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5 unusual facts about Tappan Adney


Tappan Adney

He was one of the first photojournalists to pass safely through British Columbia.

In Montreal, Quebec he created heraldic art, worked for the Museum of McGill University as a consultant on aboriginal lore, and consulted to McCord Museum on canoes 1920-33.

He then moved to Montreal, Quebec 1920-33 where he created heraldic art, worked for the Museum of McGill University as a consultant on aboriginal lore, and consulted to McCord Museum on canoes.

He spent his World War I career as an engineering officer at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario (1916 - 1919) constructing scale models of fortifications for training purposes.

After the war, he created a set of three-dimensional shields of the Canadian provinces that adorn Currie Hall at Royal Military College of Canada.



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