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  2. Collection Cartes et plans de la Ville de Montréal. [1775?]-1983 (originaux créés entre 1535 et 1983)
  3. Cartes et plans 1921-1959 . - 1921-1983 (originaux créés entre 1921 et 1959)
  4. 1939-2: To their gracious majesties king George VI & queen Elizabeth in commemoration of their visit, the first of any reigning British sovereign to the metropolis of Canada, now almost 300 years old, this pictorial map of historical Montreal is respectfully dedicated / P. R. Wilson, artist ; C. P. Wilson, historian. - 1939
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1939-2: To their gracious majesties king George VI & queen Elizabeth in commemoration of their visit, the first of any reigning British sovereign to the metropolis of Canada, now almost 300 years old, this pictorial map of historical Montreal is respectfully dedicated / P. R. Wilson, artist ; C. P. Wilson, historian. - 1939

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Ville de Montréal. Section des archives via Archives de Montréal (Ville de Montréal)
Dates
1939 (indexed as 1939)
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Scope & content
Ce plan commémoratif présente une histoire graphique de la vieille ville de Montréal et de ses fortifications. Réalisé dans le cadre de la visite royale de 1939, il comporte le tracé des rues, les dessins des fortifications, de certains bâtiments d'importance, navires, évènements ou personnages. Chaque dessin est accompagné d'une mise en contexte historique. Une croix de Malte identifie les éléments qui existent toujours en 1939. Approuvé par la Commission du tricentenaire, comprenant l'archiviste E. Z. Massicotte et le président Victor Morin, et par la société numismatique de Montréal. En anglais. 1939-2 (ancienne cote) et 327.
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1 plan : entoilé ; 44 x 93 cm.
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A long, horizontal pictorial map on aged cream paper, showing a stylised historical view of an old walled town beside a river, with a fortification wall drawn along its edges. Small illustrated vignettes of buildings, churches, people in period dress, ships on the water and a compass rose are scattered across the map, and a decorative ornamental panel with lettering and a crest sits at the lower right. The printed title in a cartouche is too small to read reliably at this scale.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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