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onceuponatown · 8 months

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Montreal, Canada 1890-1900

1. Montreal from Mount Royal

2. Mt. Royal Road

3. Windsor St. Station

4. Church of Bonsecours

5. Dominion Square

6. Court house

7. Jacques Cartier Square

8. City Hall

9. Place Viger Hotel & station

10. Laval University

#monreal #old montreal #canada #historical canada #historical montreal

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la-belle-histoire · 1 month

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Mme. G.F. Murray (Montreal, QC). William Notman & Son. 1886.

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fannyrosie · 7 months

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On an August day (see HERE the outfit post), I discovered the Montreal melon during my visit of the Lachine museum, and it became an obsession for the few following days. In the early 20th century, a special kind of melon, called the Montreal melon, was being grown by the Decarie family around the area where the Decarie highway is currently situated. It was a melon really hard to grow and costed a fortune (similarly to those fancy melons in Japan). People from around Canada and the US would import it for its surprising spiced tasted and status symbol. Sadly, due to the urbanisation of Montreal, the difficulty of cultivation and the arrivals of other cheaper imported melons, the Montreal melon almost completely disappeared.

Up until in the 90s, when a man from l'Île-Perrot found some Montreal melon seeds in the US, and revived it. However, it's still extremely rare, and I have yet to try it. Interestingly, during my researches, I discovered that the Île-Perrot cultivator was one of dad's old patients (!!!), so we went to visit him and his wife for more information. Sadly, he doesn't cultivate Montreal melons anymore because it's too much of a pain, but he has created hybrids. The only ones who are still trying to grow the Montreal melon are McGill university (we went to see them, and they told us the squirrels ate all their melons) and the Lachine museum (they had only one).

#montreal melon #historical facts #montreal history #melon #agriculture

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escapismsworld · 1 year

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Notre-Dame Basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The interior of the church is amongst the most dramatic in the world and regarded as a masterpiece of Gothic Revival architecture. Architect François Baillairgé designed the interior decoration and choir 1785-95; facade and vault decoration, 1818.

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spockvarietyhour · 6 months

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St James Club, Dorchester St, Montreal, 1875

#Montreal #19th Century #1875 #photography #places #historical #vintage

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the-car-lover · 6 months

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#halloween #scottish baronial #architecture #spookycre #spooky aesthetic #creepy #decay #historic architecture #montreal #montréal #mtl #photography

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il-predestinato · 2 years

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Michael Schumacher's parking spot at the 1996 Canadian Grand Prix:

Charles Leclerc’s parking spot at the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix:

#michael schumacher #charles leclerc #canadian gp 2022 #never change montreal #😂#f1 #historical #scuderia ferrari #elle.txt #*

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ghostacolytev2 · 9 months

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The W. W. Ogilvie Building in Old Montreal, a heritage structure dating back to 1890, was devastated by a fire that resulted in serious injuries to three people and left several others missing. The fire escalated rapidly, requiring the intervention of 130 firefighters and leading to a significant rescue operation. The building housed both residential units and an architecture office, complicating the identification of potential victims. The fire also threatened neighboring historical sites, including the Pointe-à-Callière archaeology and history museum.

#Firefighter #Montreal #Heritage #Emergency #Historic Building

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montrealmagique · 1 year

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Place Jacques-Cartier

#old Montreal #montréal #historic buildings #public place #winter in the city

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postcard-from-the-past · 6 months

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Marion&Marion patent agency's headquarter on the University street, Montreal, QC, Canada

Canadian vintage postcard, mailed in 1914 to Rotterdam, Netherlands

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ephemorata · 4 months

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“The Ice Palace (Montreal)” (postcard). Credit: “Emil David, Montreal.” “Printed in Germany,” year unknown.

#vintage postcard #vintage postcards #montreal #canada #19th century #ice #snow #ice palace #snow sculpture #snow scene #castle #history #historical #historical photos

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fisarmonical · 1 month

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Moshe Safdie CC FRAIC OAA FAIA (Hebrew: משה ספדיה; born July 14, 1938) is an Israeli-Canadian-American architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author. He is known for incorporating principles of socially responsible design throughout the course of his six-decade career. His projects include cultural, educational, and civic institutions; neighborhoods and public parks; housing; mixed-use urban centers; airports; and master plans for existing communities and entirely new cities in the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia.Safdie is most identified with designing Marina Bay Sands and Jewel Changi Airport, as well as his debut project Habitat 67, which was originally conceived as his thesis at McGill University. He holds legal citizenship in Israel, Canada, and the United States.

#architects #vintagemen #vintage men #historic photo #retro men #montrealhistory #montreal

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rabbitcruiser · 1 month

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