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Albumen print
C. P. locomotive pushing a new rotary snow plough, Rocky Mountains, BC, ca. 1887
Photographer
Alexander Barton Thom
(1849-1926)
SignatureImprinted below image on positive, Thom WINNIPEG.
Date
1886-1888
Medium / Technique
Silver salts on paper mounted on paper
Albumen process
Albumen process
Dimensions18.4 x 23.5 cm
Origin
Canada
Object NumberMP-1993.6.6.33
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of the Estate of Omer Lavallée
Status
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