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Camp at Elbow - Party of Surveyors Journeying on the North Saskatchewan

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

September, 1871.

Item no. (creator):

704

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3411898

Context of this record:

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Topley Studio fonds

Topley Series SE

Camp at Elbow - Party of Surveyors Journeying on the North Saskatchewan
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

September, 1871.

Place:

North Saskatchewan River (Sask.):

Place of creation:

Saskatchewan

Extent:

1 photograph ; 8 x 10 in.
Negatives - glass

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Photograph taken in an unidentified location in Saskatchewan

Additional name(s):

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Photographer: Horetzky, Charles, 1840-1900
Finding aid no.:

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FA-001

TOPLEYDB
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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.
Described by the MSTRSLID project.

Availability of other formats note:

Slide no.: 2222

Related material:

This is the original glass negative but we have several copies of this image.

For the b&w print of this image from the Canadian Pacific Railway Survey, see the Fleming fonds (accession no. 1936-272), p. 6 (Mikan no. 3206497 / 3559170).

For the colour-tinted print, see the Charles Horetsky fonds (accession no. 1946-164, Mikan no. 3310236).

For another copy of this image, see Hector-Louis Langevin fonds (accession no. 1963-009, item no. 28).

Series added entry:

SE, C.P.R. Survey - 1871
Subject heading:

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SURVEYING - OPERATIONS - 1871

Indians - Dwellings

Transportation - Land - Carts
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1936-270 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]
Glass plate negatives do not travel. Must be consulted at Preservation Centre.

Copy negative [1936-270 NPC] PA-009170

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: William James Topley/Library and Archives Canada / PA-009170
Restrictions on use: Nil
Copyright: Expired

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