Category: LOAN
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Date: 1916-02-04
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 4 x 5 inches; 10.16 x 12.7 cm
Accession Number: NYT.2016.0335.0016

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: Photo Copyright by / Chesterfield & McLaren / Montreal / Canada; handwritten: Publ. / Feb 13 [obscured] / Paid / Feb 1 [obscured]; stamped: SEP 12 2000; typed: [adhered with paste] CANADIAN HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT DESTROYED BY FIRE. / Canada's war parliament was interrupted by fire which / started while the house was in session and which is / thought by many to be the work of German agents who / have transferred their activities from American muni- / tion plants toward Canada. The building was said to be / the finest pile of Gothic architecture on this contin- / ent, and is now a gutted ruin. Photo shows a view of the / building taken the day after the fire, which occurred durint [sic] the night of Feb 3-4.; handwritten: 14-485-L-12-B-1 [circled]; handwritten: 496-L-M [boxed and struck through]; handwritten: [illeg.] [boxed and struck through]

Credit Line: The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection