LH1598 Pedlar People Ltd. World War II

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Black-and-white photo of the original photo of Pedlar People staff during World War II.

Gentleman in white coat, bottom left is Orville MacInally. The inscription on the photograph has his named misspelled.

Notes

The Pedlar People Ltd. began as a small store on the corner of Bond and Simcoe Sts. in the 1840s by Henry Pedlar. Eventually a sheet metal plant was built behind the store, which was taken over by his son, George H. Pedlar. George Pedlar bought a large piece of land at the corner of Simcoe and John Sts. which expanded rapidly leading the firm to be incorporated in 1911. In 1920 the plant was moved to a new location on the east side of Simcoe Street South at First Avenue. The land on John St. was sold to Oshawa to be used for Memorial Park.

During World War II, like many of its contemporaries, Pedlar People employed female workers for the factory to replace their male counterparts who had gone to serve overseas.

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