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Timeline—1930S V.1 Text Type Date Asset ID Timeline—1930s V.1 Timeline- Text Date Asset ID Copyright Info and/or Reference Image/Media and caption Timeline Text + Read More: wirefram Type e Overview Text: The Thirties marked a troubled time in the world. The Great Depression lasted throughout this decade and affected countries around the world. International trade plummeted by two thirds. Canadian heavy industry, as well as industries like logging, mining and agriculture were hit particularly hard. Joblessness soared to 30% in Canada, and up to 33% in some countries. The decade marked the rise in totalitarian authorities, leading to the rise of Hitler’s Germany and the beginning of WW II in 1939. It also marked advances in new technologies, such as radio, and commercial international air travel. The number of cars sold in Canada in the 1930s was approximately 760,000. (108 words) 04.5 Cars 1931 GMC Buick (note: I cut this from the PDF doc— The GMC Buick 1931 was designed by Winston Barron, editor of Canadian 1930 Custom 31 when it opens this is the quality of it.) Paramount News from 1931 to 1951. 1977.0278 Mike do you have a pic of this one? I Read More: couldn’t seem to dig one up from the Caption: FTP site… TX The GMC Buick 1931 was built by Smith Body Works Win Barron was one of the first hosts on the CBC quiz show “Front Page Ltd. In Toronto using the chassis of a 1931 McLaughlin- Challenge”, which ran from 1957 to 1995. Buick. Courtesy: Canada Museum of Science and Technology 1932 Frontenac, FTP site: Trip Dominion Motors-nd-3- The Frontenac is considered one of the last Canadian cars. It was so successful, Reynolds 2388.jpg that it became independent of its US-based parent plant, Durant Motors, and Museum became known as Dominion Motors. Image No: ND-3-2388 Read More: Title: Car of Dominion Motors Limited, To help give cars more of a Canadian identity, they were sometimes named after Edmonton, Alberta. famous Canadians. The Frontenac was named after Count Frontenac, who was the governor of New France (1672-1682 and 1689-98). The 1960 Ford Frontenac Date: 1924 was another car named after Count Frontenac. Photographer/Illustrator: McDermid Caption: Link to top 16 Studio, Edmonton, Alberta Workers outside Dominion Motors with a Dominion 1 motors car. Date: 1924 Courtesy: Glenbow Archives 1934 6.24P1 – Image of the Airflow, TBS PHOTO of advertisement The streamlined form of the Chrysler Airflow marks a radical shift in car design. (from DeBondt Collection) Mike did you manage to get this ad scanned? Caption: An advertisement for the Chrysler Airflow. This is not part of the collection, but it Date: XXX is here as a “car” fact… Courtesy: XXX 3D timeline text: The streamlined form of the Chrysler Airflow marks a radical shift in car design. 1936 La Salle Mike I’m uncertain where this image is The La Salle was introduced in the US in 1927 as the low-end of the Cadillac line. 2000.0087 located on the FTP site... I copied this It was the first automobile to be designed by a stylist rather than an engineer or one from the PDF of the “Web Site— mechanic. artifact selection by section. “ tx Caption: Read More: The La Salle from the collection of the Canada Museum The La Salle in the Canada Museum of Science and Technology’s collection is one of Science and Technology. of only several hundred La Salles that were built annually in Oshawa between 1927-1936, the last year of Canadian production. The last year of American Courtesy: production was 1940. Canada Museum of Science and Technology. 1936 Packard Reference: Packard was generally considered to be a luxury car. However in 1936, Packard 1971.0436 designed the 120 to be competitive in the mid-priced, eight cylinder car market. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packard_ 120 Read More: The car was priced at around $1000, and was designed to keep Packard in Mike do you have the attribution info? Caption: business during the Great Depression. The average yearly family income was I checked the list of photos & archival The Packard 120 series introduced new technologies around $1300, which meant that the 120 was mostly of appeal to families in the info in the word docs with no and design, which influenced subsequent Packard upper middle class. success…TX models. Date: XXX Courtesy: xxx 2 1939 McLaughlin From FTP site: Two McLaughlin-Buicks were manufactured for the Royal Tour in 1939, and 1984.0706 ftp://142.46.198.212/desjardins/To%2 featured an intercom for the driver and passengers to communicate. 0Select%20and%20Order/LAC- To%20Order-March-2010/1939- Read More: Royals%20arrive%20at%20Parliament Another McLaughlin was custom built in 1936 for the Royal Family. It is said that %20in%20McLaughlin-c065499.jpg the 1936 car was the one that King Edward VIII drove to the dock after his abdication. He also bought a McLaughlin-Buick for his friend, Wallis Simpson. Title: Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth meeting Rt. Hon. Link to Top 16 Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, at the Parliament Buildings Date(s): 19 May 1939 Place: Ottawa, Ont. Conditions of access Graphic (photo) Copy negative C-065499 Caption: 90: Open King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arriving in the Item no. (creator) XGD-15 Royal Tour McLaughlin-Buick on the steps of the Other accession no. 1971-271 NPC Terms of use: Credit: National Film Board Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, with Prime Minister of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Mackenzie King. Archives Canada / C-065499, Restrictions on use: Nil, Copyright: Expired Date: May 19, 1939 Courtesy: National Film Board of Canada In the 1930- From FTP site: The Great Depression put many Canadians out of work, and by 1933 News 1939 Unemployment Demonstration 1-nc-6- unemployment was at 30%. 13068a.jpg Read More: Image No: NC-6-13068a The hardest hit industries were farming, mining, and logging. At the time of the Title: Unemployed demonstration, Great Depression, Canada had been moving away from these primary industries Edmonton, Alberta. towards manufacturing, but with exports at an all time low, and the gross Date: October 1933 national product down 40%, manufacturing also slowed almost to a halt. Photographer/Illustrator: Mcdermid Caption: Studio, Edmonton, Alberta Workers in Western Canada attend a demonstration Remarks: Additional views in series. against unemployment. Date: 1933 Courtesy: Glenbow Archives 3 1937 Copyright Information: The Hindenburg dirigible explodes over Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hind Jersey prior to landing. It had just finished its first North American transatlantic enburg_burning.jpg flight between Europe and the United States. No higher resolution available. Read More: Hindenburg_burning.jpg (707 × 559 Experts are still debating how the Hindenburg burst into flames, and why it pixels, file size: 108 KB, MIME type: burned so quickly. The dirigible was inflated with hydrogen, and was powered by image/jpeg) two Daimler-Benz engines. It took only 37 seconds for the Hindenburg to Caption: become completely engulfed in flames and to crash. There were 36 passengers Licensing The Hindenburg dirigible explodes over Lakehurst Naval and 61 crew on board. Thirteen passengers and twenty-two crew died, including Air Station in New Jersey prior to landing. one crew person on the ground. This image is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or Date: 1937 made during the course of the person's Courtesy: United States Navy official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. 1939 Title: Arrival of Their Majesties King As the threat of war looms, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit Canada to George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Royal cheer and encourage Canadians. It was the first visit of a reigning monarch to Procession, with Escort of the Royal Canada. Canadian Dragoon, entering Connaught Place in front of the National War Memorial. Date(s): 19 May 1939 Place: Ottawa, Ont. Conditions of access Graphic (photo) Copy negative PA- 211009, 90: Open Other accession no. 1975-381 NPC Terms of use: Credit: Library and Archives Canada / PA-211009 Caption: Restrictions on use: Nil, Copyright: Arrival of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Expired. Elizabeth, Royal Procession, with Escort of the Royal Canadian Dragoon, entering Connaught Place in front of the National War Memorial. Ottawa, Ontario. Date: 19 May 1939 Courtesy: Library and Archives Canada/PA-211009 4 1939 Copyright: On September 1, Britain and France declare war on Germany. One week later, Image on Canadian Encyclopedia Canada also declares war. online (Historica Dominion) http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia. Read More: com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A Approximately 1.1 million Canadians served in the Second World War. More 1ARTA0008717 than 40% of Canada’s males between the ages of 18 and 45 volunteered for service and were enlisted. Women also played an important role in the war: reference: over 45,000 of them served in active service and by supporting the war through administrative or other roles. The first Canadian troops sailed for Britain on http://wwii.ca/content-7/world-war- December 10, 1939. ii/facts-and-information/ Caption: The areas in red show the sites of major Canadian http://archives.cbc.ca/on_this_day/09 involvement in Europe throughout the Second World /10/ War. Courtesy: Historica Dominion 1939- Image from FTP site: During Second World War, Canada stops producing civilian vehicles and focuses 1945 ftp://142.46.198.212/desjardins/Ford/ on those for military use. Ford-General/59.jpg Read More: Mike I looked for this ad in the list of The declaration of war in 1939 meant that Canadian industrial production printed ads for a date and credit and expanded into new areas.
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