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A Montage of Drawings and Postcards of Maisonneuve, between 1915 and 1931

Photographic montage of five drawings and postcards. The first in the top left is in color and represents a large building inspired by Second Empire and Beaux-Arts styles. To its right is a black and white drawing of a brick building with modern features inspired by American modern architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright. The last three have similar appearances and are all inspired by Beaux-Arts architecture.

(The three color postcards) Montreal European Post Card Co. between 1916 and 1931. (The two drawings in black and white) Montreal, old, new. 1915

This montage shows five buildings representative of the beautification project implemented in Maisonneuve starting in 1909, when it was still an independent town. Top left, we see the Maisonneuve market, built in 1914 and, to its left, the Letourneux fire station, built in 1915; in the centre, the Town Hall building, which would later house the Institute, was built in 1912. Behind the Town Hall stood the duplex that became home to the Grey Nuns. Bottom left is the Maisonneuve post office—which would never be built—and, to its right, the Morgan bathhouse, finished in 1916.