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in 1951. He was elected a fellow of the Photographers Society of America in 1954, and ran a photography studio in Halifax until his death from
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in 1956. MacAskill's wife, Elva (1891-1968) continued to run the studio until eight years after his death.
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Art Gallery. The house in which he was born, now known as the
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MacAskill's photographs are held in the collections of the
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The National Gallery of Canada gives a birth date of 1890.
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Works by Wallace MacAskill at the Nova Scotia Archives
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MacAskill was born and raised in the seaside town of
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Bluenose
Bluenose
Bluenose postage stamp
St. Peter's, Nova Scotia
Glace Bay
Halifax
yacht racing
Royal Photographic Society
cerebral hemorrhage
National Gallery of Canada
McCord Museum
Cape Breton University
Heritage Property Act


"WALLACE R. MACASKILL"
National Gallery of Canada
Archived



"W.R. MacAskill"
Nova Scotia Archives
Archived




"MacAskill House"

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