Not many cameras were around in the 1930s.
Still fewer families had the money to afford them as the Great Depression settled its weary burden on Canadian families.
Juan Bello is a London, Ont.-based documentary filmmaker. He is hoping that by casting the net wide, he can find the images that will help 聽tell the story about what life was like in Canada during that pivotal time.
In a letter posted on Facebook, he says that federal and provincial archives tend to have photos of people who could afford to have their photos taken. He鈥檚 looking for images of 鈥渙rdinary鈥� people 鈥� aka representative of the majority of Canadians 鈥� at the time.
鈥淲e think that privately owned family albums could be a potential source of images,鈥� he said.
He is particularly interested in photographs of:
- Weddings or married couples
- Families with children
- Fatherhood - Father with children
- Motherhood - Mother with children
- Children at play
If you have a photo that Bello could copy and use, please send a scanned, high-resolution version to .
