Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Fortress of Louisbourg
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Accession Number:
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180687
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module SIX--6,074 images
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Type of View:
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partialView
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View Title:
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Isle de Quay area with the reconstructed Frederic Gate, raking side view, looking north
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Date of View:
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8/20/2001
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Image description:
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The wall was only 16 feet tall in this area, since it was defended from the waterside by the cannon on the demi-bastion.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module SIX
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Culture:
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Canadian
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Subject:
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Restoration and conservation
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Subject:
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France--Colonies--America
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Work Types:
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Architecture; public works; fortifications
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Work Types:
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complexes; sites (locations); historic sites
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Preferred Title:
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Fortress of Louisbourg
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Agent Display:
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Jean Fran¿ois du Verger de Verville (French architect, ca. 1680-1729)
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Date:
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reconstructed 1960's (other)
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Materials:
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stone; wood; brick
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Alternate Title:
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Forteresse de Louisbourg
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Locations:
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Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Park, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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French Colonial
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Style/Period:
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Eighteenth century
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Classification:
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Architecture
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