Main streets (of smaller towns)

Published by the Granum Drug Co., Granum, with the M. Glückstadt & Münden postcard vending machine logo (they were the Hamburg-based printers). The 5-digit number is 43983. The card could therefore be by Phillips & Wrinch, although that is just a guess. Mailed in July 1911 to Roland, Man. with a brief message.

M. Jaw & Cal. R.P.O. #2 postmark, dated February 10, 1912. Letter to Miss L. Ashbaugh, Halbrite, Sask.: "Between Regina + Moose Jaw - C.P.R. - Sun. Here we are on our way to Swift Current. Slept at Regina last nite, + went to Grand Opera. Had a box too. Write to Caesarville. Maud." Published by R. G. Combe, Melville, Saskatchewan. C. S. Co. Ltd. W. No. 640. Printed in Saxony. Recorded by Souch.

Posted, with a cancel in blue ink, at Amherst on May 8, 1913 to Mr. A. M. Peart, Guysboro, Nova Scotia: "School Children passing in review before Sir Charles Tupper. This is below the Post Office -- he is abreast of P.O. in an auto. This is Marshall's grade - the middle portion of it. He was one of the leaders. M. -- 2000 children paraded."

Postmarked November 11, 1911 at Moose Jaw to Mrs. Willie Stuart (or perhaps Street) of Carrollton, Ill.: "Nov. 11, 1911 Moose Jaw - Dearest Sister, Arrived here the 9th. Lots of cold and snow here. But the city has certainly changed since I was here before. Expect to stay here a short time. Will write later. Give my best regards to all. 20 (?) below zero this morning. With love. Glenna (?). Great view of Moose Jaw by Alfred J. Sutton. Note the sign on the side of the Bijou Theatre: Showing Today - White Slave Traffic. Whether it is this 1913 movie is hard to say: www.imdb.com/title/tt0003016

Postmarked Bradwardine, January 15, 1909 to Miss Odessa King, Cedar Rapids, Nebraska: "Dear Cousin, I am doing a lot of skating her [sic]. I supos [sic] you are doing a lot there. I am cuting [sic] ice for the town pepal [sic] at $2.00 a load. Gilbert." Prairie Lumber Company Limited sits across the street from the pile of lumber. The taller building near the horse and buggy is the Bank of Hamilton. Looking at this location today, it is hard to believe that any of this ever existed -- goo.gl/maps/4j4p9 At least the old elevator is still there, which is unusual enough in itself.

Stedman Bros., Brantford and Winnipeg. A.S. 4780 -- unused. Great image, showing many business signs and a barber pole.

Posted at Antler, Sask., August 31, 1908 to Mrs. R. Dennis, Spruce St., Galt, Ont.: "Antler Aug. 30, Dear Aunt Mary + all Rest. Sorry I did not get up to see you before coming away. With Maude taking sick it changed plans some. This is a town just two stations from here, but not the best view of it. 1 is school. 2 Meth. Church. 3 Eng. chu. 4. One of the many elevators. Yours, Eva." No publisher indicated.

Warwick Bros. & Rutter, no. 2904, published for J. R. Wade & Sons, Grand Falls, N.B. Addressed to Miss Grace V. Hovey (or Hooey), #1189 W. 29 St., Los Angeles, Cal. A rather lacklustre attempt to colourize the card. Not a great advertisement for Warwick Bros. & Rutter or Canadian lithography in general.

One of four fancy inlaid collotypes published by the Curtis, Defoe Co. Ltd. of Haileybury. Printed in Germany. Unused. C. D. 5551.