repurposed during WWII to manufacture equipment for the war effort. Sparton went from manufacturing radios to making electronic test equipment. During the 1940s they employed mostly women, a practice that continued for many decades.