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Toboggan au parc du Mont-Royal, Montréal, Qc, 1885
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Toboggan au parc du Mont-Royal, Montréal, Qc, 1885

Gelatin silver glass plate negative

Tobogganing on Mount Royal Park slide, Montreal, QC, 1885
Painter (1859-1892)
Photography studio (1882-1919)
SignatureL. l. within image, Wm Notman & Son 1885; l. r. within image, Eug. L'Africain
Date 1887
Medium / Technique Silver salts on glass
Gelatin dry plate process
Dimensions20.1 x 25.4 cm
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberVIEW-1582
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by Maclean’s magazine, the Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation and Empire-Universal Films Ltd.
Status
Not on view

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Tobogganing on Mount Royal Park slide, Montreal, QC, 1885, copied ca.1902
Tobogganing on Mount Royal Park slide, Montreal, QC, 1885, copied ca.1902
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Tobogganing "The race", Montreal, QC, composite photograph, 1886
Eugène L'Africain
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Officers of the 6th Fusiliers, composite, 1885
Officers of the 6th Fusiliers, composite, 1885
Eugène L'Africain
1885/08/19
II-102188.0
Tobogganing slide, Mount Royal Park, Montreal, QC, about 1884
Tobogganing slide, Mount Royal Park, Montreal, QC, about 1884
Wm. Notman & Son
About 1884
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Red Cap Snowshoe Club, Halifax, NS, composite, 1885
Red Cap Snowshoe Club, Halifax, NS, composite, 1885
Eugène L'Africain
1909-1910
VIEW-8968.0
The Bounce, Montreal Snowshoe Club, QC, composite, 1886
The Bounce, Montreal Snowshoe Club, QC, composite, 1886
Eugène L'Africain
1886/01/13
II-79323
Mrs. Watson's class, Montreal, QC, composite, 1882
Mrs. Watson's class, Montreal, QC, composite, 1882
Eugène L'Africain
1882/05
II-65113
Carnival, Montreal, QC, painting by P. Eugène L'Africain, 1883
Eugène L'Africain
1883/03/10
II-68668
Canadian Pacific Railway bridge at Lachine, QC, painted photograph, 1888
Eugène L'Africain
1888/11/23
II-88126
F. Wolferston Thomas, painted photograph, about 1884, copied in 1918
F. Wolferston Thomas, painted photograph, about 1884, copied in 1918
Eugène L'Africain
1918
II-224632
Toboggan Race, composite, copied 1891
Toboggan Race, composite, copied 1891
Eugène L'Africain
1891/01/06
II-94198

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