Royal Victoria Hospital
Publisher:W J Clark “The Wigwam” Peel Street Montreal.Date: c1908
The Royal Victoria Hospital was built in the Scottish baronial style and has a number of architectural features that bring to mind a castle. It opened in December 1893 on the southeasternslope of Mount Royal. Renovation of a separate laundry building to accommodate patients with infectious disease was considered in 1902; however, this became unnecessary when the Princess Alexandra Hospital opened in 1906. A five-story Nurses Residence was built on its western side in 1906. A number of other additions and alterations occurred during the following 100 years, among the most notable of which were the Ross Pavilion (for private patients, 1916), the Woman’s Pavilion (1926), the Allen Memorial Institute (for psychiatry, 1944), and new surgical (1956) and medical (1959) wings.
Possibly because of its relatively ornate and impressive appearance, many postcards of the Royal Victoria Hospitalwere produced in the early 1900s. Publishing Companies often used one of a small number of images, with slight variations in format or descriptive text. A small selection of the MAMM collection is shown here.
Publisher:Montreal Import Co., Montreal-No. 270Date: c1908 ʳܲ:Unknown
Date: c1908 Publisher:A. H. Cooper, Toronto. Land of the Maple Series
Date: c1907 Publisher:European Post Card Co., Montreal-No. 135
Date: c1908 ʳܲ:European Post Card Co., Montreal-No. 2016
Date: c1908 Publisher: Dominion Crest
Date: 1932
Hospital with Ross and Woman’s Pavilionbehind and the SM Strathcona Medical and Dental Building in front. Publisher:Illustrated Post Card Co., Montreal-No. 1153
Date: 1909 Publisher:International Fine Art Co., Ltd-No. 817
Date: c1929 ʳܲ:Canadian Art Deeptone Series
Date: 1940 ʳܲ:Associated Screen News Limited
Date: c1930
Aerial view.
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