"Montreal Cool and Quaintly Interesting" (1935-1958) Artist: Roger Couillard [Source: Archives Canada]
This is the third in a thread of vintage posters for Montreal's tourism industry.
In my memory, a shift in advertising took place after Expo 67 with more emphasis on Montreal's cosmopolitan modernity, and with Quebec City being regarded as more historic or "quaint".

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Visit Historic and Gay Montreal (1935-1958) Artist: Roger Couillard [Source: Archives Canada]
Montreal has long been known as a relatively LGBTQ-friendly city though I presume this use of the word "gay" didn't have our modern connotation. The article below talks about Montreal's 20th century historic gay scene, and a sad incident from as early as 1648.

Historic Montreal LGBTQ milestones
https://www.mtl.org/en/experience/historic-montreal-lgbtq-milestones#:~:text=1869,met%20up%20for%20amorous%20liaisons.

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Two disgruntled young ladies stare into the camera. And who can blame them? Can you image ice skating or snowshoeing in those voluminous dresses 😃

Montreal, 1863
Misses Campbell and Sabine
Source: McCord Stewart

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#Snowshoes #skating
#CanadianWinter #CanadianHistory

This is St. Nicholas (although I think he looks more like an elf) by wood engraver John Henry Walker.
Walker was Irish and immigrated to Montreal in the 1820s. His illustrations appeared in many of Quebec's periodicals in the 19th century but he struggled to have his prints or wood engravings taken seriously as "art".
[Sources and more information in reply below.]

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#QuebecHistory #Montreal
#MontrealHistory #StNicolas #SantaClaus #FatherChristmas

This old-fashioned Santa Claus with a toboggan on his back and snowshoes on his feet is drawn from the Christmas 1894 issue of the Montreal Illustrated.

Christmas is a great time to remember that snowshoes and the toboggan were first developed by First Nations peoples. Without these gifts, the first settlers would have struggled even more to overcome Canada’s harsh winters.

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#CanadianChristmas
#Canadian #SantaClaus #HistoryOfChristmas
#MontrealHistory
#QuebecHistory #FirstNations

This old-fashioned Santa Claus with a toboggan on his back and snowshoes on his feet is drawn from the Christmas 1894 issue of the Montreal Illustrated.

Christmas is a great time to remember that both the snowshoe and the toboggan are among the many gifts that the first settlers received from First Nations peoples. They made settlers’ lives much easier as they learned to survive Canada’s harsh winters.

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#SantaClaus #FatherChristmas
#MontrealHistory
#QuebecHistory #et

Santa Claus arrives in a biplane!

This newspaper clipping shows the American aviator Cecil Peoli landing his Baldwin biplane in Montreal’s Fletcher’s Field in 1913.
Tragically, Peoli had learned to fly only one year earlier but died in an aviation accident only 2 years later after his landing in Montreal.

Source: Newspaper clipping (Daily Star, Dec.9th, 1913) held at BANQ Archives.

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#biplanes #PioneerAviators
#Christmas #SantaClaus

This horse and sleigh “distributing the Christmas mail in Montreal” is from the weekly Montreal Standard (1905-1951).
It reminds me of my father's memories growing up in Montreal's poor Point St. Charles district in the '20s and '30s. He used to reminisce about how he would run along behind a horse drawn cart grabbing any pieces of coal that might fall off of the back.

[Source & text on image]

#Christmas #Xmas #Noel
#QuebecHistory #MontrealHistory
#HistoricChristmas
#horses #sleigh

Here's a cheerful Christmas illustration!

Father Time (with a scythe a la Grim Reaper) greets Santa Claus who's accompanied by children from around the world.

It's from Quebec's "Le Monde illustré" (1893) and the caption says "Le bonhomme Le Temps souhaitant la bienvenue à Santa Claus et à la nouvelle Année".

#Christmas #Xmas
#QuebecHistory #MontrealHistory
#FatherChristmas #SantaClaus
#Noel #PereNoel

Image Source: BANQ Archives
Le Monde illustré, Vol. 10

Here's a cheerful Christmas illustration!

Father Time (with a scythe a la Grim Reaper) greets Santa Claus who's accompanied by children from around the world.

It's from Quebec's "Le Monde illustré" (1893) and the caption says "Le bonhomme Le Temps souhaitant la bienvenue à Santa Claus et à la nouvelle Année.

#Christmas #Xmas
#QuebecHistory #MontrealHistory
#FatherChristmas #SantaClaus
#Noel #PereNoel

Image Source: BANQ Archives
Le Monde illustré, Vol. 10

Cordner’s Cafeteria “A real good place to eat"

This #VintagePostcard depicts Cordner’s Cafeteria which was located near what I knew in the ‘50s as Morgan’s.

The 1930/31 Lovell’s Directory states that it was located at 1203 Phillips Square. The manager at that time was R.L. Cordner, so it looks like it was a family business.
Would anyone know the model for that car? Or the range of years?

[See below for more info]

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#MontrealRestaurants
#AntiqueCars
#et

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The Astor Restaurant was opened by George Gavaris in 1924 on Montreal's St. Catherine Street.
In 1978, the Montreal Gazette's Stephanie Storey (link in next post) said: ”Now the Astor serves all kinds of food from scampi and snails to pizza and spaghetti .... The Astor’s strawberry tarts, filled with pure cream, are made by two pasty chefs in a separate fully-equipped pastry kitchen on the third floor.”

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1/2 The Astor Restaurant was opened by George Gavaris in 1924 on St. Catherine Street in Montreal.
In 1978, the Montreal Gazette's Stephanie Storey (link in next post) said: ”Now the Astor serves all kinds of food from scampi & snails to pizza & spaghetti .... The Astor’s strawberry tarts, filled with pure cream, are made by two pasty chefs in a separate fully-equipped pastry kitchen on the third floor.”

#Montreal #MontrealHistory #MontrealRestaurants #MontrealGazette #VintagePostcard

1/3 The first of Quebec’s St-Hubert Bar-B-Q restaurants opened in 1951 on Montreal’s St. Hubert street. This postcard is from the 1960s.

Other businesses 😃 Wah Mee Restaurant, Mantovani, Bella Dry Goods, Miller’s Coupons, Midtown Shop and Pistilli's.

You’ll notice something surprising. Even though Quebec is a majority French-speaking province, at the time most of the signs were in English which is not the case today :)

See reply for more.

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"It's a must to visit DUNN'S when in Montreal"

This is my vintage postcard of Montreal's famed Dunn's Delicatessen which was opened by Myer Dunn in 1927.

At the time of this postcard (1963) Dunn's boasted of being the "Largest air conditioned delicatessen restaurant" (in Montreal I presume).

Dunn's is best known for its smoked meat and cheesecake.

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Montreal’s Kon Tiki Restaurant, 1959 postmark

The Kon Tiki Restaurant was all the rage when I was growing up in the 60s. It seemed extremely “exotic” since few people had travelled abroad to what we called “exotic” places. It was all jungle plants and fruity drinks with umbrellas.
Of course, as I look back now, I realize now that this was a stylized view of the Polynesian world as seen through non-Polynesian eyes.

#Montreal #MontrealRestaurants #MontrealHistory #VintagePostcards #postcards