Photograph
Parkdale - Maplewood Community Museum
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| Object Name: | Photograph |
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| Category: | Graphic Documents |
| Material: | Paper |
| Accession Number: | 2012.079 |
| Culture: | Canadian |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1930-01-01 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1930-12-31 |
| Description: | Photo of Alton Morton wearing a graduation gown and white shirt and tie. |
| Narrative: | Alton was the son of Kate and Huestin 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: | 25.1 cm |
| Width: | 17.5 cm |
| Institution: |
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| Institution City: | Maplewood |
| Institution Province: | Nova Scotia |