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Nicholas Morant

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as a wartime photographer between 1940 and 1944, during which period he extensively documented the Canadian war effort. An image from this era was engraved for use on a Canadian fifty cent stamp of the time. His photos were also subsequently featured on the backs of Canadian currency. This included
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Morant was the special photographer of the Canadian Pacific from 1929 until 1935, and then again from 1944 until his retirement in 1981. His work was especially influential in promoting tourism in Western Canada and the
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maintains the Nicholas Morant Fonds, which contains over 50,000 photographs by or of Morant, as well as numerous negatives, scrapbooks, and sound recordings.
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captured by Morant in 1947 and engraved by William Ford. The final image of Morant's to appear on Canadian currency was an engraving based on a photograph of
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photographed by Morant and engraved by Harry P. Dawson. The $ 100 Canadian bill of the 1954 series featured an image of
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Reverse of 1954 Canadian $ 100 banknote based on a photograph of Nicholas Morant
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From 1935 to 1939, Morant also found employment as a news photographer for the
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Reverse of 1954 Canadian $ 10 banknote based on a photograph of Nicholas Morant
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in honour of his valuable contributions to Canadian heritage and culture.
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Northern Exposures: Photographing and Filming the Canadian North, 1920–45
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and included many images of the Canadian Pacific's flagship streamliner
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The Canadian Alpine Journal: Journal Alpin Canadien, Volume 27
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CM
Kamloops, British Columbia
Calgary, Alberta
CM
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Rockies
The Canadian
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise, Alberta
Bow River
Morant's Curve
Bow Valley Parkway
Time
Life
National Geographic
Reader's Digest
The Saturday Evening Post
Reverse of 1954 Canadian $ 10 banknote based on a photograph of Nicholas Morant
Reverse of 1954 Canadian $ 100 banknote based on a photograph of Nicholas Morant
Winnipeg Free Press
WWII
Bureau of Public Information
1954 series
Emerald Lake
Mount Burgess
Yoho National Park
Okanagan Lake
Moraine Lake
Valley of the Ten Peaks
Scenes of Canada

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