Cecil Beaton :: The letter, London, 1940

Valentines day snowstorm, Boston, February 14, 1940

Chaplin, The Great Dictator!

1940s Neon signs shine at night in Times Square, NY

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Central Station, Montreal

Canadian National Railways consolidated the financially impaired Grand Trunk, the Canadian Northern group of railways, the National Transcontinental and the Canadian Government Railways … with many many other interesting assets. 

In Montreal, Canada’s metropolis at that time, it took until the 1940s to organize the passenger terminals used by the Canadian National Railways at the CNR Central Station.

This unused postcard shows Central Station in the afternoon circa 1950.

Today, the original Central Station building is indistinct and almost invisible beside and under other structures. It is wonderfully integrated with Montreal’s underground city.