The Notman Photographic Archives () is an
archive
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials, in any medium, or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organ ...
of
photograph
A photograph (also known as a photo, or more generically referred to as an ''image'' or ''picture'') is an image created by light falling on a photosensitivity, photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor. Th ...
ic images originally collected by photographer
William Notman
William Notman (8 March 1826 – 25 November 1891) was a Scottish-Canadian photographer and businessman. The Notman House in Montreal was his home from 1876 until his death in 1891, and it has since been named after him. Notman was the fi ...
. It is conserved by the
McCord Museum
The McCord Stewart Museum, formerly known as the McCord Museum of Canadian History, is a public research and teaching museum. The Museum’s Archives, Documentary Art, Dress, Fashion and Textiles, Indigenous Cultures, Material Culture and Photogr ...
of Canadian History in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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. Institutions and researchers worldwide consult the archives. Through its thousands of images—landscapes, well-known people, families, places, events, and activities—these historically invaluable archives provide a visual history of Montreal, Quebec and
Canada
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from the 1840s to the present. As well as the
iconographical data bank of 1,250,000 photographs, the archives include various items of early photographic equipment and accessories.
Profile
More than 450,000 photographs (including 200,000
glass negatives), were taken by the Notman studio during its 78 years of operation.
Each glass negative is accompanied by a
print that is identified, listed and classified in numerical order in one of 200 albums, and in alphabetical order in one of 43 other albums.
The principal period of this archive is 1840–1935.
About 800,000 images taken by other photographers (from the 19th century to the present), including such known figures as
Alexander Henderson and John Taylor.
A small but important collection of photographic equipment.
See also
*
List of museums devoted to one photographer
This is a list of museums, galleries, or studios devoted or dedicated to a single photographer, or a single pair of photographers. (Many of them host exhibitions of the work of other photographers.)
Canada
* William Notman (1826–1891) – Notma ...
References
External links
Notman Photographic Archives The Photographic Studio of William Notman
Art museums and galleries in Quebec
Museums in Montreal
Photography museums and galleries in Canada
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Photo archives in Canada
Archives in Quebec