Canafornian's photos

POSTCARD Date: Posted July 11, 1909 to a Mr. Walter Anderson in Minneapolis. Publisher / Photographer: Published for E. M. Sanders by Warwick Bro's & Rutter #4820 Notation: In addition to the image itself, I was drawn to this card by the handwritten message - particularly the writer's description of travelling by train; FRONT: "I came in on this line from Plum Coulee, a distance of about 28 miles and it took just one hour & twenty minutes, thats travelling some. The roughest ride I ever had, Ha Ha. something like the Scenic R.R. at wonderland. Well Walter if you want to take a rough ride come up and ride on this line it is the Great No. [Great Northern Railway]" REVERSE SIDE: "Friend Walter, I will drop you a card and let you know that I am still alive. Nothing doing on Sundaysup here dead. just got here Friday night July 9. this is a pretty nice town about 1500 people some neat and pretty XX will be here until about July 19, and then expect to go to [Saskatchewan] about 600 miles from here Good Bye H. F."

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: This building is the flour mill of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company Limited in Keewatin, Ontario. The mill was in operation from 1888 - 1967, marketing its product as Five Roses Flour. These tracks are running East towards Kenora. The Town of Keewatin lies across a small bay/channel just to the south (right) of the mill. The small building seen in the distance on the right side of the photo is the Keewatin railway station.

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: This picturesque photo image is of the Olmypia Gold Mine on Helldiver Bay, Shoal Lake, Ontario. The site is near the cabin where we spend our summers and I have visited it many times. Virtually all of the buildings are long gone, the forests have reclaimed the open spaces, and, apart from several open shafts, there is little evidence that anything of any significance ever took place there.

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: The Sultana Mine opened in 1891 and was one of the more prominent mines in the area until it closed in 1906.

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: Elephants and camels strolling on the road beside the park attached to the C.P.R. Station in Kenora, (Station is to the right of this picture.) It seems quite likely that the circus arrived by train, as a journey by road from the nearest sizeable town (Winnipeg) would have been over 100 miles of primitive roads through inhospitable terrain. Note on reverse reads; "This is some of the circus that was here. I finished them up, and painted them myself too." Follow this link to see one of the photos that the photographer added (red) paint to: KN0372 KENORA - [CIRCUS ANIMALS - ELEPHANTS & CAMELS]

POSTCARD Date: Not Posted but July 1st. 08 [1908] has been added to the image. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: This card is captioned "Kenora" (in the water). Signage on the boat identifies it as the "Arrow". The photographer has added "July 1st, 08" over the boat's gunwale.

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: I just loved this image - especially with the snow accents.

POSTCARD Date: Posted My 29, 1906 from Stonewall to Mrs. E. Smith in Barnet, England. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: Location is confirmed by barely-discernible captioning on bottom left; "Quarries Stonewall Man." Further information on Winnipeg Supply Co. can be found at: www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/business/winnipegsupply.shtml

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified, Notation: The photographer is not identified, but the Valentine number 600,770 appears on the right bottom corner. This scene was used for later colour printed postcards by Valentine. Wintorbos has posted this same image without the Valentine numbering and the caption on that card resembles the printing used by photographer W. Woodhouse.

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: Elephants & Camels in the park outside Kenora's C.P.R. station. You gotta love it! It would appear that the circus came to town by train - given Kenora's remote location, it makes sense. Of particular interest in the image: I was a little despondent when I saw the red marks on this photo - thinking it had been spoiled somewhat by a chance encounter with red ink. On closer examination, I discovered that the red tinting had been added to the flower beds by the photographer.

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: I am pleased to say that I learned more about the Sweetheart from Mr. Jim Fields; "The SWEETHEART was owned by the Pulford family that had the Pulford island near the back channel. My grandfather R J Speers bought the island in 1945. The boat was scrapped. The Sweetheart was used to transport the Duke of Conought in 1913 when he gave the Royal designation to the Royal Lake of the Woods Yacht Club. I think Mr Pulford was Commodore of the club that year." In the book "Lake of the Woods through the Lens of Carl G. Linde" I saw a picture of a July 1914 Regatta in Kenora that featured the Sweetheart as one of "300 elaborately decorated boats... to mark... the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught."

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: BPS [BEACH PHOTO]

POSTCARD Date: Posted May 30, 1907 from Winnipeg to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: This card has an undivided back. There is no reference to Winnipeg Beach on the card itself - leaving the supposed location of the image suspect. The handwriting on the front reads: "A 'orseless Carriage Out for a drive on the boulevard May 24-'07 Winnipeg Beach

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Valentine Series Notation: Pretty stunning message in the face of our current understandings/perspectives of colonialism, racism and discrimination. Opening the flap on the chest area releases and accordion strip of eleven small images of indigenous people - all derived from images on actual postcards. Here is the strip of attached images.

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: This card was part of a larger set of Kenora cards. The Kenora location is not verified on the card itself.

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. The double-track lines were constructed through the Kenora area between 1905 and 1910. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: This card was part of a larger set of Kenora cards. The Kenora location is not verified on the card itself.

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. The double-track lines were constructed through the Kenora area between 1905 and 1910. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: This card was part of a larger set of Kenora cards. The Kenora location is not verified on the card itself. I am not sure what is going on i this scene - all these shovel-toting men positioned on the incline, but there is a derailed locomotive evident on that side of the tracks.

POSTCARD Date: Not Posted, but handwritten note dates it as June 11, 1911. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: I was quite taken with this handmade card. Crafted on a birchbark card, the picture appears to have been hand-painted on the card. The edges have been ruffled somehow, edged in black, and highlighted in gold. Here is an image of the reverse side. (Click on it to enlarge.)