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Object Name: Album, Photographic
Artist/Maker: Sergeant William "Bill" R. Cox
Category: Graphic Documents
Material: Paper
Leather
Accession Number: 2021.0.517
Culture: Canadian
Earliest Production Date: 1920-01-01
Latest Production Date: 1940-12-31
Description: A personal candid photographic album of family and friends; Photographs affixed to black paper inserts; Album of brown leatherette; Found with three large loose photographs - one is a structure in disrepair in the snow, a group of a number of soldiers and a young man and two young women in front of structure in disrepair, one is of of Bob Hope presenting something to a young girl n a wheel chair; Photos a and c have photographer stamp on back 
Narrative: This album most likely belonged to Canadian photographer Bill Cox. While the content does not feature military, it does show his progress and experimentation as a photographer. A number of photographs have been manipulated to add third eyes or extra large features or features of several persons on one face.   
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Institution City: Halifax
Institution Province: Nova Scotia

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