Collard, Collins & Dawson collection

Series : All our yesterdays…

Date of publicationArticles by CollardIllustrations
s.d.Famous portrait artist died poor and neglectedDrawing – Patterson’s portrait of Sir. John A.
1945The Gazette in early telephone days
The Tango at the wrong time
« The most brilliant young man »
On shovelling your own snow
 
[4.11.]1945Lieut. Bellhouse of the Victoria rifles
McGillivray and Chateau St. Antoine
Photo – Lieut. Bellhouse
– Group of soldiers
1945Three Victorian authors in Montreal
They Paused Briefly
Campaigning in Winter
A Scientific Visitor
Brusque and Forthright
 
14.04.1956The art Gallery on Phillips SquareDrawing – Vista through trees
30.03.1957McGill’s first B.A. and Queen’s UniversityDrawing – In the North West
23.11.1957He was one of Fraser’s HighlandersDrawing – Only ruins now
28.12.1957The story of Canon EllegoodPhoto – Canon Ellegood
25.01.1958The Ogilvie Diaries for 1870-71Drawing – Queen Victoria
5.07.1958Blink Bonny GardensDrawing – The far away City
26.07.1958A Scot remembers MontrealPhoto – St. James Street Centre
9.08.1958A Canadian visits Abraham Lincoln
The Dream of Capt. Spear
The Cape Breton Giant
Drawing – Abraham Lincoln
18.05.1958The story of a Judge’s lifePhoto – Sir Francis Johnson
25.04.1959The Ogilvie Diary for 1851Photo – A. W. Ogilvie
24.10.1959A Great man in IsraelPhoto – Rabbi de Sola
31.10.1959Queen Victoria aids the V.O.N.Photo – From the hand of the Queen
7.11.1959Montreal’s name and other mattersDrawing – Jacques Cartier
Photo – Stream on the Campus
14.11.1959Thistle Curling Club’s early daysDrawing – On the river’s ice
21.11.1959W. S. Weldon’s old Montreal memoriesDrawing – The Ice Palace in Dominion Square, 1884
28.11.1959Chairman of the Building CommitteePhoto – Hon. George Moffatt
5.12.1959John Brown, 1859-1959. Champion of the Slaves and Subject of the SongDrawing – John Brown
12.12.1959The Voices of the BellsDrawing – The Voices of the Towers
19.12.1959Sleigh Bells in the SnowDrawing – Over the years
26.12.1959The Victorian days of the M.A.A.A.Photo – Victorian Snowman
9.01.1960Joe Beef’s CanteenCopy – Directory listing
16.01.1960Her Husband defended DreyfusPhoto – Alfred Dreyfus
23.01.1960Tradition and the Charity BallCopy – Back in its early years
30.01.1960Van Horne as Art CollectorDrawing – Sir William Van Horne
6.02.1960Great Art Collections 60 years agoPhoto – Sir George A. Drummond
13.02.1960Carnival days in MontrealDrawing – Ice Palace by Moonlight
20.02.1960Skating in the Canadian Style
Hailed as an Art Critic
Photo – Archibald Browne, R.C.A.
5.03.1960Turning the Leaves of the ScrapbookPhoto – Horse-car of the Montreal City Passenger Railway Co.
12.03.1960The two Triumphs of Henry HoganDrawing – Henry Hogan
26.03.1960Montreal’s Plumbing in the 1860’S
Cows called for in the Morning
Drawing – The Old Stove
2.04.1960The Exciting Days of 1849Photo – Lord Elgin
9.02.1960Today we continue…Drawing – Parliament on fire, 1849
16.04.1960Under Triumphant ArrestDrawing – Old jail on Notre Dame St.
23.02.1960The People Liberate the PrisonersDrawing – Hermit of ‘Monklands’
30.02.1960They Smashed Lord Elgin’s CarriageDrawing – the Chateau de Ramezay
7.05.1960« The House of Incurables »
All within a few blocks
Drawings – Jefferson Davis and Thomas d’Arcy McGee
14.05.1960Before the Antique Dealers CameDrawing – Oil Lamps
4.06.1960Coburn and Dr. DrummondDrawing – The Horses and the Sleigh
11.06.1960Some Memories of St. George’s ChoirPhotos – The Choristers Of St. George’s Church and St. George’s Church
18.06.1960The Silver of Old QuebecPhoto – Monstrance or ostensorium by Paul Lambert
25.06.1960The Black Gown in St. George’s
The Grave in the Square
Photo – Bishop Bond
2.07.1960When women first went to collegePhoto – Dr. Helen R. Y. Reid
9.07.1960Some Picturesque CharactersPhoto – The Old Court House on Notre Dame Street, where the Apple Women Used to put up their stands
16.07.1960Collecting Canadian AntiquesPhoto – « Salamander » armchair-birch. Made in the eighteenth century
23.07.1960A Montreal Bishop and Kitchener’s HomeDrawings – Earl Kitchener of Khartum and Rt. Rev. Ashton Oxenden
30.07.1960Little Jefferson had a SwordCollins – A Footprint On Robinson Crusoe’s Island
30.07.1960Indians in Montreal
Traffic Offences in 1910
Drawing – From a Sketch-book of the 1830’S
6.08.1960The Three Graves of Jane DavidsonDrawing – Within the Walls
13.08.1960Dr. Carpenter and his Tons of ShellsPhoto – Dr. Carpenter
20.08.1960Victoria Bridge 100 years agoPhoto – America’s Longest Railway Bridge
27.08.1960When a Prince Opened a PalacePhoto – Montreal’s Crystal Palace
3.09.1960The Prince of Wales on Dorval IslandDrawing – Prince of Wales
Photo – Gen. Sir F. W. Williams
10.09.1960Lord Mark Kerr Tours the TownshipsDrawing – W. H. Bartlett’s drawing of the outlet of Lake Memphremagog in the Eastern Townships, about 1840
24.09.1960He Galloped Through StonesDrawing – As in his Time (Chateau de Ramezay)
1.10.1960He Galloped throught the StonesDrawing – As in his Time (Chateau de Ramezay)
1.10.1960He Galloped throught the StonesDrawing – A Governor on the Run
8.10.1960The « Bad Practical Joke » in OttawaDrawing – No Lunatic Asylum
22.10.1960A Nickel Ride to the Sulphur Spring
The Battle of Notre Dame de Grace
Photo – Old St. Catherine Street
29.10.1960He was Present at Van Gogh’s BurialDrawing – Vincent Van Gogh (Self Portrait)
5.11.1960The Lonely Grave of Simon McTavishDrawing – Where He Was Buried in 1804
19.11.1960Abandoned Tomb and Crumbling HouseDrawing – Simon McTavish
26.11.1960Museum Ball Recalls an event of 1878Drawing – First Art Gallery
3.12.1960A Prince in MontrealDrawing – H.R.H. Prince Arthur in his uniform as lieutenant in the Prince Consort’s Own Rifles
10.12.1960A Stroll Through Montreal in the 1880’sDrawing – As It Used To Be
17.12.1960When Kipling came to MontrealDrawing – An Impression of Mr. Kipling at the Union Station
31.12.1960Montreal’s Strangest New Year’s DayDrawing – Dashing into the New Year
2.01.1961Memories Of Lord Mount StephenPhoto – Historic Door
7.01.1961Simon McTravish Fought a Duel
Does Anyone Remember . . . ?
Drawing – Simon McTravish
14.01.1961The Charity Ball – A Great TraditionCopy – In a Good cause
28.01.1961Memories of Lord Mount StephenPhoto – Lord Mount Stephen
4.02.1961Memories of Lord Mount StephenPhoto – Brocket Hall, Lord Mount Stephen’s country home in England
11.02.1961Memories of Lord Mount StephenPhoto – Snapshot of Lord Mount Stephen
18.02.1961Dinner at Four O’Clock
Tobogganing out to Mid-Stream
Walt Whitman in Quebec
He Certainly Liked Montreal
Drawing – Straight to St. Helen’s Island
25.02.1961What Canada Showed the World in 1855Drawing – Put to Good Use
4.03.1961Nurse’s Life in the 1890’sPhoto – The Old Montreal General Hospital
11.03.1961« Electric Evenings » at Rideau Hall
Ducks, Riots and Debtors
Advertisement for a Wife
Drawing – Lord Dufferin
18.03.1961The Face was Changing then, too
A Great Variety of Character
The Tunnel in the Quicksand
« The Pencil Flies over the Paper »
Photo – St. Lawrence Hall one of the great hotels of old Montreal
25.03.1961Montreal’s Year of IndiansCopy – In his own writing
1.04.1961Glimpses of Old Townships DaysPhoto – The Old Dunham Academy
15.04.1961St. Lawrence Hall Memories
Charles Dickens’ Son and D’Arcy McGee
The Major and His Salmon
Drawing – Thomas D’Arcy McGee
22.04.1961Bartlett for the TableDrawing – Bartlett’s View On The Chaudiere Bridge
29.04.1961Benjamin West’s « Death of Wolfe »Drawing – Benjamin West’s painting of « the Death of Wolfe »
6.05.1961They Compared the Girls
Some Eastern Townships Memories
Drawing – Canadian girls
13.05.1961The Search in the FarmhouseDrawing – Louis Joseph Papineau
24.05.1961To Canada by sailing shipDrawing – Old woodcut of a sailing ship of the 1850’s.
3.06.1961To Canada by sailing shipPhoto – George Roberts
10.06.1961Early Days of Loyola CollegePhoto – Loyola College, 1940
24.06.1961A Gold Medal for Joseph PelletierCopy – item in The Gazette, 1835
1.07.1961Yankee Clocks in QuebecPhoto – Twiss Clock
8.07.1961The Duels of Major RichardsonDrawing – Place d’Armes
15.07.1961The Grave on the « Brandy Pots »
Montreal Tennis Court in 1790
When the « Pilgrims » came to Montreal
Photo – Grave On Brandy Pots
29.07.1961A military Ball at Rasco’s Hotel
Early Days at Ste. Agathe
Drawing – Rasco’s Hotel on St. Paul Street
3.08.1961They called it « Ironstone »Photo – « Ironstone » soup plate
12.08.1961The « Ironstone » of the VictoriansPhoto – plate « ironstone »
17.08.1961Sensational Charge Against a U.S. PresidentDrawing – Chester A. Arthur
26.08.1961« Sir John A. » as his Wife Knew HimPhoto – A Good Likeness
2.09.1961A Bishop’s Visit in 1794Drawing – Montreal from St. Helen’s Island
9.09.1961The « Billy Button » RiotsPhoto – Just back of the St. Lawrence Hall, on the Craig Street side, had stood the Montreal Circus, where the Billy Button Riots took place in the year 1830.
16.09.1961First picture of the Montreal General
Mr. Richner’s Wonderful Apple
Shipwreck in the Gulf
Drawing – Montreal General
23.09.1961
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« God bless The Little Church! »Photo – « The Little Church around the corner »
30.09.1961500 Indians Attended his Funeral
Visits to the Lonely Island
The golf course on Fletcher’s field
Drawing – Old Christ Church
7.10.1961Montreal’s old Britannia Football Club
The Grave on the Brandy Pots
Drawing – The artist, Henry Sandham, R.C.A., captured the applause of a Montreal sports fan in 1890
Photo – old grave on the Brandy Pots
14.10.1961The China on the Victorian TablePhoto – « Sylvan » was the name
21.10.1961How the Victoria Rifles BeganPhoto – The first « Vics »
28.10.1961Lady Aberdeen still helps the V.O.N.Drawing – The Van Horne Range
[nov] 1961The Parson who Boiled the PotatoesPhoto – The historic gates to Mount Royal Cemetery
18.11.1961« Who forgives the Goal-keeper? »Drawing – Down the Field
25.10.1961From Berlin wool to PotichomaniDrawing – Making Christmas Presents
2.12.1961Sights and Sounds of Old MontrealPhoto – The Old High School of Montreal
Photo – Sherbrooke St.
9.12.1961The Story of The Children’s DoctorPhoto – Dr. Mackenzie Forbes
9.12.1961Sights and Sounds of Old MontrealPhoto – As they looked on Sherbrooke Street (bronze deer)
16.12.1961St. Matthias Church: a Choir Boy RemembersPhoto – St. Matthias Church
Photo – Interior of the little wooden church of St. Matthias in Westmount
22.12.1961A Canadian Soldier’s Christmas VisitorDrawing – A Canadian soldier from Montreal had this visitor in hospital in Egypt in the Christmas of 1882
[?]Christmas on the PrairieDrawing – Out in the Wilderness
30.12.1961New Year’s Toast in Snow WaterDrawing – Sir John Ross
6.01.1962Stage-Coach to Mount Royal Vale
Do You Want Whiskers?
Not Always So Severe
Photo – A View of St. James Street
13.01.1962He found the girls « delicious »Drawing – Canadian Snowshoers of the 1890’s as drawn by Henry Sandham, RCA.
[?]The Martyr Mayor of MontrealPhoto – Far from the Land
27.04.1963When Westmount was Cote St. Antoine
When clothes were washed at the River Front
Photo – One Of The Old Horse-drawn Bus Sleighs
11.05.1963He Duelled with the King’s SonDrawing – Duke of Richmond
1.06.1963Two Souls and the Walking DeadPhoto – Dr. E. D. Worthington
28.03.1964An Old Victorian ScrapbookDrawing – Indian File
29.08.1964Captains In The Age Of SailDrawing – Old Woodcut
[?]New Light On D’Arcy McGeeDrawing – portrait [D’Arcy McGee]
Drawing – The old court house, Montreal
9.11.1964Un The Years From 1886Photo – A curling match being played in Montreal about 1893.
5.12.1964The Picnics In The OrchardsDrawing – Painting by Marion Hawthorne
30.01.1965Churchill In Canada, 1929Photo – Churchill horseback riding in Canada in 1929
13.03.1965All Our Green YesterdaysDrawing – badges of St. Partick’s Society of Montreal
10.04.1065The House With The Great TowerPhoto – Pine Avenue
17.04.1965What An English Visitor SawDrawing – Bonsecours Market
Drawing – Old Fort on the Priests’ Farm
[?]They Carried « I Walk » CardsPhoto – Montreal Street car
Drawing – Walking Montrealers carried this card in the strike of 1903
26.06.1965A Bishop’s Visit In 1846Drawing – Old Christ Church
Drawing – Bishop Mountain
31.07.1965Two Eastern Townships MenDrawing – Lynwood Farnam at the organ
25.09.1965Picturesque CharactersDrawing – The blind fiddler at the foot of Nelson’s Monument. A drawing by Henri Julien, 1876
20.11.1965A Victorian BoyhoodPhoto – St. Catherine Street at the turn of the century
11.12.1965A Victorian GirlhoodPhoto – Monsfield Street and Victorian snowpiles
19.03.1966It Will Never Happen AgainPhoto – The Streamer Sovereign
26.03.1966Help Through 150 YearsCopy – This soldier in India was thanking the Montreal Protestant Orphans’ Home for helping him to find any of his relations
2.04.1966They Wanted Higher EducationPhoto – Helen R. B. Y. Reid
9.04.1966Montreal’s Stage Coach DaysDrawing – An Advertisement Of The Stage Coach Days
16.04.1966Ballroom In A Cow PastureDrawing – Ballroom in the fields at Peel and St. Catherine in 1860
8.05.1966Old Monsieur MarmierDrawing – The Book-Stalls of the Seine

Series : Of Many Things…

Date of publicationArticles by CollardIllustrations by Collins
6.01.1968Timely Texts
Second Journey?
Boys And Girls
Afterglow
 
20.01.1968Appendicitis
Burden Of Youth
Men Of Destiny
King And Children
Abjectives
Gate of the Sulpicians
[?]Royal Vale Coach
By Moonlight
Tomb And Curse
Nothing But Dust
Lionel Shapiro
Horsecar Sleigh. Mount Royal Vale. 1875
3.02.1968Last Ship Captured
The Lamest Duck
Dr. McCrae’s Poem
Towers on Sherbrooke Street
[?]Priests’ Farm
Rest Cure
On Lake St. Luois
Off-Stage Drama
 
10.02.1968Milestones
Tweedsmuir
Plain Tastes
Winter Picnics
Attlee Typing
Dufferin Terrace. Quebec
17.02.1968Tan In Winter
Laurier’s Horror
Presidents Say « No »
A Priest And Today
More Milestones
The Ramparts. Quebec
Drawing – On Lasalle Blvd. Verdun. Opposite Douglas Hospital. 1953
9.03.1968House And Garden
Great Talkers
Beaver Club
The Club’s Guests
Not Remembering
Rue Saint-Amable
16.03.1968Duelling-Ground
Adjectives
Food And Thought
What Killed Him?
Growing Old
 
23.03.1968Dickens Memories
Repetition
How Duels Ended
Old Mild Winter
Charles Dickens Street
13.04.1968Choosing A Leader
Old Promises
Gone To Press
Keeling Ships
Windmills
At Peardon’s
The Mill – Pointe Claire
20.04.1968True Likeness
Crowded Square
Old Bones
The Bride Said ‘No’
Vivid Recall
Sir John A. in the rain
2?.04.1968St. Gabriel Farm
Mountain Farms
Kind To Animals
Too Tidy
Too Untidy
Ferme Saint-Gabriel
2?.04.1968Woodcarvers
Poe And Carver
Shop Signs
Fighting The Wind
Comforting Silence
The Stone Sink
8.06.1968First Sparrows
Weary Candidates
Township Glimpses
Happy House
 
15.06.1968Great Debates
Acting Offstage
Masks
Clerical Tales
Unconventional
The Old Coach House
22.06.1968Politician’s Voice
Hard Speaking
Best Advice
Stratford Festival
Feeling For Home
The Well
13.07.1968Downtown Living
Tedious Talkers
Sullen Silence
York Factory
Stylish Isolation
Linton Deer
Le Coin de la Mort
20.07.1968Near To Hell
Cool Relief
Not Doing
Lachine Canal
 
27.07.1968Whale At Montreal
Strange Meeting
Awesome Battle
Where Read
Travelling Books
Waterpower
Prospect And Clandeboye
3.08.1968A Church Besieged
Resolute Doctor
Fierce Duel
Cheerful View
In The Mud
Covered Bridge
10.08.1968Duellists’ Mill
McTavish’s Duel
Eager Leisure
Relished Ease
Another Whale
Hercules Wins
 
24.08.1968Bored Officers
Unearthly Calm
The World Goes On
Hello Girls
Baldness
The Fort St. Helen’s Island
31.08.1968Horse-cabs
Barney’s Cab
Fares and Quarrel
New Viewpoint
Making Worlds
Carriage In The Rain
2?.09.1968At Lachine
« Little Emperor »
After Sir George
Someone To Talk To
Dreaded Loneliness
Old Hudson Bay House – Lachine
2?.09.1968How Bishop’s Began
Rugged Years
Iron shutters
Misunderstandings
Primrose Error
 
5.10.1968Turkish Bath Hotel
The Big Deal
Secret Discovered
Voyageur’s Cross
Burns’ House
 
26.10.1968Oldest Synagogue
Story Of A Rite
Rabbi In Congress
The Wrong Way
Liking It That Way
La Poudrière
2.11.1968Monklands Hotel
Country Retreat
Hotel To Convent
Lady Aberdeen
Leacock Laughing
Fleming’s Grist Mill – Built in 1816
9.11.1968Humorists Gather
Jokes Of 1910
Stage Effects
Poison Plant
One Atmosphere
Gate – Dorchecter Street
16.11.1968McTavish’s Tomb
Untimely Death
Tomb Vandals
Not As Expected
Art And Artist
Like A Rodin
McTavish Monument
30.11.1968Rasco’s Hotel
Superb Ballroom
Fight In The Hotel
Rasco Grows Tired
Leacock On Humor
Sad laughing
Rasco’s Hotel
7.12.1968Chateau de Ramezey
Anna And The King
« You Shall Obey! »
Anna In Montreal
Chateau de Ramezay
14.12.1968Fortified City
Crumbling Walls
McGill Street
Train to Toronto
Snow Struggle
Fortification Lane
4.01.1969The First Ships
Frolic And Jollity
Victorian Parlors
Victorian Fireplaces
Victorian Stairs
 
11.01.1969 House on Dorchester
18.01.1969Hero To His Cabby
Always On Hand
Westmount Farm
Clairvoyance
Presentiment
Rooftop Snow
25.01.1969Street of Fashion
Mayor’s House
Before The End
Bouncing Helmet
Floating Flowers
Awkward Sermon
Outside Staircase
1.02.1969The Champ de Mars
Promenade
The Deserters
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson’s Sundays
Champ de Mars
8.02.1969Gasoline Buggy
Dust and Mud
« Get A Horse! »
Not interested
Not disappointed
 
15.02.1969Bonsecours Market
Going marketing
Fascinating Lola
Gold symptoms
Dickens coughs
Bonsecours Market
22.02.1969The grand terrace
Newest elegance
Macdonald’s House
Bad temper
Comic anger
Prince of Wales
Terrace
1.03.1969River curling
Dolly’s Chop House
Out of Scotland
 
8.03.1969Open-air market
Customs change
Kitchen ghost
Unhappy drama
Like writers
Nelson Monument
15.03.1969Since 1804
Cathedral memories
Why « Mile End »?
Mile from Montreal
Charlie Chaplin
Surprised by joy
Anglican Cathedral – Quebec
29.03.1969Torrance house
St. Alban’s Raid
Why keep diaries?
Greatest diary
Rue des Seigneurs
5.04.1969The Quebec ferry
Among ice floes
Montreal’s canoes
Shrouded mirrors
On the wall
The Ferry – Quebec
12.04.1969Snow piled high
City and the snow
Milloy’s Book Store
Scottish mothers
Sugar Bush – St. Gregoire
Photo – St. James Street in 1869
19.04.1969Duke of Kent House
The marionettes
« The Annex »
Emerson speaks
Green leaves
Duke of Kent House – Quebec
26.04.1969Streamboat era
The captain sings
Anstere command
Helen Hayes’ Hecuba
Long come and go
Waiting for the 2:04
[?] Getting Ready – Man and his Wirld
3.05.1969Old St. Stephen’s
The good shepherd
Ten Peirsons
St. Stephen’s Church – Lachine
10.05.1969Almost a duel
With swords
Early Outremont
A low wit
Historical puns
Waterfront Monument
17.05.1969Place Royale
Happy fights
Given its name
Peirson tombstone
Just in time
Place Royale
24.05.1969Beyond the walls
Civil War letter
Police station
Gracious rain
Courtyard rue St. Paul
29.05.1969 Street in Levis
7.06.1969Masonic History
Highland mason
Royal mason
Loyalist mason
 
14.06.1969Indians in town
As in Krieghoff
McGill Library
Osler’s lost book
Calder’s « man »
21.06.1969Debtors’ prison
Through the bars
As an artist
Incline railway
Au Pied du Courant
5.07.1969St. Patrick’s
Their first church
Too crowded
On March 17, 1847
Gateway to St. Patrick’s
12.07.1969Yachting
100-year-old elms
The Founder’s Tree
He scared himself
Running for life
Point Claire Yacht Club
2.08.1969Ambulance race
Horse to motor
First to arrive
Sense of space
Under the sky
The Walkers – Place D’Armes
16.08.1969Limestone city
It’s lasted well
Channel swimmer
Tragic whirlpool
Montreal « Greystones »
23.08.1969Fire-fighters
The Volunteers
He saw Napoleon
Tense island
Last scene
1805 – Fire Fighter
30.08.1969Old belfry
Darkness at noon
Down it went
Mercury freezes
Lost Opportunity
The Legault House
11.10.1969Lakeshore Road
Open winter roads
Snow plough
Local protests
Lakeshore Road
16.10.1969Percy Walters Park
Lost Guest
Prince’s visit
And his brother
The gift
Pigeons – Percy Walters Park
31.10.1969Phillips Square
Joyce’s shop
Old Art gallery
The monument
Phillips Square
15.11.1969Notre Dame’s towers
Lightning strikes
Warning bells
Towers of Notre Dame
22.11.1969St. Mary’s Current
Steamboat struggles
Dangerous moat
Carlo’s exploit
St. Mary’s Current
29.11.1969Arts Building
Few students
Early ruin
Back to the Campus
Still there today
Arts Building
13.12.1969St. George’s Church
In heroic mould
Pulpit drama
Almost sold
Gower-Rees Era
Shoppers and St. George’s
20.12.1969Bonsecours Market
Emerson arrives
Wings of intuition
Words on Montreal
Bonsecours Market
27.12.1969Redpath Museum
Dawson’s dream
The collector
The great rush
Redpath Museum
3.01.1970Old-fashioned snow
Stage-coach travel
Snow-bound train
Snowshoers’ joy
Snow – Youville Square
10.01.1970Bonsecours Chapel
Setting forth
The chapel built
And rebuilt
Still a symbol
The Sailors’ Church
17.01.1970American invaders
The outlaws
Allen surrenders
In great danger
Shaking a stick
Ethan Allen House
24.01.1970Beaver Hall
Rich and at ease
Serious dining
He had his virtues
Beaver Hall Hill
31.01.1970Sulpician towers
Among the Indians
Enviable Château
Le grand Séminaire
Towers – Sherbrooke Street
14.02.1970Ravenscrag
Sir Hugh at home
Famous guests
Times change
Collins – Ravenscrag
28.02.1970
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Park Ranger’s House
At 7 cents an hour
Rocks in the air
Military figure
Mount Royal Art Centre
14.03.1970
?
The living tomb
Alone at home
Aristocrat in rags
Perseverance
Le Royer Street
21.03.1970Mount Stephen Club
Barefoot days
Anxious years
Hospitality
Mount Stephen Club
28.03.1970The bullet scar
Riot in the street
Ornate style
Victorian taste
Molson’s Bank
11.04.1970Bonsecours Market
Molson’s Hotel
Governors come
Elegance Again
Bonsecours Market
18/19?.04Wit in Court
Practical Jokes
« Fire! Fire! Fire! »
Superb in Judgment
Old Court House
23.04.1970Nelson’s Monument
Artificial Stone
Sailed in Convoy
Frost and Damps
Nelson’s Monument
9.05.1970The Queen’s Hotel
Donat Raymond
Adélard Raymond
Railway Era
The Queen’s Hotel
16.05.1970Colonel’s House
Shipwreck
Hospitality
Trafalgar School
Trafalgar School
23.05.1970Parliament Burns
« Are They coming? »
Who Set the Fire?
Afterwards
Youville Square
30.05.1970« Trafalgar »
Haunted Tower
Casey »s Grave
Furniss’ House
Trafalgar
6.06.1970St. Lawrence Suburb
Shop at the Corner
Cathedral Fire
Impulsive Duellist
Dividing Line – St. Lawrence blvd.
13.06.1970The Grey Nuns
Saved From Indians
Managerial Talent
Loved and Feared
Old Buildings Normant street
20.06.1970Murderer’s Cross
Guy and Dorchester
Winter Fire
Her Prophecy
Cross of the Grey Nuns
27.06.1970Old Chambly Church
Garrison Chaplain
« Female Procession »
Good Shepherd
St. Stephen’s Church – Chambly
11.07.1970Horse Cabs
Horse Wagons
Wagon Vs. Truck
Fading Out
Cabbie on Mount Royal
18.07.1970Pollution Not New
Speeders
Same Old Problems
Showrooms
Horse Trough – Mont Royal
25.07.1970The Irish Stone
Nuns and Their Vow
« I Nearly Fainted »
Stone Threatened
The Irish Stone
8.08.1970Good Pistol-Shot
« Galant Closse »
Indian Skirmishes
Crusader’s Death
Closse – Place D’Armes
11?.08Beaver Hall Hill
Church Corner
Deadly Volleys
Metropolitan Club
Beaver Hall Hill
15.08.1970Montreal Hunt Club
Horse in the Bank
The Hunt Saved
Hunt’s Patriarch
Old Stone Fence
22.08.1970Montreal Museum
Founding Father
Benaiah’s Offer
On the Spot
Museum Fine Arts
29.08.1970Old Gallery
First Meeting
Millionaires’ Art
The New Gallery
Main Staircase – Museum of Fine Arts
8/5?.09The Irish Stone
Defying Death
Martyr Mayor
Living Victims
Victoria Bridge – and the Irish Stone
12.09.1970Madame Albani
At the Convent
Albani’s Triumph
Homecoming
Chambly – Birthplace of Madame Albani
19.09.1970St. Louis Square
Wooden Pipes
Bucket Brigades
Water Famine
St. Louis Square
26.09.1970« This Is Murder! »
Anti-Army Hysteria
Capt. Disney’s Trial
Exit Walker
Collins – Place Vauquelin
5/3?.10Voyageur’s Church
Thomas Moore’s Visit
Canoes in the Rapids
Waters unknown
Atwater Market
10.10.1970Lachine Waterfront
Canoe Epic
Voyageur’s Day
Happy Hardship
The Old canal – Lachine
17.10.1970Tumbling Wall
Girl at the Window
24-Hour Job
Fire-Horses
 
24.10.1970Mont Royal Hotel
Cows and Ballroom
Montreal High
Supper Dance
Mount Royal Hotel
31.10.1970Jeanne Mance
Woman of Courage
To the Rescue
Triumphs of Faith
St. Sulpice Street
7.11.1970Mountain Cemetery
Lovely Valley
Charity To All
Main Entrance – Mount Royal Cemetery
14.11.1970Hingston House
Student Days
Firmness and Tact
« I Believe »
Hingston House
21.11.1970Cigar-Store Indian
Indian Smokers
Blowing Clouds
Women and Smoking
Cigar Store Indian
28.11.1970Notre Dame Church
Irish Architect
At Top Speed
Gothic Grandeur
Notre Dame Church
1.12.1970Unique Church
One Into Two
Muscular Christian
Old St. Paul’s
Former St. Paul’s Church – St. Laurent
6.12.1970The Windsor Hotel
Palace of Canada
Carnival days
The guests
Glamor and change
Windsor Hotel
12.12.1970Baumgarten House
At the Hunt
The Avalanche
Sir Arthur’s Day
Faculty Club
24.12.1970Dickens in Town
Garrison Amateurs
Ladies on Stage
With a Roar
Rasco’s Hotel
9.01.1971Sleigh Weather
Winter Skies
Hardy Horses
Officers’ Sleighs
Old Fashioned Winter
16.01.1971Mount Royal Tunnel
The Big Secret
Model City
Breakthrough
The Hole – Dorchester Street
23.01.1971« Our Jennie »
Wanted To Nurse
32 Years Of Night
The Dark River
Medical Library Door – Montreal general Hospital
2.02.1971Mountain Path
The Chosen Spot
Tampered Tomb
Snowshoers’ Gully
The Mountain at Peel
6.02.1971American invaders
The Long Siege
Chambly Surrenders
At the Gate
Notre Dame and McGill
13.02.1971Come the Revolution
He Wins and Loses
Where the Grave?
St. Peter at Notre Dame
20.02.1971Lord Shanghnessy
« A Live Wire »
An Eye For detail
« Take Good Care »
Shaughnessy House
27.02.1971Disorder in Court
Rumble and Tremor
Eerie Bells
When Land Slid
The Old Court House
6.03.1971Atomic research
Macdonald’s gift
Total dedication
Awesome power
Physics Building – McGill
13.03.1971When they crossed the river in sleighsSleighs on Mount Royal
24.03.1971They Rowed Through the Streets in BoatsHigh Water mark – Ottawa and Dalhousie
30.03.1971From Jesuits’ Garden to City HallCity Hall
5.04.1971Sir William Van Horne and his houseVan Horne House
10.04.1971Dr. Lafleur of the Montreal GeneralThe Old Tiles – Medical Library Montreal General Hospital
17.04.1971Dufferin Park – once Protestant cemeteryParc Dufferin
1.05.1971McGill university’s oldest buildingMan and Megatherium – Redpath Museum
[?]The Romance of Presbyterian GothicMorrice Hall
14.05.1971Sir Percy Girouard – The jolly engineerGirouard Avenue
22.05.1971The Montreal General is 150 years oldThe Poor Box – Montreal General Hospital
29.05.1971The Prince of Wales TerracePrince of Wales Terrace
5.06.1971Montreal and Robert Burns’ BibleBurns Statue – Dominion Square
12.06.1971When a river flowed in Craig StreetCraig Street
19.06.1971When change came to Sherbrooke StreetSherbrooke Street
26.06.1971They all worshipped in the same churchNotre Dame and Sainte Helene
3.07.1971Lacrosse was Canada’s national gameThe Lacrosse Player – MAAA
10.07.1971Other days in old St. Paul StreetSt. Paul at Place Royale
17.07.1971The sidewalks of MontrealLagauchetiere – West of Coté
24.07.1971Logan’s Farm
Scientific methods
Garrison land
Frightened ladies
From farm to park
The upper farm
Lafontaine Park
31.07.1971Queen Victoria in MontrealQueen Victoria – Royal Victoria college
[?]Those who lie buried indoorsGrave of James O’Donnell – Notre Dame Church
?.08.1971The delights of Sohmer ParkPanet Street – Below Notre Dame
21.08.1971The criminal in the market-place when Montreal had its pilloryNelson’s Monument – Jacques Cartier Square
[?]Crusaders who fought for the PopeChapel of the Zouaves
11.09.1971Sir William Osler in MontrealOsler Library – McGill
18.09.1971The Massacre of LachineMarker – The Lachine Massacre
25.09.1971The life and death of the RatSt. Sulpice and St. Paul
2.10.1971When Montrealers rode in calèchesCarriage – Four Wheels – This was Lord Purham’s concorg carriage
9.10.1971Mount Royal Club’s early yearsMont Royal Club
23.10.1971Henry Hogan’s St. Lawrence HallSt. James and St. Francis Xavier
30.10.1971Theatre Royal: Its rise and fallCoté Street
13.11.1971Sir John of the Mohawk ValleyThe Johnson Bell
20.11.1971The strong man of St. SulpiceCourtyard of the Sulpicians – Place D’Armes
27.11.1971More about that leaning spirePigeons on the Cathedral roof
4.12.1971Where dined the Beaver ClubSt. James at Place D’Armes
11.12.1971A great forgotten MontrealerSt. James United Church
24.12.1971Silver bells
Almost arrested
Driving clubs
Mingled chime
Prancing horses
Ghostly bells
Wishing you a happy old-time holiday
31.12.1971New Year’s visits in Old MontrealDawson Hall – McGill
8.01.1972When Monklands was « in the country »Monklands
15.01.1972Donegana’s and the Charity BallBonsecours and Notre Dame
22.01.1972D’Arcy McGee’s pew in St. Patrick’sThe old pew of D’Arcy McGee
5.02.1972The most fiery of all fathersSir George Etienne Cartier House
19.02.1972When Benedict Arnold was in MontrealReception room – chateau de Ramezay
4.03.1972The treachery of Benedict ArnoldPlace Vauquelin
11.03.1972St. Patrick’s Church is 125 years oldGates of St. Patrick’s
18.03.1972The first ship up the riverWinter Waterfront
25.03.1972The cross by the side of the roadRoadside Cross – Ile Bizard
8.04.1972The Prince of Wales in MontrealThe Ritz
15.04.1972More about the Prince of WalesWar Memorial – Marcil Park
22.04.1972Travel by canoe in Old MontrealThe Bug-out Canoe
29.04.1972Board of Trade began 150 years agoHon. John Young
6.05.1972The story of St. Helen’s schoolSt. Helen’s
13.05.1972David Ross McCord and his museumMcCord Museum
20.05.1972The Royal Victoria’s School for NursesRoyal Victoria Hospital
3.06.1972The explorer who was murderedLasalle Marker – Lasalle Boulevard
10.06.1972Mount Royal before the ParkHouse on Mount Royal
17.06.1972The mountain that seemed so far awayMount Royal Park
23.06.1972How Mount Royal became a parkCarriage on Mount Royal
30.06.1972When the R.100 came to MontrealThe R-100 at St. Hubert
8.07.1972The old Church of Notre Dame de GraceNotre Dame de Grace Church
15.07.1972The roll of drums in the forestDe Beaujeu House
22.07.1972The ambush in the ravineThe De Beaujeu House is a good example
29.07.1972Montreal’s least known landmarkHincks House
5.08.1972« Great fear » in the Lachine RapidsLachine Rapids – from LaSalle boulevard
12.08.1972When the streamboats shot the rapidsLachine Wharf
19.08.1972He saw what lay under the surfaceLogan Street
26.08.1972When Montrealers used to walkChamp-de-Mars
2.09.1972Sir George Drummond’s sandstone mansionMetcalfe and Sherbrooke
9.09.1972The story of Bishop StreetHouse on Bishop Street
16.09.1972Theatre memories of Guy StreetOld House on Guy
23.09.1972The MRT on Guy StreetGuy and Sherbrooke
30.09.1972The park-like homes of Guy StreetChurch Home – Guy Street
7.10.1972A golf club and Victoria Bridge« Gibraltar » Beaconsfield Golf Club
14.10.1972The man who founded DetroitSt. Lawrence and Notre Dame
21.10.1972Panic on St. François Xavier StreetOld Stock exchange building
28.10.1972When the great crash came in 1929Centaur Theatre – rue St. Francois Xavier
4.11.1972Jesuits on Notre Dame StreetPlace Vauquelin
11.11.1972When Yankee Doodle came to townNotre Dame and McGill
18.11.1972Montrealers on the TitanicPayne Memorial – Christ Church Cathedral
25.11.1972Eggs for the Governor-GeneralPlace D’Youville
2.12.1972Did Whalen murder D’Arcy McGee?D’Arcy McGee tomb
9.12.1972A wild and galloping rideChateau de Ramezay
16.12.1972The dangerous streets of Old MontrealTraffic on St. Paul Street
23.12.1972Going to market at ChristmastimeMarché Bonsecours
30.12.1972New Year’s and not a flake of snowFletcher’s field at Esplanade
6.01.1973The King of the Dare-DevilsDuluth at Esplanade
13.01.1973When they went curling on the riverHarbor in Winter
20.01.1973When Billy Eckstein was « Mr. Fingers »The Old Strand
27.01.1973St. James Street and Uncle Tom’s CabinThe Ottawa Building
3.02.1973The Indians on Sherbrooke StreetTowers Fort des Messieurs
17.02.1973The strange story of Fanny AllenHotel Dieu
24.02.1973The great debate in the theatreThe Old Courthouse
3.03.1973From parade ground to parking lotChamp de Mars
10.03.1973The first broadcast in MontrealVitre and Beaver Hall
17.03.1973Henri Julien rides with the MountiesHenri Julien – At Saint-Louis Square
24.03.1973Majestic terror – the ice-shoveHarbor Ice
31.03.1973A country church in WestmountSt. Matthias Church
7.04.1973Jobs that are no moreCopy of a Gas Lamp – Old Montreal
[?]Father Vimont’s remarkable prophecyPlace Royale
21.04.1973Sherbrooke of Sherbrooke StreetSherbrooke Street
28.04.1973When lightning struckTowers of Notre Dame
5.05.1973Caughnawaga on the NileStreet in Caughnawaga
12.05.1973The explorer who lived on Simpson St.Simpson Street
19.05.1973Andrew Gault’s gift on University StreetMontreal Diocesan Theological College
26.05.1973Playing golf on Fletcher’s FieldCartier Monument – Fletcher’s field
2.06.1973The church on St. James StreetBank of Commerce – St. James Street
9.06.1973Murder in the GardenInterior- the Bank of Montreal
16.06.1973When the murderer escapedThe Court House – Sherbrooke
23.06.1973Charles Dicken’s son was a MountieCharles Dickens Street
30.06.1973How Dickens escaped from the IndiansThe evolution of the « mountie » hat
7.07.1973The Van Horne House is Van HorneVan Horne House
14.07.1973How Lincoln could have been savedSt. James and St. Francois Xavier
21.07.1973More stories about Van HorneMount Stephen Club
28.07.1973Lachine: Montreal’s « watering place »Lachine Waterfront
11.08.1973Early days in the LaurentiansLaurentian farm house
18.08.1973Montrealers « discovered » the LaurentiansCabin in the Laurentians
25.08.1973The Balmoral – the hotel built too lateBalmoral Building – Notre Dame street
1.09.1973The colonel and the mountainStreet in Beloeil
8.09.1973St. Andrew and St. PaulChurch of St. Andrew and St. Paul
15.09.1973When cholera came to MontrealPlace du Canada
13.10.1973Early days at Ste. AgatheOld Farm house in the Laurentians
3.11.1973When Montreal saw the light of nightMontreal street light
10.11.1973The mystery of the adopted childOld House Caughnawaga
24.11.1973The Glory that was Dolly’sSt. James – just east of St. John
1.12.1973St. Catherine Street as country roadSt. Catherine in front of Christ Church Cathedral
9.12.1973Escape from the wreck of the « Auguste »Place Royale and St. Paul
31.12.1973The house with the wonderful viewGault House
5.01.1974Lost in the snow on Mount RoyalMount Royal at the top of Peel
12.01.1974The Governor who carried the CrossWest Door – Le Grand Seminaire
19.01.1974The Galloping Raiderscarte
26.01.1974Were they robbers or patriots?Old Court House
2.02.1974Hamilton Gault and the Princess PatsPeel and St. James
9.02.1974Montreal Stock Exchange’s 100 yearsStock exchange tower – from St. Patrick’s
1974More about Hamilton GaultThe Chateau Apartments
2.03.1974« We don’t call this cold in Quebec »Winter in Quebec
9.03.1974The du Calvet House on St. Paul StreetDu Calvet House
16.03.1974He saw the Sinbads of the WildernessOld House Caughnawaga
23.03.1974The secret talks in the gardenChateau de Ramezay
30.03.1974The amazing genius of Victor BourgeauSpire of St. Jacques Church
6.04.1974Montreal’s first apartment houseSherbrooke Apartments
13.04.1974How apartments came to MontrealSherbrooke street and the apartments
20.04.1974
11.05.1974?
The lifestyle of the Golden MileEntrance to Ravenscrag
[?] « Take a picture of it and get moving »
27.04.1974The Man With the Iron HandLake St. Louis – from Lachine
4.05.1974How Trafalgar School got its nameTrafalgar school – from Percy Walters Park
11.05.1974« Plumes streaming behind their helmets »Hussars Armory
18.05.1974Runaway train at Windsor StationWindsor Station
25.05.1974Life inside Montreal’s old mansionsHosmer House
1.06.1974How Sarah Maxwell went to her deathMemorial to Sarah Maxwell – Christ Church Cathedral
8.06.1974He rode his horse into the bankBank of Montreal
15.06.1974« An excursion out of town »Old door Port Street
29.06.1974The murder of Euphrosyne DeweySaint Vincent Street
9.07.1974The awful fate of Adolphus DeweyChamp de Mars and Place Vauquelin
13.07.1974When office work wasn’t dullBank of Montreal – St. James Street
17.07.1974Noisy nights for a bridegroomPlace Royale
20.07.1974Montreal’s Jewish Chief of PoliceOne of the Houses of Metcalfe Terrace
[?]When Montreal was like a big villagePlace Royale
3.08.1974One of the world’s biggest bellsWest Tower – Notre Dame church
10.08.1974They called it the « Speaking Telegraph »An early pay phone of the 1880’s in hotels stations etc.
17.08.1974The Switchboard GirlsEarly Switchboard
31.08.1974The adventurer from WestmountFrom the McCord Museum Collection
7.09.1974The ladies did not come firstRue Bonsecours
14.09.1974Sliding down Cote des NeigesSherbrooke and Cote des Neiges
[?]J. J. Astor’s Westmount partnerClarke and Cote St. Antoine
22.09.1974The King’s GirlsSt. Paul and St. Dizier
28.09.1974The Indians on the BoulevardGrounds of St. George’s school
5.10.1974‘I like my religion hot! »St. Alexander – North of Craig
19.10.1974It took six years to bury himGates of Cote des Neiges
19.10.1974?Three strange talesThe D’Arcy McGee tomb
26.10.1974The Bishop in the CourtsBonsecours and Notre Dame
2.11.1974The police, the army, and a corpsePanet street
9.11.1974The battle of Notre Dame de GraceMadison Avenue
16.11.1974The church in Weredale ParkSt. Stephens Church
23.11.1974Laurentien Hotel’s historic groundThe Laurentien Hotel
30.11.1974The girl who ran away from homeSt. Paul and St. Sulpice
4.01.1975Huge bishop with a lion’s voiceSt. George’s Church
18.01.1975Tramcars through the fieldsSnowdon Junction – Where we caught the cartierville car
25.01.1975Testy American ruled MontrealChateau de Ramezay
8.03.1975« Four Indians … with tomahawks »Lower St. Urbain
15.03.1975A Montreal merchant’s adventuresCourtyard Gate – Simon McTavish house
22.03.1975A tale of two art dealersSt. Francois Xavier
12.04.1975When snow stopped the trainsValois Station
31.05.1975The great Westmount land boomThe Hurtubise house
14.06.1975Early days in the LaurentiansLaurentian Farm
12.07.1975The book that Dr. Osler lostBeaver Hall Hill
19.07.1975Cholera shots – from cannonDufferin Square
26.07.1975The story of the mysterious doctorRue St. Jean-Batiste
9.08.1975Montreal memories: 1914-1924Bonsecours market – and Road to the Waterfront
16.08.1975A speed limit of nine milesOldest automobile in Montreal
23.08.1975When the automobile was newCorner of the old MAAA Grounds
30.08.1975Adventures in motoringFor motoring …
6.09.1975The Lakeshore as it wasCedar Avenue – Pointe Claire
13.09.1975When the Lakeshore was countryfiedThe mill on the Point – Pointe Claire
27.09.1975The women in the canoesThe Old Canal – Lachine
4.10.1975A painting saved by a swordThe last supper – Christ Church Cathedral
1.11.1975When the bicycle came to MontrealThe earliest bicycle
8.11.1975Roads, cemetery and speech writerClarke avenue
15.11.1975When the Americans took MontrealNotre Dame and McGill street
22.11.1975The answer to Westmount mystery?House on Cedar Avenue
29.11.1975The disciplined nuns of MontrealNotre Dame and St. Jean Batiste
13.12.1975Sparrows, widows’ caps and a bishopWinter Sparrows
20.12.1975An Old-fashioned ChristmasSydenham Cottage – Hudson Heights
27.12.1975The big meaning of little thingsParking
1.01.1976They were « the Cream of the Town »Rue Bonsecours at St. Paul
10.01.1976Drama in the pulpitThe Pulpit – St. James United
17.01.1976D’Arcy McGee’s victory over drinkMountain at Ste-Catherine
24.01.1976More drama in the pulpitThe Pulpit – St. Patrick’s
31.01.1976The horses on the mountainHorses on Mount Royal
7.02.1976Getting back to the waterfrontThe Waterfront
21.02.1976The terrible power of the iceHarbor Ice – From St. Helen’s Island
13.03.1976That strange, persistent resemblanceSir John A. – Place du Canada
17.04.1976Secret of subterranean MontrealLast houses on McGill College
30.10.1976When skyscrapers came to MontrealAn Early « Skyscraper » – place D’Armes
6.11.1976Skyscrapers on the skylineSun Life Building
13.11.1976Father Buckley meets Father DowdThe Rectory – St. Patrick’s
20.11.1976How Quebec women got the voteThe National Assembly Building – Quebec
27.11.1976When they were « All Dressed Up »Costumes
4.12.1976Statues, children and « Holy Joe »The Cathedral Dome
11.12.1976Monument in the Cathedral groundsFulford Spire
18.12.1976The awful majesty of King CookThe King on his Throne
24.12.1976The man who was EvergreenMcTravish – The Route of the Snowshoers
31.12.1976New Year’s in Old MontrealThe Entrance to Ravenscrag
8.01.1977When mud was mudDo you Remember?
15.01.1977How skiing came to MontrealSkiers on Mount Royal
22.01.1977Early skiing in the LaurentiansLaurentian Farm House
29.01.1977Some memories of Old McGillArts Building – McGill
5.02.1977The crash through the roofSt. James – West of McGill
12.02.1977Which faster: Snowshoe or ski?McTavish Hill
19.02.1977The whale that came to MontrealKing Street
26.02.1977Sir John A.’s secret lettersBrown Chamberlin House
5.03.1977Curling iron vs. curling granite« Curling on the River »
12.03.1977Those big wooden verandasThe Front Porch
19.03.1977Saint with mutilated handsEast Tower – Sherbrooke
2.04.1977He liked to have his own wayWindsor Station
9.04.1977Down goes The LaurentienLast days of the Laurentien
16.04.1977Montreal when they were youngJacques Cartier Square – Site of the Old Outdoor Market
23.04.1977Who was Brother Andre?College Notre Dame
30.04.1977Brother André’s own miracleSt. Joseph’s Oratory
7.05.1977« The Miracle Man of Montreal »The steps of the Shrine
14.05.1977« Burn that fur! » said Dr. ShepherdThe « Old General » Door
21.05.1977Grandmother was formidableVictorian Doorway
28.05.1977Martin-Harvey’s « Only Way »Guy above Ste. Catherine
11.06.1977The art in the BankBank of Montreal
18.06.1977Glimpses of the ChâteauChateau de Ramezay
25.06.1977Dickens slept hereRasco’s Hotel
2.07.1977Dickens on the stageEast End of Bonsecours Market
9.07.1977The fire in Dominion ParkNotre Dame East
16.07.1977Msgr. Bruchési: powerful prelateThe Archbishop’s Palace
23.07.1977Those Campbell band concertsBandstand in the Park
30.07.1977The story of Baie d’UrféBaie D’Urfé Town Hall
6.08.1977Montreal’s streetcarspainting – Number 83, Snowdon
19.08.197767 years of streetcarsStreetcar on Dorchester, 1942
20.08.1977On three different thingsSite of the First Synagogue in Montreal
15.10.1977The past in the BasilicaPaintings in the Cathedral
22.10.1977Knives in General’s backFaculty Club – McGill
29.10.1977Sir Arthur’s last fightUnited Services Club
5.11.1977Sir Arthur sues for libelMonument to Sir Arthur Currie
12.11.1977Caddie in the rainLaurier Monument
19.11.1977Poet with a broomArts Building – McGill
3.12.1977« We don’t call this cold »Place du Canada – Where it stood
10.12.1977Palaces of iceIce Palaces – All from photos of the period
24.12.1977Old-fashioned ChristmasesA Country Christmas
7.01.1978On the road to QuebecTransportation in other days
14.01.1978The Sun Life BuildingDominion Square and Sun Life Building
21.01.1978Houde the humoristCamillien Houde
28.01.1978Cartier’s rejected honorSir George-Etienne Cartier House
4.02.1978They fought the Demon RumEast wing of the Arts Building
11.02.1978The Bells of St. NicholasPlace Royale – site of the old St. Lawrence Gate
18.02.1978Some readers’ memoriesOld House in Weredale Park
25.02.1978My Victorian AuntOld building on Claremont
4.03.1978How old those solitudesSt. Lawrence
11.03.1978Leacock on the platformStephen Leacock
18.03.1978The Parisian City HallEntrance to City Hall
25.03.1978Schooldays 60 years agoKensington School – Assembly Hall Door
1.04.1978When Montreal had a CrierPlace D’Armes
8.04.1978McGill in the Dawson eraIn front of the Engineering Building
22.04.1978Lloyd George in MontrealLobby of the Mount Royal
29.04.1978In the days of LaurierSir Wilfrid Laurier
6.05.1978The Fire HorsesOld Fire Station – Youville Square
13.05.1978Springtime 50 years agoSpring sounds of the Past
3.06.1978Some Gazette AnecdotesA 19th Century Editor
17.06.1978Parliament on fireParliamentary Library – Ottawa
8.07.1978Archdeacon knew his mindSt. George’s
15.07.1978Old days at Lac MaroisLac Marois Union Church
29.07.1978Mother planned her weekMonday Morning
5.08.1978Billy went in for the killBilly Bishop – Ace of World War I
19.08.1978Village giant on the portageStatue of Louis Cyr
26.08.1978Those old boarding housesOld Rooming House
9.09.1978Ghost to Greek SlaveSt. James and St. Peter
16.09.1978CPR’s one-hour presidentThe Mount Stephen Mansion
23.09.1978Blind preacher of St. JamesRear View of St. James United
7.10.1978Oldest in North AmericaMontreal Aquarium – St. Helen’s Island
21.10.1978Curious street namesOld House by the Tracks
28.10.1978The graves in the cryptEntrance to Notre Dame
4.11.1978McCrae of ‘Flanders Fields’Old House on Metcalfe
11.11.1978A voice for the deadBetween the crosses row on row
18.11.1978Cathcart of Cathcart St.Monklands
25.11.1978Windsor Hotel’s 100 yearsThe Windsor
2.12.1978‘Grand hotel this!’The Windsor – As some of us remember it
?.12.1978Prosecutor with a heartThe Old Courthouse
16.12.1978Before permissivenessThe age of « Thou shalt not ____ »
30.12.1978The cruel snowSnow in turn-of-the-century Montreal
1.01.1979When Anna came to CanadaChrist Church Cathedral
3.02.1979Morris’ smoking parlorPlace Viger
10.03.1979The Smallpox RiotCity Hall
17.03.1979For the sake of St. PatrickVictoria Square and Fortification Laire
7.04.1979Education by exampleHigh School of Montreal
14.04.1979Runaway horsesThe days of Runaway Horses
12.05.1979She saw the Titanic sinkPainting by ?
19.05.1979The convent in the countryThe convent in the Country
9.06.1979Mary Pickford in MontrealPeace Tower – Ottawa
16.06.1979The ominous R.100The R-100 at St. Hubert
23.06.1979The hurdy-gurdy manThe Organ-Grinder Man
30.06.1979Those old-time SundaysFarmhouse on Cote St. Luc Road
14.07.1979Villa Maria’s 125 yearsVilla Maria
21.07.1979Questions and answersThe West End Branch
28.07.1979Disturbances in churchRue Ste. Hélène
4.08.1979Montreal’s ‘Savoyards’The World of Gilbert & Sullivan
11.08.1979Perils of an undertakerHackett Monument – Mount Royal Cemetery
18.08.1979Ships, Arliss & the IrishSite of the old Princess
25.08.1979Case of the poisoned exile?Napoleon on St. Helena
1.09.1979John A.’s religious cenversion« Earnscliffe » Macdonald’s Ottawa home
8.09.1979The Canadian assassinationSt. Patrick’s
15.09.1979An orphan at St. George’sSt. George’s Church
29.09.1979Unforgettable Arthur BrowningOld Houses on Mackay Street
6.10.1979A horse in Star officeThe Horse in the Press-Room
13.10.1979The magic that was Drury’sDrury’s on Dominion Square
20.10.1979Closing Redpath’s factoryThe « Sugar House » on the Canal
10.11.1979John Dougall and The WitnessThe Knight of Temperance
1.12.1979The palace of the bishopsThe Bishop’s Palace
8.12.1979Bishop Bourget’s cathedralStatue of Bishop Bourget
15.12.1979Grey of the Grey CupThe Man behind the Cup
29.12.1979The Curé’s New Year visitThe New Year Visit
5.01.1980The wintry silencesWhen sleighbells were required
12.01.1980Old-timers when youngMontrealers’ fun 65 years ago
26.01.1980They wanted hard wintersIce Road across the frozen St. Lawrence
2.02.1980Van Horne: The buzz-sawFirst train into Vancouver
14.02.1980Almost a duel for John A.Canada’s First Prime Minister
23.02.1980The strange case of Mrs. CassThe Mystery Woman of Standstend
[?]Montreal: 1900-1912 eraFletcher’s Field at Duluth
15.03.1980Temporary prime ministerSir John Abbott
22.03.1980Montreal in 1856Memories of Lachine
5.04.1980The changing street sceneMontreal Streets of Yesterday
12.04.1980On four different thingsWall below the old Bonsecours Market
26.04.1980Walk through the cathedralHon. John Richardson Tablet
3.05.1980History on cathedral wallsChrist Church Cathedral
10.05.1980Buffalo robesRobes
17.05.1980The King of the NorthLaurentian farm
24.05.1980Referendum echoesSir John A.’s Monument
14.06.1980Emigrants’ adventuresView from the Waterfront
28.06.1980The woman who wasn’t thereThe Windsor Hotel
5.07.1980Montrealer wrote O CanadaThe man who wrote O Canada
26.07.1980Songs of the voyageursCanada’s Singing Voyageurs
9.08.1980The curse of summerThe Ever-Present Mosquits
16.08.1980Mrs. McGee wasn’t worriedMacdonald Engineering Bldg.
23.08.1980A man of the soilMonument to Brother Marie-Victorin in the Botanical Gardens
30.08.1980Actor on a sinking shipThe Empress of Ireland
6.09.1980Old-fashioned housekeepingShopping in another age
13.09.1980Menaced by bearsBears in the Eastern Townships
20.09.1980John A. almost burnt aliveSir John A. in London
4.10.1980More on Townships bearsMore Bears in the Townships
11.10.1980Constitutional echoesFathers of Confederation
18.10.1980The man at the gateCommissioners Street
25.10.1980Crime and merrimentHouses in Griffintown
1.11.1980The Sulpician propertyThe Towers on Sherbrooke Street
8.11.1980The fort on the mountainEnd of the Reflecting Pool
15.11.1980The tomb in the towerInside the Wall on Sherbrooke St.
22.11.1980A farm on Sherbrooke St.Site of the Château des Messieurs
29.11.1980Dancing with the DevilSkating Carnival Victoria Rink 1870
6.12.1980A fire station and a bankThe Fire Station on the Mountain
13.12.1980The ‘Silver Town’Spires and Shining Rooftops
20.12.1980Christmas 50 years agoChristmas Shopping – 50 years ago and today
27.12.1980Old New Year’s customsEntrance to Ravenscrag
3.01.1981When bullets hit the bankMolsons Bank
10.01.1981Those long, long skirtsVictorian Houses and Costumes
17.01.1981Holes in the iceFishing through the Ice
24.01.1981The weird deep coldWinter in Montreal
31.01.1981The readers writeThe Mansion on Pine Avenue
7.02.1981The arrest of Dr. CrippenDoctor H.H. Crippen and the moustache he shaved off
14.02.1981Côte-des-Neiges villageReminder of the past – Just off Côte-des-Neiges Road
21.02.1981Will sails return?Montreal Harbour in the days of Sail
28.02.1981‘All aboard for the West’William Cornelius Van Horne – The CPR – 100th Anniversary
14.03.1981Magician in the marketThe Bonsecours market of the last Century
21.03.1981Strange disappearancesEntrance to the Royal Victoria
28.03.1981The lore of maple sugarIn the Sugar Bush
04.04.1981The bishop to the rescueSpringtime
11.04.1981Irish orphans rescuedOn the approach to Victoria Bridge
18.04.1981Old Place Viger is goneFountain in Place Viger
9.05.1981Hotel man to authorWhen the Windsor had an entrance on Dorchester – Rememder?
16.05.1981A mysterious train wreckDr. Hingston’s House when it was a Tourist Home on Sherbrooke St.
23.05.1981He drove off the bridgeThe Forgotten Regulation at Beloeil
30.05.1981St. Stephen’s 150 yearsSt. Stephen’s Church -Lachine
6.06.1981In an old churchyardSt. Stephen’s Churchyard
13.06.1981The man who laughedThe Stephen Leacock Building
20.06.1981Serious Stephen LeacockMcGill’s Stephen Leacock
27.06.1981Taking care of a spinsterMonument to the German Immigrants – Mount Royal Cemetery
4.07.1981Discipline of nunsChapel of the Grey Nuns
11.07.1981French Canadian dancingDancing in Old Québec
18.07.1981Where the summit meetsPapineau house – Montebello
25.07.1981A race on Lake St. LouisHouse on Elliott Place
1.08.1981Falcons on the Sun LifeThe Sun Life Falcons
8.08.1981The demons of MontrealRue de Callière
15.08.1981A rich man’s problemsLord Strathcona
29.08.1981Challenges and wagersChrist Church Cathedral
5.09.1981Monsters to chauffeursChamplain and the Monster
12.09.1981When the roofs fell inThe Craig St. Armory
19.09.1981When the bicycle cameEarly Models for Cyclists
26.09.1981For sale: A haunted houseThe Duggan House
3.10.1981Whales at MontrealThe Days of Whales
10.10.1981The tomb above Peel. St.The McTavish Monument
17.10.1981Canoes in the wildernessThe Canoe and the Voyageurs
24.10.1981The general was a BaptistSite of Montreal’s first Baptist Church
31.10.1981Elevator up Mount RoyalThe Incline Railway on Mount Royal
7.11.1981The false ArmisticeArmistice Memories
14.11.1981‘The Palace of Canada’The Windsor Tower on Dorchester
21.11.1981Royalty at the WindsorThe Windsor in the Rain
28.11.1981Mark Twain to PickfordThe Windsor from Dominion Square
5.12.1981Singing in a cemeterySt. John the Evangelist
12.12.1982Sparrows are immigrantsHouse Sparrow
19.12.1981Tree behind the curtainAn old-time sleigh-bells Christmas
26.12.1981Montreal’s own stoneThe Dandurand House
2.01.1982The New Year’s BlessingHome for the New Year’s Blessing
9.01.1982Winters of hectic idlenessThe First sail of Spring
23.01.1982Curling Club 175 years oldRoyal Montreal Curling Club
30.01.1982Montreal in 1922Montreal in the 20s
13.02.1982Lighting the outdoorsWhen they lit up the outdoors
20.02.1982Glimpses of Old MontrealThe Menace from the Rooftops
27.02.1982The miracle in the gardenEdward VII’s Monument
6.03.1982Life on Moreau St.Houses on Moreau Street
13.03.1982Saintliness in LongueuilThe Order’s Building in Longueuil
20.03.1982Women’s movement, 1907Royal Victoria College
3.04.1982Baden-Powell’s first visitLord Baden-Powell
10.04.1982The readers rememberThe Jolly Days on the Trolley
17.04.1982The count in the skyEarly days of aviation in Montreal
24.04.1982First plane over MontrealFirst Flight in Montreal
1.05.1982The inimitable Joe BeefCommon Street and Joe Beef’s Tavern
8.05.1982Free bread at Joe’sJoe Beef’s and the longtime waterfront monument to the Hon. John Young. Father of the Modern Port
15.05.1982Montreal and the FalklandsRue Bougainville – A short street off of Decarie
22.05.1982Montreal’s Lady DrummondThe Drummond House from the Prince of Wales Terrace
29.05.1982Once a country villageFuneral Car
5.06.1982The man who was a miracleBrother André’s Chapel
12.06.1982Water running downstairsBurns statue and the Windsor
19.06.1982Some left out storiesEarly aviation days in Montreal
26.06.1982Brother André’s microphoneThe Miracle Man of Montreal
3.07.1982Student boarding housesOld Houses on Lorne Avenue
10.07.1982Before Place Ville MarieEarly Days on Dorchester – The Saint James’s Club
17.07.1982Historical past of PVMDorchester Street in the 50’s
24.07.1982Health resort in PVMPlace Villa Marie today
31.07.1982Murderer in MontrealJohn Wilkes Booth
7.08.1982The garden of wondersHouses on Guilbault Street
14.08.1982Franciscans in MontrealCross of the Franciscans
21.08.1982Two Islands of MontrealLachine Waterfront
28.08.1982Shooting Lachine RapidsThe Lachine Rapids
4.09.1982History in Place RoyaleDigging for our Past – Place Royale
18.09.1982The amateur mountaineersPhoto – ski
25.09.1982How N.D.G. got its nameNotre Dame de Grace Church
25.09.1982?Kirk on the waterfrontSt. Andrew’s Church – Lachine
2.10.1982God and the museumThe Redpath Museum – McGill
9.10.1982Those Lakeshore trainsMemories of a Commuter
23.10.1982The temple’s 100 yearsTemple Emanu-el
30.10.1982The wreck of the ScotsmanThe Wreck of the « Scotsman »

Series : All our yesterdays…

Date of publicationArticles by CollardIllustrations by Tex Dawson
6.11.1982Leaning spire of MontrealChrist Church Cathedral
13.11.1982In peril on the seaNelson’s Monument
20.11.1982The captain wrung his handsMount Royal Cemetery
27.11.1982Marguerite Bourgeoys’ churchNotre Dame de Bon-Secours
22.01.1983An old Montreal steepleGreek Melkite Catholic church is in danger of demolition
12.02.1983The two Beaver ClubsThe original Beaver Club met at John Molson’s Mansion House and other hotels
19.02.1983A McGill girl in 1915‘Past the bronze statue of Queen Victoria, down the immensely wide stone steps…’
5.03.1983Father of the artist‘In 1882 David Morrice built a magnificent hall for Montreal Presbyterian College’
12.03.1983Hélène of the restaurant‘The Hélène in Hélène de Champlain Restaurant is Samuel de Champlain’s wife’
19.03.1983It was all new to him‘Montreal had a superb market, the grand Bonsecours, with a great range of game’
2.04.1983Boats in the streetsThe former St. Gabriel fire station (1891), left, at Hibernia and Mullins Sts.
9.04.1983Leacock and The Gazette‘Leacock thought University Club smoking room was centre of Hochelaga village’
16.04.1983Men with two wives‘In 1867 a legal bombshell was dropped at the Notre Dame St. Court House.’
23.04.1983Those simple holidays‘Homes with big verandahs were often used as communal gathering places.’
7.05.1983He was against duellingFirst Erskine and American Church is now Roman Catholic Church in Chinatown
14.05.1983Sen. Forget’s mansion‘Among the few surviving Sherbrooke St. mansions is United Services Club.’
21.05.1983Burial on the campus‘A small consecrated piece of land on McGill campus is tomb of James McGill.’
28.05.1983A horse in the bankPortico of Bank of Montreal still stands in Place d’Armes
11.06.1983The brook on the campus‘McGill’s stream vanished beneath Macdonald Chemistry and Mining building.’
18.06.1983Midnight at noonFearful parishioners huddled in Notre Dame de Bonsecours as sun was covered
25.06.1983Men and their dogs‘Lambert Crosse and his dog commemorated as part of Maisonneuve monument.’
2.07.1983A place of high dramaThe court house’s massive stone steps and pillars were designed to inspire awe
9.07.1983Old Fortification LaneFortification Lane, pictured as it is today, was northern wall of Montreal’s fort
23.07.1983Old Sherbrooke St.‘We wondered what the Ritz Carlton would look like when completed….’
30.07.1983The jobless in a park‘Its stone walls are six feet deep, with openings here and there for musketry….’
27.08.1983The hole and the heart‘Though plain in its exterior, Central Station gave sense of spaciousness within.’
1.10.1983Nordheimer’s HallOld Nordheimer’s Hall once echoed to the sounds of fine musical instruments.
8.10.1983The very Irish doctor‘The Celtic stone in Mount Royal Cemetery marks the Drummond family plot.’
15.10.1983The Russian gunsA Russian gun captured at Sebastopol in 1855 is aimed at Dorchester Blvd.
22.10.19 83Montreal’s earthquakesQueen Victoria ‘waved’ her sceptre at policeman, but it was only an earthquake.
29.10.1983Fire from the pulpit‘Often from St. Patrick’s pulpit he had denounced his flock’s wayward ways.’
5.11.1983When Balbo roared inMount Royal Hotel where Italian aviation hero Gen. Italo Balbo stayed in 1933.
26.11.1983In the bridge’s shadowSpirit of ‘the bridge people’ lives on in the area near the Victoria Bridge.
3.12.1983The mystery of Dr. BarryAnnex to Montreal City Hall stands near where Dr. Barry attended chapel.
10.12.1983The secret in the black box‘He had a handsome, newly erected residence on Durocher’ near Sherbrooke.
17.12.1983The inkeeper and the candlePlace Royale was once chief marketplace and centre of Montreal social activity.
24.12.1983Christmas 25 years agoThe venerable Queen’s Hotel stands damaged and deserted for Christmas 1983.
31.12.1983Terror in the ice floesSturdy wooden canoes were used to cross St. Lawrence River during the winter.
14.01.1984Atchbishop with a broomArchbishop Bruchési led early crusade against pornography from the palace.
21.01.1984From coffee house to towerOld Montreal Stock Exchange building was modelled after the Temple of Vesta.
28.01.1984Atwater of AtwaterPhoto – Montreal’s waterworks at foot of Atwater Ave. is legacy left by Edwin Atwater
4.02.1984The mail takes wingsA plane similar to this Ford Trimotor carried first mail from Canada to U.S.
18.02.1984‘Empire’s biggest’‘The lobby, one of the largest public rooms in Canada, would be dazzling.’
25.02.1984The joy of workLord Strathcona was a ‘workaholic’ who even held meetings on Christmas Day.
10.03.1984Hemsley’s clockHemsley’s clock as it would look were it in its proper location on St. James St. W..
7.04.1984The singing statesmanStatue of George Etienne Cartier on Park Ave. recalls his love of singing
14.04.1984Three Montreal fraudsFamous novelist Charles Dickens was fraud victim while staying at Rasco’s Hotel.
5.05.1984Crossing all barriersHôpital d’Youville was used to help British wounded during Seven Years War.
12.05.1984Adventure at LachineFur post, from which voyageurs departed for interior, still stands at Lachine.
19.05.1984The old corner grocerCorner grocery a carpenter’s fantasy in wood with decorative galleries.
26.05.1984McGill College AvenueMcGill College Ave. today looking north from St. Catherine St. to Mount Royal.
2.06.1984Unexpected answersStatue of Bishop Francis Fulford stands on grounds of Christ Church Cathedral.
9.06.1984‘The Boss’ of LCCLower Canada College, in N.D.G., founded in 1909, is to undergo an expansion.
16.06.1984When tall ships sankThe famous first Bluenose was a racing, working vessel that foundered and sank.
23.06.1984Roadway into history‘This road, one of the most travelled in Canada, was also one of the worst.’
30.06.1984Montreal discovered‘Many Montrealers do not know that this monument to Cartier even exists.’
[?]At the church doorIn 1902 a golf club bought land at auction at La Présentation de la Vierge church
21.07.1984The old street signsMontreal streets of a century ago were made picturesque by merchants’ signs.
28.07.1984‘Now be there!’The once-active First Presbyterian Church has finally closed its doors.
4.08.1984Picnic in townSt. James United Church, once Methodist, and remembered as picnic-site.
11.08.1984Man overboard!In the days of sail anyone swept overboard was nearly always bound to drown.
18.08.1984Authors as visitorsHenry David Thoreau compared peace of Notre Dame Church to Walden Pond.
8.09.1984Crowded churchesSalvation Army Citadel on Drummond was once the Emmanuel United Church.
15.09.1984This week and 1910‘Notre Dame Church became the heart and centre of the Congress of 1910.’
22.09.1984The drama of defeatStatue of Sir Wilfrid Laurier faces out from Dominion Square
29.09.1984The rector faced a most awesome decisionSt. George’s Anglican Church gave up rector to be missionary Bishop of Algoma.
6.10.1984‘White water’ of rapids provides adventureLachine Rapids have given thrills for thousands over more than three centuries
13.10.1984The man who hoaxed Sir John A. MacdonaldThe Louis Joseph Papineau house on Bonsecours St. still is in use.
27.10.1984They feared what college might do to girlsToday’s Pollock Hall was once McGill’s Royal Victoria College for women.
3.11.1984Jewish General Hospital is 50 years oldSir Mortimer Davis Jewish General Hospital is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
10.11.1984What was once far away in MontrealSt. James the Apostle church on St. Cathedral St. had a cricket field next door.
24.11.1984When money wasn’t worth a thingChâteau de Ramezay on Notre Dame St. Was once an American headquarters.
1.12.1984Carriages and sleighs that had no horses‘Students dragged Lord Dufferin’s sleigh up the central avenue of the campus.’
8.12.1984When the telephone seemed an intrusionDrawing illustrates many types of telephones used between 1900 and 1907.
15.12.1984Jehus in the life of old MontrealHorse-drawn vehicles have become merely tourist attractions in Montreal.
22.12.1984From Caughnawaga to the river NileDrawing shows Nile River boats as they were sailed by Caughnawaga Indians.
29.12.1984Curbing the wilder side of New Year’sMcGill’s arts building was once home of William Dawson, the university principal.
5.01.1985Great men of West became rich in EastWilliam Van Horne once wrestled with train robbers of the Jesse Lames gang.
19.01.1985Non-smoking arrears in Victorians daysDuring Victorian era the safest place for gentlemen to smoke was on verandah.
26.01.1985When the snow rose 10 feet highBefore turn of century it was responsibility of tenants and owners to clean walks.
2.02.1985The duels that never came offFirehouse dominates Place d’Youville where Canada’s parliament once stood.
9.02.1985When duellists had no fear of the lowGentlemen sometimes needed duelling pistols to settle private ‘affairs of honor.’
16.02.1985Boys and girls out under the moonSnowshoers often used steps on the side of Mount Royal as a toboggan slide.
23.02.1985The Indians seen in LachineConvent is on St. Joseph Blvd. in Lachine where Hudson’s Bay House once stood.
2.03.1985The story of the remarkable ‘Vics’Cathcart St. armory is home to Régiment de Maisonneuve but once housed ‘Vics’
23.03.1985Father Dowd would look after themSt. Patrick’s Church through old gates of original Father Dowd Memorial Home.
31.03.1985McGill Union daysMcCord Museum building on Sherbrooke St. was once home to student activities
6.04.1985Memories of Montreal 150 years ago‘The old Nelson Hotel overlooked an open-air market, now Place Jacques Cartier.’
13.04.1985The night when the dead walkedDominion Square as it looks today. It was once a cemetery for cholera victims.
20.04.1985Three church traditions become oneDominion-Douglas Church on Roslyn Ave. is now St. Andrew’s-Dominion-Douglas
27.04.1985They bridged the generation gapMansion of Lord Shaughnessy still stands at corner of Dorchester and St. Mark.
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