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Universite de Montreal – Tradition and Tragedy

The Universite de Montreal  began as a regional branch of Quebec City’s Catholic Universite Laval, but came to encompass the Ecole Polytechnique (engineering) and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (Business). Nowadays it’s a secular institution. This postcard depicts the Art-Deco main building which was designed in the early twentieth century by famed architect  Ernest Cormier.

 

Sadly, in 1989 the  Ecole Polytechnique was the site of the Montreal Massacre in which 14 female engineering students were shot to death by a deranged gunman.

Of Possible Interest:

L’Universite de Montreal – An Aerial View

Vintage Postcards Of The City Of Montreal

Further Reading:

Université de Montréal – Héritage Montréal

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Art Deco on Ste-Catherine St: Pharmacie Montreal (1/3)

This is the PHARMACIE MONTREAL – built in the early 1930s – designed by Quebec Architect Raoul Gariepy.

Pharmacie

 

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Text on Postcard:

PHARMACIE MONTREAL

916 Est Rue Ste. Catherine St. Montreal, Que.

The Largest and Most Luxuriously Appointed Drug Store in the World

To serve you       HARBOUR 7251      DAY AND NIGHT

La plus Grande et Plus Luxeuse Pharmacie de Detail au Monde

Pour vous server     HARBOUR 7251     JOUR ET NUIT

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Background Information

Charles Duquette opened the Pharmacie Montreal in 1932
It was the first pharmacy to stay open 24 hours a day

By the end of the ’30s it was the biggest retail pharmacy in the world

In the early ‘40s, the Pharmacie was the first in Canada to install automatic doors.

Pharmacie Montreal was the first pharmacy in Canada to issue a FRANCHISE and one of these was sold to JEAN COUTU – the pharmacy chain we know today!

Jean Coutu

 

Related Posts:

Pharmacie – Montreal – Pharmacy (2/3)

Index: Vintage Postcards Of The City Of Montreal

Vintage Postcards of Quebec

 

 

Further Reading:

 

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