William Haggerty (staff photographer for Wm. Notman & Son.)
1901
Stormy day, St. Catherine Street, Montreal, QC

Silver salts, paint (retouching) on glass - Gelatin dry plate process
20 x 25 cm
 
McCord Stewart Museum
Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd., VIEW-3449
 
(Nora Hague, 23 December 2021)
This one is a classic. I ran a poll on the most used photograph over the course of a year; this one won. It was taken by William Haggerty, staff photographer for Wm. Notman & Son. The blizzard is assisted on the dry plate negative by artistically applied transparent blue ink.
 
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