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222 - [Canada – Quebec]
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[Canada – Quebec] Unpublished views of Montreal and its surroundings, 1880s A rare album comprising a series of 71 photographic prints Italian-style album, 27 x 38 cm, containing 71 albumen prints, approx. 15 x 22 cm, mounted, all captioned in pen. Album showing signs of damp; cover as is, with corrugated board; traces of damp on the cardboard pages; the photographs are well preserved and in good condition, with the exception of four prints which have tears and losses. An exceptional and unique collection of photographs of the city of Montreal and its surroundings, presented by Honoré Beaugrand (1848–1906), Mayor of Montreal, to General Boulanger. On the flyleaf, a handwritten dedication signed by the Mayor of Montreal: ‘A memento of Montreal presented to His Excellency General Boulanger, Minister of War, Montreal, 1 March 1887’, followed by ‘A corner of the Port of Montreal’, a watercolour drawing signed by Gaston Roullet (1847–1925) and dated 1887, 17.5 × 25 cm, and 71 photographs by James George Parks (1836–1895), a Quebec photographer based at 197 Saint James Street in Montreal, Parks Photo Studio, including: General view of Montreal from the summit of Mount Royal – Montreal as seen from the towers of Notre-Dame – View of the harbour – Victoria Square – Residence of Mr Beaugrand, the mayor, on Sherbrooke Street - City Hall - Saint Jacques Street - The Post Office, Bank of Montreal - McGill University - Wesleyan College - Place d’Armes - Place de la Douane - Dominion Square - The Windsor Hotel - The harbour, Bonsecours Market - A corner of the harbour - Montreal as seen from Île Sainte-Hélène - Interior of the Jesuit Church - Anglican Cathedral - St George’s Church - Notre-Dame - Interior of Notre-Dame - St Peter’s Cathedral - The Grey Nuns - Mount Royal Funicular - One of the reservoirs - View of Montreal from the mountain - Protestant cemetery - Victoria Bridge - Sherbrooke Street - Sir Donald Smith’s residence - Masquerade at the skating rink [photo montage] - A game of curling [photo montage] – The Lachine Rapids – Baptiste, the Indigenous pilot [of the Spartan, a steamboat that sailed down the St Lawrence through the famous Lachine Rapids] – Ice Palace, 1887 Carnival – Ice Palace, 1885 Carnival - Ice Palace, 1884 carnival - Ice Palace, 1883 carnival - The maze, 1887 carnival - Lumberjacks’ hut, 1887 carnival - Hunters’ hut, 1887 carnival - The St Lawrence ice break-up - Jacques Cartier toboggan run, 1887 Carnival - Triumphal arch, 1887 Carnival - Winter scene on Peel Street - Winter scene on Dorchester Street - Railway built on the St Lawrence - The Ice Lion, 1885 Carnival - The Ice Tower, 1885 Carnival - Slide - Ottawa, Parliament Buildings - Ottawa, Chaudières Bridge - Ottawa, Chaudières Falls - Ottawa, Rideau Falls - Matapédia – Percé Rock, Gaspé Peninsula – Lake Béloeil – In the Béloeil Mountains – View of the Richelieu River – Chambly Basin – The old French fort at Chambly – Statue of Salaberry in Chambly An extremely rare collection of photographic prints depicting the monuments and streets of Old Montreal, and in particular previously unpublished views of the ice palaces, slides and other ephemeral ice attractions from Montreal’s winter carnivals. Launched in 1883, the winter carnival lasted for only five years (1883–1885, 1887 and 1889) due to its prohibitive cost. The festivities took place over a week in late January or early February: ice skating, tobogganing, a grand ball, a mock attack on the ice palace built on Dominion Square, the giant lion and the maze on the Place d’Armes. In 1885, the ice palace required 12,000 blocks of ice, sourced from the St Lawrence ice floes. Enclosed: Invitation to the 1885 Winter Carnival, Montreal, 15 January 1885 Three letters and a telegram addressed to General Boulanger by Honoré Beaugrand, 1885–1887. Honoré Beaugrand, journalist and newspaper owner, Mayor of Montreal from 1885 to 1887, became friends with General Boulanger during the latter’s stay in Montreal in 1881 as part of the French military mission invited to commemorate the Centenary of Yorktown. FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE
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