Print, Photographic
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| Object Name: | Print, Photographic |
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| Title: | 1948 School Fair |
| Category: | Graphic Documents |
| Material: | paper ink |
| Accession Number: | CMP 01-40 |
| Other Geographical Data: | [46.017114983347,-61.532836649954] |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1948-01-01 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1948-12-31 |
| Description: | Pictured are four columns of students marching behind the St. Peters School (Convent) banner. The banner reads: St. Peters School For God and Country. Only girls are visible marching. In the lower right hand corner one can see chairs and part of a young boy. Port Hood Academy is partially visible. |
| Narrative: | Schools fairs were revived in Inverness County after World War II. They were usually held in September. In Port Hood the fair was held on the grounds of Port Hood Academy in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Schools from the area that took part were Hawthorne, Harbourview, Dunmore, Glencoe Station, Baden, Colindale, St. Peters Convent and Port Hood Island. Fairs were open not only to students but to anyone in the surrounding community who wished to enter cows, horses, sheep, handcrafts, baked items or preserves. The fair was a day long activity. In the afternoon, each school marched onto the grounds proudly displaying a banner with the name of their school. Points were awarded on the banner and the marching performance. |
| Length: | 7 cm |
| Width: | 11.4 cm |
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| Institution City: | Chestico |
| Institution Province: | Nova Scotia |