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Albumen print - Joe Downs, tightrope walker, Montreal, Quebec, 1885 | McCord Museum
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Joe Downs, funambule, Montréal, Québec, 1885

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Albumen print

Joe Downs, tightrope walker, Montreal, Quebec, 1885
Artist (1882-1919)
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
Date 1885/01/22
Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper mounted on paper
Albumen process
Dimensions17.8 x 12.7 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberII-76189.1
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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