Tag Archives: omnibus

Nostalgic images of a vanishing city

Posted on February 25, 2018 by

Photographs of Paris in the snow were big news earlier this month. We are Canadians. As Gilles Vigneault sang of this country, “Mon pays ce n’est pas un pays, c’est l’hiver” (My country is not a country, it is winter). … Continue reading →

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The invention of the omnibus

Posted on May 11, 2014 by

Take a good look at this postcard. What do you see? I tend to gravitate to postcards like this because of the rich detail in the buildings – the names of businesses, the façades of the old houses, the advertisements, … Continue reading →

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