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Buffalo Meat Drying, White Horse Plains, Red River

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Date:

1899.

Reference:

Box number: A004-02

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2833395

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William Armstrong fonds

Buffalo Meat Drying, White Horse Plains, Red River
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Date(s):

1899.

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Place:

Red River (Man.):

Place of creation:

Manitoba

Extent:

1 watercolour : watercolour with scraping out over pencil on wove paper
Image 17.300 x 25.000 cm

Language of material:

no language

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Artist: Armstrong, William, 1822-1914

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General note:

The Red River cart was first used by the Métis to carry meat from the buffalo hunt and in farm work. Later, they would be used in brigades to transport goods over long distances.
"Buffalo Meat Drying, White Horse Plains [Saint François Xavier], Red River, Manitoba" (Caption title, Canadian History Hall)

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available

Reproduction note:

A reproduction of this painting was made for Canadian History Hall, 2017.07.01

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: in brown ink, recto, diagonal, l.r.: W. Armstrong / 99
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Red River (Man.)

MAN., WHITE HORSE PLAINS, RED RIVER

TRANSPORTATION - LAND - RED RIVER CARTS

SUBJ - MÉTIS - ACTIVITIES, HUNTING - BUFFALO

Métis Manitoba
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Private

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00002
1989-492 X DAP
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access through art archivist. No restriction on use for reproduction or publication

Box [1989-492]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A004-02 Item no. assigned by LAC 2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1989-492]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-010502 Item no. assigned by LAC 2

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1989-492-2
Copyright: Expired

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