Album Multiview postcards from wintorbos

7087. Connaught Tunnel - Canadian Rockies.

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Sat, 28 May 2016 16:02:30 +0000

A nice card illustrating the Connaught Tunnel, which began operation on Dec. 16, 1916.

Coast Publishing Co., Vancouver.

Interestingly it was the 58 fatalities in the Rogers Pass avalanche in 1912, illustrated on one of my G. A. Barrowclough postcards, that was the "last straw" and led the CPR to go ahead with the Connaught Tunnel project the following year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connaught_Tunnel_(British_Columbia)

6040. Greetings from Santa Rosa, Cal.

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 23:39:03 +0000

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Edward H. Mitchell card, no. 30 showing scenes from Santa Rosa, California.

Unused, with the 1899 date.

6041. Greetings from Oakland, Cal.

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 23:40:02 +0000

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As this upload of rather random and ragtag cards shows, I've been to the St. Lawrence Market. A decent find was three pre-1900 Edward H. Mitchell (San Francisco) "Gruss Aus"-style cards. This is no. 9 in the 1899 series. At the bottom of the collage are the words Copyright 1896 by Albert Kayser.

6134. The Hotel Cecil - Edmonton, Alta.

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 21:40:32 +0000

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Unused, printed in Great Britain. No publisher indicated but looks similar to a Valentine & Sons design.

3989. Threshing. Harvesting, Moose Jaw District.

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 00:19:37 +0000

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Lewis Rice card L.R. 1474, on Stedman-style back, with 1908 copyright date. Unused.

3941. Hearty Greetings from Montreal

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:16:45 +0000

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Postcard of Montreal scenes, mailed October 1, 1900 from Washington DC to Hungary with a letter in Hungarian that seems to be describing the writer's travels.

[Amherstburg, Ont. scenes]

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:19:16 +0000

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PECO (Photogelatine Engraving Co.) card with long message scrawled across the back by "Harold". Amherstburg, near Windsor (Detroit), has historical significance both from the War of 1812 and the Underground Railroad era.

Calgary, Alta. [Fire Halls 1-3]

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 23:19:30 +0000

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NO. 3121/23 by "The Royal Curio and News Co., Calgary." Posted with a 1908 Quebec tercentenary stamp to Erle B. Lacey Esq., Box 261, Sayles Ave, Pasoag, R. I., U.S.A.: "Thanks for card. Indian Head is just about 500 miles directly east of here, or a day's journey - Have passed through it. It is rather a pretty village. Hoping to hear from you again soon. Sincerely, Edith E. Kingston, Box 267, Calgary."

Halifax.

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 01:32:07 +0000

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Toronto Litho card from the 1898 series, unused. Back pasted over from having been in a scrapbook.

A few Camrose residences

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 00:21:11 +0000

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Postmarked in 1918 at Camrose to MIss Edith Lincoln of Macleod, Alberta: "Dearest Edith, I have spent two weeks at Camrose and am getting quite used to it. It isn't hard to get acquainted, besides there are clubs so there ought to be a good time in store for me. I like my teachers fine. Write to Camrose, Alta. G.B."

Photo postcard is by Langdell (?).

Chatham's Favorites

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 00:21:40 +0000

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Posted October 9, 1905 at Chatham, Ontario to Mr. W. J. Lane of Romney, Ontario (with a receiver postmark October 10 from Wheatley, Ontario). The card is interesting because it shows what appear to be three black men as "Chatham's Favorites". Chatham was one of the end points of the Underground Railroad and had (and still has) a sizeable black population by Canadian standards. The image in the centre looks as though it could be of an escaped slave, possibly Josiah Henson (the inspiration for the slave character in "Uncle Tom's Cabin). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Henson

Rosedale Ravine, Toronto, Ont. Canada (106,719)

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:08:18 +0000

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Valentine & Sons. no. 106,719 is a lovely multiview of the Rosedale Ravine. The message, which fills the entire back, reads: "Dear Lily, What do you think of this P.C. This is very near where we live. Ocourse [sic] it is not all like this a few miles from here is the city of Toronto + that is almost like London only it is cleaner. With love from Daisy. P.S. Frank always remembers your P.C. Album + wishes it was his."

Beautiful Brandon Series - Asylum for Insane - Looking Southwest from Christie's

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:43:21 +0000

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Posted November 23, 1910, this card is on flimsy stock and is perforated. It is credited to the Western Publishing Co., in the Hample Block, Winnipeg.

Original Lock and Canadian Lock, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 01:23:51 +0000

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Card 2097 for M. Denman of Sault Ste. Marie. Nice double view showing the original lock and the modern lock "largest in the world".

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Can. (Victoria Hospital and North End)

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 23:24:47 +0000

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By Henry Hechler of Halifax, dated July 15, 1901 and addressed to Mr. Leo W. Geisler, Sr., Amsterdam Ave and 105th St. "Drug Store", Manhattan Bor., New York, U.S.A. The cancels on the back (see image) are slightly odd as it appears that the postmark reads [19]05 -- it seems possible that the original stamp was torn off and another attached at a later date but I can't quite figure out why. The note on the front appears to be suggesting that liquor is hard to come by in Halifax.

Mr. A. Peebles, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada.

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 03:44:38 +0000

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Unused "Government Agent" card.

Cowboys and Indians (strip from Greetings from Canada - Saskatchewan card)

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:10:27 +0000

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This strip (which has one or two more images at the top end that couldn't be scanned) appears from under the Saskatchewan crest on the "Greetings from Canada" card.

Moose Jaw, Sask.

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:45:56 +0000

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This unused multiview is divided back and produced by the Albertype Co. of Brooklyn, N.Y. It appears to be a U.S. card. The lower image is identified as a "Porter Photo".

Plowing and Disking "Breaking" Moose Jaw District.

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:42:54 +0000

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This is almost certainly a C.S. Co. card, although it is marked only with the distributor initials "L.R. 1475". Souch's C.S. Co. booklet records an "L.R." in Moose Jaw and while card 1475 is not recorded, card 1476 *is* in the list and is also an "L.R." from Moose Jaw. Presumably "L.R." is "Lewis Rice". The postcard has a Moose Jaw & Calgary R.P.O. postmark dated June 9, 1909 and is addressed to someone whose name looks like Mr. Lee Silliman Jr. of Toulon, Illinois, which is over by the Iowa border. It reads: "Moose Jaw - Dear Nephew, I remember once upon a [time] you wrote me a letter and I will now send you a card from the fields of Canada. There is just lots of beautiful prairie and it looks like a good chance for a young man to raise wheat in [?] a good time, Your aunt, Sarah."