The yacht 'Canada.' Photo A. Photographer: Bruce, Josiah
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Inscription: Captioned 'Canada' and signed ' Bruce Photo Toronto' in the negative. Port beam view of the yacht 'Canada' under full sail, probably on Lake Ontario.
On board the yacht 'Maraquita.' Photographer: Henry
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Genre: Portrait Photography Stereoscopic view of a group on the deck of the yacht, taken during Henry's 1858 voyage to Iceland, 'chiefly curious on account of its having been taken on the open sea ... The clear definition of the crew and of the ropes, shows that the photographic action in the m...
View from the Lake [Naini Tal]. Photographer: Murray, John
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Photograph of the lake in Naini Tal from the Murray Collection: 'Photographic views in Agra and its vicinity', taken by John Murray in 1855. The Kumaon Hills had come under British rule after the Nepal War (1814-16) but the hill station town of Naini Tal was only founded in 1841. It became a san...
[Harbour scene at Antwerp.] Photographer: Plücker, J. F.
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Mounted as the frontispiece to Plücker's manual on his portable stereoscopic camera. The photograph is included to illustratethe use of the camera to take single, non-stereoscopic pictures. This view, presumably taken by Plücker, looks across the harbour a...