Caption
Primarily a reference and research library for members of Parliament, the Library possesses the largest collection in Canada of books dealing with government and politics. In addition it has the finest collection of Canadiana in the world. The panelling and shelves are of white pine, intricately hand-carved.
Release Date
June 18, 1957
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
The beautiful gothic structure of cream and rust sandstone was formally opened in 1876. Its octagonal shape is supported by flying buttresses, capped with a dome and lantern. By night, the building glows like an ancient cathedral, its gothic windows alight, as diligent M.P.'s pour over its rich treasure of books.
Date
September 1, 1945
Accession Number
LAC-NFB16552
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011175714
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
The work of restoring Canada's Parliamentary Library in Ottawa, partially destroyed by fire in 1952, has recently been completed at a cost of $2 million dollars and 4 years of painstaking work. The project was the most elaborate of its kind ever undertaken in Canada. The rebuilt dome, ornately decorated with gold leaf, is an exact replica, of its beautiful predecessor.
Date
April 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB80296
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176564
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
An up-to-the-minute fire alarm control board has been installed and regular patrols are maintained by alert Commissionaires.
Date
April 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB80297
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176565
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
The Library's collection comprises half a million books as well as thousands of documents and microfilm editions of early and contemporary newspapers. There is a complete set, believed to be the only one in existence, of The North American, a paper published in Vermont at the time of the rebellion in Upper and Lower Canada.
Date
April 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB80298
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176566
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Chief Librarian, F. A. Hardy (left) and Associate Librarian, J. G. Sylvestre, check folios containing Audubon's Birds of America. The Library is a depository of many rare books and priceless documents.
Date
April 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB80299
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176567
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #110: Canada's Library of Parliament
Photographers
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Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
June 18, 1957
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Primarily a reference and research library for members of Parliament, the Library possesses the largest collection in Canada of books dealing with government and politics. In addition it has the finest collection of Canadiana in the world. The panelling and shelves are of white pine, intricately hand-carved.
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