Musée McCord Stewart Museum

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LE MUSÉE McCORD STEWART Ancré à Montréal depuis plus de 100 ans, le Musée McCord Stewart témoigne de l’histoire de la ville, métropole du Québec, de son rayonnement au Canada et dans le monde, ainsi que de la vitalité, de la créativité et de la diversité des individus et des communautés qui la composent.Il amplifie leurs voix par l’interprétation et la diffusion du remarquable patrimoine dont il est le gardien, soit six collections riches de 3,2 millions d’images, d’objets, de documents et d’œuvres d’art qui le positionnent comme l’un des musées de référence en Amérique du Nord. Collection Photographie La collection Photographie regroupe plus de 3 000 000 images qui documentent principalement l’histoire sociale de Montréal, mais également celle du Québec et du Canada, allant d’une série de daguerréotypes créés dans les années 1840 à des images numériques contemporaines. Les Archives photographiques Notman constituent le cœur de la collection avec environ 200 000 négatifs sur plaque de verre, 400 000 épreuves et des centaines de registres et de livres comptables produits par le studio fondé à Montréal en 1856 par William Notman (1826-1891) et dirigé par ses fils jusqu’en 1935. Comprenant des négatifs sur verre et des tirages d’époque, des stéréographies, des photographies peintes et des photographies composites, cette partie de la collection montre la croissance du Canada durant la seconde moitié du 19e siècle, le rôle prépondérant de Montréal dans son développement socio-économique, ainsi que l’expansion vers de l’Ouest et la construction du chemin de fer transcontinental. Les Archives photographiques Notman sont inscrites au Registre international de la Mémoire du monde de l’UNESCO.

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Tug and S.S. "Parisian," Montreal harbour, QC, about 1870

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  • Peter Maxfield said:
    A little later than 1870, as Parisian was launched November 4th 1880, with maiden voyage March 10th 1881. www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=paris list of crossings, has a first mention of Montreal in July 1888. Great photostream, thanks!
  • Peter Maxfield said:
    Captain Joseph Ritchie who retired from the command of the Parisian in 1895, though not to be called an old man, had spent forty-four years at sea. He was captain of the Peruvian in 1882, when the twenty-five-foot channel through Lake St. Peter was inaugurated; and again in 1888, in the Sardinian, he was the first to test the increased depth to twenty-seven and a half feet. Ritchie’s whole career was a most successful one. On retiring from the service he was presented with a very handsomely engrossed address and a valuable service of silver plate by his Montreal friends. www.gutenberg.org/files/58849/58849-h/58849-h.htm#PARISIAN The Parisian, the finest of the fleet, was built by Robert Napier & Sons, Glasgow, in 1881, and took her place on the line the following year. She is built of steel, the bottom being constructed of an inner and outer skin five feet apart, the space thus enclosed being available for water ballast and also a protection from the perils of collision. The Allans were the first to apply this kind of build to Atlantic steamers, and were also the first to build such steamers of steel. The general dimensions of the Parisian are: length over all, 440 feet; breadth, 46 feet; moulded depth, 36 feet; with a gross tonnage of 5,365 tons. Her machinery is capable of developing 6,000 indicated horse-power. Although she has neither twin screws nor triple expansion engines, she has done her work remarkably well, maintaining an average speed of about fourteen knots. Her fastest voyage from Moville to Rimouski was made in 1896, viz., 6 days, 13 hours, 10 minutes, corrected time. Her best day’s run on that voyage was 359 knots [nautical miles?]. Her career has been a remarkable one: in these seventeen years she has not met with an accident, and is consequently a [Pg 206]very popular ship. She is fitted for 160 saloon passengers in the most complete and comfortable manner, and there seems to be always room for one more. On a recent occasion the Parisian brought over 255 cabin passengers. She can easily accommodate 120 second-class and 1,000 steerage passengers. She carries a large cargo and is a very fine sea boat.
  • Peter Maxfield said:
    www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/parisians-wireless-expert-o... www.theshipslist.com/ships/Wrecks/ParisianCollision.shtml www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/community/threads/parisians...

A Son of the Desert - Navaho, 1904

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  • Stacy Brunner said:
    These images are incredible! So inspiring.
  • Level Boat said:
    wow
  • chris mead said:
    He smashed a great number of his glass negatives over his divorce. How many of his pics were lost I can't imagine.

View of the harbour, Montreal, QC, 1884

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  • Motionless Foot said:
    incredible!
  • starseeds said:
    this is so cool...fantastic!
  • Esteban Amigo A said:
    uu buena que estes bien .
  • Terry Hollis said:
    Great photo of the past
  • Handy Territory said:
    ahh i love old pictures such as this. wonderful!

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