Nepean Point – 1900 & 2013
Original pictures taken soon after the Royal Alexandra Bridge was completed in 1900 by William James Topley.
Interprovincial Bridge – 1901 & 2013
Original picture taken in 1901 by James Ballantyne.
Chateau Laurier & Customs House – 1920s & 2013
Original photo is from the Department of Interior Fonds at LAC.
Royal Mint – 1920s & 2013
Original photo is from the Department of Interior Fonds at LAC.
Byward Market – 1926 & 2013
Man selling chickens in the Byward Market. Original photo taken by John Boyd, December 23, 1926.
City Registry Office – 1926 & 2013
In 1926, the City Registry Office became the Bytown and Ottawa Historical Museum as well as home to the Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa.
Nepean Point Footbridge – 1950s & 2013
From Urbsite: NEPEAN POINT FOOTBRIDGE
Old Ottawa East Town Hall – 1895 & 2013
The Town Hall is located on the corner of Main Street and Hawthorne Avenue in Old Ottawa East. The original pictures were taken by James Ballantyne between 1895 and 1912.
Purdy’s Crossing – 1898 & 2013
Purdy was a guard for the Canada Atlantic Railway Line (now the Queensway). He manned the Main St. crossing in Ottawa East near the canal.
Scolasticat St. Joseph – 1889 & 2013
Original pictures taken between 1889 and 1896 by James Ballantyne. Ballantyne lived just up the street at 54 Main and was an amateur photog and founding member of the Ottawa Camera Club.
Ottawa East Public School #17 – 1898 & 2013
Original photos taken by James Ballantyne between September 1898 and October 1900.
149 Hawthorne Avenue – 1900 & 2013
Original photo taken by James Ballantyne on November 8, 1900.