The Montréal Archives have a great collection of old photographs from our city’s past which makes the website easy to get lost in, browsing everything from old streets to historical occasions.
![1953-Aout-14-Restaurant Île Sainte-Hélène](https://montrealguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1953-Aout-14-Restaurant-Île-Sainte-Hélène.jpg)
On my latest trip to the archives, I was looking at old photographs of restaurants from the early to mid 1900s. Here are a few that I found interesting.
For more historic images from Montréal, please check out the Montréal Archives.
![1953-Place Jacques-Cartier angle Saint-Paul](https://montrealguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1953-Place-Jacques-Cartier-angle-Saint-Paul.jpg)
![1953-Rue Notre-Dame angle Place Jacques-Cartier côté sud-ouest](https://montrealguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1953-Rue-Notre-Dame-angle-Place-Jacques-Cartier-côté-sud-ouest.jpg)
![1953-Rue Craig (Saint-Antoine) angle Bonsecours côté sud-ouest](https://montrealguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1953-Rue-Craig-Saint-Antoine-angle-Bonsecours-côté-sud-ouest.jpg)
![1953-Rue Bonsecours](https://montrealguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1953-Rue-Bonsecours.jpg)
![1969-Restaurant de la rue University](https://montrealguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1969-Restaurant-de-la-rue-University.jpg)
![1957-Aout-15- Restaurant du Jardin botanique](https://montrealguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1957-Aout-15-Restaurant-du-Jardin-botanique.jpg)
![1957-Restaurant Aucoin et frères](https://montrealguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1957-Restaurant-Aucoin-et-frères.jpg)
![1957-257 Demontigny Nord](https://montrealguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1957-257-Demontigny-Nord.jpg)
![1957-204 Demontigny sud](https://montrealguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1957-204-Demontigny-sud.jpg)
![1957-201 Demontigny nord](https://montrealguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1957-201-Demontigny-nord.jpg)
![1968-restaurant Sambo](https://montrealguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1968-restaurant-Sambo.jpg)
![1969-Scène de rue - rue Ste-Catherine ouest](https://montrealguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1969-Scène-de-rue-rue-Ste-Catherine-ouest.jpg)
![1970-janvier-23-Restaurant Hélène-de-Champlain](https://montrealguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1970-janvier-23-Restaurant-Hélène-de-Champlain.jpg)