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Person
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Connon, John Robert
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Description area
Dates of existence
1862-1931
History
John Robert Connon (1862-1931), the son of Thomas Connon (1832-1899) and Jean Keith (1825-1909), was, together with his father, a professional photographer in Elora, Wellington County, Ontario. Apart from spending a year in New York City in 1890-1891, Connon lived his whole life in Elora. In 1887, he invented the panoramic camera, also known as a “full-circle camera”, which allowed the photographer to take a succession of exposures as the camera revolved horizontally on a turntable at a speed equal to that of the film. Connon was also a well-known local historian, and began working on his book, Early History of Elora, Ontario and Vicinity in 1906, which was published in 1930.