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Hommes remorquant des bateaux en amont (halant des sables bitumineux en amont), Alb., vers 1936
Hommes remorquant des bateaux en amont (halant des sables bitumineux en amont), Alb., vers 1936

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Men towing boats up-stream (tracking tar sands up-stream), AB, about 1936
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
Date About 1936
Medium / Technique Silver salts and coloured ink on glass
Gelatin silver process
Dimensions8.2 x 10.1 cm
Origin Canada
Object NumberMP-0000.25.28
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Stanley G. Triggs
Status
Not on view

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