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Albumen print - Laying the Monumental stone, marking the graves of 6000 immigrants, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859 | McCord Museum
Pose de la pierre du monument marquant les tombes de 6 000 immigrants, pont Victoria, Montréal, QC, 1859
Pose de la pierre du monument marquant les tombes de 6 000 immigrants, pont Victoria, Montréal, QC, 1859
Pose de la pierre du monument marquant les tombes de 6 000 immigrants, pont Victoria, Montréal, QC, 1859

Albumen print

Laying the Monumental stone, marking the graves of 6000 immigrants, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
Photographer (1826-1891)
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
Date 1859/12/01
Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper mounted on paper
Albumen process
Dimensions7.3 x 14 cm
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberN-0000.193.138.1-2
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of James Geoffrey Notman

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Laying the Monumental stone, marking the graves of 6000 immigrants, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
Laying the Monumental stone, marking the graves of 6000 immigrants, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
William Notman
1859/12/01
N-0000.193.138.2
Laying the Monumental stone, marking the graves of 6000 immigrants, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
Laying the Monumental stone, marking the graves of 6000 immigrants, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
William Notman
1859/12/01
N-0000.193.138.1
Laying the Monumental stone, marking the graves of 6000 immigrants near Victoria Bridge
Laying the Monumental stone, marking the graves of 6000 immigrants near Victoria Bridge
Inconnu / Unknown
1860
M15934.45
Laying the foundation stone of no. 11 pier, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
Laying the foundation stone of no. 11 pier, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
William Notman
1859/08/12
N-0000.193.104.2
Laying the foundation stone of no. 11 pier, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, Quebec, 1859
Laying the foundation stone of no. 11 pier, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, Quebec, 1859
William Notman
1859
M2017.46.2.5272
Laying the foundation stone of no. 11 pier, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
Laying the foundation stone of no. 11 pier, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
William Notman
1880-1890
VIEW-7030.0
Laying the foundation stone of no. 11 pier, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
Laying the foundation stone of no. 11 pier, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
William Notman
1971
VIEW-7030.01
Stone commemorating 6000 immigrant deaths, Point St. Charles, QC, 1898
Stone commemorating 6000 immigrant deaths, Point St. Charles, QC, 1898
Alfred Walter Roper
1898/03/27
MP-1977.76.64
The Prince of Wales Laying the Last Stone of the Victoria Bridge Over the St. Lawrence
The Prince of Wales Laying the Last Stone of the Victoria Bridge Over the St. Lawrence
George Henry Andrews
1860/10/06
M990X.374.1
No. 11 coffer dam ready to lay foundation stone of last pier, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
No. 11 coffer dam ready to lay foundation stone of last pier, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
William Notman
1859/08/12
N-0000.193.102.1
Immigrants, painting by and photographed for Miss Prudence Heward, 1928
Immigrants, painting by and photographed for Miss Prudence Heward, 1928
Wm. Notman & Son Ltd.
1928
VIEW-24424
Montréal est la ville la plus accueillante pour les immigrants
Montréal est la ville la plus accueillante pour les immigrants
R. Pier
1992
M2011.105.209

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