Index: Vintage Postcards Of The City Of Montreal
Montreal Buildings
Entertainment (including leisure, museums & special attractions)
M.A.A.A. (Montreal Amateur Athletic Association) Club House – Peel Street
New Midgets Palace (Pt.1/3) | Count and Countess Nicol of Montreal
Winter Carnival, The Ice Palace, 1880s
Government buildings (health, education, legal)
Hospital – Royal Victoria Hospital
Royal Victoria College (Mc Gill Women’s University) newly indexed
L’Universite de Montreal – An Aerial View newly indexed
Hotels and train stations
Restaurants
Astor Restaurant, Bar And Cocktail Lounge
Cordner’s Cafeteria – A Real Good Place To Eat!
Dunn’s Delicatessen | Famous Smoked Meat And Strawberry Cheese Cake
Traymore Restaurant, Montreal, Ste-Catherine St.
Retailers
T. Eaton Company on Ste-Catherine St.
Pharmacie Montreal – Introduction
Pharmacie – Montreal – Pharmacy (2/3)
Pharmacists At Work – Montreal Pharmacy (3/3)
Other
Montreal Churches
Notre Dame Church with horse-drawn carriages
St-James Cathedral (now known as Mary, Queen of the World)
St.Joseph’s Oratory (Oratoire) – The Crypt, Montreal
St. Joseph’s Oratory (Oratoire) – The Front Gate
St.Joseph’s Oratory (Oratoire) – An Artist’s Rendering
Montreal Parks
Dominion Park Fairground – ca. 1907
Dominion Park, Montreal (1907) View of Roller Coaster
Fletcher’s Field (now Parc Jeanne Mance) | Military Review (1914?)
Mount Royal Park Lookout (Observatoire de Mont-Royal)
Mount Royal Park – Tobogganing
Vive Le Vent! – Tobogganing (prob. Mount Royal Park)
Mount Royal Park, 1910 | Pastoral Scene With Children
Mount Royal Park Lookout (Observatoire de Mont-Royal)
The Tornado Miniature Train On Mt. Royal Lookout | (ca.1970)
The Mount Royal Cross – Night View, Montreal
Montreal’s Mount Royal Elevator | Postmarked 1913
Montreal Squares and Places
Dominion Square | Montreal In The Time Of Tramways
Victoria Square, Montreal | Early 20th century (?) scene with horse-drawn carriages
Place Viger At The Turn Of The 20th Century | Montreal Tramways
Place Viger Hotel and Canadian Pacific Railway Station
Montreal Streets
Montreal Ice Shove on Commissioner St.
Scenes of St-Catherine Street (1/10) Montreal, Quebec
Scenes of St-Catherine Street (2/10) Montreal, Quebec
Scenes of St-Catherine Street (3/10) Montreal, Quebec
Scenes of St-Catherine Street (4/10) Montreal, Quebec
Neon Signs / Modern Times on Montreal’s St-Catherine Street
Harry Houdini, St-Catherine St. & The Prince Theatre
Montreal Trams on St-Catherine St. facing “The Main”
St-Jacques/St.James Street | Montreal In The Time Of Tramways
Montreal’s Skyline
The British Red Ensign Flys Over Montreal
Montreal on the water
Montreal from St. Helen’s Island – View of Shipping
Bridges To Montreal Island (1): Honore Mercier Bridge, Quebec
Bridges To Montreal Island (2): Jacques Cartier Bridge
Bridges To Montreal Island (3): Victoria Jubilee Bridge, Montreal, Quebec
Bridges To Montreal Island (4): Victoria Jubilee Bridge, 1905
Bridges To Montreal Island (5): The Irish And The Queen Victoria Bridge
C.P.R. Railroad bridge – Lachine to Kahnawake
Montreal Harbour | Montreal’s Floating Dry Dock, Duke of Connaught
Montreal Harbour | Grain Elevator (Steamer discharging)
Montreal Harbour | Grain Elevator, Montreal Harbor
Montreal Harbour | Montreal’s Ocean Harbour
Montreal from St. Helen’s Island – View of Shipping
Happy 5oth Birthday – St-Lawrence Seaway!
Allan Line Wharf In The Early 20th century New
Index: Vintage Postcards of Quebec
Cordner’s Cafeteria – A Real Good Place To Eat!
The official name of Cordner’s was Cordner’s Ltd. Restaurant and it was located at 1203 Phillips sq. The manager in 1930/31 was R.L. Cordner (Source: Lovell’s Street Directory).
Series: The Outdoor Bread Ovens Of Quebec (1/7) | Introduction
I collect vintage postcards depicting the Gaspesie region of northern Quebec because two of my family lines (Theriault and Luce) settled there at different times. In this series I’m sharing one of my sub-collections – The Outdoor Bread Ovens of Quebec.
If you’re interested in traditional bake
ovens then I hope you will enjoy the text below. If you’re interested in the images then you can also scroll down and click on the the links to the individual images.
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“In Gaspe, as in many parts of the surrounding country we find the old-fashioned
bake-ovens. A foundation of stone was built according to the size required, and covered with a smooth surface of brick or sandstone. Read more »
Series: Outdoor Bread Ovens Of Quebec (7/7) | A Red Brick Baking Oven
Le pain de chez-nous
Mme Yvonne Mercier
8706 – ave Royale
Chateau Richer, P.Q.
Series: The Outdoor Bread Ovens Of Quebec (1/7) | Introduction
Series: Outdoor Bread Ovens Of Quebec (6/7) | Habitant Women Baking, 1908
This traditional outdoor clay oven has a “lean-to” type covering.
Series: The Outdoor Bread Ovens Of Quebec (1/7) | Introduction
Series: Outdoor Bread Ovens Of Quebec (5/7) | Habitant Woman Pulls Bread Out of the Oven
Roadside Bake Oven in Rural Quebec
This outdoor oven sits on a base of large rocks.
Series: The Outdoor Bread Ovens Of Quebec (1/7) | Introduction
Series: Outdoor Bread Ovens Of Quebec (4/7) | Bake Oven Used In Province Of Quebec
This pioneer Quebec habitant oven sits on a large base of rough, squared-off logs.
The oven is sheltered by a flat roof composed of wooden planks.
Detail of habitant grindstone Read more »
Series: Outdoor Bread Ovens Of Quebec (3/7) | Open Air Bake Oven, Gaspe
Traditional Quebec Bake Oven
Masonry oven protected by triangular wooden planked cover.
Series: The Outdoor Bread Ovens Of Quebec (1/7) | Introduction
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New cemeteries – Val Brillant & Grande-Riviere
Index: Kahnawa:ke & the Iroquois | QC/ON
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Newly updated with surname variations
Index: Theriaults | France – Acadie – NB – QC
Index: Mignier Lagaces | France – QC – NB
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