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Gelatin silver glass plate negative - G. T. R. engine "Trevithick", detail of Victoria Bridge paste-up, Montreal, QC, 1859 | McCord Museum
Locomotive « Trevithick » du chemin de fer du Grand Tronc, utilisée pour la maquette du pont Victoria, Montréal, QC, 1859
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Locomotive « Trevithick » du chemin de fer du Grand Tronc, utilisée pour la maquette du pont Victoria, Montréal, QC, 1859

Gelatin silver glass plate negative

G. T. R. engine "Trevithick", detail of Victoria Bridge paste-up, Montreal, QC, 1859
Photographer (1826-1891)
Photographer (copy) (1882-1919)
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
Date 1919-1920
Medium / Technique Silver salts on glass
Gelatin dry plate process
Dimensions20.3 x 25.4 cm
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberVIEW-18859.A.0
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by Maclean’s magazine, the Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation and Empire-Universal Films Ltd.
Status
Not on view

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Laying the foundation stone of no. 11 pier, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
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C. P. R. engine no. 5367, copied 1926-27
C. P. R. engine no. 5367, copied 1926-27
Inconnu / Unknown
Copied in 1926-1927
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