Postcards were a chance for those travelling to send back home a glimpse of what they were seeing. Postcards give us a very accurate snapshot of the cities, buildings and people of that time, they give us a look into what daily life was like.
For those who stayed home, a postcard was there window to the world, treasured and saved.
While our collection is small, we wanted to share with you what those who sent these to their family and friends back home.
If you have been to any of these places, here’s your chance to see what it used to look like.
We are always interested in increasing our collection so that we may share with everyone this glimpse into our past. If you have postcards there are three ways in which you could share them with us:
1) a direct donation to the museum
2) loan them to us, we will scan them and return the originals to you
3) if you have a digital image you can send it to us at our email address: LynMuseum@gmail.com
Montreal Road, Cummings Bridge (Ottawa) Ont.
King Street (East) looking West, showing Sir John Macdonald statue, Hamilton, Ont.
Regatta Day, Stony Lake, Kawartha Lakes, Ont.
Municipal Buildings, Cobourg, Canada
Queens Square showing Knox Church and Opera House, Galt, Ont., Canada
Dickson School, Galt, Ont.
Birds Eye View of Merrickville, Ont., Golf Links in back ground.
St. Lawrence Street, Merrickville, Ont.
Ottawa River Scene
Chaudiere Falls, Ottawa
Wellington St., Ottawa
Parliament Buildings from Nepean Point, OttawaSir John A. Macdonald Monument, OttawaEntrance to House of Parliament, Ottawa
Jarvis Street Baptist Church, Toronto, Canada
City Hall, Toronto
Osgoode Hall (Law Courts), Toronto, Canada
The Armouries, Toronto, Canada
Temple Building, Toronto, Canada
On the Terrace showing Manufactures’ and Women’s Building, Toronto Exhibition, Canada
Trinity College, Toronto, Canada
Bridge, at Little River, Gore Street, Perth, Ont.
Water Scene near the Island, Toronto
Perth, Ont.
Scene on the Tay, Perth, Ont.
Victoria Park, Smith’s Falls, Ont.Poonahmalee Cut above Smiths Falls, Ont.
Postcards were a chance for those travelling to send back home a glimpse of what they were seeing. Postcards give us a very accurate snapshot of the cities, buildings and people of that time, they give us a look into what daily life was like.
For those who stayed home, a postcard was there window to the world, treasured and saved.
While our collection is small, we wanted to share with you what those who sent these to their family and friends back home.
If you have been to any of these places, here’s your chance to see what it used to look like.
We are always interested in increasing our collection so that we may share with everyone this glimpse into our past. If you have postcards there are three ways in which you could share them with us:
1) a direct donation to the museum
2) loan them to us, we will scan them and return the originals to you
3) if you have a digital image you can send it to us at our email address: LynMuseum@gmail.com
(You may notice that some of the upper left corner is missing on some post cards, this is where the stamp was and someone wanted it for their collection)
Canada
Main Street, Moose Jaw, (Saskatchewan)
Hospital, Moose Jaw, Sask
Plowing in Saskatchewan
Portage la Prairie, Man. Birds Eye View
Mount Royal Ave, East, Montreal, Canada
Montreal in the forest lands on Mount Royal
Dominion Square, Montreal
Garneau Monument, Quebec, Que
The Basilica and City Hall Square, Quebec
One o’clock Gun, Halifax, N.S.
Keppoch Shore, P.E. Island
View of Reston, Man.
Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C.
Corner Granville and Hastings Streets, Vancouver, B.C.
Dominion Trust Building, Vancouver, B.C.
Waterfront and Shipping Vancouver, B.C. (postmarked 1906)
Hell’s Gate, Fraser Canyon
Sunrise on the West Coast
Overlooking Capilano Canyon, Vancouver, B.C.
Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alta.
Life in the Canadian West “Roping the Steer”Buffaloes at Edmonton, Alta., CanadaLife in the Canadian West: “The Cowboy Race”
The Great Divide, Stephen, Canadian Rockies
The Home of D.E.Black & Co., Limited, Calgary, Alta.
Grain Exchange, Calgary, Alta.
Central School, Calgary, Alta., Canada
C.P.R. Main Line near Yoho, B.C.
Baniff Alberta
G.T.P. Freight Yards, Prince George, B.C.
Spy Hill Dairy & Stock Farm- Calgary Central Creamery
Down Bow River showing Mount Rundle, Banff, Canadian Rockies
Takakkaw Falls, (1200 feet high), Yoho Valley, Canadian Rockies
Log Driving on the Gatineau River
City Hall and Jacques Cartier Square, Montreal
Cabot Tower, Signal Hull, St.Johns, Newfoundland – 1957
Stephenville, Newfoundland c1955
Teachers’ College, Fredericton, New Brunswick- 1956
Canadian National Railways Depot, Winnipeg, Manitoba- 1942
Mount Baker from Shoal Bay, Victoria, BC
Belleville, Ontario
These postcards were part of a souvenir booklet and found inside of an old book. Unfortunately they were not well preserved, but give us a glimpse in Belleville in the early 1900’s
Bridges over the Mora River
The Wharf
The Harbour
Albert College
Market Square
Hotel Quinte
Front Street Looking North (although its hard to see the second carriage on the right has a sign on the back that reads “Bus Fare 10 cents)
Armouries, Post Office, Quinte Hotel, Bridge Street and St. Thomas Church
