NO QUEUES--The line of waiting tourists before the British Pavilion today is only a scant corporal's guard as compared with queue, right, that formed there regularly earlier in the summer.
MANNING, Jack
1967-09
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NO USE TO DIG IT OUT. Having long ago abandoned hope of raising a wheat crop this year the owner has no reason to dig out his bonder, half covered with drifting sand and top soil. Drought conditions in this "bread basket" section and elsewhere in Canada have cut the wheat crop seriously and caused prices in America to advance.
UNKNOWN
1937-07-19
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NO, NO, NANETTE OPENING at the 46th Street Theatre. Miss [Ruby] Keeler enters Sardi's restaurant amidst applause from patrons etc.
UNKNOWN
1971-01-19
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Norbert Michaud, a large, raw-boned man, sat in his kitchen and made small talk with two women and a child. He is one of hundreds of Canadian fishermen, guides and tourist-camp proprietors whose livelihood has been damaged this year by mercury contamination of fish and government bans on commercial fishing.
COWAN, Edward
1970-08-20
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Norma Shearer arrives for the opening of "Skylark," protected from the crowds by a heavyweight escort.
UNKNOWN
1939
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Norman Jewison: the Cold War has made him hot. Norman Jewison, the youthful filmmaker, is renowned among friends as a singularly undiscriminating, if ardent, amateur gardener. Last week, in fact, the Canadian-born director was harvesting raves from movie reviewers and his colleagues in the movie industry for his newest picture, "The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming."
UNKNOWN
1966
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NORTHERN VISTA: A corporal of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police describes landscape of a national park in Alberta to U.S. visitors.
LUNNEY, Gar
ca. 1958
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Oakland & San Francisco California boys, member of 143d artillery were welcomed home from France by their honorary "Colonel" and "godmother," Mary Pickford who is seen hoisted on the shoulders of two of her boys Corporal Grunkey (left) and private Kenneth Harland.
UNKNOWN
ca. 1918
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OILERS-KINGS - LA Kings Wayne Gretzky (L) shakes hands with former NHL great Gordie Howe in front of his father Walter and wife Janet after breaking Howes alltime NHL point scoring record here Oct. 15.
HERSHORN, Gary
1989-10-15
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OLD PROMISE : Queen Elizabeth II of England pauses to talk with Chief Anthony Francis (center) of the Union of New Brunswick Indians [sic], July 15, after she toured the legislative building. Chief Francis petitioned the Queen complaining that the Royal proclamation of 1763 promised them land and rights to fish and hunt, and it has not been honored.
UNKNOWN
1976-07-15
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Oliva Dionne, father of the quintuplets, is surrounded by his five celebrated daughters.
UNKNOWN
ca. 1941
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On the ski slopes adjoining the Château Frontenac, Quebec.
UNKNOWN; Canadian Pacific Railway Company
ca. 1941
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ON THE TRAILS LEADING TO LAC BEAUPORT IN QUEBEC. A musher and his dogs dashing over one of the snow-covered paths near the Canadian resort.
UNKNOWN
ca. 1940
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OUT TO PHOTOGRAPH THE QUEEN. Three granddaughters of Canadian Gov. Gen. Vincent Massey have their box cameras ready to make a picture of Queen Elizabeth as she strolls about the grounds of government house this afternoon with the Governor General. Occasion was a tree-planting ceremony.
UNKNOWN
1957-10-15
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PEEK-A-BOO--Prime Minister Trudeau's three boys--Michel, 3, (front), Sacha, 5 and Justin, 7--ham it up with a photographer Monday in Ottawa after they squirmed their way through 45 minutes of the daily question period. Natural showmen, they kept opening and closing the door and making funny faces.
BREGG, Peter
1979-03-06
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Photographe inconnu, Buffy Sainte-Marie sings on "Johnny Cash Show," [channel] 7 at 9:30 P.M.
UNKNOWN
1969
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PICKED CANADIAN TROOPS ARE POURING TOWARD THE WAR ZONE. Photo shows a scene at Montreal Harbor when the men of the 28th and 31st Battalions arrived from Winnipeg and the West to board the transport.
UNKNOWN
1915-05
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POLITICAL PHENOMENON-- Toronto novelty shop features posters of Prime Minister Trudeau. Virtually unknown a year ago, he is favored to lead his liberals to victory next week.
UNKNOWN
ca. 1968
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PORTRAIT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER: Celebrated portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh 67, holds a copy of "Karsh Portraits," which has just been published by the New York Graphic Society.
UNKNOWN
1976-11-11
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President Eisenhower signed the St. Lawrence Seaway Bill in May 1953. Since then, it's been an ambiguous success: creating jobs in some areas; both uniting and dividing the U.S. and Canada.
UNKNOWN
1954-05-13
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President Ronald Reagan reaches into the crowd to shake hands with some of the invited guests after he, they and Prime Minister Trudeau (L) watched a gala performance of Canadian talent at the National Arts Centre here 3/10.
GRAGG, Drew
1981-03-10
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Prime Minister of Cuba Fidel Castro holds Prime Minister of Canada's youngest son, Michel Charles-Émile Trudeau, as wife of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Margaret (R) looks on. The Trudeaus ended a four-day state visit to Cuba.
UNKNOWN
1976-01-29
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PRINCE SQUARE DANCES-- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh square dances at Government House here tonight as the Royal Couple enjoyed themselves at an old fashioned square dance.
ROYAL, Frank
1951-10-11
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PRINCESS ELIZABETH AT NIAGARA FALLS. The heir presumptive holds the hood of a storm coat around her face. Speaking to her is Ernest Hawkins, mayor of the Ontario community.
UNKNOWN
1951-10-14
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Prisoners in the British Columbia Penitentiary's East Wing watch a group of newsmen tour their cell block to view the damage done in overnight rioting. Prison officials have declared the wing totally destroyed. In a related incident, two hostages were taken and held in the kitchen area. One of the hostages was released late Tuesday
UNKNOWN
1976-09-29
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PRODUCT OF CANADA: Aluminum coils in Alcan's Vancouver, B.C., mill. Businessmen, especially mining entrepreneurs, assailed tax plan that would eliminate subsidies hidden in depletion allowances and tax holidays.
UNKNOWN
1968-01
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PROTESTS AT EASTER PARADE. Part of the Easter parade in Toronto which toured the fashionable heart of the town, was a group of forty people which made good use of the crowds to bring to their attention the protests of the Church Peace Mission. The placards protested the armament race and urged Canada take a major step in mediating peace.
UNKNOWN
1959-03-29
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QUEBEC'S CELEBRATED TRIPLE-TRACK TOBOGGAN SLIDE, extending from the shoulder of the venerable Citadel along Dufferin Terrace past the Château Frontenac. This slide is thronged both day and night by devotees of tobogganing, one of winter's most exhilarating sports. Electric lights provide illumination for night operation.
UNKNOWN
ca. 1930
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READY TO RECEIVE THE TREASURE FROM THE EARTH: A BANK BRANCH Temporarily Established in a Tent at Hardrock.
UNKNOWN
1934-10
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RED MEN [sic] ATTEND SKI JUMP OPENING AT BANFF. Each winter Banff, beautiful resort in the Canadian Rockies, holds high carnival when its celebrated ski-jump on Tunnel Mountain, one of the most spectacular in North America, is opened. Girls in blanket coats, Indian [sic] chiefs from nearby reservations and the usual winter sports visitors make a colorful picture against the snowy background.
UNKNOWN
ca. 1931
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Robertson Davies, author at his Dorset Hotel Room.
FRANCO, Angel
1988-12-14
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ROUGHING IT: Enjoying the great outdoors, John Diefenbaker (center) talks around a campfire with other members of a fishing trip in northern Ontario. The former Canadian Prime Minister spent time fishing on Lake Albany during a tour of the northern part of the province.
UNKNOWN
1965-06-21
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Rustic life in Canadian woods but the lumberjack Is enjoying more modern comfort. Gilles Dufour has been a cutter for a short time. "I like fresh air and being master of my movements."
LEE, John M.
1965-07
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Rustic life in Canadian woods. But the lumberjack is enjoying more modern comfort. Edouard Bélanger is head of a team of 65 contractors. "It is hard to get good men now."
LEE, John M.
1965-07
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Rustic life in Canadian woods. But the lumberjack is enjoying more modern comfort. Wallace Jourdain tends a small dam for three months. "The company will give me something. . till winter."
LEE, John M.
1965-07
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Sandwiches, juice and fruit are among the items in the box lunches to be given to Olympic athletes in Montreal.
SAURO, William E.
1976-06-10
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Scene below the [Quebec] Bridge a moment after the span had disappeared with the river craft searching amid the debris of wooden falsework for survivors.
UNKNOWN
1916-09-11
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Scene in Vancouver Island lumbering section. The Hindu is conceded to be the best saw-mill operator.
UNKNOWN
n.d.
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SEASON OPENER AT SHEA STADIUM METS VS. EXPOS. Mayor of Montreal Jean Drapeau throws out first ball.
BOENZI, Neal
1969-04-08
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SEEING THE FAR NORTH BY RAIL. Excursion steamer passengers are met at Skagway, Alaska, and ride to Whitehorse, Yukon, over the picturesque route of the White Pass & Yukon Railway.
UNKNOWN
ca. 1947
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SHOOTING SCENE -- An injured is wheeled away from the University of Montreal Wednesday after a gunman opened fire in a packed classroom.
UNKNOWN
1989-12-06
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SHORTCUT--Minirail, 25-cent ride that swoops all over Expo 67, plunges right into and through the U.S. dome.
FALK, Sam
1967-04
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SHOULDERING GUNS INSTEAD OF HOCKEY STICKS. Members of the Toronto Maple Leaf hockey team, led by Bob Davidson, Goalie "Turk" Broda and "Sweeney" Schriner, marching into the trenches at a machine-gun target range during a military training session. The team is in constant training so that they will be ready for duty if called to the colors.
TUROFSKY, Nat
1939
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Sight-seeing in the Canadian Rockies in an open-top bus.
UNKNOWN
ca. 1941
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Sir Wilfred Laurier, Opposition Leader in Canada.
PITTAWAY, Alfred G.
ca. 1905
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SITE COMPLETED: Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau looks over the completed Velodrome here. Drapeau was instrumental in bringing the 1976 Olympiad to Montreal.
UNKNOWN
1976-07-08
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SOME JOKE. Communist party boss Nikita S. Krushchev (center) laughs heartily at a story told by Canada's External Affairs Minister Lester B. Pearson, while Premier Bulganin listens quietly. Note the microphone held just in front of Mr. Pearson. Many of his exchanges with Russian Leaders were recorded.
UNKNOWN
1955-10-14
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STAMP OF APPROVAL: Newsprint is stamped before it is packaged for shipment from a mill in Quebec's St. Maurice Valley, largest newsprint-making area in the world.
UNKNOWN
ca. 1971
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SUITS TO MEASURE FOR THE ARCTIC: A BEARSKIN ready to be cut to make parkas for John Jaynes, chief engineer, and Martin M. Vorce, cook, of the MacMillan Expedition to the Pole.
UNKNOWN
1925-06
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Swimmers at play in the pool at Château Lake Louise
UNKNOWN
ca. 1928
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TAKE TO THE SLOPES: Newlyweds, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and his bride of two weeks, the former Margaret Sinclair, 22, arrive to get in some skiing in the Laurentian Mountains--90 miles north of Montreal--March 19th, during weekend outing. The couple was married in a surprise ceremony in Vancouver, March 4th.
UNKNOWN
1971-03-19
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THE "TALKIES" MOVE UP NORTH: THE PARTY, with a group of sealers for an audience, setting up their equipment, with property men, directors and technicians on the ice.
KIRBY, Frank
ca. 1930
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THE BORDERLINE BETWEEN AN EMPIRE AND A REPUBLIC: A SWATH TWENTY FEET WIDE which has been cut through the forest along the Montana-British Columbia Line by PWA workers under the direction of the International Boundary Commission. The United States is at the left and Canada at the right.
UNKNOWN
ca. 1935
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THE CAMERA PRESERVES FOR POSTERITY AN EPIC OF THE ARCTIC: SEALERS in pursuit of the huge herds which each year halt their migration off the coast of Labrador, where, on March 1, their young are born. One of a series of photographs taken by an expedition headed by Varick Frissell which accompanied the sealers on their ship, the Viking.
KIRBY, Frank
ca. 1930
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THE CHIEF POSES FOR HIS PICTURE: VARICK FRISSELL, who headed the party which made a camera record of a little-known and hazardous industry which each year diminishes by hundreds of thousands the herds of seals in the Far North.
KIRBY, Frank
ca. 1930
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THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF THE DOMINIONS BEYOND THE UNGUARDED FRONTIER: LORD WILLINGDON, Governor General of Canada, Reads the King's Message in Front of the Dominion Parliament Buildings in Ottawa at the Opening of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Formation of the Dominion as a Self-Governing Unit in the British Empire.
UNKNOWN
1927-07-01
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THE DIONNES ON SIGHT-SEEING TOUR. Msgr. Gustav Schultheiss pointing out places of interest in the harbor from a Staten Island ferryboat passing the Statue of Liberty. The quintuplets, left to right, are Annette, Marie, Cécile, Yvonne and Émilie. They are accompanied by their father.
UNKNOWN
1950
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The emotional letter written by kidnapped Labor Minister Pierre Laporte 10/11 to Premier Robert Bourassa, pleading with him to grant the prisoner-release demands of the FLQ to spare Laporte's life. "My Dear Robert" the letter begins.
UNKNOWN
1970-10-11
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THE FATHER OF BASKETBALL: DR. JAMES NAISMITH, member of the faculty of the University of Kansas, discusses the changes in the game with James Hill and Gordon Royal, members of the Varsity Five, at Lawrence.
UNKNOWN
ca. 1928
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THE GLORY OF NIAGARA FALLS AT NIGHT. Giant stalactites under the cascades illuminated by a battery of searchlights.
UNKNOWN
ca. 1926
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