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Ève Curie’s Visit to Montréal, 1939

Black and white photograph depicting seven well-dressed people behind a desk. There are five men and two women in the center. The group is in a high-ceilinged room with a window, photos, and a crucifix on the walls. The only furniture is a desk and a wooden chair.

Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, April 4, 1939

During her visit to Montréal, Ève Curie, daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, presented her recently-published biography of her mother. Here we see her alongside doctors from Montréal’s Radium Institute. From left to right: Dr. Albert Jutras, Dr. Germain Pinsonneault, Dr. Origène Dufresne, an unknown woman, Ève Curie, Dr. Ernest Gendreau and Dr. Lorenzo Jutras. 

Curie was invited to the University of Montreal’s Cercle universitaire where she met with a number of the city’s major figures like Montréal Mayor Camilien Houde, Université de Montréal Rector Olivier Maurault, as well as the French and Polish Consuls.