- Ethnohistorical collection
Tobacco shop cabinet
Large tobacco cabinets. 2 large bottom cabinets, 2 large top cabinets, 1 small bottom cabinet that goes between the 2 large ones, 1 small top cabinet that goes between the 2 large ones, 1 angled shelf that goes to the center, 35 glass doors, 1 mirror, 48 cigarette drawers.
- Accession Number 2021.05.01.1-91
- Date 1905
- Materials glass, metal, wood
- Measurements 230 x 340 cm
Historical context
Cette grande armoire à tabac provient de la tabagie Henri Poupart ltée, une institution montréalaise qui a longtemps élu pignon sur la rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest. Fondée en 1905, cette maison de tabac a cheminé tout le 20e siècle, fournissant en pipes, cigares, cigarettes et tabacs de toutes sortes les fumeurs montréalais et d’ailleurs. Dans les tabagies, les grandes armoires à tabac comme celle sur cette photo servaient à ran...
- Accession Number 2021.05.01.1-91
- Date 1905
- Materials glass, metal, wood
- Measurements 230 x 340 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, donation by Susanne Hiltebrandt, 2021.005.001.1-91
Photo by Victor Diaz Lamich
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