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Gelatin silver print - Big John and party shooting Lachine Rapids, near Montreal, QC, composite, 1878 | McCord Museum
Big John et son groupe descendant les rapides de Lachine, près de Montréal, QC, photographie composite, 1878
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Big John et son groupe descendant les rapides de Lachine, près de Montréal, QC, photographie composite, 1878
You can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes. Need more information about image licensing or a higher resolution image? Read our Photographic Services and Copyright page.

Gelatin silver print

Big John and party shooting Lachine Rapids, near Montreal, QC, composite, 1878
Painter (1841-1922)
Photography studio (1877-1882)
Photographic printer (1882-1919)
SignatureL. l. within image, NOTMAN & SANDHAM. photo, J. WESTON. 78
Date 1935-1956
Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper
Gelatin silver process
Dimensions11 x 21.9 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberII-50718.5
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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Big John and party shooting Lachine Rapids, near Montreal, QC, composite, 1878
Wet collodion negative
Big John and party shooting Lachine Rapids, near Montreal, QC, composite, 1878
James Weston
1878
II-50718
Big John & party shooting Lachine Rapids, Montreal, QC, composite photograph, 1878
Collotype
Big John & party shooting Lachine Rapids, Montreal, QC, composite photograph, 1878
Notman & Sandham
about 1910
N-0000.899.8
Shooting Lachine Rapids, composite photograph, QC, 1878
Albumen print
Shooting Lachine Rapids, composite photograph, QC, 1878
Notman & Sandham
1878
VIEW-1001.1
Shooting Lachine Rapids, composite photograph, QC, 1878
Albumen print
Shooting Lachine Rapids, composite photograph, QC, 1878
Notman & Sandham
1878
VIEW-1000.1
Molson wedding, St. George's Church, Montreal, QC, composite, 1878, copied in 1908
Gelatin silver glass plate negative
Molson wedding, St. George's Church, Montreal, QC, composite, 1878, copied in 1908
James Weston
Copied in 1908
II-171789.0
Bute House skating party, Montreal, QC, composite, 1873
Albumen print
Bute House skating party, Montreal, QC, composite, 1873
James Weston
1873
I-81800.1
S.S. Corinthian in Lachine Rapids, Montreal, QC, composite, about 1870
Albumen print
S.S. Corinthian in Lachine Rapids, Montreal, QC, composite, about 1870
James George Parks
About 1870
MP-0000.2199
Molson wedding, St. George's Church, Montreal, QC, composite, 1878
Wet collodion negative
Molson wedding, St. George's Church, Montreal, QC, composite, 1878
James Weston
1878
II-49567
Shooting the  Lachine Rapids, Montreal, Quebec, 1878
Albumen print
Shooting the  Lachine Rapids, Montreal, Quebec, 1878
Notman & Sandham
1878
M2017.46.2.5280.1-2
Shooting the rapids, Sault-Ste-Marie, ON, about 1890
Transparency
Shooting the rapids, Sault-Ste-Marie, ON, about 1890
James Ricalton
About 1890
MP-0000.25.736
Native Family Shooting the Rapids
Watercolour
Native Family Shooting the Rapids
James Duncan
About 1860
M20398
Canada whom we love and prize, composite of composites, 1882
Gelatin silver glass plate negative
Canada whom we love and prize, composite of composites, 1882
James Weston
1882/04/29
II-64973

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