Circa 1885 view of the Grey Nuns Motherhouse on Guy St. (the Grey Nunnery) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Printed in an antique souvenir album using the Glaser/Frey lithographic process.
From an antique souvenir album. The Sisters of Charity of Montreal, formerly called The Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal and more commonly known as the Grey Nuns of Montreal, is a Canadian religious institute of Roman Catholic religious sisters, founded in 1738 by Saint Marguerite d'Youville, a young widow.
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