The Senior Champions on the Red River, Winnipeg

Undivided back postcards


Niagara Falls- American Fall from Canada

18 Oct 2013 329
Postmarked February 13, 1905 at Toronto. Undivided back addressed to Mrs N. Ferdinand, 151 Regent Street, London W., England. It is by Franz Huld of New York and is numbered 163.

Niagara Falls. Whirlpool and River.

19 Oct 2013 237
Montreal Import Co. No. 504 with the message: "P. S. As picturesque as Ryecroft brook. Isn't it cute? H. E. S."

St. James Cathedral, Toronto.

19 Oct 2013 315
Warwick Bros. & Rutter card no. 516, undivided back. Unused.

Parliament Buildings, Fredericton, N.B.

19 Oct 2013 354
Warwick Bros. & Rutter card no. 354, undivided back, unused.

At the Newfoundland Sealfishery.

24 Oct 2013 332
My first Newfoundland card. I thought these were very evocative images. The card is by the Newfoundland Pictorial Post Card Co. and is dated 1904. It is unused.

A View near Carman on the Boyne River.

10 Sep 2013 368
Unused card from Russell, Lang & Co.'s "Beautiful Manitoba" series. Undivided back.

Branding Cattle - Medicine Hat.

28 Sep 2013 422
Mailed to Miss Jessie M. Oakes of Dundas, Ontario. Cancel is Moose Jaw & Calgary R.P.O., date indistinct but the Hamilton transfer (above) and Dundas receiver are both March 17, 1905. Back is undivided with the common "Private Post Card" in the arched banner, although with an unusual "Souvenir" printed above the banner.

Toronto University

28 Oct 2013 285
On a Canadian Postal Card undivided back, addressed to Miss Daisy Scott, 1 Bredeaux Rd., Clapham Rd., London, Eng. and postmarked November 20, 1904 at Toronto. Bert, the writer, was living at 521 Parliament Street at the time. Even at this early stage, University College is having trouble keeping the grass on the Front Campus growing, as the little sign urges people to "Keep to Roadway" (or something like that). No indication of the manufacturer.

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28 Oct 2013 1 294
Real photo card, unused, on classic Canadian Velox back indicating a date of 1904 or 1905.

I. C. R. Station, Truro, N.S.

21 Nov 2013 436
Posted October 4, 1904 at Truro, N.S., showing the Intercolonial Railway station Warwick Bros. & Rutter no. 192, a very early undivided back. Message: "We arrived all Right on the 15th at Mtl (?) and 20th at Truro."

G.T.R. Double Track through the Garden of Canada (…

23 Nov 2013 367
Interesting image of a Grand Trunk train. Posted at Hamilton, Ontario, May 3, 1908 to Miss W. Green, Danson Park Stables, Welling, Kent, England. No. 102,198 in the Valentine & Sons series. Undivided back.

Provincial Parliament Bldg, Toronto, Ont., Canada.

23 Nov 2013 307
Unused embossed card showing the provincial Legislative Building in Toronto, known as "Queen's Park". No maker indicated.

Trinity Church, St. John, N.B.

03 Dec 2013 1 310
Undivided back "Private Mailing Card", unused.

Bridges and Falls, St. John N.B.

13 Dec 2013 557
This is one of three very nice engraving cards with the "anchor" undivided back. All are unused.

King St., Hamilton, Ont., Looking East.

13 Dec 2013 661
The second anchor back card. This was sold by Cloke, Bookseller, in Hamilton, Ont.

Canadian Moose, Banff, Alta., on Canadian Pacific…

14 Dec 2013 277
Unused, on a "Canadian Souvenir Post Card" undivided back with images of a beaver and a standing bear on either side of the "Canadian Souvenir Post Card" title.

Indian Head, Assa., Looking West

03 Nov 2013 332
Undivided back, unknown publisher, postmarked at Indian Head, Assiniboia, July 25, 1905 (to Simcoe, Ont.).

5989 - The Merchant's Bank - Post Office

07 Jan 2014 385
Russell, Lang & Co. card (as apparently republished from the Detroit Photographic Co. original -- no. 5989) and turned into a Christmas greeting card. It's an undivided back, likely from 1901 or 1902 but not dated or posted.

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