Caption
Once upon a time little girls dreamed fondsly of the day when they would meet their man; now the sophisticated miss dreams of meeting her mink. The pretty lass above is in the enviable position of being surrounded by $30,000 worth of Canadian mink, considered by many the finest in the world. Canada's mink market has grown tremendously in the past decade in response to ever increasing demand for the luxurious fur.
Release Date
December 3, 1957
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
unattributedCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
Canadian models arrive in Paris for an exhibition of fur fashions. Canadian mink has been widely used on costumes created by many of the world's top couturiers.
Date
January 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB83775
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176681
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
While experts maintain that wild mink from interior Quebec reigns supreme, the delicate hues of mutation mink such as that worn by the model above have helped boost ranch bred mink into top position on the world market.
Date
January 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB83776
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176682
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
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Caption
Canadian export of mink has risen from $7 million in 1945 to $17 million in 1956. The U.S. and U.K. are biggest purchasers. Skins are carefully dried before shipment to fur auctions in Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver.
Date
January 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB83869
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Scientifically controlled breeding of ranch mink has produced the highly prized and popular pastel shades. The handsome, if haughty, character above is a snow-white champion known as "Rex".
Date
January 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB83870
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176688
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Hundreds of operations, many of them manual, go into the making of a mink coat. Here, mass production is unheard of, for each garment is a painstakingly individual project. A full length mink coat requires from 65-85 skins. Some 10 miles of thread are used in stitching the carefully matched "let-out" skins together. The pattern is first blocked out by veteran craftsmen who use about 12,000 brass pins in the process.
Date
January 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB83871
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176689
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #134: Where Elegance and Fashion Meet: Canadian Mink Reigns Supreme
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada Photos
Release Date
December 3, 1957
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Once upon a time little girls dreamed fondsly of the day when they would meet their man; now the sophisticated miss dreams of meeting her mink. The pretty lass above is in the enviable position of being surrounded by $30,000 worth of Canadian mink, considered by many the finest in the world. Canada's mink market has grown tremendously in the past decade in response to ever increasing demand for the luxurious fur.
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