Probably following my father's technological lead, my grandfather began to take snapshots using colour slide film in the early 1960s. A number were taken to document the progress of the construction of his retirement chalet at Lac Saguay:
Here is a display of his snapshots taken of the other end of the architectural scale. He photographed a number of Montreal's skyscrapers as they were being built in 1961.
A number of these slides have the typical red/brown cast resulting from flawed processing techniques of the era - they're almost entirely devoid of blue and green shades. Where you see black edges, I have straightened the photo while trying to preserve interesting corner details which might otherwise be lost during the cropping process. The images are generally captioned with my father's description of them after my grandfather's death.
Student Christian Movement on Oxenden Street - renamed Aylmer Street.
From McGill campus looking south.
Guy and Sherbrooke Streets, looking east.
Construction of the Standard Life building, Sherbrooke Street.
Construction of Bank of Commerce building from Dominion Square.
Bank of Commerce building - last girder to be placed (Dominion Bridge).
Bank of Commerce building construction from west on Dorchester Street.
Construction of Royal Bank Building (Place Ville Marie) from Dominion Square.
Canada Life building from west, on Dorchester Street.
