Ontario

Port Arthur, Ont. (now part of the City of Thunder Bay). A Rogers photo, 1912.

Nice Illustrated Post Card Co. (Montreal) image of Ottawa. Posted there on May 16, 1906 to Mr. A. Nunn, 45 Hargurgne St., Brixton, London, S.W., England. That is Parliament Hill and in particular the West Block of Parliament (with a bit of the Centre Block -- destroyed by fire a decade later -- in the left foreground).

Osgoode Hall, which is still exactly the same (to the naked eye) and where I spent the whole day last Friday. Nice Warwick Bros. card, no. 514.

Beat up but nice image of the Governor-General's Body Guards marching down a street (Yonge?) in Toronto. Valentine & Sons card no. 105,770. Unused. Lots of great signs in this shot.

Mailed at Haileybury, Ont., May 9, 1909 to Miss Edna Hemphill, 651 South 3rd East St, Salt Lake City, Utah. Valentine & Sons no. 102,464 with additional mention of The Canada Railway News Co., Toronto.

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.

This is a much later card, likely from the 1940s or 1950s, "Made in Canada C.L.C." and is in the "Canadian Art Deeptone" series. Unused.

Postmarked "Credit Forks, Ont." on May 22, 1907 and sent to Miss Price, East Oxford School, Cowley Road, Oxford, England with the message (in a schoolgirl hand, likely to a former teacher): "Miss Price. We arrived at our journey's end safely. I hope you + your sister are quite well. We are 50 miles from Toronto + we are at Forks of Credit, Ontario, Canada." No maker stated but there is a number -- 1314 -- on the back.

A Pugh Manufacturing Co. card, no. 487-37. Not used.

Aluminum (or aluminium if you prefer) postcard showing a view of Stouffville, Ontario, just north of Toronto and now more or less a suburb.

Valentine & Sons card -- you can see that the number has been cut off at lower left, with only the top of the circled "JV" showing. Interesting view of the locks at the end of the Rideau Canal and the bridge across to Quebec. Unused.

Valentine card 106,579, unused.

This is a Valentine & Sons card that is credited to H. Knox & Co. of Kingston on the back. Unused, except for the notation "From Annie" on the reverse.

This is a Valentine & Sons card that is credited to H. Knox & Co. of Kingston on the back. Unused.

Postmarked August 13, 1906 at Mimico to Master A. Smith, 5 Blenheim Rd, Reading, Berks., England. Valentine & Sons no. 100,481.

Postmarked August 31, 1912 to Miss A. Grindell of Everton, Ont., with an enthusiastic message as follows: "Dear Aunt Annie: I had a fine time in "the Soo. The Corrie's and Campbell's were *very* nice to me. I had a splendid little trip down there to-day. Everyone on the boat was so nice I wanted to stay right on it. I have a boarding-house for the present anyway. I think I shall like the town. Winnie." The card was published by J. A. McLarty of Thessalon with the number J. M. 2649. McLarty's Drug Store is visible on the left side of the street. It looks like this a Stedman card but that is not stated. It is included in Smith's Stedman guide, however, so there can be little doubt that it's by Stedman.

This is an early mass production real-photo postcard by the Photochrom Co. of London (U.K.). A great image of Niagara Falls. Unused divided back, numbered 559.

Postmarked on May 31, 1910 at Peterborough, Ont. Addressed by J. T. K. Smith to "Dear Friend" Mrs Farrant, 78 Gillingham Rd., Gillingham, Kent, England with a brief message. While it is a Valentine & Sons card, there is no evidence of a serial number on the front.