| Alexander Henderson Drawing water, Phillips Square, Montreal, QC 1869 Photograph McCord Stewart Museum Purchase from Mr. John L. Russell, MP-0000.10.79 LL/100307 (Nora Hague, 22 May 2020) It’s a fascinating album with removable grey pages, and the contents include ordinance survey maps, albumen and gelatin silver prints pasted to the pages arranged roughly by geographical group.
John Russell was an antique dealer and knew nobody would buy such a hodgepodge, so he sold it for a price so low we could actually afford it.
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