Photograph, Black-and-White
Strait Area Museum
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| Object Name: | Photograph, Black-and-White |
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| Category: | Graphic Documents |
| Material: | photographic paper |
| Accession Number: | P2023.132 |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1955-08-13 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1955-08-13 |
| Description: | Black and white photograph taken during the Grand Opening of the Canso Causeway on August 13, 1955. The photo shows a group of people gathered around a car on the road. There are two men wearing jumpsuits that say "Dept of Highways Mechanical Branch", and wearing white gloves. In front of the car is a man wearing a suit that has a white sash going across his body and wearing a beret. There are bleachers off to the left of the photograph with flags on top of it, and there is a sign that reads "Blue Tickets STS Grandstand" |
| Length: | 11 cm |
| Width: | 8.5 cm |
| Institution: |
Strait Area Museum
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| Institution City: | Port Hastings |
| Institution Province: | Nova Scotia |