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Québec around 1980

Quebec 1980 Image Bank

Voting rights accorded to women in Canada
Unions = negotiation
An Air Canada airliner
Montreal International Airport
Space Shuttle Atlantis just before takeoff
A TV in 1950
Studio in CKAC radio station, 1922
Inside a CBC studio during the broadcast of a program
A radio in the 1940s
Cell phone
Apple II, first personal computer, 1977
The intercity service of Bell Canada, 1961
A pager
Construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway
A lock in the St. Lawrence Seaway
A ship crossing the St. Lawrence Seaway
The Decarie autoroute in Montreal, built 1960s
Jacques Cartier Bridge to Montreal
The car is a means of transportation used by Quebecers
The truck is widely used because it is fast and effective
Rail is still used to transport goods
The right to vote changes from 21 to 18 in 1964
All Aboriginal adults could vote in federal election, 1960
Quebec government intervenes in various spheres of society
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Daniel Johnson Sr. elected head of the National Union in 1959
Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Jean Chrétien, during the Constitutional Conference, Ottawa , 1981
The Royal Proclamation of the 1982 Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
A family farm in 1980
A corn field
corn harvest accelerated using forage harvester
Former agricultural land near the intersection of Highways 40 and 640, 1988
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Workers at the Bombardier factory, 1943
Bombardier B-12 snowmobile, built in 1951
The CL-215 Bombardier used to fight forest fires
Montreal Metro line, first train contract for Bombardier
Mine workers in Abitibi region
Workers in a lumber camp, 1945
Modern pulp and paper plant
Abitibi, the gold mines of the region
Abandoned mine in Shefferville, QC
Manic Five dam on the Manicouagan river
A Hydro-Québec worker
Hydro-Québec head office in downtown Montreal
Part of Hydro-Québec electricity comes from windmills
Campaign for the Bell telephone communications union, 1980
Strikers surround the Minister of Labour at a national symposium of the FTQ, 1978
Supervised strike for union recognition 1957
Fewer and fewer people attend religious services
Christmas is more commercial
Boulevard Saint-Laurent in Montreal
A bazaar in Chinatown Montreal
Celebration in Montreal victory of Italy in the World Cup soccer
Demonstration in support of Bill 101
Demonstration in Montreal, 1989
English signs in Montreal in the 1960's
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Author-songwriter Gilles Vigneault
Author-songwriter Robert Charlebois
A neighbourhood with a suburban mall
The madness of shopping during the holiday season
An example of the first frozen dinners
Young Workers, United States, 1908
Businessmen listening to radio, 1920
Window Shopping, 1937
A bikini, 1946
People with old neon winter coats!
The Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in Montreal
CLSC Saint-Louis-du-Parc, Montreal
Site of Expo 67
Construction site of Expo 67
The French Pavillion during Expo 67, now the Casino de Montreal
Construction of the Olympic Stadium
The Louis-Riel High School in Montreal
Elementary School Saint-Mathieu, Bas-Saint-Laurent
Students in class at École Félix-Leclerc, 1974
The CEGEP of Chicoutimi
Center for Aluminum Technology
Road network in the region of Montreal
The quiet streets of Longueuil, a suburb of Montreal
City of Repentigny, a suburb of Montreal
A shopping center in Lévis, near Quebec
Class photo with a member of the clergy, 1945 in Abitibi
A church façade integrated into UQAM univeristy
Séminaire de Chicoutimi became the Cégep de Chicoutimi
A middle class family during the 1970s
Rise in minimum wage
Village in James Bay area, 1971
Salish Indian couple, BC, about 1900
Women protesting in order to get the right to vote, during the 1930s
Equality between women and men
Thérèse Casgrain
Women working in a munitions factory during WWII
5000 Ladies' Garment Workers go on strike in Montreal, 1937
Caricature of René Lévesque
René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec, 1976 to 1985
René Lévesque, correspondent during the Korean War, 1951
René Lévesque winning the elections of November 15, 1976
Poster of an Italian production of the Belles-Soeurs
Cover page of the novel “La grosse femme d'à côté est enceinte”
Portrait of Michel Tremblay
Pierre-Elliott Trudeau and Queen Elizabeth II signing the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Pierre-Elliott Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
Caricature of Pierre-Elliott Trudeau
Padlock Law or the “Loi du cadenas”
Maurice Duplessis, Premier of Quebec
The author and singer Félix Leclerc
Sign used in the Liberal campaign in the elections of 1962
Jean Lesage during his elections victory in 1962
Portrait of Jean Lesage
Press conference with the minister Lise Payette
Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain
Spillway of LG2 dam and generating station
Health Insurance Card, known as the “carte soleil”
Caricature of Robert Bourassa
Robert Bourassa, Premier of Québec
Michel Chartrand giving a speech
Michel Chartrand lectures strikers in front of United Aircraft
Age Pyramid in Quebec 2005
Population growth in Quebec between 1951 and 2001
Montreal city centre
Dutch immigrants arriving in the port of Montréal, 1947
Chinese neighbourhood in Montreal
Near Hudson Strait in Salluit in 1992
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Town of Sept-Îles in the Côte-Nord region
Night view of the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City
Quebec around 1980
Canada around 1980
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A harvester cutting down trees
A papermaking mill
Physiographic Regions of Quebec
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Montréal Bike Sign
Régions physiographiques du Québec
Le Québec vers 1980
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Le droit de vote passe de 21 à 18 ans en 1964
Le droit de vote accordé aux femmes du Canada
Quebec around 1980 - 2002 version
Demonstration for the right to live in French in Quebec - 1988
The Schiefners watching television
Jeux olympiques : Photographies diverses. Stade olympique. - 1976
Stadium Flags by Marty Gabel
Pavillion buildings page 9 Montreal 67 vol 4 no 6
Vintage Expo 67 Postcard by Joe Haupt
Expo 67, pavillon de la France, à l\'île Notre-Dame. Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Jeux olympiques : Photographies diverses. Cérémonie d\'ouverture au Stade olympique. - 1976
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View of monorail and geodesic dome
1969, the Norwegian people could watch American astronauts
Vintage Expo 67 Postcard
Juan Inostroza abanderado de los jJegos Olímpicos de Montreal 1976 by Luciano Inostroza Budnich
Olympic Stadium, seen next to the Montreal Botanical Garden. By Antoine Mghayar
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Projet de 1962 -Metro Réseau (Network)
Expo-Express, 1967
Fabrication des voitures MR-73, vers 1975
Chef de terminus à la station Angrignon, 1980
Mary Two-Axe Earley receiving the Governor General\'s Persons Case Award for contributing to equality for women and girls in Canada
Portrait of Mary Two-Axe_Early by Sandra Muller

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