Ethnohistorical collection
To complement the archaeological records and build historical content that creates an historical portrait of Montréal, Pointe-à-Callière constituted an ethnohistorical collection that now contains more than a thousand objects.
These objects were acquired through purchase, fabrication, donation or legacy and have a common theme: Montréal, at the heart of national and international networks. Depending on their nature, the objects in this collection are displayed in the Museum or held either in reserve or in the Documentation Centre.
Engraving - Engraving representing a sleigh and dogsleds, bow and arrows, boots and snowshoes.
Jacques Nicholas Bellin - 18th century - 24,4 x 16,8 cm
Oil canvas - Papineau en chasse-galerie
Jean-Claude Dupont - 2009 - 20 x 56 cm
Beadwork - Beadwork done on excerpts from the Indian Act, inspired by wampum beading techniques.
Nadia Myre - 2002 - 46 x 38 x 6 cm
Map of Canada
Pierre Duval - 1682 - 15 x 16 cm
Map of Eastern Canada
Par Tallis/Rapkin, c.1851. Source: Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World; Tooley's Dictionary, v4 - p.244. - 1851 - 27,5 x 36 cm
Map of the St. Lawrence River - Map of the St. Lawrence River from Quebec City to Ontario.
Tom XIV, No 17. M.B. Ing. de la Marine - 1757 - 25,5 x 34,2 cm
The Montreal Waterworks - Map and drawings showing the Montreal Waterworks.
Canadian Illustrated News, p. 169, Vol. XIX, No 11. - 1879 - 41 x 57,5 cm
Plan of the Town– Plan of the Town & Fortifications of Montreal.
1760 - 22 x 31 cm
Map - Island of Montréal and its surroundings.
1764 - 32 x 44 cm
Fairbanks - Scale with marble platform.
End of 19th century - 68 x 54 x 53 cm
Cash register - Silver-coloured cash register with plant motifs.
19th century - 54 x 48 x 39,5 cm
Rock-Ola jukebox - Rock-Ola jukebox with 120 songs.
20th century - 36 x 28 x 16 cm
Olympic torch - Torch used to light the Olympic cauldron at the Montréal Olympic Games in 1976.
1976 - 66 x 8 cm
Beer bottle caps - Beer bottle caps
1967 - 0,3 x 3 cm
Commemorative plate - 1976 Olympic Games commemorative plate.
1976 - 2 x 20,5 cm
Halfpenny - A halfpenny (one sou) token minted by the Molson brewery in Montréal in 1837. A beer barrel is depicted on one face and a distillery scene on the other.
1837 - 3 cm
Baby carrier - Finished wood support used to carry infants, hand-painted motifs.
1875 - 67,5 x 27,5 cm
Teapot - Commemorative teapot with an image of Queen Victoria.
19th century - 23 x 21 x 15 cm
Punch bowl - Large Wedgwood punch bowl commemorating the 100th anniversary of Morgan’s department store in Montréal in 1945. The city’s coat of arms, an early and a more contemporary panorama of the city of Maisonneuve, portraits of Jean-Baptiste and of John Bull, representing Montréal’s biculturalism, rings of maple leaf garlands.
1945 - 17,5 x 31 cm
“Life Sustainers” sculpture - “Life Sustainers” sculpture, depicting the forces and resources that watch over humanity: Grandmother Moon, who regulates plant growth; the Thunder Man, whose rain waters Mother Earth; the Three Sisters, namely corn, beans, and squash; and strawberries – of sacred value. The corn mask represents the men and women who care for the cultivated land.
Steve McComber
2006 - 30 x 33 x 33 cm
2006 - 30 x 33 x 33 cm
