To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:20:34 -0000
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppet collection online


Thankyou Mathieu for that link.  It has brought back many memories from the
1950's when Joan and I were living in Canada.  We used to drive from Coburg
to Toronto for the Toronto Guild meetings before the 401 highway was
completed. I remember most of the puppeteers mentioned and their puppets
from that time. I remember being impressed by amateur puppeteers Tom and
Elsie Harrison.  Tom had the ability to stop the Niagara Falls at night - or
reduce it to a trickle.  He was the engineer in control of the
hydro-electric plant which could divert the flow. It has been said that some
puppeteers are control freaks but Tom was a wonderful sharing chap. 
Ray DaSilva


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On Behalf Of Mathieu René
Sent: 29 January 2009 21:41
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: [Puptcrit] Puppet collection online

The Canadian Museum of Civilisation has just updated its online gallery 
featuring its puppet collection (a big part of it donated by the Ontario 
Puppetry Association).
The navigation of it is a bit of a test in itself, due to the absence of a 
main thumbnail gallery or a section-specific search box, but the documents 
themselves are worth the work.
Each type of puppet has its own scrolling thumbnail gallery. Click on it to 
see the pics and lots of information about the featured puppet.

To make your browsing easier, here's a direct link to the index, which seems

to be the easiest way to see the puppets. Open each link as a new "tab" in 
your browser, to be able to easily come back to the index every time.
http://theatre.civilization.ca/narratives/details.php?language=english&lvlIn
d=1


The actual homepage of the collection:
http://theatre.civilization.ca/narratives/details.php?language=english 

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