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Object Name: Photograph
Category: Graphic Documents
Material: Paper
Accession Number: 2012.078
Culture: Canadian
Earliest Production Date: 1925-01-01
Latest Production Date: 1925-12-31
Description: Photo of Alton  in a graduation gown, white shirt and tie. 
Narrative: son of Kate and Huestis Morton
History of Use: Photography has played such a vital role in human history. Before photography, information was relayed by written word, word of mouth, or by illustrations and paintings. The advent of photography heralded the first and only way to fully replicate something a person saw with no error, no exaggeration to the story and no tampering. It was one of the greatest breakthroughs in human technology.
Length: 15.1 cm
Width: 10 cm
Institution: Parkdale - Maplewood Community Museum  Facebook-Parkdale - Maplewood Community Museum 
Institution City: Maplewood
Institution Province: Nova Scotia

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