View of the Ice Maze from above with Basilique Notre-Dame in the left background, Place d'Armes, Montréal, Québec

People:

Unknown (photographer)
James O'Donnell (architect)
John Ostell (architect)

Title:

View of the Ice Maze from above with Basilique Notre-Dame in the left background, Place d'Armes, Montréal, Québec

Date:

1887

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print ?

Dimensions:

comp.: 15.8 x 22.6 cm sheet: 20.2 x 25.0 cm

Reference number:

PH1978:0313

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: with title and "Purchased from Wm Wolfe / Jan 26, 1978 / $30.00" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, u.c.: "30" [circled]; and u.r.: "30 - / [all]" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, u.r.: "8" [circled] imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on a banner attached to a fence in the image, c.r.: "DRINK TEA BROUGHT OVER THE LINE OF THE / [ON].PAC.RY.! / WITH MANITOBA / BREAD / IN THE / CENTRE OF / THE / MAZE"

Subject:

architecture
temporary architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

fence
gates
signs
square (open space)
carriages
ice structure (single built work)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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