- Ethnohistorical collection
Guestbook
This hardcover guestbook, covered in red cloth embroidered with gold Asian motifs, is made up of red paper pages forming an accordion. They feature the signatures of famous Quebec political figures from the 1980s. The book comes from the Chrysanthemum restaurant on Crescent Street in Montreal.
- Date 1986
- Materials cardboard, fiber, ink, paper
- Measurements 27,2 x 18,3 cm
- Accession Number 2022.71.01
Historical context
This guest book for Le Chrysanthème restaurant, located at 1208 Crescent St. in Montreal, features a hard cover covered in red fabric embroidered with gilded Asian motifs, and red paper pages forming an accordion. It features the signatures of municipal, Quebec and Canadian political figures of the day, including Jeanne Sauvé; Pierre Elliot Trudeau; René Lévesque; Jean Chrétien; Robert Bourassa; Pierre-Marc Johnson; Richard D. French...
Guestbook
This guest book for Le Chrysanthème restaurant, located at 1208 Crescent St. in Montreal, features a hard cover covered in red fabric embroidered with gilded Asian motifs, and red paper pages forming an accordion. It features the signatures of municipal, Quebec and Canadian political figures of the day, including Jeanne Sauvé; Pierre Elliot Trudeau; René Lévesque; Jean Chrétien; Robert Bourassa; Pierre-Marc Johnson; Richard D. French; John Roberts; Pierre Macdonald; Monique Bégin; Raymond Garneau; Marc Lalonde and Jean Doré.
This establishment offers its customers sophisticated Asian cuisine, reminiscent of the flavors of Asia and China in particular, in a sober, elegant decor. In the 1980s, Quebec celebrities flocked to this restaurant, renowned for its specialties. As a result, its renown made it one of the best in the metropolis.
Thanks to this guestbook, we now have a testimony of sorts to the political life of Quebec and Montreal.
- Date 1986
- Materials cardboard, fiber, ink, paper
- Measurements 27,2 x 18,3 cm
- Accession Number 2022.71.01
Pointe-à-Callière Collection, 2022.71.01
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