A colored lithographed view captioned in red Montreal. Big John and Party shooting Lachine Rapids, showing the famous Mohawk river pilot Big John standing at the stern of a long wooden boat with a steering oar, guiding a party of passengers in hats through the churning white water and rocks of the Lachine Rapids on the St. Lawrence River near Montreal, Quebec. The image fills the upper part of the card, leaving a white panel below the caption, and the publisher\'s imprint runs vertically along the left edge.The back is a divided Post Card layout printed in brown, noting that the left side may be used for communication for Canada, U.S., France, Switzerland, Great Britain and Italy, with a stamp box reading 1 cent for Canada, U.S., 2 cents abroad. It is blank, unused and unaddressed.Period: circa 1905.Publisher / series: Montreal Import Co., Montreal, No. 166Postally used: No, unused and unaddressedCondition: Clean card; light corner wear and minor edge toning, no creases or tears visible. The sky shows horizontal color banding inherent to the printing.Reference : 20261004-20-09267-50/56
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