In November 1901, The Canadian Magazine prominently featured a reproduction of William McFarlane Notman’s photograph The Royal Party Shooting the Timber Slide (figure 1).1¹ Taking up an entire page of the issue, a halftone reproduction of the photograph was included as part of the magazine’s extensive coverage of the 1901 British royal tour of Canada.2² The image shows the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, soon to be King George V and Queen Mary, in Ottawa, Canada’s capital, perched atop a large wooden raft, or crib, with their sizable entourage. Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the timber chute had been an entirely practical, and somewhat ubiquitous, device for moving timber down rapids.3³ The event of royals riding the chute transformed this tool into spectacle. The crib, which appears to be moving rapidly, is about halfway down the visible waterway and spans the width from shore to shore. While the crowds on either side, as well as the rushing water, bubble with excitement, the royal party looks almost unnaturally steady and composed.4⁴ The calmly seated duke and duchess signal safety and assurance in both the chute and those steering them down its rushing waters.

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滑下木材溜槽：在1901年英国皇家加拿大巡回演唱会上拍摄擦除

在1901年11月，加拿大杂志突出特色威廉·麦克法兰诺特曼的照片的复制皇家党射击木材幻灯片（图1）。1 ¹占用问题的整个页面，照片的色调再现被列为的一部分该杂志的广泛Canada.2的1901英国皇家之旅覆盖²图像显示公爵和公爵夫人康沃尔和约克，很快就被国王乔治五世和玛丽皇后，在渥太华，加拿大的首都，栖息顶上大木排，或婴儿床，以及相当大的随行人员。整个十八和十九世纪，木材滑槽已经完全实用的，并且有些无处不在，装置用于移动木材向下rapids.3 ³皇室成员乘坐溜槽的事件使这种工具变成了奇观。婴儿床似乎在快速移动，大约在可见水道的一半处，并且从岸到岸横跨整个宽度。虽然两边的人群，以及湍急的水，泡兴奋，为皇室成员看起来几乎不自然平稳composed.4 ⁴的从容落座公爵和两个滑道公爵夫人信号安全保证和那些转向下来了奔腾的水。