McGill Libraries
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
Graphic material
1 postcard : col. ; 9 x 14 cm
This file contains a colour "Oilette" postcard of the Redpath library, seen from McTavish street.
Donated by Ian Pilarczyk
Postal cancel stamp is dated 30 October, 1908. Imprinted recto: [lower left corner:] Oilette / [lower right corner:] McGill University, Montreal, / The Library. Imprinted verso: [left side running vertically:] McGill University, Montreal / Raphael Tuck & Sons' "Oilette" Postcard 2688 / ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN / [top left corner running horizontally:] The Library is housed in the fine Romanesque building, erected in 1893 by the late Peter Redpath, and enlarged by his widow in 1900. The main architectural feature of the interior is the general reading room, which is 110 feet long, and has a seating capacity for 150. / [lower left corner:] Printed in England.
Imprinted verso: [left side running vertically:] McGill University, Montreal / Raphael Tuck & Sons' "Oilette" Postcard 2688 / ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN / [top left corner running horizontally:] The Library is housed in the fine Romanesque building, erected in 1893 by the late Peter Redpath, and enlarged by his widow in 1900. The main architectural feature of the interior is the general reading room, which is 110 feet long, and has a seating capacity for 150. / [lower left corner:] Printed in England.