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Cartoon - Hunting for a Needle in a Haystack. | McCord Museum
Tout comme chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin
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Tout comme chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin
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.

Cartoon

Hunting for a Needle in a Haystack.
Artist (1917-2007)
SignatureL. r. within image, JOHN COLLINS
Date About 1948
Medium / Technique Ink and graphite on paper
Dimensions36.8 x 29.2 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents
Origin Canada
Object NumberM965.199.3569
DivisionDocumentary Art
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of John Collins - The Gazette
Status
Not on view

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Online Collections | McCord Museum - Montreal Social History Museum
The Needle in the Haystack.
Cartoon
The Needle in the Haystack.
John Collins
About 1946
M965.199.2876
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
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
The needle keeps coming back to the start!
Cartoon
The needle keeps coming back to the start!
Normand Hudon
1960
M997.63.533
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
Hunting Season in Ottawa.
Cartoon
Hunting Season in Ottawa.
John Collins
About 1951
M965.199.7770
Hunting Season.
Cartoon
Hunting Season.
John Collins
1956
M965.199.1069
Hunting for Booby Traps.
Cartoon
Hunting for Booby Traps.
John Collins
About 1959
M965.199.5023
Still Hunting for the Right Key.
Cartoon
Still Hunting for the Right Key.
John Collins
About 1952
M965.199.5502

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