Historic Town Scenes of Canada Photos

Early views of towns of Canada were captured as art & souvenirs.

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Coast of Labrador painting by Augustus Rockwell at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Port of Halifax National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, ON.Stoneware platter with view of Halifax by Podmore, Walker & Co of Tunstall, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Earthenware meat platter with blue transfer-print of view of city of Halifax, NS beyond steam ships at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Coast of Labrador painting (1874) by Augustus Rockwell at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Port of Halifax (c1835) National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, ON.Stoneware platter with view of Halifax (1842-59) by Podmore, Walker & Co of Tunstall, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Earthenware meat platter with blue transfer-print of view of city of Halifax, NS beyond steam ships at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Stoneware compote with blue transfer-print showing city of Fredericton, NB by Podmore, Walker & Co of Tunstall, Staffordshire, England at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.North West Part of City of Quebec painting by George Heriot at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Stoneware platter with view of Quebec City by Podmore, Walker & Co of Tunstall, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Earthenware teapot with transfer-print of Lorette Falls, Quebec by Britannia Pottery of Glasgow, Scotland at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Stoneware compote with blue transfer-print showing city of Fredericton, NB (c1845-55) by Podmore, Walker & Co of Tunstall, Staffordshire, England at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.North West Part of City of Quebec painting (c1805) by George Heriot at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Stoneware platter with view of Quebec City (c1834-59) by Podmore, Walker & Co of Tunstall, England at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Earthenware teapot with transfer-print of Lorette Falls, Quebec (1880s) by Britannia Pottery of Glasgow, Scotland at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Mail Boat Landing at Quebec painting by Cornelius Krieghoff at Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, ON.Jam of Sawlogs, Shawinigan Falls painting by Cornelius Krieghoff at Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, ON.Sillery Cove, Quebec painting by Cornelius Krieghoff at Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, ON.Quebec from Pointe Lévis painting attrib. Robert Clow Todd at Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, ON.
Mail Boat Landing at Quebec painting (1860) by Cornelius Krieghoff at Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, ON.Jam of Sawlogs, Shawinigan Falls painting (1860) by Cornelius Krieghoff at Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, ON.Sillery Cove, Quebec painting (c1864) by Cornelius Krieghoff at Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, ON.Quebec from Pointe Lévis painting (1834-40) attrib. Robert Clow Todd at Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, ON.
Quebec from Rivière Saint-Charles painting by Joseph Légaré at Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, ON.View of Quebec City from Pointe De Lévy painting by Cornelius Krieghoff at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC.Timber & shipbuilding yards at Quebec City by Robert C. Todd at National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, ON.Timber & shipbuilding yards of Allan Gilmour & Co. at Wolfe's Cove Quebec seen from south painting by Robert C. Todd at National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, ON.
Quebec from Rivière Saint-Charles painting (1838) by Joseph Légaré at Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, ON.View of Quebec City from Pointe De Lévy painting (1863) by Cornelius Krieghoff at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC.Timber & shipbuilding yards at Quebec City (1840) by Robert C. Todd at National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, ON.Timber & shipbuilding yards of Allan Gilmour & Co. at Wolfe's Cove Quebec seen from south painting (1840) by Robert C. Todd at National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, ON.
View of Quebec City from Pointe De Lévy painting by Joseph Légaré at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC.View of Quebec City from Lévis painting by Maurice Galbraith Cullen at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC.Montreal from St. Helen's Island painting by John Poad Drake at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Notre Dame Basilica & Square at Montreal painting by unknown at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
View of Quebec City from Pointe De Lévy painting (c1840-2) by Joseph Légaré at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC.View of Quebec City from Lévis painting (1904) by Maurice Galbraith Cullen at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC.Montreal from St. Helen's Island painting (after 1843) by John Poad Drake at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Notre Dame Basilica & Square at Montreal painting (c1840-55) by unknown at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Evening on Wharf, Montreal Harbor painting by Henry Sandhams at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC.Bonsecours Market, Montreal painting by William Raphael of Montreal at National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, ON.Champ-de-Mars, Winter, Montreal painting by William Brymner at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC.Earthenware platter with blue transfer-print showing Ontario lake scenery by Joseph Heath of Tunstall, Staffordshire, England at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Evening on Wharf, Montreal Harbor painting (1868) by Henry Sandhams at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC.Bonsecours Market, Montreal painting (1880) by William Raphael of Montreal at National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, ON.Champ-de-Mars, Winter, Montreal painting (1892) by William Brymner at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC.Earthenware platter with blue transfer-print showing Ontario lake scenery (c1850) by Joseph Heath of Tunstall, Staffordshire, England at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
View of City of Toronto painting by Edward Taylor Dartnell at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.View of Hamilton & Lake Ontario painting by Robert Refinald Whale at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC.The Polaris, Far North painting by William Bradford at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.The Arctic on the Arctic painting by Frank Charles Hennessey at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
View of City of Toronto painting (c1850) by Edward Taylor Dartnell at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.View of Hamilton & Lake Ontario painting (1860s) by Robert Refinald Whale at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC.The Polaris, Far North painting (1882) by William Bradford at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.The Arctic on the Arctic painting (1910) by Frank Charles Hennessey at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Earthenware transfer plate with Arctic scene by unknown at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Earthenware lattice berry bowl with blue transfer-print of Arctic scene from Staffordshire, England at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.

Earthenware transfer plate with Arctic scene (c1840) by unknown at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.Earthenware lattice berry bowl with blue transfer-print of Arctic scene (c1835-45) from Staffordshire, England at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.


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