Maritime History of the Great Lakes

The Quay, Montreal

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Postcards
Description
Coloured photograph of the Montreal waterfront around 1900. The Richelieu and Ontario Navigation steamboat QUEBEC is discharging freight onto the quayside. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carts are in the foreground while the Bonsecours Market can be seen in the background.
Notes
Divided back. Postage notations in Sterling (1/2d. and 1 d.)
Inscriptions
"The Quay, Montreal"
Reverse: "Post Card; Writing Space; Address Only; Postage: Inland 1/2 d. Foreign 1 d."
Date of Original
c 1907
Dimensions
Width: 13 cm
Height: 8.6 cm
Subject(s)
Carts & wagons
Markets
Piers & wharves
Quebec (steamboat)
Local identifier
47
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Montréal
    Quebec, Canada
    Latitude: 45.50884 Longitude: -73.58781
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Contact
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Email:walter@maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca
Website:
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The Quay, Montreal


Coloured photograph of the Montreal waterfront around 1900. The Richelieu and Ontario Navigation steamboat QUEBEC is discharging freight onto the quayside. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carts are in the foreground while the Bonsecours Market can be seen in the background.