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If you’re in the mood for a little bit of time travelling, these photos from Montreal in the 1940s will blast you into the past.
Courtesy of the Archives de la Ville de Montréal, how many spots do you recognize in Montreal from eight decades ago?
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Saint-Henri. Rue De Couvent. 1943 (Archives de la Ville de Montréal)
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Petite-Patrie. Boulevard Rosemont. 1941 (Archives de la Ville de Montréal)
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Hochelaga. Rue Notre-Dame. 1943 (Archives de la Ville de Montréal)
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Rosemont-Petite-Patrie. Intersection Rosemont – De Lorimier. 1949 (Archives de la Ville de Montréal)
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Plateau-Mont-Royal. Intersection Saint-Hubert – Duluth. 1949 (Archives de la Ville de Montréal)
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Plateau-Mont-Royal. Intersection Papineau – Mont-Royal. 1943 (Archives de la Ville de Montréal)
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Mile End. 5262 Saint-Laurent. 1943 (Archives de la Ville de Montréal)
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Red Light. Boulevard Saint-Laurent. 1947 (Archives de la Ville de Montréal)
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Pointe-Saint-Charles. Intersection Wellington (Archives de la Ville de Montréal)
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Intersection du boulevard Décarie et de la rue Saranac. 1940 (Archives de la Ville de Montréal)
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Hôtel de ville. – 27 août 1946 (Ville de Montréal)
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rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest. 1944 (Archives de la Ville de Montréal)
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Saint-Antoine et du Square-Victoria. 1942 (Archives de la Ville de Montréal)
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Beaver Hall et Craig (aujourd’hui Saint-Antoine). 1947 (Archives de la Ville de Montréal)
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4630 Clarke. 1946 (Archives de la Ville de Montréal)
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Rue Sainte-Catherine. 1948 (Archives de la Ville de Montréal)
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Rue Sainte-Catherine. 1948 (Archives de la Ville de Montréal)