Series : All our yesterdays…
Date of publication | Articles by Collard | Illustrations |
s.d. | Famous portrait artist died poor and neglected | Drawing – Patterson’s portrait of Sir. John A. |
1945 | The Gazette in early telephone days The Tango at the wrong time “The most brilliant young man” On shovelling your own snow | |
[4.11.]1945 | Lieut. Bellhouse of the Victoria rifles McGillivray and Chateau St. Antoine | Photo – Lieut. Bellhouse – Group of soldiers |
1945 | Three Victorian authors in Montreal They Paused Briefly Campaigning in Winter A Scientific Visitor Brusque and Forthright | |
14.04.1956 | The art Gallery on Phillips Square | Drawing – Vista through trees |
30.03.1957 | McGill’s first B.A. and Queen’s University | Drawing – In the North West |
23.11.1957 | He was one of Fraser’s Highlanders | Drawing – Only ruins now |
28.12.1957 | The story of Canon Ellegood | Photo – Canon Ellegood |
25.01.1958 | The Ogilvie Diaries for 1870-71 | Drawing – Queen Victoria |
5.07.1958 | Blink Bonny Gardens | Drawing – The far away City |
26.07.1958 | A Scot remembers Montreal | Photo – St. James Street Centre |
9.08.1958 | A Canadian visits Abraham Lincoln The Dream of Capt. Spear The Cape Breton Giant | Drawing – Abraham Lincoln |
18.05.1958 | The story of a Judge’s life | Photo – Sir Francis Johnson |
25.04.1959 | The Ogilvie Diary for 1851 | Photo – A. W. Ogilvie |
24.10.1959 | A Great man in Israel | Photo – Rabbi de Sola |
31.10.1959 | Queen Victoria aids the V.O.N. | Photo – From the hand of the Queen |
7.11.1959 | Montreal’s name and other matters | Drawing – Jacques Cartier Photo – Stream on the Campus |
14.11.1959 | Thistle Curling Club’s early days | Drawing – On the river’s ice |
21.11.1959 | W. S. Weldon’s old Montreal memories | Drawing – The Ice Palace in Dominion Square, 1884 |
28.11.1959 | Chairman of the Building Committee | Photo – Hon. George Moffatt |
5.12.1959 | John Brown, 1859-1959. Champion of the Slaves and Subject of the Song | Drawing – John Brown |
12.12.1959 | The Voices of the Bells | Drawing – The Voices of the Towers |
19.12.1959 | Sleigh Bells in the Snow | Drawing – Over the years |
26.12.1959 | The Victorian days of the M.A.A.A. | Photo – Victorian Snowman |
9.01.1960 | Joe Beef’s Canteen | Copy – Directory listing |
16.01.1960 | Her Husband defended Dreyfus | Photo – Alfred Dreyfus |
23.01.1960 | Tradition and the Charity Ball | Copy – Back in its early years |
30.01.1960 | Van Horne as Art Collector | Drawing – Sir William Van Horne |
6.02.1960 | Great Art Collections 60 years ago | Photo – Sir George A. Drummond |
13.02.1960 | Carnival days in Montreal | Drawing – Ice Palace by Moonlight |
20.02.1960 | Skating in the Canadian Style Hailed as an Art Critic | Photo – Archibald Browne, R.C.A. |
5.03.1960 | Turning the Leaves of the Scrapbook | Photo – Horse-car of the Montreal City Passenger Railway Co. |
12.03.1960 | The two Triumphs of Henry Hogan | Drawing – Henry Hogan |
26.03.1960 | Montreal’s Plumbing in the 1860’S Cows called for in the Morning | Drawing – The Old Stove |
2.04.1960 | The Exciting Days of 1849 | Photo – Lord Elgin |
9.02.1960 | Today we continue… | Drawing – Parliament on fire, 1849 |
16.04.1960 | Under Triumphant Arrest | Drawing – Old jail on Notre Dame St. |
23.02.1960 | The People Liberate the Prisoners | Drawing – Hermit of ‘Monklands’ |
30.02.1960 | They Smashed Lord Elgin’s Carriage | Drawing – the Chateau de Ramezay |
7.05.1960 | “The House of Incurables” All within a few blocks | Drawings – Jefferson Davis and Thomas d’Arcy McGee |
14.05.1960 | Before the Antique Dealers Came | Drawing – Oil Lamps |
4.06.1960 | Coburn and Dr. Drummond | Drawing – The Horses and the Sleigh |
11.06.1960 | Some Memories of St. George’s Choir | Photos – The Choristers Of St. George’s Church and St. George’s Church |
18.06.1960 | The Silver of Old Quebec | Photo – Monstrance or ostensorium by Paul Lambert |
25.06.1960 | The Black Gown in St. George’s The Grave in the Square | Photo – Bishop Bond |
2.07.1960 | When women first went to college | Photo – Dr. Helen R. Y. Reid |
9.07.1960 | Some Picturesque Characters | Photo – The Old Court House on Notre Dame Street, where the Apple Women Used to put up their stands |
16.07.1960 | Collecting Canadian Antiques | Photo – “Salamander” armchair-birch. Made in the eighteenth century |
23.07.1960 | A Montreal Bishop and Kitchener’s Home | Drawings – Earl Kitchener of Khartum and Rt. Rev. Ashton Oxenden |
30.07.1960 | Little Jefferson had a Sword | Collins – A Footprint On Robinson Crusoe’s Island |
30.07.1960 | Indians in Montreal Traffic Offences in 1910 | Drawing – From a Sketch-book of the 1830’S |
6.08.1960 | The Three Graves of Jane Davidson | Drawing – Within the Walls |
13.08.1960 | Dr. Carpenter and his Tons of Shells | Photo – Dr. Carpenter |
20.08.1960 | Victoria Bridge 100 years ago | Photo – America’s Longest Railway Bridge |
27.08.1960 | When a Prince Opened a Palace | Photo – Montreal’s Crystal Palace |
3.09.1960 | The Prince of Wales on Dorval Island | Drawing – Prince of Wales Photo – Gen. Sir F. W. Williams |
10.09.1960 | Lord Mark Kerr Tours the Townships | Drawing – W. H. Bartlett’s drawing of the outlet of Lake Memphremagog in the Eastern Townships, about 1840 |
24.09.1960 | He Galloped Through Stones | Drawing – As in his Time (Chateau de Ramezay) |
1.10.1960 | He Galloped throught the Stones | Drawing – As in his Time (Chateau de Ramezay) |
1.10.1960 | He Galloped throught the Stones | Drawing – A Governor on the Run |
8.10.1960 | The “Bad Practical Joke” in Ottawa | Drawing – No Lunatic Asylum |
22.10.1960 | A Nickel Ride to the Sulphur Spring The Battle of Notre Dame de Grace | Photo – Old St. Catherine Street |
29.10.1960 | He was Present at Van Gogh’s Burial | Drawing – Vincent Van Gogh (Self Portrait) |
5.11.1960 | The Lonely Grave of Simon McTavish | Drawing – Where He Was Buried in 1804 |
19.11.1960 | Abandoned Tomb and Crumbling House | Drawing – Simon McTavish |
26.11.1960 | Museum Ball Recalls an event of 1878 | Drawing – First Art Gallery |
3.12.1960 | A Prince in Montreal | Drawing – H.R.H. Prince Arthur in his uniform as lieutenant in the Prince Consort’s Own Rifles |
10.12.1960 | A Stroll Through Montreal in the 1880’s | Drawing – As It Used To Be |
17.12.1960 | When Kipling came to Montreal | Drawing – An Impression of Mr. Kipling at the Union Station |
31.12.1960 | Montreal’s Strangest New Year’s Day | Drawing – Dashing into the New Year |
2.01.1961 | Memories Of Lord Mount Stephen | Photo – Historic Door |
7.01.1961 | Simon McTravish Fought a Duel Does Anyone Remember . . . ? | Drawing – Simon McTravish |
14.01.1961 | The Charity Ball – A Great Tradition | Copy – In a Good cause |
28.01.1961 | Memories of Lord Mount Stephen | Photo – Lord Mount Stephen |
4.02.1961 | Memories of Lord Mount Stephen | Photo – Brocket Hall, Lord Mount Stephen’s country home in England |
11.02.1961 | Memories of Lord Mount Stephen | Photo – Snapshot of Lord Mount Stephen |
18.02.1961 | Dinner at Four O’Clock Tobogganing out to Mid-Stream Walt Whitman in Quebec He Certainly Liked Montreal | Drawing – Straight to St. Helen’s Island |
25.02.1961 | What Canada Showed the World in 1855 | Drawing – Put to Good Use |
4.03.1961 | Nurse’s Life in the 1890’s | Photo – The Old Montreal General Hospital |
11.03.1961 | “Electric Evenings” at Rideau Hall Ducks, Riots and Debtors Advertisement for a Wife | Drawing – Lord Dufferin |
18.03.1961 | The 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 |
25.03.1961 | Montreal’s Year of Indians | Copy – In his own writing |
1.04.1961 | Glimpses of Old Townships Days | Photo – The Old Dunham Academy |
15.04.1961 | St. Lawrence Hall Memories Charles Dickens’ Son and D’Arcy McGee The Major and His Salmon | Drawing – Thomas D’Arcy McGee |
22.04.1961 | Bartlett for the Table | Drawing – Bartlett’s View On The Chaudiere Bridge |
29.04.1961 | Benjamin West’s “Death of Wolfe” | Drawing – Benjamin West’s painting of “the Death of Wolfe” |
6.05.1961 | They Compared the Girls Some Eastern Townships Memories | Drawing – Canadian girls |
13.05.1961 | The Search in the Farmhouse | Drawing – Louis Joseph Papineau |
24.05.1961 | To Canada by sailing ship | Drawing – Old woodcut of a sailing ship of the 1850’s. |
3.06.1961 | To Canada by sailing ship | Photo – George Roberts |
10.06.1961 | Early Days of Loyola College | Photo – Loyola College, 1940 |
24.06.1961 | A Gold Medal for Joseph Pelletier | Copy – item in The Gazette, 1835 |
1.07.1961 | Yankee Clocks in Quebec | Photo – Twiss Clock |
8.07.1961 | The Duels of Major Richardson | Drawing – Place d’Armes |
15.07.1961 | The Grave on the “Brandy Pots” Montreal Tennis Court in 1790 When the “Pilgrims” came to Montreal | Photo – Grave On Brandy Pots |
29.07.1961 | A military Ball at Rasco’s Hotel Early Days at Ste. Agathe | Drawing – Rasco’s Hotel on St. Paul Street |
3.08.1961 | They called it “Ironstone” | Photo – “Ironstone” soup plate |
12.08.1961 | The “Ironstone” of the Victorians | Photo – plate “ironstone” |
17.08.1961 | Sensational Charge Against a U.S. President | Drawing – Chester A. Arthur |
26.08.1961 | “Sir John A.” as his Wife Knew Him | Photo – A Good Likeness |
2.09.1961 | A Bishop’s Visit in 1794 | Drawing – Montreal from St. Helen’s Island |
9.09.1961 | The “Billy Button” Riots | Photo – 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. |
16.09.1961 | First picture of the Montreal General Mr. Richner’s Wonderful Apple Shipwreck in the Gulf | Drawing – Montreal General |
23.09.1961 ? | “God bless The Little Church!” | Photo – “The Little Church around the corner” |
30.09.1961 | 500 Indians Attended his Funeral Visits to the Lonely Island The golf course on Fletcher’s field | Drawing – Old Christ Church |
7.10.1961 | Montreal’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 |
14.10.1961 | The China on the Victorian Table | Photo – “Sylvan” was the name |
21.10.1961 | How the Victoria Rifles Began | Photo – The first “Vics” |
28.10.1961 | Lady Aberdeen still helps the V.O.N. | Drawing – The Van Horne Range |
[nov] 1961 | The Parson who Boiled the Potatoes | Photo – The historic gates to Mount Royal Cemetery |
18.11.1961 | “Who forgives the Goal-keeper?” | Drawing – Down the Field |
25.10.1961 | From Berlin wool to Potichomani | Drawing – Making Christmas Presents |
2.12.1961 | Sights and Sounds of Old Montreal | Photo – The Old High School of Montreal Photo – Sherbrooke St. |
9.12.1961 | The Story of The Children’s Doctor | Photo – Dr. Mackenzie Forbes |
9.12.1961 | Sights and Sounds of Old Montreal | Photo – As they looked on Sherbrooke Street (bronze deer) |
16.12.1961 | St. Matthias Church: a Choir Boy Remembers | Photo – St. Matthias Church Photo – Interior of the little wooden church of St. Matthias in Westmount |
22.12.1961 | A Canadian Soldier’s Christmas Visitor | Drawing – A Canadian soldier from Montreal had this visitor in hospital in Egypt in the Christmas of 1882 |
[?] | Christmas on the Prairie | Drawing – Out in the Wilderness |
30.12.1961 | New Year’s Toast in Snow Water | Drawing – Sir John Ross |
6.01.1962 | Stage-Coach to Mount Royal Vale Do You Want Whiskers? Not Always So Severe | Photo – A View of St. James Street |
13.01.1962 | He found the girls “delicious” | Drawing – Canadian Snowshoers of the 1890’s as drawn by Henry Sandham, RCA. |
[?] | The Martyr Mayor of Montreal | Photo – Far from the Land |
27.04.1963 | When Westmount was Cote St. Antoine When clothes were washed at the River Front | Photo – One Of The Old Horse-drawn Bus Sleighs |
11.05.1963 | He Duelled with the King’s Son | Drawing – Duke of Richmond |
1.06.1963 | Two Souls and the Walking Dead | Photo – Dr. E. D. Worthington |
28.03.1964 | An Old Victorian Scrapbook | Drawing – Indian File |
29.08.1964 | Captains In The Age Of Sail | Drawing – Old Woodcut |
[?] | New Light On D’Arcy McGee | Drawing – portrait [D’Arcy McGee] Drawing – The old court house, Montreal |
9.11.1964 | Un The Years From 1886 | Photo – A curling match being played in Montreal about 1893. |
5.12.1964 | The Picnics In The Orchards | Drawing – Painting by Marion Hawthorne |
30.01.1965 | Churchill In Canada, 1929 | Photo – Churchill horseback riding in Canada in 1929 |
13.03.1965 | All Our Green Yesterdays | Drawing – badges of St. Partick’s Society of Montreal |
10.04.1065 | The House With The Great Tower | Photo – Pine Avenue |
17.04.1965 | What An English Visitor Saw | Drawing – Bonsecours Market Drawing – Old Fort on the Priests’ Farm |
[?] | They Carried “I Walk” Cards | Photo – Montreal Street car Drawing – Walking Montrealers carried this card in the strike of 1903 |
26.06.1965 | A Bishop’s Visit In 1846 | Drawing – Old Christ Church Drawing – Bishop Mountain |
31.07.1965 | Two Eastern Townships Men | Drawing – Lynwood Farnam at the organ |
25.09.1965 | Picturesque Characters | Drawing – The blind fiddler at the foot of Nelson’s Monument. A drawing by Henri Julien, 1876 |
20.11.1965 | A Victorian Boyhood | Photo – St. Catherine Street at the turn of the century |
11.12.1965 | A Victorian Girlhood | Photo – Monsfield Street and Victorian snowpiles |
19.03.1966 | It Will Never Happen Again | Photo – The Streamer Sovereign |
26.03.1966 | Help Through 150 Years | Copy – This soldier in India was thanking the Montreal Protestant Orphans’ Home for helping him to find any of his relations |
2.04.1966 | They Wanted Higher Education | Photo – Helen R. B. Y. Reid |
9.04.1966 | Montreal’s Stage Coach Days | Drawing – An Advertisement Of The Stage Coach Days |
16.04.1966 | Ballroom In A Cow Pasture | Drawing – Ballroom in the fields at Peel and St. Catherine in 1860 |
8.05.1966 | Old Monsieur Marmier | Drawing – The Book-Stalls of the Seine |
Series : Of Many Things…
Date of publication | Articles by Collard | Illustrations by Collins |
6.01.1968 | Timely Texts Second Journey? Boys And Girls Afterglow | |
20.01.1968 | Appendicitis 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 |
3.02.1968 | Last Ship Captured The Lamest Duck Dr. McCrae’s Poem | Towers on Sherbrooke Street |
[?] | Priests’ Farm Rest Cure On Lake St. Luois Off-Stage Drama | |
10.02.1968 | Milestones Tweedsmuir Plain Tastes Winter Picnics Attlee Typing | Dufferin Terrace. Quebec |
17.02.1968 | Tan 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 |
9.03.1968 | House And Garden Great Talkers Beaver Club The Club’s Guests Not Remembering | Rue Saint-Amable |
16.03.1968 | Duelling-Ground Adjectives Food And Thought What Killed Him? Growing Old | |
23.03.1968 | Dickens Memories Repetition How Duels Ended Old Mild Winter | Charles Dickens Street |
13.04.1968 | Choosing A Leader Old Promises Gone To Press Keeling Ships Windmills At Peardon’s | The Mill – Pointe Claire |
20.04.1968 | True Likeness Crowded Square Old Bones The Bride Said ‘No’ Vivid Recall | Sir John A. in the rain |
2?.04.1968 | St. Gabriel Farm Mountain Farms Kind To Animals Too Tidy Too Untidy | Ferme Saint-Gabriel |
2?.04.1968 | Woodcarvers Poe And Carver Shop Signs Fighting The Wind Comforting Silence | The Stone Sink |
8.06.1968 | First Sparrows Weary Candidates Township Glimpses Happy House | |
15.06.1968 | Great Debates Acting Offstage Masks Clerical Tales Unconventional | The Old Coach House |
22.06.1968 | Politician’s Voice Hard Speaking Best Advice Stratford Festival Feeling For Home | The Well |
13.07.1968 | Downtown Living Tedious Talkers Sullen Silence York Factory Stylish Isolation Linton Deer | Le Coin de la Mort |
20.07.1968 | Near To Hell Cool Relief Not Doing Lachine Canal | |
27.07.1968 | Whale At Montreal Strange Meeting Awesome Battle Where Read Travelling Books Waterpower | Prospect And Clandeboye |
3.08.1968 | A Church Besieged Resolute Doctor Fierce Duel Cheerful View In The Mud | Covered Bridge |
10.08.1968 | Duellists’ Mill McTavish’s Duel Eager Leisure Relished Ease Another Whale Hercules Wins | |
24.08.1968 | Bored Officers Unearthly Calm The World Goes On Hello Girls Baldness | The Fort St. Helen’s Island |
31.08.1968 | Horse-cabs Barney’s Cab Fares and Quarrel New Viewpoint Making Worlds | Carriage In The Rain |
2?.09.1968 | At Lachine “Little Emperor” After Sir George Someone To Talk To Dreaded Loneliness | Old Hudson Bay House – Lachine |
2?.09.1968 | How Bishop’s Began Rugged Years Iron shutters Misunderstandings Primrose Error | |
5.10.1968 | Turkish Bath Hotel The Big Deal Secret Discovered Voyageur’s Cross Burns’ House | |
26.10.1968 | Oldest Synagogue Story Of A Rite Rabbi In Congress The Wrong Way Liking It That Way | La Poudrière |
2.11.1968 | Monklands Hotel Country Retreat Hotel To Convent Lady Aberdeen Leacock Laughing | Fleming’s Grist Mill – Built in 1816 |
9.11.1968 | Humorists Gather Jokes Of 1910 Stage Effects Poison Plant One Atmosphere | Gate – Dorchecter Street |
16.11.1968 | McTavish’s Tomb Untimely Death Tomb Vandals Not As Expected Art And Artist Like A Rodin | McTavish Monument |
30.11.1968 | Rasco’s Hotel Superb Ballroom Fight In The Hotel Rasco Grows Tired Leacock On Humor Sad laughing | Rasco’s Hotel |
7.12.1968 | Chateau de Ramezey Anna And The King “You Shall Obey!” Anna In Montreal | Chateau de Ramezay |
14.12.1968 | Fortified City Crumbling Walls McGill Street Train to Toronto Snow Struggle | Fortification Lane |
4.01.1969 | The First Ships Frolic And Jollity Victorian Parlors Victorian Fireplaces Victorian Stairs | |
11.01.1969 | House on Dorchester | |
18.01.1969 | Hero To His Cabby Always On Hand Westmount Farm Clairvoyance Presentiment | Rooftop Snow |
25.01.1969 | Street of Fashion Mayor’s House Before The End Bouncing Helmet Floating Flowers Awkward Sermon | Outside Staircase |
1.02.1969 | The Champ de Mars Promenade The Deserters Stonewall Jackson Jackson’s Sundays | Champ de Mars |
8.02.1969 | Gasoline Buggy Dust and Mud “Get A Horse!” Not interested Not disappointed | |
15.02.1969 | Bonsecours Market Going marketing Fascinating Lola Gold symptoms Dickens coughs | Bonsecours Market |
22.02.1969 | The grand terrace Newest elegance Macdonald’s House Bad temper Comic anger | Prince of Wales Terrace |
1.03.1969 | River curling Dolly’s Chop House Out of Scotland | |
8.03.1969 | Open-air market Customs change Kitchen ghost Unhappy drama Like writers | Nelson Monument |
15.03.1969 | Since 1804 Cathedral memories Why “Mile End”? Mile from Montreal Charlie Chaplin Surprised by joy | Anglican Cathedral – Quebec |
29.03.1969 | Torrance house St. Alban’s Raid Why keep diaries? Greatest diary | Rue des Seigneurs |
5.04.1969 | The Quebec ferry Among ice floes Montreal’s canoes Shrouded mirrors On the wall | The Ferry – Quebec |
12.04.1969 | Snow piled high City and the snow Milloy’s Book Store Scottish mothers | Sugar Bush – St. Gregoire Photo – St. James Street in 1869 |
19.04.1969 | Duke of Kent House The marionettes “The Annex” Emerson speaks Green leaves | Duke of Kent House – Quebec |
26.04.1969 | Streamboat era The captain sings Anstere command Helen Hayes’ Hecuba Long come and go | Waiting for the 2:04 |
[?] | Getting Ready – Man and his Wirld | |
3.05.1969 | Old St. Stephen’s The good shepherd Ten Peirsons | St. Stephen’s Church – Lachine |
10.05.1969 | Almost a duel With swords Early Outremont A low wit Historical puns | Waterfront Monument |
17.05.1969 | Place Royale Happy fights Given its name Peirson tombstone Just in time | Place Royale |
24.05.1969 | Beyond the walls Civil War letter Police station Gracious rain | Courtyard rue St. Paul |
29.05.1969 | Street in Levis | |
7.06.1969 | Masonic History Highland mason Royal mason Loyalist mason | |
14.06.1969 | Indians in town As in Krieghoff McGill Library Osler’s lost book | Calder’s “man” |
21.06.1969 | Debtors’ prison Through the bars As an artist Incline railway | Au Pied du Courant |
5.07.1969 | St. Patrick’s Their first church Too crowded On March 17, 1847 | Gateway to St. Patrick’s |
12.07.1969 | Yachting 100-year-old elms The Founder’s Tree He scared himself Running for life | Point Claire Yacht Club |
2.08.1969 | Ambulance race Horse to motor First to arrive Sense of space Under the sky | The Walkers – Place D’Armes |
16.08.1969 | Limestone city It’s lasted well Channel swimmer Tragic whirlpool | Montreal “Greystones” |
23.08.1969 | Fire-fighters The Volunteers He saw Napoleon Tense island Last scene | 1805 – Fire Fighter |
30.08.1969 | Old belfry Darkness at noon Down it went Mercury freezes Lost Opportunity | The Legault House |
11.10.1969 | Lakeshore Road Open winter roads Snow plough Local protests | Lakeshore Road |
16.10.1969 | Percy Walters Park Lost Guest Prince’s visit And his brother The gift | Pigeons – Percy Walters Park |
31.10.1969 | Phillips Square Joyce’s shop Old Art gallery The monument | Phillips Square |
15.11.1969 | Notre Dame’s towers Lightning strikes Warning bells | Towers of Notre Dame |
22.11.1969 | St. Mary’s Current Steamboat struggles Dangerous moat Carlo’s exploit | St. Mary’s Current |
29.11.1969 | Arts Building Few students Early ruin Back to the Campus Still there today | Arts Building |
13.12.1969 | St. George’s Church In heroic mould Pulpit drama Almost sold Gower-Rees Era | Shoppers and St. George’s |
20.12.1969 | Bonsecours Market Emerson arrives Wings of intuition Words on Montreal | Bonsecours Market |
27.12.1969 | Redpath Museum Dawson’s dream The collector The great rush | Redpath Museum |
3.01.1970 | Old-fashioned snow Stage-coach travel Snow-bound train Snowshoers’ joy | Snow – Youville Square |
10.01.1970 | Bonsecours Chapel Setting forth The chapel built And rebuilt Still a symbol | The Sailors’ Church |
17.01.1970 | American invaders The outlaws Allen surrenders In great danger Shaking a stick | Ethan Allen House |
24.01.1970 | Beaver Hall Rich and at ease Serious dining He had his virtues | Beaver Hall Hill |
31.01.1970 | Sulpician towers Among the Indians Enviable Château Le grand Séminaire | Towers – Sherbrooke Street |
14.02.1970 | Ravenscrag Sir Hugh at home Famous guests Times change | Collins – Ravenscrag |
28.02.1970 ? | 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 |
21.03.1970 | Mount Stephen Club Barefoot days Anxious years Hospitality | Mount Stephen Club |
28.03.1970 | The bullet scar Riot in the street Ornate style Victorian taste | Molson’s Bank |
11.04.1970 | Bonsecours Market Molson’s Hotel Governors come Elegance Again | Bonsecours Market |
18/19?.04 | Wit in Court Practical Jokes “Fire! Fire! Fire!” Superb in Judgment | Old Court House |
23.04.1970 | Nelson’s Monument Artificial Stone Sailed in Convoy Frost and Damps | Nelson’s Monument |
9.05.1970 | The Queen’s Hotel Donat Raymond Adélard Raymond Railway Era | The Queen’s Hotel |
16.05.1970 | Colonel’s House Shipwreck Hospitality Trafalgar School | Trafalgar School |
23.05.1970 | Parliament Burns “Are They coming?” Who Set the Fire? Afterwards | Youville Square |
30.05.1970 | “Trafalgar” Haunted Tower Casey”s Grave Furniss’ House | Trafalgar |
6.06.1970 | St. Lawrence Suburb Shop at the Corner Cathedral Fire Impulsive Duellist | Dividing Line – St. Lawrence blvd. |
13.06.1970 | The Grey Nuns Saved From Indians Managerial Talent Loved and Feared | Old Buildings Normant street |
20.06.1970 | Murderer’s Cross Guy and Dorchester Winter Fire Her Prophecy | Cross of the Grey Nuns |
27.06.1970 | Old Chambly Church Garrison Chaplain “Female Procession” Good Shepherd | St. Stephen’s Church – Chambly |
11.07.1970 | Horse Cabs Horse Wagons Wagon Vs. Truck Fading Out | Cabbie on Mount Royal |
18.07.1970 | Pollution Not New Speeders Same Old Problems Showrooms | Horse Trough – Mont Royal |
25.07.1970 | The Irish Stone Nuns and Their Vow “I Nearly Fainted” Stone Threatened | The Irish Stone |
8.08.1970 | Good Pistol-Shot “Galant Closse” Indian Skirmishes Crusader’s Death | Closse – Place D’Armes |
11?.08 | Beaver Hall Hill Church Corner Deadly Volleys Metropolitan Club | Beaver Hall Hill |
15.08.1970 | Montreal Hunt Club Horse in the Bank The Hunt Saved Hunt’s Patriarch | Old Stone Fence |
22.08.1970 | Montreal Museum Founding Father Benaiah’s Offer On the Spot | Museum Fine Arts |
29.08.1970 | Old Gallery First Meeting Millionaires’ Art The New Gallery | Main Staircase – Museum of Fine Arts |
8/5?.09 | The Irish Stone Defying Death Martyr Mayor Living Victims | Victoria Bridge – and the Irish Stone |
12.09.1970 | Madame Albani At the Convent Albani’s Triumph Homecoming | Chambly – Birthplace of Madame Albani |
19.09.1970 | St. 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?.10 | Voyageur’s Church Thomas Moore’s Visit Canoes in the Rapids Waters unknown | Atwater Market |
10.10.1970 | Lachine Waterfront Canoe Epic Voyageur’s Day Happy Hardship | The Old canal – Lachine |
17.10.1970 | Tumbling Wall Girl at the Window 24-Hour Job Fire-Horses | |
24.10.1970 | Mont Royal Hotel Cows and Ballroom Montreal High Supper Dance | Mount Royal Hotel |
31.10.1970 | Jeanne Mance Woman of Courage To the Rescue Triumphs of Faith | St. Sulpice Street |
7.11.1970 | Mountain Cemetery Lovely Valley Charity To All | Main Entrance – Mount Royal Cemetery |
14.11.1970 | Hingston House Student Days Firmness and Tact “I Believe” | Hingston House |
21.11.1970 | Cigar-Store Indian Indian Smokers Blowing Clouds Women and Smoking | Cigar Store Indian |
28.11.1970 | Notre Dame Church Irish Architect At Top Speed Gothic Grandeur | Notre Dame Church |
1.12.1970 | Unique Church One Into Two Muscular Christian Old St. Paul’s | Former St. Paul’s Church – St. Laurent |
6.12.1970 | The Windsor Hotel Palace of Canada Carnival days The guests Glamor and change | Windsor Hotel |
12.12.1970 | Baumgarten House At the Hunt The Avalanche Sir Arthur’s Day | Faculty Club |
24.12.1970 | Dickens in Town Garrison Amateurs Ladies on Stage With a Roar | Rasco’s Hotel |
9.01.1971 | Sleigh Weather Winter Skies Hardy Horses Officers’ Sleighs | Old Fashioned Winter |
16.01.1971 | Mount 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 |
2.02.1971 | Mountain Path The Chosen Spot Tampered Tomb Snowshoers’ Gully | The Mountain at Peel |
6.02.1971 | American invaders The Long Siege Chambly Surrenders At the Gate | Notre Dame and McGill |
13.02.1971 | Come the Revolution He Wins and Loses Where the Grave? | St. Peter at Notre Dame |
20.02.1971 | Lord Shanghnessy “A Live Wire” An Eye For detail “Take Good Care” | Shaughnessy House |
27.02.1971 | Disorder in Court Rumble and Tremor Eerie Bells When Land Slid | The Old Court House |
6.03.1971 | Atomic research Macdonald’s gift Total dedication Awesome power | Physics Building – McGill |
13.03.1971 | When they crossed the river in sleighs | Sleighs on Mount Royal |
24.03.1971 | They Rowed Through the Streets in Boats | High Water mark – Ottawa and Dalhousie |
30.03.1971 | From Jesuits’ Garden to City Hall | City Hall |
5.04.1971 | Sir William Van Horne and his house | Van Horne House |
10.04.1971 | Dr. Lafleur of the Montreal General | The Old Tiles – Medical Library Montreal General Hospital |
17.04.1971 | Dufferin Park – once Protestant cemetery | Parc Dufferin |
1.05.1971 | McGill university’s oldest building | Man and Megatherium – Redpath Museum |
[?] | The Romance of Presbyterian Gothic | Morrice Hall |
14.05.1971 | Sir Percy Girouard – The jolly engineer | Girouard Avenue |
22.05.1971 | The Montreal General is 150 years old | The Poor Box – Montreal General Hospital |
29.05.1971 | The Prince of Wales Terrace | Prince of Wales Terrace |
5.06.1971 | Montreal and Robert Burns’ Bible | Burns Statue – Dominion Square |
12.06.1971 | When a river flowed in Craig Street | Craig Street |
19.06.1971 | When change came to Sherbrooke Street | Sherbrooke Street |
26.06.1971 | They all worshipped in the same church | Notre Dame and Sainte Helene |
3.07.1971 | Lacrosse was Canada’s national game | The Lacrosse Player – MAAA |
10.07.1971 | Other days in old St. Paul Street | St. Paul at Place Royale |
17.07.1971 | The sidewalks of Montreal | Lagauchetiere – West of Coté |
24.07.1971 | Logan’s Farm Scientific methods Garrison land Frightened ladies From farm to park The upper farm | Lafontaine Park |
31.07.1971 | Queen Victoria in Montreal | Queen Victoria – Royal Victoria college |
[?] | Those who lie buried indoors | Grave of James O’Donnell – Notre Dame Church |
?.08.1971 | The delights of Sohmer Park | Panet Street – Below Notre Dame |
21.08.1971 | The criminal in the market-place when Montreal had its pillory | Nelson’s Monument – Jacques Cartier Square |
[?] | Crusaders who fought for the Pope | Chapel of the Zouaves |
11.09.1971 | Sir William Osler in Montreal | Osler Library – McGill |
18.09.1971 | The Massacre of Lachine | Marker – The Lachine Massacre |
25.09.1971 | The life and death of the Rat | St. Sulpice and St. Paul |
2.10.1971 | When Montrealers rode in calèches | Carriage – Four Wheels – This was Lord Purham’s concorg carriage |
9.10.1971 | Mount Royal Club’s early years | Mont Royal Club |
23.10.1971 | Henry Hogan’s St. Lawrence Hall | St. James and St. Francis Xavier |
30.10.1971 | Theatre Royal: Its rise and fall | Coté Street |
13.11.1971 | Sir John of the Mohawk Valley | The Johnson Bell |
20.11.1971 | The strong man of St. Sulpice | Courtyard of the Sulpicians – Place D’Armes |
27.11.1971 | More about that leaning spire | Pigeons on the Cathedral roof |
4.12.1971 | Where dined the Beaver Club | St. James at Place D’Armes |
11.12.1971 | A great forgotten Montrealer | St. James United Church |
24.12.1971 | Silver bells Almost arrested Driving clubs Mingled chime Prancing horses Ghostly bells | Wishing you a happy old-time holiday |
31.12.1971 | New Year’s visits in Old Montreal | Dawson Hall – McGill |
8.01.1972 | When Monklands was “in the country” | Monklands |
15.01.1972 | Donegana’s and the Charity Ball | Bonsecours and Notre Dame |
22.01.1972 | D’Arcy McGee’s pew in St. Patrick’s | The old pew of D’Arcy McGee |
5.02.1972 | The most fiery of all fathers | Sir George Etienne Cartier House |
19.02.1972 | When Benedict Arnold was in Montreal | Reception room – chateau de Ramezay |
4.03.1972 | The treachery of Benedict Arnold | Place Vauquelin |
11.03.1972 | St. Patrick’s Church is 125 years old | Gates of St. Patrick’s |
18.03.1972 | The first ship up the river | Winter Waterfront |
25.03.1972 | The cross by the side of the road | Roadside Cross – Ile Bizard |
8.04.1972 | The Prince of Wales in Montreal | The Ritz |
15.04.1972 | More about the Prince of Wales | War Memorial – Marcil Park |
22.04.1972 | Travel by canoe in Old Montreal | The Bug-out Canoe |
29.04.1972 | Board of Trade began 150 years ago | Hon. John Young |
6.05.1972 | The story of St. Helen’s school | St. Helen’s |
13.05.1972 | David Ross McCord and his museum | McCord Museum |
20.05.1972 | The Royal Victoria’s School for Nurses | Royal Victoria Hospital |
3.06.1972 | The explorer who was murdered | Lasalle Marker – Lasalle Boulevard |
10.06.1972 | Mount Royal before the Park | House on Mount Royal |
17.06.1972 | The mountain that seemed so far away | Mount Royal Park |
23.06.1972 | How Mount Royal became a park | Carriage on Mount Royal |
30.06.1972 | When the R.100 came to Montreal | The R-100 at St. Hubert |
8.07.1972 | The old Church of Notre Dame de Grace | Notre Dame de Grace Church |
15.07.1972 | The roll of drums in the forest | De Beaujeu House |
22.07.1972 | The ambush in the ravine | The De Beaujeu House is a good example |
29.07.1972 | Montreal’s least known landmark | Hincks House |
5.08.1972 | “Great fear” in the Lachine Rapids | Lachine Rapids – from LaSalle boulevard |
12.08.1972 | When the streamboats shot the rapids | Lachine Wharf |
19.08.1972 | He saw what lay under the surface | Logan Street |
26.08.1972 | When Montrealers used to walk | Champ-de-Mars |
2.09.1972 | Sir George Drummond’s sandstone mansion | Metcalfe and Sherbrooke |
9.09.1972 | The story of Bishop Street | House on Bishop Street |
16.09.1972 | Theatre memories of Guy Street | Old House on Guy |
23.09.1972 | The MRT on Guy Street | Guy and Sherbrooke |
30.09.1972 | The park-like homes of Guy Street | Church Home – Guy Street |
7.10.1972 | A golf club and Victoria Bridge | “Gibraltar” Beaconsfield Golf Club |
14.10.1972 | The man who founded Detroit | St. Lawrence and Notre Dame |
21.10.1972 | Panic on St. François Xavier Street | Old Stock exchange building |
28.10.1972 | When the great crash came in 1929 | Centaur Theatre – rue St. Francois Xavier |
4.11.1972 | Jesuits on Notre Dame Street | Place Vauquelin |
11.11.1972 | When Yankee Doodle came to town | Notre Dame and McGill |
18.11.1972 | Montrealers on the Titanic | Payne Memorial – Christ Church Cathedral |
25.11.1972 | Eggs for the Governor-General | Place D’Youville |
2.12.1972 | Did Whalen murder D’Arcy McGee? | D’Arcy McGee tomb |
9.12.1972 | A wild and galloping ride | Chateau de Ramezay |
16.12.1972 | The dangerous streets of Old Montreal | Traffic on St. Paul Street |
23.12.1972 | Going to market at Christmastime | Marché Bonsecours |
30.12.1972 | New Year’s and not a flake of snow | Fletcher’s field at Esplanade |
6.01.1973 | The King of the Dare-Devils | Duluth at Esplanade |
13.01.1973 | When they went curling on the river | Harbor in Winter |
20.01.1973 | When Billy Eckstein was “Mr. Fingers” | The Old Strand |
27.01.1973 | St. James Street and Uncle Tom’s Cabin | The Ottawa Building |
3.02.1973 | The Indians on Sherbrooke Street | Towers Fort des Messieurs |
17.02.1973 | The strange story of Fanny Allen | Hotel Dieu |
24.02.1973 | The great debate in the theatre | The Old Courthouse |
3.03.1973 | From parade ground to parking lot | Champ de Mars |
10.03.1973 | The first broadcast in Montreal | Vitre and Beaver Hall |
17.03.1973 | Henri Julien rides with the Mounties | Henri Julien – At Saint-Louis Square |
24.03.1973 | Majestic terror – the ice-shove | Harbor Ice |
31.03.1973 | A country church in Westmount | St. Matthias Church |
7.04.1973 | Jobs that are no more | Copy of a Gas Lamp – Old Montreal |
[?] | Father Vimont’s remarkable prophecy | Place Royale |
21.04.1973 | Sherbrooke of Sherbrooke Street | Sherbrooke Street |
28.04.1973 | When lightning struck | Towers of Notre Dame |
5.05.1973 | Caughnawaga on the Nile | Street in Caughnawaga |
12.05.1973 | The explorer who lived on Simpson St. | Simpson Street |
19.05.1973 | Andrew Gault’s gift on University Street | Montreal Diocesan Theological College |
26.05.1973 | Playing golf on Fletcher’s Field | Cartier Monument – Fletcher’s field |
2.06.1973 | The church on St. James Street | Bank of Commerce – St. James Street |
9.06.1973 | Murder in the Garden | Interior- the Bank of Montreal |
16.06.1973 | When the murderer escaped | The Court House – Sherbrooke |
23.06.1973 | Charles Dicken’s son was a Mountie | Charles Dickens Street |
30.06.1973 | How Dickens escaped from the Indians | The evolution of the “mountie” hat |
7.07.1973 | The Van Horne House is Van Horne | Van Horne House |
14.07.1973 | How Lincoln could have been saved | St. James and St. Francois Xavier |
21.07.1973 | More stories about Van Horne | Mount Stephen Club |
28.07.1973 | Lachine: Montreal’s “watering place” | Lachine Waterfront |
11.08.1973 | Early days in the Laurentians | Laurentian farm house |
18.08.1973 | Montrealers “discovered” the Laurentians | Cabin in the Laurentians |
25.08.1973 | The Balmoral – the hotel built too late | Balmoral Building – Notre Dame street |
1.09.1973 | The colonel and the mountain | Street in Beloeil |
8.09.1973 | St. Andrew and St. Paul | Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul |
15.09.1973 | When cholera came to Montreal | Place du Canada |
13.10.1973 | Early days at Ste. Agathe | Old Farm house in the Laurentians |
3.11.1973 | When Montreal saw the light of night | Montreal street light |
10.11.1973 | The mystery of the adopted child | Old House Caughnawaga |
24.11.1973 | The Glory that was Dolly’s | St. James – just east of St. John |
1.12.1973 | St. Catherine Street as country road | St. Catherine in front of Christ Church Cathedral |
9.12.1973 | Escape from the wreck of the “Auguste” | Place Royale and St. Paul |
31.12.1973 | The house with the wonderful view | Gault House |
5.01.1974 | Lost in the snow on Mount Royal | Mount Royal at the top of Peel |
12.01.1974 | The Governor who carried the Cross | West Door – Le Grand Seminaire |
19.01.1974 | The Galloping Raiders | carte |
26.01.1974 | Were they robbers or patriots? | Old Court House |
2.02.1974 | Hamilton Gault and the Princess Pats | Peel and St. James |
9.02.1974 | Montreal Stock Exchange’s 100 years | Stock exchange tower – from St. Patrick’s |
1974 | More about Hamilton Gault | The Chateau Apartments |
2.03.1974 | “We don’t call this cold in Quebec” | Winter in Quebec |
9.03.1974 | The du Calvet House on St. Paul Street | Du Calvet House |
16.03.1974 | He saw the Sinbads of the Wilderness | Old House Caughnawaga |
23.03.1974 | The secret talks in the garden | Chateau de Ramezay |
30.03.1974 | The amazing genius of Victor Bourgeau | Spire of St. Jacques Church |
6.04.1974 | Montreal’s first apartment house | Sherbrooke Apartments |
13.04.1974 | How apartments came to Montreal | Sherbrooke street and the apartments |
20.04.1974 11.05.1974? | The lifestyle of the Golden Mile | Entrance to Ravenscrag |
[?] | “Take a picture of it and get moving” | |
27.04.1974 | The Man With the Iron Hand | Lake St. Louis – from Lachine |
4.05.1974 | How Trafalgar School got its name | Trafalgar school – from Percy Walters Park |
11.05.1974 | “Plumes streaming behind their helmets” | Hussars Armory |
18.05.1974 | Runaway train at Windsor Station | Windsor Station |
25.05.1974 | Life inside Montreal’s old mansions | Hosmer House |
1.06.1974 | How Sarah Maxwell went to her death | Memorial to Sarah Maxwell – Christ Church Cathedral |
8.06.1974 | He rode his horse into the bank | Bank of Montreal |
15.06.1974 | “An excursion out of town” | Old door Port Street |
29.06.1974 | The murder of Euphrosyne Dewey | Saint Vincent Street |
9.07.1974 | The awful fate of Adolphus Dewey | Champ de Mars and Place Vauquelin |
13.07.1974 | When office work wasn’t dull | Bank of Montreal – St. James Street |
17.07.1974 | Noisy nights for a bridegroom | Place Royale |
20.07.1974 | Montreal’s Jewish Chief of Police | One of the Houses of Metcalfe Terrace |
[?] | When Montreal was like a big village | Place Royale |
3.08.1974 | One of the world’s biggest bells | West Tower – Notre Dame church |
10.08.1974 | They called it the “Speaking Telegraph” | An early pay phone of the 1880’s in hotels stations etc. |
17.08.1974 | The Switchboard Girls | Early Switchboard |
31.08.1974 | The adventurer from Westmount | From the McCord Museum Collection |
7.09.1974 | The ladies did not come first | Rue Bonsecours |
14.09.1974 | Sliding down Cote des Neiges | Sherbrooke and Cote des Neiges |
[?] | J. J. Astor’s Westmount partner | Clarke and Cote St. Antoine |
22.09.1974 | The King’s Girls | St. Paul and St. Dizier |
28.09.1974 | The Indians on the Boulevard | Grounds of St. George’s school |
5.10.1974 | ‘I like my religion hot!” | St. Alexander – North of Craig |
19.10.1974 | It took six years to bury him | Gates of Cote des Neiges |
19.10.1974? | Three strange tales | The D’Arcy McGee tomb |
26.10.1974 | The Bishop in the Courts | Bonsecours and Notre Dame |
2.11.1974 | The police, the army, and a corpse | Panet street |
9.11.1974 | The battle of Notre Dame de Grace | Madison Avenue |
16.11.1974 | The church in Weredale Park | St. Stephens Church |
23.11.1974 | Laurentien Hotel’s historic ground | The Laurentien Hotel |
30.11.1974 | The girl who ran away from home | St. Paul and St. Sulpice |
4.01.1975 | Huge bishop with a lion’s voice | St. George’s Church |
18.01.1975 | Tramcars through the fields | Snowdon Junction – Where we caught the cartierville car |
25.01.1975 | Testy American ruled Montreal | Chateau de Ramezay |
8.03.1975 | “Four Indians … with tomahawks” | Lower St. Urbain |
15.03.1975 | A Montreal merchant’s adventures | Courtyard Gate – Simon McTavish house |
22.03.1975 | A tale of two art dealers | St. Francois Xavier |
12.04.1975 | When snow stopped the trains | Valois Station |
31.05.1975 | The great Westmount land boom | The Hurtubise house |
14.06.1975 | Early days in the Laurentians | Laurentian Farm |
12.07.1975 | The book that Dr. Osler lost | Beaver Hall Hill |
19.07.1975 | Cholera shots – from cannon | Dufferin Square |
26.07.1975 | The story of the mysterious doctor | Rue St. Jean-Batiste |
9.08.1975 | Montreal memories: 1914-1924 | Bonsecours market – and Road to the Waterfront |
16.08.1975 | A speed limit of nine miles | Oldest automobile in Montreal |
23.08.1975 | When the automobile was new | Corner of the old MAAA Grounds |
30.08.1975 | Adventures in motoring | For motoring … |
6.09.1975 | The Lakeshore as it was | Cedar Avenue – Pointe Claire |
13.09.1975 | When the Lakeshore was countryfied | The mill on the Point – Pointe Claire |
27.09.1975 | The women in the canoes | The Old Canal – Lachine |
4.10.1975 | A painting saved by a sword | The last supper – Christ Church Cathedral |
1.11.1975 | When the bicycle came to Montreal | The earliest bicycle |
8.11.1975 | Roads, cemetery and speech writer | Clarke avenue |
15.11.1975 | When the Americans took Montreal | Notre Dame and McGill street |
22.11.1975 | The answer to Westmount mystery? | House on Cedar Avenue |
29.11.1975 | The disciplined nuns of Montreal | Notre Dame and St. Jean Batiste |
13.12.1975 | Sparrows, widows’ caps and a bishop | Winter Sparrows |
20.12.1975 | An Old-fashioned Christmas | Sydenham Cottage – Hudson Heights |
27.12.1975 | The big meaning of little things | Parking |
1.01.1976 | They were “the Cream of the Town” | Rue Bonsecours at St. Paul |
10.01.1976 | Drama in the pulpit | The Pulpit – St. James United |
17.01.1976 | D’Arcy McGee’s victory over drink | Mountain at Ste-Catherine |
24.01.1976 | More drama in the pulpit | The Pulpit – St. Patrick’s |
31.01.1976 | The horses on the mountain | Horses on Mount Royal |
7.02.1976 | Getting back to the waterfront | The Waterfront |
21.02.1976 | The terrible power of the ice | Harbor Ice – From St. Helen’s Island |
13.03.1976 | That strange, persistent resemblance | Sir John A. – Place du Canada |
17.04.1976 | Secret of subterranean Montreal | Last houses on McGill College |
30.10.1976 | When skyscrapers came to Montreal | An Early “Skyscraper” – place D’Armes |
6.11.1976 | Skyscrapers on the skyline | Sun Life Building |
13.11.1976 | Father Buckley meets Father Dowd | The Rectory – St. Patrick’s |
20.11.1976 | How Quebec women got the vote | The National Assembly Building – Quebec |
27.11.1976 | When they were “All Dressed Up” | Costumes |
4.12.1976 | Statues, children and “Holy Joe” | The Cathedral Dome |
11.12.1976 | Monument in the Cathedral grounds | Fulford Spire |
18.12.1976 | The awful majesty of King Cook | The King on his Throne |
24.12.1976 | The man who was Evergreen | McTravish – The Route of the Snowshoers |
31.12.1976 | New Year’s in Old Montreal | The Entrance to Ravenscrag |
8.01.1977 | When mud was mud | Do you Remember? |
15.01.1977 | How skiing came to Montreal | Skiers on Mount Royal |
22.01.1977 | Early skiing in the Laurentians | Laurentian Farm House |
29.01.1977 | Some memories of Old McGill | Arts Building – McGill |
5.02.1977 | The crash through the roof | St. James – West of McGill |
12.02.1977 | Which faster: Snowshoe or ski? | McTavish Hill |
19.02.1977 | The whale that came to Montreal | King Street |
26.02.1977 | Sir John A.’s secret letters | Brown Chamberlin House |
5.03.1977 | Curling iron vs. curling granite | “Curling on the River” |
12.03.1977 | Those big wooden verandas | The Front Porch |
19.03.1977 | Saint with mutilated hands | East Tower – Sherbrooke |
2.04.1977 | He liked to have his own way | Windsor Station |
9.04.1977 | Down goes The Laurentien | Last days of the Laurentien |
16.04.1977 | Montreal when they were young | Jacques Cartier Square – Site of the Old Outdoor Market |
23.04.1977 | Who was Brother Andre? | College Notre Dame |
30.04.1977 | Brother André’s own miracle | St. Joseph’s Oratory |
7.05.1977 | “The Miracle Man of Montreal” | The steps of the Shrine |
14.05.1977 | “Burn that fur!” said Dr. Shepherd | The “Old General” Door |
21.05.1977 | Grandmother was formidable | Victorian Doorway |
28.05.1977 | Martin-Harvey’s “Only Way” | Guy above Ste. Catherine |
11.06.1977 | The art in the Bank | Bank of Montreal |
18.06.1977 | Glimpses of the Château | Chateau de Ramezay |
25.06.1977 | Dickens slept here | Rasco’s Hotel |
2.07.1977 | Dickens on the stage | East End of Bonsecours Market |
9.07.1977 | The fire in Dominion Park | Notre Dame East |
16.07.1977 | Msgr. Bruchési: powerful prelate | The Archbishop’s Palace |
23.07.1977 | Those Campbell band concerts | Bandstand in the Park |
30.07.1977 | The story of Baie d’Urfé | Baie D’Urfé Town Hall |
6.08.1977 | Montreal’s streetcars | painting – Number 83, Snowdon |
19.08.1977 | 67 years of streetcars | Streetcar on Dorchester, 1942 |
20.08.1977 | On three different things | Site of the First Synagogue in Montreal |
15.10.1977 | The past in the Basilica | Paintings in the Cathedral |
22.10.1977 | Knives in General’s back | Faculty Club – McGill |
29.10.1977 | Sir Arthur’s last fight | United Services Club |
5.11.1977 | Sir Arthur sues for libel | Monument to Sir Arthur Currie |
12.11.1977 | Caddie in the rain | Laurier Monument |
19.11.1977 | Poet with a broom | Arts Building – McGill |
3.12.1977 | “We don’t call this cold” | Place du Canada – Where it stood |
10.12.1977 | Palaces of ice | Ice Palaces – All from photos of the period |
24.12.1977 | Old-fashioned Christmases | A Country Christmas |
7.01.1978 | On the road to Quebec | Transportation in other days |
14.01.1978 | The Sun Life Building | Dominion Square and Sun Life Building |
21.01.1978 | Houde the humorist | Camillien Houde |
28.01.1978 | Cartier’s rejected honor | Sir George-Etienne Cartier House |
4.02.1978 | They fought the Demon Rum | East wing of the Arts Building |
11.02.1978 | The Bells of St. Nicholas | Place Royale – site of the old St. Lawrence Gate |
18.02.1978 | Some readers’ memories | Old House in Weredale Park |
25.02.1978 | My Victorian Aunt | Old building on Claremont |
4.03.1978 | How old those solitudes | St. Lawrence |
11.03.1978 | Leacock on the platform | Stephen Leacock |
18.03.1978 | The Parisian City Hall | Entrance to City Hall |
25.03.1978 | Schooldays 60 years ago | Kensington School – Assembly Hall Door |
1.04.1978 | When Montreal had a Crier | Place D’Armes |
8.04.1978 | McGill in the Dawson era | In front of the Engineering Building |
22.04.1978 | Lloyd George in Montreal | Lobby of the Mount Royal |
29.04.1978 | In the days of Laurier | Sir Wilfrid Laurier |
6.05.1978 | The Fire Horses | Old Fire Station – Youville Square |
13.05.1978 | Springtime 50 years ago | Spring sounds of the Past |
3.06.1978 | Some Gazette Anecdotes | A 19th Century Editor |
17.06.1978 | Parliament on fire | Parliamentary Library – Ottawa |
8.07.1978 | Archdeacon knew his mind | St. George’s |
15.07.1978 | Old days at Lac Marois | Lac Marois Union Church |
29.07.1978 | Mother planned her week | Monday Morning |
5.08.1978 | Billy went in for the kill | Billy Bishop – Ace of World War I |
19.08.1978 | Village giant on the portage | Statue of Louis Cyr |
26.08.1978 | Those old boarding houses | Old Rooming House |
9.09.1978 | Ghost to Greek Slave | St. James and St. Peter |
16.09.1978 | CPR’s one-hour president | The Mount Stephen Mansion |
23.09.1978 | Blind preacher of St. James | Rear View of St. James United |
7.10.1978 | Oldest in North America | Montreal Aquarium – St. Helen’s Island |
21.10.1978 | Curious street names | Old House by the Tracks |
28.10.1978 | The graves in the crypt | Entrance to Notre Dame |
4.11.1978 | McCrae of ‘Flanders Fields’ | Old House on Metcalfe |
11.11.1978 | A voice for the dead | Between the crosses row on row |
18.11.1978 | Cathcart of Cathcart St. | Monklands |
25.11.1978 | Windsor Hotel’s 100 years | The Windsor |
2.12.1978 | ‘Grand hotel this!’ | The Windsor – As some of us remember it |
?.12.1978 | Prosecutor with a heart | The Old Courthouse |
16.12.1978 | Before permissiveness | The age of “Thou shalt not ____” |
30.12.1978 | The cruel snow | Snow in turn-of-the-century Montreal |
1.01.1979 | When Anna came to Canada | Christ Church Cathedral |
3.02.1979 | Morris’ smoking parlor | Place Viger |
10.03.1979 | The Smallpox Riot | City Hall |
17.03.1979 | For the sake of St. Patrick | Victoria Square and Fortification Laire |
7.04.1979 | Education by example | High School of Montreal |
14.04.1979 | Runaway horses | The days of Runaway Horses |
12.05.1979 | She saw the Titanic sink | Painting by ? |
19.05.1979 | The convent in the country | The convent in the Country |
9.06.1979 | Mary Pickford in Montreal | Peace Tower – Ottawa |
16.06.1979 | The ominous R.100 | The R-100 at St. Hubert |
23.06.1979 | The hurdy-gurdy man | The Organ-Grinder Man |
30.06.1979 | Those old-time Sundays | Farmhouse on Cote St. Luc Road |
14.07.1979 | Villa Maria’s 125 years | Villa Maria |
21.07.1979 | Questions and answers | The West End Branch |
28.07.1979 | Disturbances in church | Rue Ste. Hélène |
4.08.1979 | Montreal’s ‘Savoyards’ | The World of Gilbert & Sullivan |
11.08.1979 | Perils of an undertaker | Hackett Monument – Mount Royal Cemetery |
18.08.1979 | Ships, Arliss & the Irish | Site of the old Princess |
25.08.1979 | Case of the poisoned exile? | Napoleon on St. Helena |
1.09.1979 | John A.’s religious cenversion | “Earnscliffe” Macdonald’s Ottawa home |
8.09.1979 | The Canadian assassination | St. Patrick’s |
15.09.1979 | An orphan at St. George’s | St. George’s Church |
29.09.1979 | Unforgettable Arthur Browning | Old Houses on Mackay Street |
6.10.1979 | A horse in Star office | The Horse in the Press-Room |
13.10.1979 | The magic that was Drury’s | Drury’s on Dominion Square |
20.10.1979 | Closing Redpath’s factory | The “Sugar House” on the Canal |
10.11.1979 | John Dougall and The Witness | The Knight of Temperance |
1.12.1979 | The palace of the bishops | The Bishop’s Palace |
8.12.1979 | Bishop Bourget’s cathedral | Statue of Bishop Bourget |
15.12.1979 | Grey of the Grey Cup | The Man behind the Cup |
29.12.1979 | The Curé’s New Year visit | The New Year Visit |
5.01.1980 | The wintry silences | When sleighbells were required |
12.01.1980 | Old-timers when young | Montrealers’ fun 65 years ago |
26.01.1980 | They wanted hard winters | Ice Road across the frozen St. Lawrence |
2.02.1980 | Van Horne: The buzz-saw | First train into Vancouver |
14.02.1980 | Almost a duel for John A. | Canada’s First Prime Minister |
23.02.1980 | The strange case of Mrs. Cass | The Mystery Woman of Standstend |
[?] | Montreal: 1900-1912 era | Fletcher’s Field at Duluth |
15.03.1980 | Temporary prime minister | Sir John Abbott |
22.03.1980 | Montreal in 1856 | Memories of Lachine |
5.04.1980 | The changing street scene | Montreal Streets of Yesterday |
12.04.1980 | On four different things | Wall below the old Bonsecours Market |
26.04.1980 | Walk through the cathedral | Hon. John Richardson Tablet |
3.05.1980 | History on cathedral walls | Christ Church Cathedral |
10.05.1980 | Buffalo robes | Robes |
17.05.1980 | The King of the North | Laurentian farm |
24.05.1980 | Referendum echoes | Sir John A.’s Monument |
14.06.1980 | Emigrants’ adventures | View from the Waterfront |
28.06.1980 | The woman who wasn’t there | The Windsor Hotel |
5.07.1980 | Montrealer wrote O Canada | The man who wrote O Canada |
26.07.1980 | Songs of the voyageurs | Canada’s Singing Voyageurs |
9.08.1980 | The curse of summer | The Ever-Present Mosquits |
16.08.1980 | Mrs. McGee wasn’t worried | Macdonald Engineering Bldg. |
23.08.1980 | A man of the soil | Monument to Brother Marie-Victorin in the Botanical Gardens |
30.08.1980 | Actor on a sinking ship | The Empress of Ireland |
6.09.1980 | Old-fashioned housekeeping | Shopping in another age |
13.09.1980 | Menaced by bears | Bears in the Eastern Townships |
20.09.1980 | John A. almost burnt alive | Sir John A. in London |
4.10.1980 | More on Townships bears | More Bears in the Townships |
11.10.1980 | Constitutional echoes | Fathers of Confederation |
18.10.1980 | The man at the gate | Commissioners Street |
25.10.1980 | Crime and merriment | Houses in Griffintown |
1.11.1980 | The Sulpician property | The Towers on Sherbrooke Street |
8.11.1980 | The fort on the mountain | End of the Reflecting Pool |
15.11.1980 | The tomb in the tower | Inside the Wall on Sherbrooke St. |
22.11.1980 | A farm on Sherbrooke St. | Site of the Château des Messieurs |
29.11.1980 | Dancing with the Devil | Skating Carnival Victoria Rink 1870 |
6.12.1980 | A fire station and a bank | The Fire Station on the Mountain |
13.12.1980 | The ‘Silver Town’ | Spires and Shining Rooftops |
20.12.1980 | Christmas 50 years ago | Christmas Shopping – 50 years ago and today |
27.12.1980 | Old New Year’s customs | Entrance to Ravenscrag |
3.01.1981 | When bullets hit the bank | Molsons Bank |
10.01.1981 | Those long, long skirts | Victorian Houses and Costumes |
17.01.1981 | Holes in the ice | Fishing through the Ice |
24.01.1981 | The weird deep cold | Winter in Montreal |
31.01.1981 | The readers write | The Mansion on Pine Avenue |
7.02.1981 | The arrest of Dr. Crippen | Doctor H.H. Crippen and the moustache he shaved off |
14.02.1981 | Côte-des-Neiges village | Reminder of the past – Just off Côte-des-Neiges Road |
21.02.1981 | Will 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 |
14.03.1981 | Magician in the market | The Bonsecours market of the last Century |
21.03.1981 | Strange disappearances | Entrance to the Royal Victoria |
28.03.1981 | The lore of maple sugar | In the Sugar Bush |
04.04.1981 | The bishop to the rescue | Springtime |
11.04.1981 | Irish orphans rescued | On the approach to Victoria Bridge |
18.04.1981 | Old Place Viger is gone | Fountain in Place Viger |
9.05.1981 | Hotel man to author | When the Windsor had an entrance on Dorchester – Rememder? |
16.05.1981 | A mysterious train wreck | Dr. Hingston’s House when it was a Tourist Home on Sherbrooke St. |
23.05.1981 | He drove off the bridge | The Forgotten Regulation at Beloeil |
30.05.1981 | St. Stephen’s 150 years | St. Stephen’s Church -Lachine |
6.06.1981 | In an old churchyard | St. Stephen’s Churchyard |
13.06.1981 | The man who laughed | The Stephen Leacock Building |
20.06.1981 | Serious Stephen Leacock | McGill’s Stephen Leacock |
27.06.1981 | Taking care of a spinster | Monument to the German Immigrants – Mount Royal Cemetery |
4.07.1981 | Discipline of nuns | Chapel of the Grey Nuns |
11.07.1981 | French Canadian dancing | Dancing in Old Québec |
18.07.1981 | Where the summit meets | Papineau house – Montebello |
25.07.1981 | A race on Lake St. Louis | House on Elliott Place |
1.08.1981 | Falcons on the Sun Life | The Sun Life Falcons |
8.08.1981 | The demons of Montreal | Rue de Callière |
15.08.1981 | A rich man’s problems | Lord Strathcona |
29.08.1981 | Challenges and wagers | Christ Church Cathedral |
5.09.1981 | Monsters to chauffeurs | Champlain and the Monster |
12.09.1981 | When the roofs fell in | The Craig St. Armory |
19.09.1981 | When the bicycle came | Early Models for Cyclists |
26.09.1981 | For sale: A haunted house | The Duggan House |
3.10.1981 | Whales at Montreal | The Days of Whales |
10.10.1981 | The tomb above Peel. St. | The McTavish Monument |
17.10.1981 | Canoes in the wilderness | The Canoe and the Voyageurs |
24.10.1981 | The general was a Baptist | Site of Montreal’s first Baptist Church |
31.10.1981 | Elevator up Mount Royal | The Incline Railway on Mount Royal |
7.11.1981 | The false Armistice | Armistice Memories |
14.11.1981 | ‘The Palace of Canada’ | The Windsor Tower on Dorchester |
21.11.1981 | Royalty at the Windsor | The Windsor in the Rain |
28.11.1981 | Mark Twain to Pickford | The Windsor from Dominion Square |
5.12.1981 | Singing in a cemetery | St. John the Evangelist |
12.12.1982 | Sparrows are immigrants | House Sparrow |
19.12.1981 | Tree behind the curtain | An old-time sleigh-bells Christmas |
26.12.1981 | Montreal’s own stone | The Dandurand House |
2.01.1982 | The New Year’s Blessing | Home for the New Year’s Blessing |
9.01.1982 | Winters of hectic idleness | The First sail of Spring |
23.01.1982 | Curling Club 175 years old | Royal Montreal Curling Club |
30.01.1982 | Montreal in 1922 | Montreal in the 20s |
13.02.1982 | Lighting the outdoors | When they lit up the outdoors |
20.02.1982 | Glimpses of Old Montreal | The Menace from the Rooftops |
27.02.1982 | The miracle in the garden | Edward VII’s Monument |
6.03.1982 | Life on Moreau St. | Houses on Moreau Street |
13.03.1982 | Saintliness in Longueuil | The Order’s Building in Longueuil |
20.03.1982 | Women’s movement, 1907 | Royal Victoria College |
3.04.1982 | Baden-Powell’s first visit | Lord Baden-Powell |
10.04.1982 | The readers remember | The Jolly Days on the Trolley |
17.04.1982 | The count in the sky | Early days of aviation in Montreal |
24.04.1982 | First plane over Montreal | First Flight in Montreal |
1.05.1982 | The inimitable Joe Beef | Common Street and Joe Beef’s Tavern |
8.05.1982 | Free bread at Joe’s | Joe Beef’s and the longtime waterfront monument to the Hon. John Young. Father of the Modern Port |
15.05.1982 | Montreal and the Falklands | Rue Bougainville – A short street off of Decarie |
22.05.1982 | Montreal’s Lady Drummond | The Drummond House from the Prince of Wales Terrace |
29.05.1982 | Once a country village | Funeral Car |
5.06.1982 | The man who was a miracle | Brother André’s Chapel |
12.06.1982 | Water running downstairs | Burns statue and the Windsor |
19.06.1982 | Some left out stories | Early aviation days in Montreal |
26.06.1982 | Brother André’s microphone | The Miracle Man of Montreal |
3.07.1982 | Student boarding houses | Old Houses on Lorne Avenue |
10.07.1982 | Before Place Ville Marie | Early Days on Dorchester – The Saint James’s Club |
17.07.1982 | Historical past of PVM | Dorchester Street in the 50’s |
24.07.1982 | Health resort in PVM | Place Villa Marie today |
31.07.1982 | Murderer in Montreal | John Wilkes Booth |
7.08.1982 | The garden of wonders | Houses on Guilbault Street |
14.08.1982 | Franciscans in Montreal | Cross of the Franciscans |
21.08.1982 | Two Islands of Montreal | Lachine Waterfront |
28.08.1982 | Shooting Lachine Rapids | The Lachine Rapids |
4.09.1982 | History in Place Royale | Digging for our Past – Place Royale |
18.09.1982 | The amateur mountaineers | Photo – ski |
25.09.1982 | How N.D.G. got its name | Notre Dame de Grace Church |
25.09.1982? | Kirk on the waterfront | St. Andrew’s Church – Lachine |
2.10.1982 | God and the museum | The Redpath Museum – McGill |
9.10.1982 | Those Lakeshore trains | Memories of a Commuter |
23.10.1982 | The temple’s 100 years | Temple Emanu-el |
30.10.1982 | The wreck of the Scotsman | The Wreck of the “Scotsman” |
Series : All our yesterdays…
Date of publication | Articles by Collard | Illustrations by Tex Dawson |
6.11.1982 | Leaning spire of Montreal | Christ Church Cathedral |
13.11.1982 | In peril on the sea | Nelson’s Monument |
20.11.1982 | The captain wrung his hands | Mount Royal Cemetery |
27.11.1982 | Marguerite Bourgeoys’ church | Notre Dame de Bon-Secours |
22.01.1983 | An old Montreal steeple | Greek Melkite Catholic church is in danger of demolition |
12.02.1983 | The two Beaver Clubs | The original Beaver Club met at John Molson’s Mansion House and other hotels |
19.02.1983 | A McGill girl in 1915 | ‘Past the bronze statue of Queen Victoria, down the immensely wide stone steps…’ |
5.03.1983 | Father of the artist | ‘In 1882 David Morrice built a magnificent hall for Montreal Presbyterian College’ |
12.03.1983 | Hélène of the restaurant | ‘The Hélène in Hélène de Champlain Restaurant is Samuel de Champlain’s wife’ |
19.03.1983 | It was all new to him | ‘Montreal had a superb market, the grand Bonsecours, with a great range of game’ |
2.04.1983 | Boats in the streets | The former St. Gabriel fire station (1891), left, at Hibernia and Mullins Sts. |
9.04.1983 | Leacock and The Gazette | ‘Leacock thought University Club smoking room was centre of Hochelaga village’ |
16.04.1983 | Men with two wives | ‘In 1867 a legal bombshell was dropped at the Notre Dame St. Court House.’ |
23.04.1983 | Those simple holidays | ‘Homes with big verandahs were often used as communal gathering places.’ |
7.05.1983 | He was against duelling | First Erskine and American Church is now Roman Catholic Church in Chinatown |
14.05.1983 | Sen. Forget’s mansion | ‘Among the few surviving Sherbrooke St. mansions is United Services Club.’ |
21.05.1983 | Burial on the campus | ‘A small consecrated piece of land on McGill campus is tomb of James McGill.’ |
28.05.1983 | A horse in the bank | Portico of Bank of Montreal still stands in Place d’Armes |
11.06.1983 | The brook on the campus | ‘McGill’s stream vanished beneath Macdonald Chemistry and Mining building.’ |
18.06.1983 | Midnight at noon | Fearful parishioners huddled in Notre Dame de Bonsecours as sun was covered |
25.06.1983 | Men and their dogs | ‘Lambert Crosse and his dog commemorated as part of Maisonneuve monument.’ |
2.07.1983 | A place of high drama | The court house’s massive stone steps and pillars were designed to inspire awe |
9.07.1983 | Old Fortification Lane | Fortification Lane, pictured as it is today, was northern wall of Montreal’s fort |
23.07.1983 | Old Sherbrooke St. | ‘We wondered what the Ritz Carlton would look like when completed….’ |
30.07.1983 | The jobless in a park | ‘Its stone walls are six feet deep, with openings here and there for musketry….’ |
27.08.1983 | The hole and the heart | ‘Though plain in its exterior, Central Station gave sense of spaciousness within.’ |
1.10.1983 | Nordheimer’s Hall | Old Nordheimer’s Hall once echoed to the sounds of fine musical instruments. |
8.10.1983 | The very Irish doctor | ‘The Celtic stone in Mount Royal Cemetery marks the Drummond family plot.’ |
15.10.1983 | The Russian guns | A Russian gun captured at Sebastopol in 1855 is aimed at Dorchester Blvd. |
22.10.19 83 | Montreal’s earthquakes | Queen Victoria ‘waved’ her sceptre at policeman, but it was only an earthquake. |
29.10.1983 | Fire from the pulpit | ‘Often from St. Patrick’s pulpit he had denounced his flock’s wayward ways.’ |
5.11.1983 | When Balbo roared in | Mount Royal Hotel where Italian aviation hero Gen. Italo Balbo stayed in 1933. |
26.11.1983 | In the bridge’s shadow | Spirit of ‘the bridge people’ lives on in the area near the Victoria Bridge. |
3.12.1983 | The mystery of Dr. Barry | Annex to Montreal City Hall stands near where Dr. Barry attended chapel. |
10.12.1983 | The secret in the black box | ‘He had a handsome, newly erected residence on Durocher’ near Sherbrooke. |
17.12.1983 | The inkeeper and the candle | Place Royale was once chief marketplace and centre of Montreal social activity. |
24.12.1983 | Christmas 25 years ago | The venerable Queen’s Hotel stands damaged and deserted for Christmas 1983. |
31.12.1983 | Terror in the ice floes | Sturdy wooden canoes were used to cross St. Lawrence River during the winter. |
14.01.1984 | Atchbishop with a broom | Archbishop Bruchési led early crusade against pornography from the palace. |
21.01.1984 | From coffee house to tower | Old Montreal Stock Exchange building was modelled after the Temple of Vesta. |
28.01.1984 | Atwater of Atwater | Photo – Montreal’s waterworks at foot of Atwater Ave. is legacy left by Edwin Atwater |
4.02.1984 | The mail takes wings | A 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.’ |
25.02.1984 | The joy of work | Lord Strathcona was a ‘workaholic’ who even held meetings on Christmas Day. |
10.03.1984 | Hemsley’s clock | Hemsley’s clock as it would look were it in its proper location on St. James St. W.. |
7.04.1984 | The singing statesman | Statue of George Etienne Cartier on Park Ave. recalls his love of singing |
14.04.1984 | Three Montreal frauds | Famous novelist Charles Dickens was fraud victim while staying at Rasco’s Hotel. |
5.05.1984 | Crossing all barriers | Hôpital d’Youville was used to help British wounded during Seven Years War. |
12.05.1984 | Adventure at Lachine | Fur post, from which voyageurs departed for interior, still stands at Lachine. |
19.05.1984 | The old corner grocer | Corner grocery a carpenter’s fantasy in wood with decorative galleries. |
26.05.1984 | McGill College Avenue | McGill College Ave. today looking north from St. Catherine St. to Mount Royal. |
2.06.1984 | Unexpected answers | Statue of Bishop Francis Fulford stands on grounds of Christ Church Cathedral. |
9.06.1984 | ‘The Boss’ of LCC | Lower Canada College, in N.D.G., founded in 1909, is to undergo an expansion. |
16.06.1984 | When tall ships sank | The famous first Bluenose was a racing, working vessel that foundered and sank. |
23.06.1984 | Roadway into history | ‘This road, one of the most travelled in Canada, was also one of the worst.’ |
30.06.1984 | Montreal discovered | ‘Many Montrealers do not know that this monument to Cartier even exists.’ |
[?] | At the church door | In 1902 a golf club bought land at auction at La Présentation de la Vierge church |
21.07.1984 | The old street signs | Montreal 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. |
4.08.1984 | Picnic in town | St. James United Church, once Methodist, and remembered as picnic-site. |
11.08.1984 | Man overboard! | In the days of sail anyone swept overboard was nearly always bound to drown. |
18.08.1984 | Authors as visitors | Henry David Thoreau compared peace of Notre Dame Church to Walden Pond. |
8.09.1984 | Crowded churches | Salvation Army Citadel on Drummond was once the Emmanuel United Church. |
15.09.1984 | This week and 1910 | ‘Notre Dame Church became the heart and centre of the Congress of 1910.’ |
22.09.1984 | The drama of defeat | Statue of Sir Wilfrid Laurier faces out from Dominion Square |
29.09.1984 | The rector faced a most awesome decision | St. George’s Anglican Church gave up rector to be missionary Bishop of Algoma. |
6.10.1984 | ‘White water’ of rapids provides adventure | Lachine Rapids have given thrills for thousands over more than three centuries |
13.10.1984 | The man who hoaxed Sir John A. Macdonald | The Louis Joseph Papineau house on Bonsecours St. still is in use. |
27.10.1984 | They feared what college might do to girls | Today’s Pollock Hall was once McGill’s Royal Victoria College for women. |
3.11.1984 | Jewish General Hospital is 50 years old | Sir Mortimer Davis Jewish General Hospital is celebrating its 50th anniversary. |
10.11.1984 | What was once far away in Montreal | St. James the Apostle church on St. Cathedral St. had a cricket field next door. |
24.11.1984 | When money wasn’t worth a thing | Château de Ramezay on Notre Dame St. Was once an American headquarters. |
1.12.1984 | Carriages and sleighs that had no horses | ‘Students dragged Lord Dufferin’s sleigh up the central avenue of the campus.’ |
8.12.1984 | When the telephone seemed an intrusion | Drawing illustrates many types of telephones used between 1900 and 1907. |
15.12.1984 | Jehus in the life of old Montreal | Horse-drawn vehicles have become merely tourist attractions in Montreal. |
22.12.1984 | From Caughnawaga to the river Nile | Drawing shows Nile River boats as they were sailed by Caughnawaga Indians. |
29.12.1984 | Curbing the wilder side of New Year’s | McGill’s arts building was once home of William Dawson, the university principal. |
5.01.1985 | Great men of West became rich in East | William Van Horne once wrestled with train robbers of the Jesse Lames gang. |
19.01.1985 | Non-smoking arrears in Victorians days | During Victorian era the safest place for gentlemen to smoke was on verandah. |
26.01.1985 | When the snow rose 10 feet high | Before turn of century it was responsibility of tenants and owners to clean walks. |
2.02.1985 | The duels that never came off | Firehouse dominates Place d’Youville where Canada’s parliament once stood. |
9.02.1985 | When duellists had no fear of the low | Gentlemen sometimes needed duelling pistols to settle private ‘affairs of honor.’ |
16.02.1985 | Boys and girls out under the moon | Snowshoers often used steps on the side of Mount Royal as a toboggan slide. |
23.02.1985 | The Indians seen in Lachine | Convent is on St. Joseph Blvd. in Lachine where Hudson’s Bay House once stood. |
2.03.1985 | The story of the remarkable ‘Vics’ | Cathcart St. armory is home to Régiment de Maisonneuve but once housed ‘Vics’ |
23.03.1985 | Father Dowd would look after them | St. Patrick’s Church through old gates of original Father Dowd Memorial Home. |
31.03.1985 | McGill Union days | McCord Museum building on Sherbrooke St. was once home to student activities |
6.04.1985 | Memories of Montreal 150 years ago | ‘The old Nelson Hotel overlooked an open-air market, now Place Jacques Cartier.’ |
13.04.1985 | The night when the dead walked | Dominion Square as it looks today. It was once a cemetery for cholera victims. |
20.04.1985 | Three church traditions become one | Dominion-Douglas Church on Roslyn Ave. is now St. Andrew’s-Dominion-Douglas |
27.04.1985 | They bridged the generation gap | Mansion of Lord Shaughnessy still stands at corner of Dorchester and St. Mark. |