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Nicholas Morant fonds

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
The Nicholas Morant fonds consists of Morant's freelance work from his early days with the Winnipeg Free Press to his retirement from the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1981. It is national in scope and also includes some international material. The fonds is comprised of three series: I. Photograp…
Date Range
1892-1995, predominant 1920-1981
Reference Code
M300 / S20 / V500
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Album
Drawing
Film
Government record
Map
Blueprint
Negative
Photograph
Photograph print
Postcard
Poster
Private record
Recording disc
Scrapbook
Sound recording
Textual record
Transparency
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
M300 / S20 / V500
Accession Number
122, 182, 1273, 1460, 1612, 1685, 2175, 2265, 2631, 2703, 5117, 7438, 7784, 7672, 7914, 2023.01
Reference Code
M300 / S20 / V500
GMD
Album
Drawing
Film
Government record
Map
Blueprint
Negative
Photograph
Photograph print
Postcard
Poster
Private record
Recording disc
Scrapbook
Sound recording
Textual record
Transparency
Responsibility
Nicholas Morant, Canadian Pacific, various
Date Range
1892-1995, predominant 1920-1981
Physical Description
ca.50,775 photographs: ca.23,795 negatives, ca.18,456 transparencies, ca.8524 prints. -- 11 photograph albums. -- 125 sound recordings
History / Biographical
Nicholas Everard Morant, 1910-1999, was a professional photographer based at Banff, Alberta, Canada. He was a Canadian commercial photographer of international repute and Canada's premier railway photographer of the 20th century.
Morant was born at Kamloops, British Columbia, the son of Francis and Mollie Morant. After attending the University School at Victoria, Morant served as Special Photographer to the CPR from 1929 to 1935 and again from 1944 to 1981. From 1935 to 1939, he was a cameraman for the Winnipeg Free Press, and from 1940 to 1944 worked with the Wartime Information Branch of the federal government (later to be known as the National Film Board Stills Division).
Morant had a prolific career as a freelance commercial, portrait, magazine, landscape and documentary photographer. His work appeared in numerous books and magazines, including Time, Life, Liberty, Saturday Evening Post, (Toronto) Star Weekly, Northern Sportsman, Reader's Digest, Country Guide, The Standard, National Home Monthly, Canadian Photography, Outdoor Canada, National Geographic, the Globe & Mail, Winnipeg Tribune, New York Daily News, and the two Canadian Pacific Railway magazines, The Spanner and Rail News.
Two wartime images were featured on postage stamps, while three landscape views appeared on Canadian $10, $50 and $100 bills. His images were also used for corporate annual reports, postcards, brochures, calendars and advertisements. From the 1950s to 1980s Morant gave public slide shows of his work, two of the most popular being "A Talk Without Words" and "The World At Your Feet".
Morant married Ivy May "Willie" Young in 1936 when he was a photographer with the Winnipeg Free Press. Beginning in 1929, and until the end of her life, Morant's travelling and working companion was his wife, "Willie," 1910-1986.
Scope & Content
The Nicholas Morant fonds consists of Morant's freelance work from his early days with the Winnipeg Free Press to his retirement from the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1981. It is national in scope and also includes some international material. The fonds is comprised of three series: I. Photography; II. Professional records; III. Personal and family records.
I. Photography series consists of: A. Negatives and transparencies, B. Transparencies, C. Prints, D. Other photographs. II. Professional records series consists of: A. Working records, B. Career records, C. Topical files. III. Personal and family records series consists of: A. Nick and Willie Morant, B. Nick Morant funeral and memorial, C. Francis and Mollie Morant, D. Collected material
Notes
Full summary of sub-sub-series levels: I / A : 1) Darkroom Files [ a) Negative Albums b) Black/White Series I and II c) Colour Series I and II d) Leica Negs ] 2) GD Files I / B : 1) Presentations [ a) Topical Files b) Thematic Files ] 2) General Files 3) Other I / C : 1) Print Files I / D : 1) Exhibition and Display Prints 2) Photographs used by John Garden 3) Other Photographs II / A : 1) Log Books 2) Notebooks II / B : 1) Career Binders [ a) Postcards b) Brochures and Advertising c) clippings and articles d) Calendar Photographs ] 2) Scrapbooks [ a) Content 1933 - 1946 b) Content 1940 - 1980 ] II / C : 1) Numbered / Titled Files [ a) Group A b) Group B c) Group C d) Group D e) Group H f) Group P g) Group R ] 2) Other Topical Files [ a) Railway; i) Timetables ii) Publications iii) Other b) Photography; i) Textual Records ii) Print Material c) Travel d) Exhibitions and Galleries e)Personal f) Other ] 3) Postcards, Greeting Cards and Ephemera Collection 4) Published Images and Text 5) Professional Photography 6) Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence 7) Presentation and Interview Materials III / A : 1) Correspondence 2) Personal Papers [ a) Personal Records b) Notes and Notebooks c) Lists and Card Files d) Awards and Retirement ] 3) Personal Photographs 4) House Records [ a) Construction b) Household Records ] 5) Business, Financial and Legal Papers 6) Interviews, Reminiscences Personal Recordings 7) Other Records (Signs, Cartoons, Drawings, etc.) 8) Personal Correspondence and Notes 9) Travel Documents and Maps III / B : 1) Nick Morant Funeral, Memorial and Estate III / C : 1) Mollie Morant Papers 2) Other Family Papers III / D : 1) Sound Recordings 2) Biographical Material 3) Other Papers and Photographs [ a) Burton Wheatley Family b) Other ] 4) Personal and Family Photography 5) Personal Interest and Gifts
Name Access
Morant, Nicholas
Subject Access
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Transportation
Geographic Access
Alberta
Banff
British Columbia
Peru
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Canada
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Access Restrictions
Some restriction/s on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
series and file description
electronic and online finding aids
Creator
Morant, Nicholas
Category
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Transportation
Biographical Source Notes
Brock Silversides; We Live in a Postcard: Banff Family Histories (Banff: Banff History Book Committee, 2005)
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed / Unprocessed
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57-300. Old Morant farm panoramics, Kamloops BC, circa 1915

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
Francis Morant photographs
Date Range
1912-ca.1920
Reference Code
V500 / A3 / 57-300
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.b. Darkroom files : black/white II
Reference Code
V500 / A3 / 57-300
Date Range
1912-ca.1920
Physical Description
3 photographs : negatives, film
Scope & Content
Francis Morant photographs
Notes
NM notes: View of north Kamloops "Sandhill's area" 1912; believed to be view of Fish Lake, ca.1920; Francis Morant's orchard in north Kamloops, ca.1912
Geographic Access
British Columbia
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Nicholas Morant Photographs (Various Ages), Passport Photos and Victoria University Boys' School Students

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 12 b&w prints and 6 colour prints, various sizes. Content pertains to Nicholas and Ivy 'Willie' Morant, including 8 passport photographs (dated 1956, consisting of 4 photographs each of Nicholas and Ivy Morant), 1 image of Nicholas as a teenager, 1 image of Francis Morant, a group …
Date Range
[ca. 1925 - ca. 1926]
[ca. 1926 - ca. 1928]
1956
[ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]
[ca. 1980 - ca. 1985]
1983
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 4 / PA - 1 to 18
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
V500
Sub-Series
V500 / III / D / 4 : Personal and Family Photography
Accession Number
7784
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 4 / PA - 1 to 18
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Responsibility
Produced by Nicholas Morant and Ivy 'Willie' Morant
Date Range
[ca. 1925 - ca. 1926]
[ca. 1926 - ca. 1928]
1956
[ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]
[ca. 1980 - ca. 1985]
1983
Physical Description
18 Photographs: prints; b&w and colour
Scope & Content
File consists of 12 b&w prints and 6 colour prints, various sizes. Content pertains to Nicholas and Ivy 'Willie' Morant, including 8 passport photographs (dated 1956, consisting of 4 photographs each of Nicholas and Ivy Morant), 1 image of Nicholas as a teenager, 1 image of Francis Morant, a group photograph of Nicholas Morant and his classmates from the Victoria University Boys' School, and 7 images of an older Nicholas Morant (one annotated by Ivy, 1983).
Notes
Passport photographs originally in small paper folder labelled 'P-51 Passport Photos 1956 Personal Family Neg’s'
Storage Range
In file box V500 / III / D / 4 / PA - 1 to V500 / III / D / 4 / PA - 25
Name Access
Morant, Francis
Subject Access
Travel
School
Victoria University Boys School
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Access Restrictions
Prints in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
Reproduction Restrictions
Prints in this file are not to be reproduced without the express permission of their identified copyright owners.
Language
English
Conservation
Prints with ink or other risky materials attached need to be stored in mylar to protect adjacent items. File must be stored in appropriate conditions.
Creator
Nicholas Morant and Ivy 'Willie' Morant
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Morant Family Photographs, Various Dates and Topics

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Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 111 negative photographs, b&w, various sizes. Contents pertain to personal and family events involving numerous members of the Morant family: Nicholas Morant, David Morant, Francis Morant (Sr. and Jr.), Mollie Morant, Ivy 'Willie' Morant, 'Shandy', 'Trixie' and 'Uncle Dick'. Topics…
Date Range
[ca. 1925 - ca. 1935]
1939
ca. 1940 - 1944
1943
1946
[ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
1963
1966
1972
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 4 / NA - 1 to 111
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
V500
Sub-Series
V500 / III / D / 4 : Personal and Family Photography
Accession Number
7784
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 4 / NA - 1 to 111
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Responsibility
Produced by Nicholas Morant
Date Range
[ca. 1925 - ca. 1935]
1939
ca. 1940 - 1944
1943
1946
[ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
1963
1966
1972
Physical Description
111 Photographs: negatives; b&w
Scope & Content
File consists of 111 negative photographs, b&w, various sizes. Contents pertain to personal and family events involving numerous members of the Morant family: Nicholas Morant, David Morant, Francis Morant (Sr. and Jr.), Mollie Morant, Ivy 'Willie' Morant, 'Shandy', 'Trixie' and 'Uncle Dick'. Topics include the Morant family crest; images of 'Willie' in the kitchen, at the dentist's and working (multiple dates); David Morant as a child; Morant family Christmas in 1946; 'Willie' and Mollie Morant on the family farm; personal travel ('Vacation 1943', Mexico and Peru); etc.
Storage Range
In file box V500 / III / D / 4 / NA - 1 to V500 / III / D / 4 / NA - 111
Name Access
Morant, David
Morant, Ivy
Morant, Mollie
Subject Access
Family
Farm
Family crest
Travel
Geographic Access
Canada
British Columbia
Alberta
Banff
Peru
Mexico
Access Restrictions
Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
Reproduction Restrictions
Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
Language
English
Conservation
Negatives must be kept in protective acid-free envelopes and stored only with other similar negatives.
Creator
Nicholas Morant
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Book Prizes and Miscellaneous

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 4 published books. Contains 1 copy of 'New World Ballads' by John Murray Gibbons (1939) with a note to Nicholas Morant from the author inside; 1 copy of 'Tom Brown's School Days' (1894) with a certificate attached labelling the book as a prize for Mollie Wylde (Morant) dated 'Xmas …
Date Range
1894
1896
1921
1923
1931
1939
Reference Code
M300 / III / D / 5 / 26 to 29
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
M300
Sub-Series
M300 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts
Accession Number
7784
Reference Code
M300 / III / D / 5 / 26 to 29
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Responsibility
John Murray Gibbons , Mollie Morant , R.C. MacBeth , Stephen Coleridge
Date Range
1894
1896
1921
1923
1931
1939
Physical Description
4 Textual Records: books
Scope & Content
File consists of 4 published books. Contains 1 copy of 'New World Ballads' by John Murray Gibbons (1939) with a note to Nicholas Morant from the author inside; 1 copy of 'Tom Brown's School Days' (1894) with a certificate attached labelling the book as a prize for Mollie Wylde (Morant) dated 'Xmas 1896'; 1 copy of 'The Romance of the Canadian Pacific Railway' by R.C. MacBeth (1931) signed by author and annotated by Nicholas Morant; 1 copy of 'Letters to My Grandson' by Stephen Coleridge (1921) with writing prize certificate for Nicholas Morant from the Victoria University Boys' School, dated 1923.
Storage Range
In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 26 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 29
Material Details
Nicholas Morant
Name Access
Morant, Mollie
Subject Access
Publication
Poetry
Victoria University Boys School
Canadian Pacific Railway
Geographic Access
Canada
British Columbia
Access Restrictions
Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
Reproduction Restrictions
Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
Language
English
Conservation
Items in this file with risky materials attached to surface, such as adhesives, must be covered with an acid-free barrier to protect adjacent items.
Creator
John Murray Gibbons , R.C. MacBeth , Stephen Coleridge
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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CPR Advertising Posters and Glacier House Blueprints

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 3 printed posters and 2 pages with blueprints/illustrations. Content pertains to colour advertisements for the Canadian Pacific Railroad (one promoting a new route to Thunder Bay via Winnipeg on the CPR, one advertising 'The Red Letter Day' in 1986 as the CPR opened up a direct lin…
Date Range
[ca. 1900 to ca. 1925]
1926
[ca. 1940 to ca. 1970]
[ca. 1980 to ca. 1990]
1986
Reference Code
V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 9 to 13 O.S.
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Blueprint
Poster
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
V500
Sub-Series
V500 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence
Accession Number
7784
Reference Code
V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 9 to 13 O.S.
GMD
Textual record
Blueprint
Poster
Responsibility
Nichols Morant
Date Range
[ca. 1900 to ca. 1925]
1926
[ca. 1940 to ca. 1970]
[ca. 1980 to ca. 1990]
1986
Physical Description
6 Prints: posters and blueprints/illustrations; colour and b&w
History / Biographical
The Glacier House was originally built in 1886 to remove the burden of heavy dining cars by acting as one of multiple attractive pit stops for CPR passengers to take their meals. The building was expanded multiple times over the following 3 decades to accommodate a growing demand for overnight accommodation and increased railway traffic. Glacier House became less marketable by the 20's as dining service improved onboard trains, and the building closed in 1925. Plans were made for new extensions in 1926, but these were never realized.
Scope & Content
File consists of 3 printed posters and 2 pages with blueprints/illustrations. Content pertains to colour advertisements for the Canadian Pacific Railroad (one promoting a new route to Thunder Bay via Winnipeg on the CPR, one advertising 'The Red Letter Day' in 1986 as the CPR opened up a direct line from the Atlantic to Pacific coasts, and one reprint of a poster, date unknown, which originally promoted the CPR in the early 20th century). Also consists of a blueprint design for a proposed extension to the original Glacier House building in the Selkirks (dated 1926) and one print copy of a painted illustration depicting another proposed building design for the Glacier House, date unknown. The blueprint and illustration are possibly more recent copies of older items, and therefore a later date range of [ca. 1940 to ca. 1970] has been added to this file description.
Storage Range
In oversize storage as V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 9 O.S. to V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 13 O.S.
Subject Access
Travel
tourism
Hotels
Canadian Pacific Railway
Glacier House
Geographic Access
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
British Columbia
Selkirks
Access Restrictions
Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
Reproduction Restrictions
Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
Language
English
Conservation
Items in this file must be stored in mylar to prevent further surface damage while in storage.
Creator
Nicholas Morant
Biographical Source Notes
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/bc/rogers/decouvrir-discover/natcul6.aspx http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept2/faculty/smithd/477/2010/2010_05_paper.pdf http://doug56.net/CPRMS1887/glacier-house.html
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Train Photographs and Young Morant Portrait

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 5 framed photographic prints. Content pertains to various railway scenes: one image of a steam train taken close-up with black tape secured around the edges; one image of a train turning a corner with a mountain in the background, in a gold-painted frame with an engraved border des…
Date Range
[ca. 1925 - ca. 1928]
[ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]
1938
[ca. 1945 - ca. 1955]
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 1 to 5
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Framed print
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
V500
Sub-Series
V500 / III / D / 4 : Personal and Family Photography
Accession Number
7784
Reference Code
V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 1 to 5
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Framed print
Responsibility
Nicholas Morant
Date Range
[ca. 1925 - ca. 1928]
[ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]
1938
[ca. 1945 - ca. 1955]
Physical Description
5 Photographs: framed prints; b&w and colour
Scope & Content
File consists of 5 framed photographic prints. Content pertains to various railway scenes: one image of a steam train taken close-up with black tape secured around the edges; one image of a train turning a corner with a mountain in the background, in a gold-painted frame with an engraved border design; and 2 steam-pressed photographs on cork bases (one depicting a b&w photograph taken by Nicholas Morant in 1938 of a train at a set of signal lights with a forest, mountains and lake in the background, and one depicting a colour image of a train travelling through a rocky pass in the early morning (?) with a body of water on its left). Also consists of one b&w portrait of Nicholas Morant as a teenager, dressed formally, with a grey metal frame and raised 'bubble-shaped' glass front.
Notes
Item V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 3 is very similar to a photograph by Ivy 'Willie' Morant (print labelled and stored as V500 / I / C1 / 6 / PA - 28 ).
Name Access
Morant, Nicholas
Subject Access
Trains
Portrait
Mountains
Landscapes
Lake
Canadian Pacific
Geographic Access
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
British Columbia
Access Restrictions
Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
Reproduction Restrictions
Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
Language
English
Conservation
Items must be stored with protective packaging (i.e. acid-free paper) between them to protect them from physical damage.
Creator
Nicholas Morant
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Nicholas Morant Photo Album

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
Photo album contains 59 b&w photographs pertaining to Nicholas Morant's personal life between 1925 and 1926. Includes photographs of a local trip with friends in 1925, scenic views from other trips throughout B.C. and photographs of unnamed teenagers, including one of Vacy Fernie, with a later atta…
Date Range
1925
1926
Reference Code
V500 / III / A / E / PD - 4
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
V500
Sub-Series
V500 / III / A : Personal and family records : Nick and Willie Morant
Accession Number
7914
Reference Code
V500 / III / A / E / PD - 4
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Responsibility
Nicholas Morant
Date Range
1925
1926
Physical Description
1 Photograph album : b&w
Scope & Content
Photo album contains 59 b&w photographs pertaining to Nicholas Morant's personal life between 1925 and 1926. Includes photographs of a local trip with friends in 1925, scenic views from other trips throughout B.C. and photographs of unnamed teenagers, including one of Vacy Fernie, with a later attached note about his life by Nicholas Morant.
Notes
Photo album originally had note taped to front cover that reads: "N.E. Morant B.C. Photos 1926"
Name Access
Fernie, Vacy
Subject Access
Travel
Landscapes
Camping
Biking
Geographic Access
Canada
British Columbia
Access Restrictions
This item is not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of its identified owner(s).
Reproduction Restrictions
This item is not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of its identified owner(s).
Language
English
Creator
Nicholas Morant
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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