Object Name
Photograph
Materials
Paper --Glass
Catalogue Number
2009.163.019
Dimensions

l: 35.2 cm x w: 42.4 cm x h: 3.0 cm

Description

This is a framed black and white photograph of Sir John A. Macdonald's funeral procession in Kingston. It is in a gold frame with a paper backing. There is a wire on the back to hang the photo from. It depicts men on horseback and on foot moving up a downtown street, past a crowd of onlookers. There are dark streamers hanging from the windows of the buildings.

History

Sir. John A. MacDonald died in Ottawa June 6, 1891.