A stone cenotaph, a young man dressed in a toga and leaning on a shoulder-high sword gazes into ...

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Impressive war memorial at Galt, Ontario

DateApproximately 1930

Names

Law Studio (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Loring, Frances, 1887-1968 (artist)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: It was designed by Miss Loring of Toronto, and makes a stirring picture here, flanked by the church and set in a background of trees.

Subject

World War, 1914-1918

World War, 1939-1945

Korean War, 1950-1953

Monuments

Medium

Black-and-white photographs

Language

No linguistic content

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTS-2-125-GO-174

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Cambridge

Historical location:Galt (Ont.)

Neighbourhood:Galt (Cambridge, Ontario)

Province or state:Ontario

Region or district:Waterloo (Ont. : Regional municipality)

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