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Title

Toboggin [sic] in Canada.

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Item (linked) part of

Canadian Historical Prints Collection [graphic material] (R13133-0-7-E)

Date(s)

1870

Place of creation

United Kingdom

Publisher

The Graphic

Extent

1 print : wood engraving ; 38.5 x 26.5 cm (sheet).

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Winter scene depicting a crowded hill with people tobogganing, many falling off their toboggans. A man and two ladies stand in the foreground on the left with their toboggan, surveying the scene. The newspaper text on the verso includes a paragraph about the sport of tobogganing in Canada.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)

90: Open

Volume
3 Item no. assigned by LAC 53

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R13133-54-8-E

Terms of use

Additional information

From "The Graphic", April 16, 1870. "The Graphic" is an illustrated weekly newspaper/magazine that was founded by William Luson Thomas and published in London, England, from Vol. 1, no. 1 (December 4, 1869) to Vol. 135, no. 3254 (April 23, 1932). It was a superior publication and is an important element in the history of pictorial journalism. It continued as "The National Graphic" (April 28 to July 1932): nos. 3255 - 3266, after which it was discontinued.

Signatures and inscriptions

Recto, l.l.: THE GRAPHIC, April 16, 1870 Recto, l.c.: TOBOGGIN IN CANADA Verso: [full page newspaper text]

Subject heading

SUBJ - SPORTS & AMUSEMENTS, TOBOGGANING.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3951886