Caption
Ottawa residents further enhance the Tulip Festival with attractive beds of their own. Sandra Jensen above holds the silver trophy, fashioned by Dutch craftsmen, which is awarded for the finest private display.
Release Date
May 13, 1958
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
MalakCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
Camera enthusiasts have a field day among Ottawa's tulips. Pert Jean Mackay above is caught in a winsome pose by an alert photographer. Having captured the beauty of the flowers, many visitors turn their enquiring eyes to other scenic and historic spots Ottawa has to offer.
Date
March 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB85175
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176763
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Fifty thousand tulip bulbs planted in front of Canada's Parliament Buildings add a sweep of colour each spring to the grey gothic beauty of the buildings. Planting is done in the autumn; beds are replanted every third year.
Date
March 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB85176
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176764
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Many Ottawa tulips are a gift from the people of Holland. Queen Juliana each year sends 16,000 bulbs in remembrance of Canadian hospitality during her World War II residence here. The Dutch people add another 100,000 in appreciation of the part Canadian soldiers played in liberating their homeland.
Date
March 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB85177
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176765
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Ottawa's "Tulip Festival" provides the biggest public display of these colourful blooms this side of Holland. Massed in huge beds along the capital's famous Driveway, on Parliament Hill, the National War Memorial and in other parts of the city, sonic 200 vivid hues present a spectacular show which each year attracts thousands of visitors to Canada's capital. Those who come to see the flowers invariably stay to see the city, so that Ottawa is becoming increasingly well-known to Canadians from coast to coast as well as to visitors from the United States and abroad.
Date
March 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB85178
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176766
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #157: Tulip Magic Draws Thousands to Capital City: Ottawa Tulip Festival May 15-30
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
May 13, 1958
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Ottawa residents further enhance the Tulip Festival with attractive beds of their own. Sandra Jensen above holds the silver trophy, fashioned by Dutch craftsmen, which is awarded for the finest private display.
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