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M prefix [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-sub-series

Date:

1914-1919.

Reference:

R611-460-1-E, RG150, RG9-III

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4532468

Context of this record:

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Ministry of the Overseas Military Forces of Canada fonds

Canadian War Records Office

Canadian War Records Office photographic collection

M prefix
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Sub-sub-series includes:

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Date(s):

1914-1919.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

2531 photographs : 405 b&w, 1675 glass negatives, 451diacitate nitrate.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Images taken during the Great War (1914-1919) in England, Canada, and with Canadian Expeditionary Force troop transports crossing the Atlantic. This series was intended to complement the "O" series images taken at the Front. There are also a small number of photos taken in France, which came from a Canadian War Records Office appeal for photographs of pre-May 1916 Canadian Expeditionary Force actions (before the first "O" series images(mikan no. 4532467).

Provenance:

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Canada. Dept. of National Defence
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Photographer: Lamb, Henry John, b. 1871

Photographer: Unwin, Herbert John
Finding aid:

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Index to Canadian Official War Photographs (Paper) Caption listing of all 1015 "M" prefix series images. Also includes information on other Official War Photograph Prefixes "O", "N" and "S" FA-22 (90: Open)

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Source of title:

The "M" prefix series represents "Miscellaneous".

Custodial history:

The photographic collection of the Canadian War Records Office was transferred from London, England, to the Department of Militia and Defence in Ottawa in May, 1919. The material remained with the Department of National Defence until transferred to the Public Archives in 1963.

Location of duplicates note:

Interpositives for nitrate negativeslocated in b/c 2001009261

Source:

Government

Former archival reference no.:

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RG150
RG9-III

Other accession no.:

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1964-114 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE 1964-114]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1--12;

[Consultation 90 Open]

00001A--00010A;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [CANADA. DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE 1964-114]

[Consultation 90 Open]

78--79;

[Consultation 90 Open]

81;

[Consultation 90 Open]

7431;

[Consultation 90 Open]

2001009261;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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