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Paravalanches près de la gare de Glacier, chaîne Selkirk, C.-B., vers 1890
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Paravalanches près de la gare de Glacier, chaîne Selkirk, C.-B., vers 1890
Paravalanches près de la gare de Glacier, chaîne Selkirk, C.-B., vers 1890

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Snow sheds near Glacier Station, Selkirk Mountains, BC, about 1890
Photographer (1859-1929)
SignatureImprinted on paper label, Negative made by D. L. Elmendorf; imprinted along left edge of paper mask, (...). Nat. Hist., Central Park, N. Y. City; imprinted along right side of paper mask, (...)ARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
Date About 1890
Medium / Technique Silver salts and coloured ink on glass
Gelatin silver process
Dimensions8.3 x 10.2 cm
Origin United States, North America
Object NumberMP-0000.25.634
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Stanley G. Triggs
Status
Not on view

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