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Albumen print - Instantaneous shutter for a stereo camera, Montreal, QC, 1869 | McCord Museum
Obturateur instantané pour un appareil photographique stéréoscopique, Montréal, Qc, 1869
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Obturateur instantané pour un appareil photographique stéréoscopique, Montréal, Qc, 1869

Albumen print

Instantaneous shutter for a stereo camera, Montreal, QC, 1869
Photography studio (1863-1877)
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
Date 1869
Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper mounted on paper
Albumen process
Dimensions8.5 x 5.6 cm
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberI-38907.1
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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