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| Montreal, Canada |
| A 1913 postcard of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. |
| A postcard mailed in 1912. |
| This view of Montreal harbour was mailed in the 1930s but I suspect it was photographed earlier, probably in the 1920s. Note the similarities with the much ealier card on the right. |
| The City from Mont Royal - I was up here one extremely cold day about 1990. |
| No date for this postcard of Place Viger, the CPR Hotel and the Station. |
| The Bell Telephone building, constructed in 1929. |
| An undated view of the Water Chutes in Dominion Park. |
| "Dominion Square is the finest of the many squares in Montreal. Two Russian guns, captured at Sebastopol, are to be seen here. At one corner is located the palace of the Archbishop, and adjoining is the Cathedral of St James. On the west side is situated the Windsor Hotel." This is an undated "Oilette" by Raphael Tuck. (Z) |
| "Montreal is the chief port of entry of the Dominion of Canada, and lies at the head of Ocean Navigation on the River St Lawrence. Its Harbour is splendidly situated, and accommodates the largest sea-going vessels." |
| Hotel Dieu from the Incline Railway - a postcard written in August 1914. (Z) |
| St Sulpice Seminary, which was founded about 1657. |
| A 1920s postcard of St Catherine Street. (Z) |
| Dominion Square with Windsor Station. (Z) |
| The Court House. (Z) |
| The Place d'Armes. |
| Another postcard of the Palais de Justice, dating from 1921. |
| Coal Elevators in the Port. |
| A 1915 postcard of Parc Lafontaine. |
| An unused and undated postcard of Western Park. |
| The Chateau de Ramesay. |
| The Mount Royal Hotel. (Z) |
| Postcards of the Past |
| Montreal is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-largest city in Canada. It is also the second largest French-speaking city in the world. Montreal is a lively city with a large underground shopping area - which is just as well as it is very cold there in winter ! |
| A military review on Fletcher's Field, Montreal - a 1912 postcard. |
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| Did You Know.......that the jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson was born in Little Burgundy in Montreal in 1925 ? |
| And Did You Know.......that Celine Dion, the singer, was born in Charlemagne in 1968 ? |
| Grain Elevators. |
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| Bonaventure Station. |
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