"Fearful catastrophe on the Great Western Railway"

Author

Schwartz, Joan M.

Document type

Article (livre)

Language

English

Book title

Shadow and substance : essays on the history of photography in honor of Heinz K. Henisch

Author (monograph)

Collins, Kathleen (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Shadow and substance : essays on the history of photography in honor of Heinz K. Henisch. 1990, p. 325-334, 6 ill.

Publisher

Amorphous Institute Press, Bloomfield Hills, MI (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

In 1857 a train of the Great Western Railway plummeted from a bridge outside Hamilton (Ontario). Schwartz presents photographs and prints after photographs of the disaster in which nearly 60 persons died.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Photography -- Canada
• Great Western Railway of Canada
• Disasters
• 1800-1900
• Representation
• Photography
• Prints
• Trains
• Canada
• Hamilton (ON, CAN)
• Documentary photography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Photographie -- Canada
• Great Western Railway of Canada
• Désastre
• 1800-1900
• Représentation
• Photographie
• Estampe
• Train
• Canada
• Hamilton (ON, CAN)
• Photographie documentaire

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19990701-00206660

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