Caption
Over 5 million kids across Canada will be returning to school this week with their thoughts turned longingly back to summer vacations. Many will have tall tales to tell and some of the fanciest yarns will be told by the lucky group above who spent their holidays at "Pony Pastures" in beautiful Glenora, B.C. for this riding camp comes mighty close to a kid's vision of paradise.
Release Date
September 4, 1956
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
Lunney, GarCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
Home . . . out on the range . .. where the soap was strictly for saddles . . . and polishing boots could be fun.
Date
July 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB77145
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176266
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
School on horseback might be fun ... Oh well, there's always next summer and memory will last until then.
Date
July 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB77148
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176267
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
The antics of this toy-sized Shetland pony and the sweet fragrance of clover-studded grass will linger on and on until once again the threat of science and maths exams takes a giant-sized hold on the imagination.
Date
July 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB77149
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176268
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
The long carefree days when skies were high and blue and sun was warm and time seemed to be standing still-- but all the time it was getting closer to September.
Date
July 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB77150
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176269
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
The good old days . . . when a fella could sit on a fence and watch the others work if he'd a mind to.
Date
July 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB77152
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176270
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory # 70: Now They're Back at School: Holidays Just a Memory
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
September 4, 1956
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Over 5 million kids across Canada will be returning to school this week with their thoughts turned longingly back to summer vacations. Many will have tall tales to tell and some of the fanciest yarns will be told by the lucky group above who spent their holidays at "Pony Pastures" in beautiful Glenora, B.C. for this riding camp comes mighty close to a kid's vision of paradise.
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