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Crystal Palace, Montreal

Montreal's Crystal Palace was built for the Industrial Exhibition of 1860, and later served as a hockey rink for McGill University and the Montreal Crystals of the AHAC. It burned down in 1896. Source.

Lego Habitat

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Maison Ernest-Cormier

Built in 1930, this was later Pierre Elliot Trudeau's home address. Source.

R-100 over Montreal, August 1, 1930

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Guest of Honour

Guest of honour Juliette Béliveau boards the métro de Montréal on the first day of service, October 14, 1966. Source.

Bunty McLeod

C. H. "Bunty" McLeod ran the McGill University observatory from 1873 until the First World War. Source.

Ice Palace, 1885

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Le Champ-de-Mars en hiver, 1892

Le-Champ-de-Mars en hiver (1892) by William Brymner. Source. Compare this photo.

Champs-de-Mars, 1939

Once a parade ground, now a park, in 1939 the Champs-de-Mars in front of Montreal City Hall was working as a parking lot. Source.

Vive le Québec libre!

Mayor Drapeau was caught off-guard by the tenor of General De Gaulle's remarks on this day in 1967. Source.