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Traversée du fleuve en direction de l'île Sainte-Hélène, près de Montréal, QC, 1875
Traversée du fleuve en direction de l'île Sainte-Hélène, près de Montréal, QC, 1875

Albumen print

Crossing to Saint Helen's Island, near Montreal, QC, 1875
Photographer (1831-1913)
SignatureInscribed within image, l.r. : AHEndErson
InscriptionsInscribed within image, l.l. : CROSSING TO ST. HELENS. 27.4.1875; underneath image, on mat, handwritten, l.r. : Thisis [sic] 1875 NOT '72 HENDERSON ALWAYS HAD / DIFFICULTY WRITING BACKWARDS / ON THE NEGATIVE
Date 1875
Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper mounted on card
Albumen process
Dimensions25.2 × 33.3 cm
Origin Canada
Object NumberMP-0000.299.3
CollectionMcCord

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Crossing to Saint Helen's Island, near Montreal, QC, 1875
Crossing to Saint Helen's Island, near Montreal, QC, 1875
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Alexander Henderson
1871
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Ice, south corner of St. Helen's Island, near Montreal, QC, about 1870
Alexander Henderson
about 1870
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Montreal from Saint Helen's Island Park, QC, before 1865
Alexander Henderson
1878-1879
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Montreal from Saint Helen's Island, QC, 1876
Montreal from Saint Helen's Island, QC, 1876
Alexander Henderson
1878-1879
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Pond, Saint  Helen's Island, Montreal, QC, before 1865
Pond, Saint Helen's Island, Montreal, QC, before 1865
Alexander Henderson
1878-1879
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Pond, Saint Helen's Island, Montreal, QC, before 1865
Alexander Henderson
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The "Nooya", Saint Helen's Island, QC, about 1871
Alexander Henderson
1870-1872
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Pond, St. Helen's Island park, Montreal, QC, about 1870
Pond, St. Helen's Island park, Montreal, QC, about 1870
Alexander Henderson
About 1870
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Pond, St. Helen's Island Park, Montreal, QC, about 1870
Alexander Henderson
1878-1879
MP-1968.31.1.43
Saint Mary's Current at Ronde Island (now île Sainte-Hélène), Montreal, QC, 1875
Saint Mary's Current at Ronde Island (now île Sainte-Hélène), Montreal, QC, 1875
Alexander Henderson
1875
MP-0000.299.9

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