Sun Life Building and St. James Cathedral - Montreal Quebec - Postcard SP24

Scene Details:

• Tinted aerial view of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Sun Life Building (Édifice Sun Life) at left — large neoclassical skyscraper with colonnaded facade
• St. James Cathedral (Cathédrale St. Jacques) at right — prominent green copper dome and smaller secondary dome
• Surrounding rooftops, trees, and city blocks visible in foreground
• Caption printed upper right (bilingual): "Édifice Sun Life et la Cathédrale St. Jacques, Montréal, Canada. Sun Life Building and St. James Cathedrale.—57."
• Publisher: PEO Co., Ottawa (printed on reverse)

Postal Markings:

• Circular date stamp: MONTREAL / MAR 18 / 8 PM / 1947
• Stamp: 3-cent purple/mauve, King George VI reign, Canada
• Sender address: Mrs. A. McLeish, 3534 Upper Mountain St, Montreal 25, Quebec, Canada
• Recipient: Ronson's Twenty Questions, Mutual Broadcasting System, New York 18, N.Y.
• Handwritten/typed message: "Suggest: Capsule or container buried at World's Fair preserving '20th Century Culture' for posterity… -please rephrase-"

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