snow scene c1878
Toronto. For over a century, Montreal was our largest city per capital. And the most well known photographic studio in Montreal was operated by Notman with branches in Ontario and down the American east coast.
The studio photograph at left is the cover shot of issue 24-3 and is described as, “Appropriate for the season our cover depicts a winter scene as constructed in the studios of Notman & Sandham of Montreal circa 1878-80.
‘The same background can be seen in William Notman – The Stamp of a Studio, page 119 showing Rifle Brigade men in a winter set-up.
“The photograph could have been stripped into composite photos for sports clubs or used as part of the wide decorative border to such finished groups. Photo from the collection of Robert G. Wilson”
