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Spring inundation, near Montreal, QC
Alexander HendersonAbout / vers 1865
McCord Stewart Museum
Montreal, Canada
Though an image of great serenity, this photograph actually shows the spring floods that regularly afflicted the Montreal region. The most memorable inundations occurred a few years later, in 1869.
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- Title: Spring inundation, near Montreal, QC
- Creator Lifespan: 1831/1913
- Date: About / vers 1865
- Type: Photographie, Photograph
- Titre: Inondation printanière, près de Montréal, QC
- Photographer: Alexander Henderson
- Description: Empreint de sérénité, ce paysage témoigne néanmoins des inondations printanières récurrentes dans les environs de Montréal. Celle-ci précède la plus mémorable, survenue en 1869.
- Rights: http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/orders/conditions/
- External Link: http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/MP-0000.308.5
- Medium: Silver salts on paper mounted on paper - Albumen process, Sels d'argent sur papier monté sur papier - Papier albuminé
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