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Cartoon - The Needle in the Haystack. | McCord Museum
Comme une aiguille dans une botte de foin
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Comme une aiguille dans une botte de foin
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Cartoon

The Needle in the Haystack.
Artist (1917-2007)
SignatureL. r. within image, JOHN COLLINS
Date About 1946
Medium / Technique Ink, graphite and opaque white pigment on paper
Dimensions37.2 x 29.2 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents
Origin Canada
Object NumberM965.199.2876
DivisionDocumentary Art
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of John Collins - The Gazette
Status
Not on view

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Hunting for a Needle in a Haystack.
Cartoon
Hunting for a Needle in a Haystack.
John Collins
About 1948
M965.199.3569
The Camel and the Eye of the Needle.
Cartoon
The Camel and the Eye of the Needle.
John Collins
1956/05/21
M965.199.8514
How to Get a Lion through the Eye of a Needle.
Cartoon
How to Get a Lion through the Eye of a Needle.
John Collins
About 1968
M965.199.3530
The needle keeps coming back to the start!
Cartoon
The needle keeps coming back to the start!
Normand Hudon
1960
M997.63.533
Commercial label of Over-Stitching Sewing Machine Needle, I. N. Soly
Wood engraving
Commercial label of Over-Stitching Sewing Machine Needle, I. N. Soly
John Henry Walker
About 1850-1885
M930.50.3.403
Farmhouse and haystack, near Lethbridge, AB, 1904
Gelatin silver glass plate negative
Farmhouse and haystack, near Lethbridge, AB, 1904
Wm. Notman & Son
1904
VIEW-8469
Barns and haystack, painting by J. C. Cazin, copied for Watson Art Gallery 1931
Gelatin silver film negative
Barns and haystack, painting by J. C. Cazin, copied for Watson Art Gallery 1931
Wm. Notman & Son Ltd.
1931
VIEW-25073
Lake Nipigon from Haystack Mountain, ON, 1917(?)
Gelatin silver glass plate negative
Lake Nipigon from Haystack Mountain, ON, 1917(?)
Wm. Notman & Son
1917?
VIEW-6149
Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle does the Needle Trick for Houdini (still from the motion picture Back Stage), 1919
Gelatin silver print
Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle does the Needle Trick for Houdini (still from the motion picture Back Stage), 1919
Inconnu / Unknown
M2014.128.702.137
Houdini's Greatest Mystery. The East Indian Needle Feat, by Burling "Volta" Hull
Pamphlet
Houdini's Greatest Mystery. The East Indian Needle Feat, by Burling "Volta" Hull
1982
M2014.128.709.46
Woman threading a needle
Carving
Woman threading a needle
Mannumi Shaqu
1964
M2011.50.17.1-3
Left Over Toys.
Cartoon
Left Over Toys.
John Collins
1952
M965.199.7719

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