Caption
Adel Gaudet poses with her imaginative exhibit for the doll carriage parade. Population of the Island (normally around 100,000) rises sharply during the summer season, reaches its high-water mark during the gala lobster carnival.
Release Date
June 28, 1960
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
Prince Edward Island lobsters attract tourists from far and wide to the annual carnival at Summerside where lobster dinners presided over by a Sea Queen are the order of the day. Above, Bette Mallett crowns Sandra Rogers.
Date
July 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB90711
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177228
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
The mid-July carnival features a variety of entertainment and activities. Highlights of the 4-day event are the lobster suppers. Above 300 lbs. of lobster go into the cooking pot.
Date
July 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB89507
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177121
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
5-year-old Jane Petrie of Don Mills, Ontario, casts a wistful eye at the giant lobster being served for her supper.
Date
July 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB89521
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177124
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Firemen from the Maritimes compete in exciting hook and ladder races.
Date
July 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB89516
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177123
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Competition is keen in the junior soapbox races but 9-year-old Danny Heckbert beams confidently from behind his colourful entry. Field and track competitions, water sports, parades and dancing keep carnival-goers in holiday mood.
Date
July 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB90707
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177227
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #262: Thousands Pay Homage to King of the Seas: P.E.I.'s Colourful Lobster Carnival
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
June 28, 1960
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Adel Gaudet poses with her imaginative exhibit for the doll carriage parade. Population of the Island (normally around 100,000) rises sharply during the summer season, reaches its high-water mark during the gala lobster carnival.
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