Front: A horse-drawn mobile ladder system (known here as an "Aerial Escape") driven and operated by two men. A building behind the car is named "W. Hornshaw. Blacksmith." See: https://losttoronto2.wordpress.com/tag/w-hornshaw/ Location stated to be at Victoria and Shuter at current location of Massey Hall Back: Miss […] Wood It certainly is swell weather you must of being […] alright for there […] more bad weather […]
Front description: Photograph of ferry arriving Back description: Mrs. Clement Paxson Dear Ethel I have been a guest of my brother-in-law at his summer home at Hanlan's Point. The house faces the lake - lagoon in rear of house. Very restful here. Spend hours resting on the sandy beach. I walk for exercise. Love to all Grace A. C.
Front: Cartoon of Uncle Sam lightly bowing before a stoic Mother Britain who is flanked (from left to right) by Australia, South Africa, Canada, and India. Caption at bottom: After Ten Years of Reciprocity. Uncle Sam—"Mother, won't you take me back into the family?" Advertisement on right side: These Patriotic Post Cards One Cent Each or in packets of ten for Five cents or one-hundred for Twenty-five cents postpaid. Send them to your friends everywhere. Send two cent stamp for other patriotic post cards of this series. Strike while the iron is hot. Ref. p. 207 Canadian Patriotic and Heraldic Postcard Handbook Vol. 1 by Mike Smith. Back: Miss Lucy Mills
Front: Wide shot of town marred by fire. Railroad tracks in the foreground. Fernie Free Press - Scorched and blistered by whirling flames, blinded by smoke and ashes, crazed by separation from loved ones, and fleeing they knew not whither, checked by walls of flame just as safety seemed at hand, confused by the suddenness of the catastrophe and faint with seemingly futile exertion, the people of Fernie and suburbs went through an experience last Saturday afternoon that will be remembered with horror as long as they live. Back: James Earle Longill Dear Friend, I rec'd your post card many thanks. I have a little bull dog like the one on the post card. Harold McFarquhar Fernie, B.C. Box 113
Front: Caption: "The Queen of Hearts She made some tarts, All on a summer day: The Knave of Hearts, He stole those tarts, And took them quite away!" Pictured is the Queen of Hearts (who looks much like Queen Victoria) making some tarts as Alice watches a "knave" reach from outside a window to steal the finished tarts. Cartoon by Mendoza Back:
Front: Men, under watch of a guard, air out their bedding. Back: Pre-printed: German and Austrian aliens are being interred in concentration camps at various points in Canada. The interned prisoners have been set to useful public work - clearing land and building roads and the Canadian officials find that that they earn their keep and a little besides. The photo shows a batch of prisoners airing their bedding at Petawawa, Canada's permanent military camp in the wilds of northern Ontario.
Front: Dozens of men shake out their bedding while an armed guard supervises. During WW1, thousands of un-naturalized immigrants from enemy countries were rounded up and put in internment camps. The military camp at Petawawa was used for this purpose. War Correspondents Association, New York. Series 146 No. 79 WWI Views ref. illustrated p. 290 Canadian Patriotic and Heraldic Postcard Handbook Vol. 2 by Mike Smith. Back: Alien Prisoners airing their bedding in the snow at Petawawa, Canada. German and Austrian aliens are being interned in concentration camps at various points in Canada. The interned prisoners have been set to useful public work—clearing land and building roads, and the Canadian officials find that they earn their keep and a little besides. The photo shows a batch of prisoners airing their bedding at Petawawa, Canada's permament military camp, situated in the wilds of northern Ontario.
Front: A giant "cup" sits in what appears to be a molder, and has written on it "Allan Cup", "Soo 1924". "The 1924 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds also won the Allan Cup, becoming the only team from Sault Ste. Marie to do so. In October 1925, the club received an offer from New York to play as the Knickerbockers in the Eastern Amateur Hockey League. The Greyhounds joined the Central Amateur Hockey Association, a division of the United States Amateur Hockey Association for the 1925-26 season. After the season, several players joined the professional ranks and the team folded." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sault_Ste._Marie_Greyhounds Back:
Front: Docks along St. Clair River. Steamboats and passenger ferries glide by or are parked at the docks. The city of Sarnia extends off to the right and into the background. Back: Mrs J. Morrow Arrrived in Sarnia 12.30 which take the boat at 3. Which it looks […] so far cant tell what it will be farther out I think Mandie would like to come home Bye Bye Mrs. […]
Front description: People sitting on Centre Island boardwalk. Umbrellas. Advertisement for John Kay, Son & Co. Printed below title: John Kay, Son & Co., Limited, 36 and 38 King Street West, Toronto Back description: 36 King St. W. I am writing this at Kay's. they have a great stock of Mission furniture, Enamelled Bedroom sets, Rugs, Verandah chairs, etc. Just what you need for your summer cottage. buy now Prices are low. yours
Front description: People sitting on Centre Island boardwalk. Umbrellas. Back description: Miss Nooms Was glad to hear of you. I have just written a long letter to Nellie. Sincerely yours, Rosa.
Front: Printed photo of a statue depicting Amor and Psyche. Handwritten under the image the sender has written: Nieuwe-Schans Printed at top is "Meteor" D.R.G.M. 88690 Back: Jansje Mulder
Front description: Child standing on bridge. Other bridges and buildings in background Back description: Mrs. W. Trickey Dear Auntie Mother sent you by yesterday's express a basket of crabs and another of pears and sweet apples mixed. We have a very few pears but those apples when preserved make a very good substitute. Hope you receive them safely and that all are well. Your niece N. Gibson Cancellation: Meaford, ON
Front: O.W. Kerr Land Company of Minneapolis. The village was named for A.L. Warner, land agent. 1907 the name of the village of Brunton Siding was changed to Warner, in honour of A.L. Warner, head of the O.W. Kerr Land Company of Minneapolis. It was the O.W. Kerr land company (working with the Alberta Railway & Coal Co. – the Galt Company) that really helped in the settlement of land in the early days in the Warner area. In 1906 the O.W. Kerr company signed an agreement to purchase land in the Warner area from the Galt company and encouraged settlers to move to its new community. The company would run sleeping cars filled with homesteaders from Iowa, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Nebraska and other states to encourage them to choose Warner as the place they wanted to farm and live. Source:https://www.facebook.com/LethbridgeHistoricalSociety/posts/1160749147286006 Back: Write The O.W. Kerr Company, Minneapolis, Minn., for illustrated booklet about Sunny Southern Alberta
Front description: Child standing on bridge. Other bridges and buildings in background Back description: Miss M. McKellar Dear Friend, As promised I let you know when Father any mother arrived. They stayed there two months so are now quite at home again after their trip. Any day you write and say they will be at home. Hoping you are keeping well. Yours Gertie Patrick. Cancellation: Lucan, ON
Front: An extremely tall man holds a large hat while standing beside a very small man. "MacAskill was born in 1825 on the Isle of Berneray in the Sound of Harris, Scotland. He moved to Nova Scotia at with his family as a child and eventually settled in the fishing community of Englishtown, Cape Breton Island somewhere between 1830 and 1835. In adulthood, MacAskill stood 7 ft 10 in tall and weighed an astonishing 580 lbs. His shoulders measured an otherworldly 44 inches wide, the palm of his hand was nearly a foot wide and his shoes measured 19 inches in length. Despite these startling proportions, he was reportedly a handsome man with deep blue eyes and a deep voice described and ‘soothing’ and ‘musical. In his home community he was affectionately known as Big Boy or ‘Gille Mòr’ and to others he was known simply as the ‘Cape Breton Giant’." Source: https://www.thehumanmarvels.com/angus-macaskill-the-cape-breton-giant/ Back: