Winnipeg - Parks

Unposted. Publisher: Stationary Dept., "The Fair" 614-616 Main Street. This is a "Private Mailing Card" with an undivided back - #10 in a series.

POSTCARD Date: Posted July 17, 1911 to a Mrs Blyth in Liverpool, England Publisher / Photographer: Lyall Commercial Photo Co. Notation: Note on the reverse reads; "Agricultural College, Winnipeg, Sunday, 16th Dear Mother. Just a few lines to thank you for Daily Mail & Programme. fine & dandy. I am doing fine. expect you have got a letter by now with all the news. love to you & Jim from Len" Note the sizeable building at the far left-hand side of the park is the Warwick Apartments at 366 Qu'Appelle Ave. The large buildings in the background are on Portage Ave. - the largest being Eatons.

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Unposted but the fountain was built in 1914 so this image must be 1914 or later. Publisher / Photographer: Meyers, Winnipeg Notation: A view towards the north west across the grounds of the park - focusing on Waddell Fountain - built begrudgingly by a widower. Further information on the Waddell Fountain can be found at: timemachine.siamandas.com/PAGES/winnipeg_stories/WADDELL_FOUNTAIN.htm

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Unposted. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified. Unposted.

POSTCARD Date: Note on reverse dates it as August 5, 1910. Publisher / Photographer: Circular stamp on reverse reads Princess Studio * Winnipeg * 530 Main Street. Notation: The handwritten note on the reverse identifies this as the Telegram Picnic at Assiniboine Park. The Winnipeg Telegram was a local newspaper that began in 1907 and ended when it merged with the tribune in 1920.

POSTCARD Date: Posted August 24, 1912 from Winnipeg to Miss Mina Haley in Adrian, Minnesota Publisher / Photographer: Gibson Photo, Winnipeg Notation: Handwritten note on reverse side reads; "Dear Far Away: I am spending the day in Winnipeg! At Aunt Jessie's now. Have been at Grandpa's. Our train leaves at 11 P.M. tonight. Rainy and cold here. Love to all."

POSTCARD Date: Posted September 2, 1912 from Winnipeg to Laura Brown in Springfield, Montana (possibly Missouri) Publisher / Photographer: The Pugh Manufacturing Co. Ltd. #T.O. 1000/34

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Unposted. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: This was the original pavilion in City Park. Constructed in 1908, it was destroyed by fire on May 19, 1929. Almost exactly a year later, on May 24, 1930 the new (present-day) pavilion was opened.

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Gibson Notation: There are a large number of Winnipeg postcards with this distinctive captioning style - upper case Times Roman font in grey. No publisher is ever mentioned but some, like this one, identify Gibson as the photographer.