[Book] Manitoba Canada Vacation Handbook 1972: Your Guide to a Friendly Vacation, Cover Only

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Name/Title

[Book] Manitoba Canada Vacation Handbook 1972: Your Guide to a Friendly Vacation, Cover Only

Entry/Object ID

2004.2.272

Tags

1970s, Paper, Paper Ephemera, Booklet, Desk and Derrick Club, Women's Associations, Women's Group, Manitoba, Canada, Bison, Book

Description

The cover only of a tourism handbook for the province of Manitoba, 1972. Description: The cover of a large, full-colour promotional book for visitors to the province of Manitoba. The front cover features the large yellow serif text "MANITOBA CANADA; VACATION HANDBOOK 1972" across the top, and the yellow text "YOUR GUIDE TO A FRIENDLY VACATION" across the bottom. Taking up the entire cover is a colour photographs of a bison's head, with small yellow flowers in the bottom-right corner. The back cover is yellow, with the red serif text "the friendly province" across the top; the Manitoba logo of a bison made of text in the centre; and centred a the bottom is the Manitoba coat of arms with the red sanserif text "TOURIST BRANCH; DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM, RECREATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS; LEGISLATIVE BLDG., WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA R3C 0P8; Hon. Laurent L. Desjardins, Minister.; O.S. Eagleton, Deputy Minister.". On the inside of the cover is a greyscale photograph of a historical house (left), and a black and white roadmap of the City of Winnipeg and vicinity (right). Binding: Perfect Bound (previously) Cover Material: Light-weight paper stock, colour-print, gloss. Pages: N/A, Missing pages were roughly 10mm thick. Associated with Lillias Ferguson's travels during 1972 as a member of the Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs of North America. Part of a collection of objects scrapbooked in 1972 by Lillias Ferguson (2004.2.1).

Collection

Lillias Ferguson Collection

Cataloged By

Danielle P. Lane

Category

Booklet
Paper Ephemera

Acquisition

Accession

2004.2

Source or Donor

Lillias Ferguson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Cover Closed

Height

254 mm

Width

206 mm

Created By

Danielle P. Lane

Create Date

November 20, 2024

Updated By

Danielle P. Lane

Update Date

February 12, 2025