Caption
Though early French settlers of the sixteenth century are known to have produced some raw leaf pipe tobacco, large scale tobacco farming in Canada is a development of the last 25 years. To-day, tobacco is of increasing economic importance, netting the farmer $80,000,000 in 1954. In the same year approximately 22,113,102,000 Canadian manufactured cigarettes were consumed in the country. Here, workers are shown storing cured virginia [sic] cigarette tobacco in a Quebec pack barn in preparation for a visit by buyers.
Release Date
September 13, 1955
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
Lund, ChrisCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
A crew of workers seen 'priming' tobacco on an Ontario farm. Mature lower leaves are picked first from base of plant in a manual operation. Warm, sunny days are essential to quality in a cured leaf. Windbreak of trees in background has been planted as protection for plants.
Date
August 1, 1947
Accession Number
LAC-NFB34576
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011175735
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Boats of tobacco leaves are hauled by tractor and by horse to a kiln for curing. Tobacco farming in Canada is centered in the sandy loams of southwestern Ontario and western Quebec with a limited production in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia.
Date
August 1, 1947
Accession Number
LAC-NFB34580
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011175736
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Completely cured, a rack of cigarette tobacco is inspected by expert Bert Murray, of Wilson, North Carolina. Temperature and humidity have been carefully controlled in the curing to produce a high quality leaf. Flue curing consists of yellowing, color fixing and drying.
Date
August 1, 1947
Accession Number
LAC-NFB34585
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011175737
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Demonstrating two of the more common tobacco varieties, Simone Durant of Joliette, Quebec, holds aloft cured leaves of dark Comstock cigar (left) and light flue-cured virginia [sic] cigarette tobacco (right). Other types include burley, pipe and raw leaf pipe tobaccos.
Date
September 1, 1949
Accession Number
LAC-NFB49596
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011175785
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Though early French settlers of the sixteenth century are known to have produced some raw leaf pipe tobacco, large scale tobacco farming in Canada is a development of the last 25 years. To-day, tobacco is of increasing economic importance, netting the farmer $80,000,000 in 1954. In the same year approximately 22,113,102,000 Canadian manufactured cigarettes were consumed in the country. Here, workers are shown storing cured virginia [sic] cigarette tobacco in a Quebec pack barn in preparation for a visit by buyers.
Date
September 1, 1949
Accession Number
LAC-NFB49605
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011175786
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #26: $80,000,000 Industry: Canadian Tobacco Harvest Under Way
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
September 13, 1955
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Though early French settlers of the sixteenth century are known to have produced some raw leaf pipe tobacco, large scale tobacco farming in Canada is a development of the last 25 years. To-day, tobacco is of increasing economic importance, netting the farmer $80,000,000 in 1954. In the same year approximately 22,113,102,000 Canadian manufactured cigarettes were consumed in the country. Here, workers are shown storing cured virginia [sic] cigarette tobacco in a Quebec pack barn in preparation for a visit by buyers.
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