I have found a couple more old photos of the boardwalk wich I have added to my album no. 5. These photos where taken from the Messager Centennial Edition of December 15th 1976. Verdun was founded in 1876. Since the boardwallk was paved at the beginning of the 40s, these photos would have been taken prior to that period. I recall having walked on the "real" boardwalk in my youth.
Guy
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My album no., 5 now contains a total of 30 photos of the boardwalk. There must have thousands of photos taken on that boardwalk. Hopefully more will turn up.
Here is an up to date slideview:
more history on the boardwalk via an old Gazette Newspaper story:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CsctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AowFAAAAIBAJ&dq=verdun%20boardwalk&pg=6564%2C1799950
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kvwtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hZgFAAAAIBAJ&dq=verdun%20boardwalk&pg=6656%2C3805636
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nYkxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bqgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6550,2411098&dq=the+boardwalk+in+verdun+qc&hl=en
I remember paying .10 cents for an aircut at a private home on Galt avenue in the early 40s. As Pauline says, the regular barbers would charge .25 cents.
Times where hard and with 7 mouths to feed we would use all kinds of tricks to save money.
Guy
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1b00AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZKgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6192,3872988&dq=the+boardwalk+in+verdun+qc&hl=en
1938 .The Vision of a 225' x 75' swimming pool in Verdun !!!!
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-4QtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lJkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5688,2714783&dq=swimming+bath+in+verdun+boardwalk&hl=en
1929 Verdun to get a hospital along the boardwalk
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-4QtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lJkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5688,2714783&dq=swimming+bath+in+verdun+boardwalk&hl=en
How can I have access to the Montreal Gazette archives on old editions of their newspaper. I went on their site but I am confused. Can someone work me through the process as I would like to transmit the information Pauline posted on the Verdun Natatorium. The city is organizing a an exposition called "Au Bord de L'eau" and is searching for old articles mainly on the Nat..
Guy
Hi Guy Hope I can help you .
1) Click on the address above (My last post)
2) Where it says The Montreal Gazette –July 21 1951 click on Browse this news paper
3) The Montreal Gazette will open and you will see Google News
4) Type in the google news box boardwalk verdun qc then click on Search Archives.
Give this a try and if you need more help let me know.
When you find the article you want go to the top of page and right click on the address to copy then paste it to a blog . I save a lot of stuff in my guest book on my site
Pauline or Les,
I would like to download the 1938 and 1951 Gazette articles into my computer to be able to retransmit them to another party. I would like to start from scratch by going on to the Gazette site. Can this be done and how ?
Guy
Are you speaking of articles or the photo's that accompany some of the Gazette articles ? If you recall I did capture a couple of photos of the old Lasalle Power House Dam & posted them here.
As for capturing the story itself to share with someone else you can 'Link to the Article' and email the link.The photo capturing involves having a software program to help,I used Corel Draw for the photos.... HF&RV
Guy I did post a link from the main page to access all of the news papers that Google has archjived ,it speeds up the process a little and explains the How To's of the site as well. I don't recall which topic I posted that in ,but it was some time back, I will see if I can just repost the original link.
HF&RV
ps: not right now as I have a busy day & weekend planned ,but will certainly get it done at some point.
Ok Guy OCD that I am lol. I had to do a quick look , So here you go you can start with this link and it will allow you to select a Montreal Gazette by year,you then 'browse the paper' of the edition you want & then follow whichever instructions you come across.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC
Guy this is the link to allow you to select from a multitude of newspapers ,many of which are Quebec based or Montreal based ,including some Guardians etc etc
http://news.google.com/newspapers
Have Fun you will be able to peruse papers for weeks.
Hi Guy To save these links on your home computer
open Verdun Connection to this page
Open the program WORD or Note pad .
1 -open a file in Word and call it Boardwalk or what ever you want.
2 copy these links and paste them in that file. Copy as many as you want to save until you are ready to send them by e-mail .
3 When you are ready, open your email and copy and paste these links in your email and send them to who ever you want.
I hope I answered your question but if not let me know what I missed.Pauline
Les and Pauline,
OK, I found a way to transmit those Montreal Gazette articles. I copied and pasted the internet numbers on my messages wich I e-mailed to my contacts. Thanks for your help.
Guy
just an old photo of the wharf & boardwalk
1931
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CJlNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v0IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2553,1027522&dq=dance+hall+pavillion+in+verdun+qc&hl=en
1933
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1q4PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6okDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4276,150291&dq=verdun+qc+fishing+boardwalk&hl=en
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