Flags

C. S. Co. card no. 508, new condition, unused, showing the trading floor of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, c. 1908. This was in the new building at Lombard Av. and Rorie St.

Unrecorded C. S. Co. card no. 607.

September 10, 1905 postmark, a few days after Alberta became a province. Addressed to Miss Bell, 1 Aurs Road, Barrhead, Scotland. Warwick Bros. & Rutter card no. 380, with an ink-stamp (see top of card) of D. J. Young & Co of Calgary.

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

Postmarked at Quebec, August 28, 1909, a Warwick Bros. & Rutter card (no. 466) with the intricate Warwick back. Writer notes "This city is full of charm" -- addressed to Mrs. Oscar Beebe, Orient Point, Long Island, New York.

Valentine & Sons card no. 101,374, showing the Royal Alexandra Hotel and the C.P.R. station from Main and Higgins. Interestingly, at lower right it is signed by Eugene Haberer, who was apparently a Montreal artist and/or engraver at the time. This image may have been prepared in advance of the hotel's opening (early 1906?). It is difficult to tell whether it was done on the basis of an actual photograph or not. The buildings in the background (on the left) appear to me to be figments of the imagination (and of course there is the usual faked street life -- cars, carriages, streetcars, etc.) Would be interesting to know more about this one. The identical image is used in the Clubb/Tom Jones postcard, but the right edge is trimmed off of that one and the remaining first few letters of the Eug. Haberer signature appear to have been deliberately effaced.

Valentine Edy card no. V.E. 1000, showing a nice angle on the new Legislature. The card likely dates from the 1920s but is unused. The reverse includes the standard Valentine & Sons split-globe logo and states "BRITISH MANUFACTURE".

I liked the look of this World War I patriotic.

Stedman (Brantford and Winnipeg) card no. S B 4945 (recorded by Smith), not postally used but with the message: "17.12.12 Dear Lizzie, This is to wish thee many happy returns of thy birthday. We are always pleased to hear any news of you thro' the Fritchley Chronicle. It would be nice to see you all again. With much love, Thy friend, M. ? Wallace" Fritchley is a village in Derbyshire.