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Evelina, Austen and Me
A bouquet, a Matisse and a Verre Francais vase, amourettes pattern. Just a week before Christmas and some snow. Yes, it snowed yesterday, in our corner of the woods (literally speaking) and the snow w… more →
My Montreal Stories - by Dorothy Nixon
Mt. Royal Used to Have an Elevator? No Fair!
wrote 1 month ago: The funiculaire up Mt. Royal Park in Montreal, Quebec, c. 1900. Source: [Notman Archives] … more →
I Guess Not Everyone Is a Fan of History
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wrote 1 month ago: Corner of Ste-Helene and des Recollets, Old MontrealPhoto credit: Nadine Korte This made me chuckle … more →
A Photo For the Montreal Snowstorm
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wrote 2 months ago: Since it’s the first day of spring and Montreal is digging out from yesterday’s snowstor … more →
Montreal, 1916: Can you guess the street corner?
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wrote 2 months ago: From shorpy.com, a blog with HD photos from the Library of Congress website – Montreal’s … more →
A Rembrandt Painting, Stolen Twice, Is Found Again
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wrote 2 months ago: I couldn’t find an image of the Rembrandt ‘portrait of his father’ – this is … more →
A Popular Montreal Intersection in 1928: Stanley and Ste-Catherine
wrote 2 months ago: Yet another photo of Stanley and Ste-Catherine streets (i.e. where Chapters/LaSenza/Royal Bank are t … more →
Is This App a History Nerd's Best Friend?
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wrote 2 months ago: The Wikihood App is basically Wikipedia hooked up to GPS. Use it and it’ll give you every Wiki … more →
Then and Now: Montreal's Mont Royal Park Lookout
wrote 2 months ago: How many times have I been to this exact spot? So neat to know that people have been looking out ove … more →
Then and Now: McGill University, Montreal
wrote 2 months ago: The McGill Arts building, c.1859. Found in the McCord Museum Notman Archives. The same building cur … more →
Neat Fact About Birth Control History
wrote 3 months ago: A neat fact I learned today: the conference where the trial results showing that a progesterone pill … more →
Then and Now: Old Montreal Dow Planetarium
wrote 3 months ago: Roughly where the old Dow Planetarium sits, used to house the Bonaventure train depot (what the metr … more →
Then and Now: Montreal
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wrote 3 months ago: This is the view down Ste-Catherine street (corner Stanley Street) looking east, in 1915. I.e the co … more →
Then and Now: Montreal
wrote 3 months ago: St. Laurent street, looking north, at the corner of Ste-Catherine (c.1905), from the McCord Museum a … more →
Evelina, Austen and Me
wrote 5 months ago: A bouquet, a Matisse and a Verre Francais vase, amourettes pattern. Just a week before Christmas and … more →
Squirrels and Philosophy and P and P
wrote 5 months ago: A Darcy worth his britches. Yesterday, I went to see the National Arts Center play Pride and Prejudi … more →
The Big Metal Albatross and Me
wrote 5 months ago: IBM Selectric, sold for 159. on eBay lately. Too late for my friend. I wonder how much to ship the t … more →
Montreal Monday, July 9, 2012
wrote 10 months ago: Took the Metro to the Olympic Park area for the Jardins Botanique – described as the 2nd best … more →
North to Montreal 7/6, 7/7/12
wrote 10 months ago: Headed north from Boston, landed in Montpelier, VT – lovely little state capital. Onward to Ca … more →
LaSalle turns 100 this week; photos show early days
wrote 1 year ago: LaSalle turned 100 this week. It was founded as a municipality in 1912 (and became a city of Montrea … more →
