wintorbos' photos

Posted at Sackville (N.B.), July 22, 1907 to Miss L. S. McIntosh, South Nelson, N.B.: "Rec'd your letter Friday morning. Will write later. We are going to C'ham [Chatham, N.B.] Monday night and down river Tuesday. Yours lovingly, Minnie"

Dear Allice, I got these P.C. on the way was going to wright [sic] be fore then I thought I would wait intill [sic] we got to the end as I did not know for shure [sic] when we were going no tim [sic] to say much as 12.15 mail gods now we had a good time coming down" Valentine & Sons, no. 103,636. Not posted or addressed.

Valentine & Sons, no. 103,247, posted at Saint John, New Brunswick on November 1, 1913, 3 PM to Mr Dwight Allen, Upper Cape, West Co., N.B.: "Hello Dwight, I thought I would send you my address. I am getting along fine. 25 Exmouth St., St. John, N.B." Now just a parking lot. goo.gl/maps/hLxfp3jb2wP2

J. E. Evans, publisher, Port Rowan, Ont. Unused card.

Nicklis & Hutchison, Niagara Falls, N.Y., publishers. Unused.

Nicklis & Hutchison, Niagara Falls, N.Y., publishers. Unused.

Warwick Bros. & Rutter, no. 922 in the Wild Flower Series (Wild Rose). Unused.

Art Manufacturing Co. of Amelia, Ohio. Card 3924, showing the collapse of the gates in the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. This is the fourth card that I have found in this series (click on keyword "Amelia" to see all four).

This is a great image. It was addressed to Mr. T. Hay--- [Hayden??], c/o Mr. A. Durie, Clarkson, Ontario. The woman's face in the porthole at lower left adds an excellent touch. Okay ... so we have a ship, and a date, and a (sort of) destination, so maybe the ships' passenger lists on Ancestry.com will tell us something. Sure enough, they do. The Andania set sail from Southampton on July 9, 1914 and arrived at Quebec on July 18, 1914. Now if only we knew who the people were! Hmm ... who would have bought this postcard? Not the people on the ship, most likely. Someone on shore. What might that person then have done with it? Well, one thing he or she might have done would be to post it to the person in the photo once he'd reached his destination. So maybe Mr. T. Hay--- is in the photo (the fact that his address is "care of" someone else suggests someone who isn't yet settled in Canada). So, look through the passenger list and we're in luck! Thomas Hayden, age 18, a draughtsman, born England, final destination Toronto (Clarkson is just outside Toronto). The fellow in centre of the photo fits the bill perfectly -- he's looking at his family and/or friends, no doubt, posing for one last photo prior to leaving for Canada. The thing is, that he might have had to come right back, as war was about to break out. Ancestry is of further help here ... he actually avoided that fate by emigrating to the U.S. on February 1, 1916. His full name -- Thomas Alfred Page Hayden -- is revealed on his U.S. naturalization form, filled out in 1938. By that time, he was living in Alhambra, Los Angeles, California with his wife and son (who died in 2010). I've uploaded a copy of the form. Seller's description: This evocative view of passengers aboard the Cunard liner Andania in July 1914 recalls the golden age of the transatlantic liners. The Andania was allowed only a brief lifespan. She was launched in March 1913, made her maiden voyage that July, and in August 1914 was requisitioned as a troop ship. She carried Canadian troops to England, served briefly as a POW ship in the Thames and carried troops during the Gallipoli campaign, and then returned to carrying Canadian troops. She was returned to passenger service on the Liverpool-New York run in 1917, but in January 1918 was torpedoed and sunk off Ireland by U-46.

This is a very interesting postcard by the McCoy company of Moncton, New Brunswick (and Boston, Mass.) It would presumably have been intended to solicit postcard "pen pals" and the "Not Married" would have suggested that the acquaintance could have added potential. I wonder if there was also a "Married" version (and how big a seller those were!) This is listed as a Series 40 card in Mike Smith's McCoy guide. There are no "Married" versions. McCoy seems to have issued a fair number of flirtatious cards.

Posted at Burlington, Oct. 22, 1906 toMrs. Edwin Peart, Nelson, Ont. "The Homestead": "Mrs. F.'s paper comes in Dec. as it is the on "the wisest way of distributing Xmas presents in the home "family circle" + the ladies thought as the meeting will be on Dec. 8th it would not be too late." It goes on a bit longer on the front.

Another in Russell, Lang's "Beautiful Manitoba Series" ... postcard buyers just couldn't get enough of the Silver Heights "buffalo", it seems...

Valentine & Sons, no. 103,083, posted at Halifax, N.S. on March 23, 1912 to Miss Amy Harrison, Bodafers Villas Whitchurch Rd., Chester, England: "With love from Father".

The St. Joseph's Hospital, published by C. T. McNeil. Posted 20/11/06 from Nicolet, Quebec from Graziella with a message in French on the reverse.

Haven't had a horseshoe before.

A new metallic appliqué - the wishbone!

"Dear mother my sentiments are in this card in my dreams I can see it all home sweet home but smile smile all the while it's some trile [sic] But the Better will come and I be gowing [sic] to my dear old friends at home. Dadie to Ma."

No publisher indicated. Posted at Saint John on October 25, 1906 to Miss Annie Campbell, Northport, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia: "Dear Annie, I got to St. John at last and I am having a lovely time. They took a picture of all the people at the Convention on the Church steps this morning. I am near the front. Won't it be lovely. Send me a card. By by Blanche"