Showing posts with label canadian history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label canadian history. Show all posts

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Photo of an Observatory Building at McGill College in Montreal, Quebec (1870)

  

Photo of an observatory building at McGill College (now McGill University) in Montreal, Quebec, c. 1870. A heavily renovated/expanded version of the building was demolished in 1963. Originally published as a stereoview by E. & H. T. Anthony & Company. The original caption is: "Magnetic Observatory - McGill College."

Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.

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Monday, October 27, 2025

Photo of a Group of Unidentified Chippewa Men in Fort Dufferin, Manitoba (1873)

 

Photo of a group of seven Chippewa (Ojibwe) men posing in front of a building in Fort Dufferin, Manitoba, 1873. Originally published as a stereoview. A caption on the back of the stereoview card says that the men are Chippewa chiefs.

Source: Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site.

More information: Gabriel Dumont Institute. 

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Photo of a Group Playing a Cricket Match on a Field Probably In or Near Port Hope, Ontario (1860's)

 

Photo of a group playing a game of cricket on a field probably in or near Port Hope, Ontario, c. 1860s. Taken by photographer W. Williamson and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Photo of Saul Davis' Table Rock Hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada (1860)

 

 

Portrait of a group posing in front of Saul Davis' Table Rock Hotel and museum in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, c. 1860. Taken by photographer George Stacy and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: Library of Congress.

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Two Men Posing on Table Rock in Front of Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada (1856)



Two men posing on Table Rock in front of Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, 1856. By the Langenheim brothers. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

Source.