• Ethnohistorical collection

Blotting paper

Blotting paper in the form of a business card of broker Rolland L. (Louis) Guérard, who worked for the Royal Insurance Company Limited.

  • Accession Number 2023.30.01
  • Period 1st quarter of the 19th century
  • Materials paper
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Historical context

Cette carte de visite, produite entre 1930 et 1937, appartenait à Rolland L. Guerrand, courtier en assurances de la Royal Insurance Company Limited. M. Guerrand est décédé en 1968. Fondée en 1845 à Londres, la Royal Insurance Co. Ltd. s’installe rapidement dans plusieurs villes d’Amérique du Nord, dont Montréal où elle s’établit en 1850. Elle acquiert un terrain situé à l’extrémité de la pointe à Callière en 1861 e...

  • Accession Number 2023.30.01
  • Period 1st quarter of the 19th century
  • Materials paper
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© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, donation by Jules Guérard, 2023.030.001

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