Matching Articles"20th Century" (Total 14)

  • Newfoundland television stations have produced and presented thousands of hours of local music, comedy, drama and documentary.
  • Until well into the 20th century, Newfoundland's primary economic activity was in the fisheries.
  • The role of women in the Newfoundland and Labrador inshore fishery has expanded greatly since the 19th century.
  • The growth of land-based industries helped alter the traditional role of some women in Newfoundland and Labrador society.
  • Information à propos des journaux de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador de 1879 à 2000.
  • Much of our knowledge of daily life in outport Newfoundland in the late 18th and early 19th century comes from the pens of visitors. They were typically missionaries, explorers, naturalists, and geologists whose work brought them to outlying communities not often visited by outsiders or even the local government.
  • Considerable uncertainty surrounds our understanding of daily life in Newfoundland during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • The political arm of the Fishermen's Protective Union was Newfoundland and Labrador's first class-based political party.
  • Volunteers from Newfoundland and Labrador served at sea, on land, and in the air during the Second World War.
  • Since Newfoundland joined Canada on 31 March 1949, its relationship with the rest of the country has been governed by the Terms of Union.
  • A brief history of the FPU Factory/Advocate Building, a Registered Heritage Structure located in Port Union and constructed in 1920.
  • Mass media in Newfoundland and Labrador. Examples discussed include newspapers, radio, television, and the telegraph.
  • About modern Newfoundland and Labrador francophones and ways that their culture is being preserved.
  • About the advances in communication and transportation technology after 1949 and how it affected Newfoundland and Labrador life.