Photographs, Albumen: Cookhouse on Raft

Photograph

Bytown Museum / Musée Bytown

Name/Title

Photographs, Albumen: Cookhouse on Raft

Entry/Object ID

P1840 a,b

Description

[a]: One black and white albumen photograph depicts a Cookhouse on a lumber raft, there are a group of men sitting around the cookhouse and smoke from a cooking fire behind the men. There are two copies of this photograph. One is a copy from the archives, PT1840. [b]: One black and white albumen photograph depicts a Cookhouse on a lumber raft, there are a group of men sitting around the cookhouse and smoke from a cooking fire behind the men. P 1840 a is much older then the copy from the archives It is mounted on grey cardboard, and on front bottom right written in hand is Cookhouse on a Raft. Two holes at left side. Looks like it has been taken from a book. Cookery takes place on J. R/. Booth's raft, Ottawa, circa 1880. b: Photograph order from the archives ordered by Mrs. Chaplin, Curator, for Lumbering Display.

Made/Created

Notes

Photographic, Cardboard, Ink, PHOTOGRAPH, PHOTOGRAPH

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

a: On mat: " Cookhouse / on a Raft". b: Public Archives National Photography Collection stamp on back and its catalogue number " P A 8405".

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Print, Albumen

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

PHOTOGRAPH, PHOTOGRAPH, Communication Artifacts

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph, Albumen

Dimensions

Height

27.7 cm

Width

35.1 cm

Depth

0.1 cm

Length

27.7 cm