II-88853 | No. 6 Company, Victoria Rifles, Montreal, QC, composite, 1889
Photograph
No. 6 Company, Victoria Rifles, Montreal, QC, composite, 1889
Wm. Notman & Son
1889, 19th century
Silver salts on glass - Gelatin dry plate process
20 x 25 cm
Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd.
II-88853
© McCord Museum
Description
Keywords: Art (2774) , composite (312) , Photograph (77678)
No. 6 Company, Victoria Rifles, Montreal, QC, composite, 1889
Wm. Notman & Son
1889, 19th century
Silver salts on glass - Gelatin dry plate process
20 x 25 cm
Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd.
II-88853
© McCord Museum
Description
Keywords: Art (2774) , composite (312) , Photograph (77678)
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Keys to History
Shortly after the start of the American Civil War, the supposed possibility of invasion caused the formation of a number of militias in Canada. In Montreal, members of the Beaver Lacrosse Club formed the Victoria Rifles Company on September 20, 1861.
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References
- Triggs, Stanley G. The Composite Photographs of William Notman, Montreal: McCord Museum of Canadian History, 1994



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