wintorbos' photos

W. G. MacFarlane, no. I.462. Addressed to Miss Mabel McKay , Nappan Sta., U.S.: "Suppose you are working away as usual, remember all that has past and think of all there dis to come. But do not forget me when I am far away. D. W. - Answer please." Smith has this as I.1462.

Nerlich no. A. 750. 186. posted Feb. 1, 1908 to Miss Myrtle Carle, E. Florenceville, Carleton Co., N.B.: "Hello Myrt, Thanks for the pretty card. We are going home Saturday or Monday. Mary is going with us. Write soon. By By, Maud"

Postmarked at Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, August 14, 1910 (?) to Miss Maggie Grave, 11 North Street, Maryport, England." Undivided back, so a late use. A copy offered at Bartko-Reher was postmarked Mahone Bay - November 7, 1902. (August 7, 2022) www.ansichtskartenversand.com/ak/90-old-postcard/18976-inland-navigation-vessels-other-countries-and-states/9152072-AK-Binnenschiff-Bridgewater-on-the-LaHave-River Davis Print, Yarmouth (N.S.).

Published by Rutherford & Mann, Grand Forks, B.C. To 406-1 (similar to the numbering on Pugh cards) "Posted June 7, 1911 at Grand Forks to Miss Alice Siddall, West Goshen, Conn. "Dear Cousin Alice, thank you very much for the cards. Hope you like this. Vernon." Printed in Germany.

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)

Great card with the H G L camera emblem on the back. Posted in 1907 at Formosa, Ont., with a squared circle cancel, to Miss Ludwina Fisher, Formosa, Ont. with the following message: The fox loves the valley, The deer loves the hill, The girls loves the boys, and they always will. From a friend of the 8 line. ["8 line" would presumably be the Eighth Line, i.e. a rural road in the countryside] This would be Queen and Yonge before Simpson's was built, I guess, looking SE at the Temple Building at NW Bay and Richmond -- the tallest commercial building in the city in the period around 1900. Advertising for Quaker Oats and H. W. Tisdall, apparently a watchmaker or jeweller. Appears to be part of a Coca Cola billboard at extreme right as well.

A dealer has written "Ninette, Man." on the back. It's possible but hard to say.

Unused, uncredited.

"How would you like to be here. The results of the second Blizzard 20th of March. And today the 29th it's all gone down the Red River."

Nice colouring effect in the sky. Nice example of a Valentine & Sons card that one doesn't see 10 times at every sale.

Valentine & Sons, no. 109,417, unused. This building now houses the University of Toronto bookstore and is known as the Koffler Centre.

T. N. Hibben & Co., Victoria, B.C., no. 1650.

From Tuck's Canadian Coats of Arms series no. 2911. This is the old Nova Scotia flag. Unused.

Valentine & Sons, no. 109,419. Unused. This is now the Mining Building at the University of Toronto, at College and McCaul Streets. My late uncle, who was Professor of Geology, used to have his office on the topmost floor above the main doorway.

"This place is in Manatoba Canada" Numbered 3005 but no indication of publisher.

Valentine & Sons, New York, Artotype series, printed in Great Britain. From Charley to Ma.

Another version of this view sold by M. C. Prust, Druggist, Grand View, Man. Printed in Germany. Compare this coloured version: www.ipernity.com/doc/wintorbos/31801965 Indistinct postmark, mailed to Miss Minnie Gunn, Swan River, Man. (town crossed out and replaced with "Lidstone") "I received your card the other day, the pictures are not done yet Minnie I hope to hear from you soon. Mother is not very well just now. Millie McSherry."

Valentine & Sons, no. 105,199, unused. One of the few such schools that is still standing.