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Gelatin silver glass plate negative - The Great Glacier of the Selkirks Mountains, Glacier Park, BC, 1897 | McCord Museum
Le Grand Glacier de la chaîne Selkirk, parc des Glaciers, C.-B., 1897
Le Grand Glacier de la chaîne Selkirk, parc des Glaciers, C.-B., 1897

Gelatin silver glass plate negative

The Great Glacier of the Selkirks Mountains, Glacier Park, BC, 1897
Photography studio (1882-1919)
SignatureL. r. imprinted (decal) within image, NOTMAN, MONTREAL
Date 1897
Medium / Technique Silver salts on glass
Gelatin dry plate process
Dimensions20.3 x 25.4 cm
Origin Canada
Object NumberVIEW-3123
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by Maclean’s magazine, the Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation and Empire-Universal Films Ltd.

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The Great Glacier of the Selkirks Mountains, Glacier Park, BC, 1897
The Great Glacier of the Selkirks Mountains, Glacier Park, BC, 1897
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The Great Glacier of the Selkirks Mountains, Glacier Park, BC, 1897
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The Great Glacier of the Selkirks Mountains, Glacier Park, BC, 1897
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