- Postcards
Postcard
Black & white postcard with handwritten inscriptions from the Victoria Skating Rink.
- Accession Number 2013.30.20.227
- Fabricant / Éditeur Montreal Import Co.
- Artiste / Auteur Unknown
- Date 1909 an
- Medium and Support ink, cardboard
- Technique industrial process
- Measurements 8,7 x 13,7 cm
Historical context
This postcard, produced around 1909, shows a winter carnival scene at the Victoria Skating Rink, then located on rue Drummond, not far from the Dorchester intersection (today boulevard De Maisonneuve). The world’s first indoor skating rink and considered the birthplace of ice hockey, the Victoria Skating Rink hosted the sport’s first organized game on March 3, 1875. The postcard reproduces a well-known composite photograph by ...
- Accession Number 2013.30.20.227
- Fabricant / Éditeur Montreal Import Co.
- Artiste / Auteur Unknown
- Date 1909 an
- Medium and Support ink, cardboard
- Technique industrial process
- Measurements 8,7 x 13,7 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, Christian Paquin Collection, 2013.030.020.227
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