A photograph entitled 'Ice Cutting on the St Lawrence River', taken by William Notman in 1860. The photograph shows a group of men with special blades cutting into the ice and loading it onto horse-drawn sledges.
A photograph entitled 'Ice Cutting on the St Lawrence River', taken by William Notman in 1860.
The photograph shows a group of men with special blades cutting into the ice and loading it onto horse-drawn sledges. It is taken from an album compiled to commemorate the royal visit to Canada of Albert, Prince of Wales (1841-1910). The album contains photographs of Canadian landscape, as well as scenes taken during the visit.
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- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1993-5013/2/26
- type:
- photograph
- taxonomy:
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- visual and verbal communication
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
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