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Albumen print - Murchison Lake, at the source of the Mad River, BC, 1871 | McCord Museum

Lac Murchison, à la source de la rivière Mad, C.-B., 1871

Albumen print

Murchison Lake, at the source of the Mad River, BC, 1871

Photography studio William Notman (1826-1891)

Photographer Benjamin F. Baltzly (1835-1883)

SignatureNon signé / Unsigned

Date 1871

Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper mounted on paper
Albumen process

Dimensions10 x 8 cm

ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents

Origin Canada

Object NumberI-69965.1

DivisionPhotography - Notman Photographic Archives

CollectionMcCord

CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by Maclean’s magazine, the Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation and Empire-Universal Films Ltd.

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