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Postcard
Color postcard with handwritten inscriptions. It shows the platforms of the Town of Mount Royal station and part of the tracks leading to the tunnel under Mount Royal.
- Accession Number 2013.30.20.460
- Fabricant / Éditeur Unknown
- Artiste / Auteur Unknown
- Medium and Support ink, cardboard
- Technique industrial process
- Measurements 8,5 x 13,8 cm
Historical context
Produced in 1918, this postcard offers a view of the platforms of the Town of Mount Royal station and part of the tracks leading to the tunnel under Mount Royal. This tunnel, begun in 1912 and inaugurated on October 21, 1918, was the work of the Canadian Northern Railways Company, then in competition with the more influential Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific railways. With this tunnel, 5.2 km long, the Canadian Northern aimed to connect i...
- Accession Number 2013.30.20.460
- Fabricant / Éditeur Unknown
- Artiste / Auteur Unknown
- Medium and Support ink, cardboard
- Technique industrial process
- Measurements 8,5 x 13,8 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, Christian Paquin Collection, 2013.030.020.460
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