The Harbor from Custom House (reduced in size)
Although originals of these early historical photographs of Montreal published in about 1900 are very difficult to obtain, you can now get them on a cd-rom prepared from original early 20th century items held in a private collection.
This cd-rom isn't mass produced but is compiled individually and personally for each purchaser so few copies exist. You can get one of them here.
A few sample images are set out below, followed by a list of all the views.
St. James' Street, looking West (reduced in size)
Victoria Square (reduced in size)
Sherbrooke Street - a Winter Scene (reduced in size)
Place Viger Hotel and Depot (reduced in size)
These rare views show you how much Montreal has changed in the last hundred years. Compare these views with what you can see today
The 39 photographs, similar to the above but larger, with their page numbers on the cd, are:
4. Canadian Pacific Railroad Bridge
5. The new Victoria Jubilee Bridge
6. The Harbor from Custom House
7. Notre Dame Church
8. Seminary of St. Sulpice
9. St. James' Street, looking West
10. St. James' Cathedral
11. The Harbor in Winter - an Ice Shove
12. St. James' Methodist
13. The London and Lancashire Insurance Building
14. St. Lawrence Hall
15. Queen's Hotel
16. New Grand Trunk Railway Offices [now under construction; artist's impression]
17. Victoria Square
18. Mount Royal Park - the Old Rustic Bridge
19. Sherbrooke Street - a Winter Scene
20. The Old Windmill on the Lachine Road
21. The Old Lasalle House at Lachine
22. Dominion Square
23. The Windsor Hotel
24. Royal Victoria Hospital
25. The Grey Nunnery
26. Place Viger Hotel and Depot
27. The Court House, or Palais de Justice
28. The City Hall
29. The Harbor - Entrance to the Canal
30. The Ice Palace
31. A Fire in Midwinter (Block of Warehouses on St. James' Street)
32. McGill University and Grounds
33. Mansfield Street - a Winter Scene
34. Park Drive and Reservoir
35. Market Day, Jacques Cartier Square
36. Steamer Spartan in the Lachine Rapids
37. A Canoe going up the Lachine Rapids for the Purpose of Photographing a Steamer on the way down
38. Big John Canadien, the Indian Pilot who Conducts the American Steamer down the Lachine Rapids
39. Baptiste Tairiake, the original Indian who first Piloted a Richelieu Steamer down the Lachine Rapids
40. Panoramic View of Montreal - Section 1 of 3
41. Panoramic View of Montreal - Section 2 of 3
42. Panoramic View of Montreal - Section 3 of 3
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This cd-rom is in standard PDF format using Adobe Acrobat (or similar) PDF reader software. These days most computers come with Adobe Acrobat reader software as standard but if you haven't got it on your system it can be downloaded free of charge from www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
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