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View of the Railway Bridge at Hamilton, the Morning after the Disaster of March 12th 1857 at which 59 Lives Were Lost

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ca 1857

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R13133-281-8-E, Volume number: 17

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Item ID number:

2937206

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

View of the Railway Bridge at Hamilton, the Morning after the Disaster of March 12th 1857 at which 59 Lives Were Lost
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Date(s):

ca 1857

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print / estampe : lithograph on wove paper
Support 12.600 x 16.100 cm
Image 9.400 x 18.500 cm

Language of material:

English

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This lithograph was produced after an ambrotype after David N. Preston., Bibliographic citation: Casey 2663
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Engraver: Gregory, Hardy, 1815-1884

Photographer: Preston, David N. 1853-1857 active, after
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Removed from: Publication: Published as the frontispiece to the booklet "Full details of the Railway Disaster of the 12th of March, 1857 at the Desjardins Canal, on the line of the Great Western Railway" published by William A. Shepard & Co., Hamilton, Printed at the "Franklin Lightning Press" by John W. Harris & Co.

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Copy negative number C-121126.

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Inscribed. Signed., Inscription: in the stone, below imagel.l.: LITH. BY H. GREGORY, HAMILTON C.W.; l.r.: AMBROTYPE BY D.N. PRESTON.; b.: VIEW OF THE RAILWAY BRIDGE AT HAMILTON THE MORNING AFTER THE DISASTER/ OF MARCH 12TH 1857 AT WHICH 59 LIVES WERE LOST. (complete transcription)
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Ontario

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SUBJ - RAILWAYS - GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY

ONT., HAMILTON - BRIDGES

DISASTERS & ACCIDENTS - RAILWAYS - 1857

ONT., HAMILTON - EVENTS - 1857
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Graphic (art)

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Volume [R13133]

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17 Item no. assigned by LAC 269

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R13133-269
Copyright: Expired

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