Parliament buildings, Ottawa – Vintage Photo Print
![Parliament buildings, Ottawa, [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ea/ea9e970f62c6-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Parliament buildings, Ottawa brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Parliament buildings, Ottawa
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The Parliament buildings on Ottawa's hilltop appear here as they stood before 1916, when a fire destroyed the central center Block. Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the capital of the Province of Canada in 1857, and the Gothic Revival complex rose over the following decade on a bluff above the Ottawa River. The Detroit Publishing Company, which photographed towns and landscapes across North America in the 1890s and early 1900s, made this glass negative, and its catalog notes suggest the view may have been taken from nearby Major's Hill Park.
| Created / published | [between 1890 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 8 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Possibly view from Major's Hill Park. 652-10" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08824. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Capitols.Canada--Ontario--Ottawa. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 640 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-76590 |
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