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Gelatin silver print - A trader's scow running the rapids at Smith, Slave River, NT, about 1900 | McCord Museum
Chaland d'un négociant franchissant les rapides à Smith, rivière Slave, T.-N.-O., vers 1900
Chaland d'un négociant franchissant les rapides à Smith, rivière Slave, T.-N.-O., vers 1900

Gelatin silver print

A trader's scow running the rapids at Smith, Slave River, NT, about 1900
Artist (1868-1950)
SignatureL. r. imprinted within image, PHOTO BY C.W. MATHERS Edmonton
Date About 1900
Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper mounted on card
Gelatin silver process
Dimensions20.3 x 25.4 cm
Origin Canada
Object NumberMP-0000.1394.12
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Stanley G. Triggs

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