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VM.2008.013.001


Gelatin silver photograph

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Object Name

Print, Photographic

Catagory

Communication Artifact

Sub-Category

Documentary Artifact

Date

Early: 1939 Late: 1947

Materials

Gelatin Silver Emulsion, Paper base

Object History

Comrade Emmett J. Mackinnon’s medals are on display at the Kensington Royal Canadian Legion (1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar for 60 days service outside of Canada, and the 1939 -1945 War Medal.)

Description

Gelatin silver print on a paper support. Images shows a Canadian soldier, Comrade Emmett J. MacKinnon (1923-2006), leading German prisoners of war from a European train station. Height 38 cm Width 50.3 cm.