Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
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Photography Branch
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Description area
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The Photography Branch of the Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity was established in 1951, taking over functions previously residing with the Publicity Branch. The Photography Branch was re- absorbed into the Publicity Branch in 1964.
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The Photography Branch maintained film and photograph libraries and planned and produced photographs for tourism related functions. In addition, the Branch was responsible for the production of films and planning special publicity and promotional projects, such as the United States Editor's Goodwill Tours. The Editor's Goodwill Tour was an annual event, by which one editor of a United States Weekly newspaper from each of 30 States was conducted on a 12 day organised tour of Ontario.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Annual Reports of the Department of Travel and Publicity, 1951-1962
Annual Report of the Department of Travel and Publicity and the Department of Public Records and Archives, 1963
Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1962-1963
Maintenance notes
Agency not in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1995-03-15
Archivist(s):
R. Anger