View of the Cap Diamant, taken from the St. Lawrence River, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

People:

Unknown (photographer)

Title:

View of the Cap Diamant, taken from the St. Lawrence River, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Date:

1889-1896

Description:

Inscription refers to the Quebec Landslide which occured on September 19, 1889 following heavy rains duirng which overhanging slate rock fell from the Cap Diamant and destroyed 28 homes on Champlain Street in the Cap Diamant district of Quebec City.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Collodion-chloride print

Dimensions:

page: 17.3 × 24.7 cm (6 13/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

Reference number:

PH1980:0817:004

Inscription:

inscribed by an unknown hand in black ink, on the secondary support, lower centre: "View of Quebec near the landslide"

Location:

Québec Canada

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

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