An aerial view over downtown Montreal, with dense blocks of buildings, a broad river, and a long bridge in the distance. Trees fill the foreground and frame the city beyond. In the late 1940s Montreal was Canada's largest city and a busy St. Lawrence River port, and this bird's-eye view shows the compact downtown and waterfront that made it a major commercial center.
Postcard Details
Message · Czech, in pen
Přijeli jsme sem
dnes ráno.
Všechno je
francouzsky.
Chodíme po
storech. Ve
restauratech
dávají málo jídla
Ujeli jsme 1200 mil
S pozdravem
Václav
Translation
We arrived there
this morning.
Everything is
in French.
We walk around
stores. In
restaurants
they give little food
We traveled 1200 miles
PostmarkedMONTREAL, Quebec, August 18, 1947, 14:00
White border; linen texture.
Postmark: MONTREAL AUG 18 14 PM 1947 P.Q. Divided-back linen-texture card with white border; printed in Canada; message in Czech written sideways in blue ink along the left edge.
Cite this card
Aerial view of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1947, postcard, c. 1947. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/aerial-view-of-montreal-quebec-canada-1947. Accessed November 2, 2026.
