1887 Canada Arless photo of Montreal Winter Carnival ice castle

$125.00 CAD

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Cabinet card size albumen print of crowds dressed for winter and large ice castle in the background, built for the Montreal Winter Carnival 1887.

ICE CASTLE
Length 168 feet, width 116 feet, height 100 feet. Constructed of 22000 blocks of clear ice

MONTREAL WINTER CARNIVAL 1887
G.C. Arless  261 St. James Street
Montreal

Photo mounted on card

Some smudges

10 ½ x 16 ½ cm

George Charles Arless (1841–1906), a Montreal-based photographer whose studio operated at 261 St. James Street, and whose surviving work is held today in major Canadian museum collections.