View of Quebec, Canada; from the river St. Charles; shewing the conflagration of June 28th. 1845, and the ruins of the fire of May 28th., 1845 – Vintage Photo Print
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: View of Quebec, Canada; from the river St. Charles; shewing the conflagration of June 28th. 1845, and the ruins of the fire of May 28th., 1845, preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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View of Quebec, Canada; from the river St. Charles; shewing the conflagration of June 28th. 1845, and the ruins of the fire of May 28th., 1845
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This print looks across the St. Charles River at Quebec, Canada, toward a skyline still marked by two recent fires. The title points to a blaze on June 28, 1845, and the ruins left by an earlier fire on May 28 of the same year. Quebec's wooden buildings and crowded suburbs made such fires a constant danger in the nineteenth century, and a second disaster within a month would have been a striking sight for viewers. The record also names G. and W. Endicott as an associated name, though that attribution is unverified. Engravings like this one circulated widely in the 1840s, giving readers far away a way to see the damage.
| Created / published | c1845 July 29. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | 80 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott, G. & W. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,200 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110337 |
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