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A Photographic Memory

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Photojournalism

Gallery - Photography Bursts Onto the Page

Quebecers William Leggo and George-Édouard Desbarats were pioneers in the field of photographic printing technology. Together, they developed the original method used to convert photographs to printing presses, thus allowing images to appear simultaneously alongside text. Their original halftone process opened up new possibilities for the photographic medium; it gave photographs a much wider distribution and it allowed them to finally be paired with longer, explanatory texts.

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Photograph of HRH Prince Arthur, October 30, 1869

HRH Prince Arthur
Canadian Illustrated News, October 30, 1869, Vol. I, no. 1, 1
After a photograph by Notman, Record: 773
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Photograph of front page and illustration of L'OPINION PUBLIQUE, Montréal, 1870

"Intérieur d'un chantier dans les forêts du Canada", L'Opinion Publique, Montréal, Quebec, Vol. I, No. 8, February 5, 1870, p. 33, full page with the header and the image
L'Opinion Publique : Journal Illustré
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Photograph of illustration of L'OPINION PUBLIQUE, Montréal, 1870

"Extérieur d'un chantier dans les forêts du Canada", L'Opinion Publique, Montréal, Quebec, Vol. I, No. 8, February 26, 1870, p. 60
L'Opinion Publique : Journal Illustré
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"Le 'Pain de sucre,' chutes de Montmorency", L'Opinion publique, Montréal, Quebec, Vol. I, No. 12, March 26, 1870, p. 89, full page
L'Opinion Publique : Journal Illustré
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"Le 'Pain de sucre,' chutes de Montmorency", L'Opinion publique, Montréal, Quebec, Vol. I, No. 12, March 26, 1870, p. 89
L'Opinion Publique : Journal Illustré
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Photograph of William Augustus Leggo, inventor of the Leggotype or Photo-electrotype process, 1871

William Augustus Leggo, inventor of the "Leggotype" or "Photo-electrotype" process, 1871
Montréal, Quebec, 1871
Photographer: unknown
C-079300
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Photograph of the New Custom House, Montréal, 1871

The New Custom House, Montréal, Canadian Illustrated News, Vol. III, no. 22, June 3, 1871, p. 337
Photographer: unknown
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