Business card
Black and white photograph of John Young (1811-1878), Canadian merchant and businessman.
- Accession Number 2018.11.103
- Fabricant / Éditeur Livernois
- Period 2nd half of the 19th century
- Medium and Support silver print, paper; cardboard
- Technique glued, printed
- Measurements 10,6 x 7,2 x 0,1 cm
Historical context
John Young, born in 1811 in Ayr, Scotland, and died on April 12, 1878 in Montreal, became one of the most influential Montreal merchants of the 19th century. Arriving in Montreal in 1830, he entered the trade as a clerk with John Torrance & Company, before going into partnership with Harrison Stephens, an American merchant, with whom he founded Stephens, Young & Company. President of the Commission du Havre, the institution resp...
- Accession Number 2018.11.103
- Fabricant / Éditeur Livernois
- Period 2nd half of the 19th century
- Medium and Support silver print, paper; cardboard
- Technique glued, printed
- Measurements 10,6 x 7,2 x 0,1 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, 2018.011.0103
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