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This photograph shows daily life during a Québec City winter at the beginning of the 20th century. It was taken on Grande-Allée Boulevard, one of the city’s main thoroughfares. Close inspection reveals that the men on the side of the street are waiting at a bus stop.
1918 - 1955

Winters of yesteryear

Winter is inseparable from Québec City! Every year, its streets are buried under mountains of snow. Although this continues to be the case today, winter had a very different impact on the daily lives of Québec City residents in the first half of the 20th century. From clothing to snow-clearing, how people braved the snowfall greatly evolved over those decades. Come and see for yourself the city’s winters of yesteryear. What memories do you have of these icy landscapes?

Winter scenes from Grande-Allée Boulevard

Eugène Klimoff This photograph shows daily life during a Québec City winter at the beginning of the 20th century. It was taken on Grande-Allée Boulevard, one of the city’s main thoroughfares. Close inspection reveals that the men on the side of the street are waiting at a bus stop.
Chronoscope Can you date this photo? (unilingual French for a limited time) Source: Ville de Québec Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - Date: circa 1950