File consists of 65 b&w and 30 colour prints, various sizes. Photographs pertain to Nicholas and Willie Morant and the CPR; include photographs of Nicholas Morant at various ages while working professionally, including some taken by his wife Ivy 'Willie' Morant. Also contains photographs of Ivy and…
Produced by Nicholas Morant and Ivy 'Willie' Morant
Date Range
1938
1940 - 1944
[ca. 1940 - ca. 1955]
[ca. 1970?]
ca. 1979
[ca. 1980 - ca. 1990]
Physical Description
95 Photographs: prints; b&w and colour
Scope & Content
File consists of 65 b&w and 30 colour prints, various sizes. Photographs pertain to Nicholas and Willie Morant and the CPR; include photographs of Nicholas Morant at various ages while working professionally, including some taken by his wife Ivy 'Willie' Morant. Also contains photographs of Ivy and Nicholas Morant together and photographs of Ivy Morant. Nearly all colour prints and several b&w images pertain to the CPR and depict active trains (various dates).
Storage Range
In file box V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 326 to V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 648
File consists of 10 photographic prints, (9 mounted and 1 loose, 8 b&w and 2 colour). Content includes multiple Canadian scenic photographs, (ships, winter scenes, landscapes), a gag photo of Nicholas Morant and another unidentified man titled 'Onions', a view of a village, possibly in Peru, depict…
File consists of 10 photographic prints, (9 mounted and 1 loose, 8 b&w and 2 colour). Content includes multiple Canadian scenic photographs, (ships, winter scenes, landscapes), a gag photo of Nicholas Morant and another unidentified man titled 'Onions', a view of a village, possibly in Peru, depicting a person with a donkey travelling down a dirt road, and a gag photo of Morant wearing glasses and a hat (with caption "The Author (as a young man)" written on the back). Many of the prints in this file were taken early in Nicholas Morant's career (ca. 1936 - 1940), and most are dated and signed by Morant. One attributed to 'Associated Screen News', creator unknown.
Notes
Some of these photographs may have been published and used for professional purposes following their creation. However, the specific copies of the photographs contained within this file were used by Nicholas Morant for personal display, and therefore have been categorized as personal photography.
Each print within this file was originally framed, and recently removed due to storage and conservation reasons. Some of these frames were annotated as follows:
PA Oversize - 3: Label on back of frame reads "Hudson's Bay Company ART DEPARTMENT 13760 WINNIPEG" and "13760"
PA Oversize - 7: Label on back of frame reads "The T. EATON Co. Limited OF MONTREAL PICTURE DEPARTMENT 47998 - 6"
PA Oversize - 11: "NICHOLAS MORANT BOX 1288 BANFF ALBERTA" "Photo made at Kamloops B.C. 1936" "4827" (in large writing)
PA Oversize - 12: "4827" (in large writing)