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[Fur Farming in Prince Edward Island]

Item number (ISN):

22126

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1900/1915 ?

Item number (ISN):

22126

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF

Accession:

1978-0202

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1900/1915 ?

Description:

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Actuality footage of business and community groups in Charlottetown and Summerside, PEI and Saint Johns, New Brunswick.~Identified groups include: the Charlottetown Police Department; the Fire Department in action; the Canadian Fox Exchange and Investment Company building in Summerside; the Victoria Farm Silver Black Fox Company in Charlottetown, R.H. Sterns, president, W. Wedlock, vice-president, R. Grant, secretary treasurer, with footage of a man in furs holding a fox and then walking a bear cub on a leash; Federated Foxes; the ranch of John R. Dinnis in Charlottetown with J.R. Dinnis and Professor Cameron examining the quality fur of a Dinnis prize fox; Dr. C.C. Young's arakule sheep valued at $100,000, the only producer of persian lamb fur in America; Rayner International Fur Company in Summerside, B.I. Rayner, president, John A. Lea, secretary treasurer, E.H. Rayner, manager, with footage of E.H. Rayner and ranch superindentent Gaffney holding a silver black fox worth $15,000; the Pure Canadian Silver and Black Fox Company Limited in Summerside, J.R. Morrison, president, P.G. Clark, vice president.~A ship is shown leaving the harbour and the Reversing Falls in Saint John, New Brunswick are seen. After the falls, the Saint John Fire Department is seen in action. The film ends with footage of the Fundy Fox Company in Saint John. Williams and Barker owners.

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

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1. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8506-0101
V1 8509-0047
V1 2008-11-0002

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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