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Atwater Library: Over 180 years of service to Montrealers

Founded in 1828, Canada’s oldest lending library, the Atwater Library and Computer Centre (ALCC) is celebrating 180 years of service to Montrealers, and it is marking the milestone anniversary in a number of ways.

Henry Birks et Fils / Henry Birks and Sons

Carte postale, v. 1908.
Collection Matthew Farfan

Postcard, published c.1908.
Matthew Farfan Collection

Le ski sur Mont-Royal / Skiing on Mount Royal

Carte postale par la Valentine & Sons Publishing Co., Montréal, v.1906.
Collection Matthew Farfan

Cimetière du Mont-Royal / Mount Royal Cemetery

Carte postale par la Valentine & Sons Publishing Co., Montréal, v. 1906.
Collection Matthew Farfan

La montée du funicular / The track of the funicular

Carte postale par la Illustrated Post Card Co., Montréal, v. 1910.
Collection Matthew Farfan

Parc Mont-Royal / Mount Royal Park

Carte postale par la Montreal Import Co., Montréal, vers 1905.
Collection Matthew Farfan

Notman Composite Photos on Postcard

The Notman Studios of Montreal were famous for their magnificent composite photographs.

Many of these images, most of which were originally produced between the 1870s and the 1890s, were later published as postcards and sold as tourist souvenirs during the early years of the twentieth century.