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Ice cutting, St. Lawrence River at Montreal, QC

Alexander HendersonAbout / vers 1870

McCord Stewart Museum

McCord Stewart Museum
Montreal, Canada

Before the invention of the modern refrigerator, blocks of ice were harvested from frozen rivers and streams for use in domestic iceboxes.

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  • Title: Ice cutting, St. Lawrence River at Montreal, QC
  • Creator Lifespan: 1831/1913
  • Date: About / vers 1870
  • Type: Photographie, Photograph
  • Titre: Découpage de la glace sur le fleuve Saint-Laurent à Montréal, QC
  • Photographer: Alexander Henderson
  • Description: Avant l'invention des réfrigérateurs modernes, les blocs de glace découpés sur les cours d'eau gelés approvisionnaient les glacières des citadins.
  • Credit line: Gift of Miss E. Dorothy Benson, Don de Miss E. Dorothy Benson
  • Rights: http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/orders/conditions/
  • External Link: http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/MP-0000.1452.40
  • Medium: Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, Sels d'argent sur papier monté sur carton - Papier albuminé
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