Year = 1913

This real photo postcard is the work of Maurice Lyall of Lyall Commercial Photo Co. of Winnipeg. It is unusual to find a Lyall card from outside Winnipeg, let alone Alberta, but perhaps the number "466" suggests that it wasn't so unusual at the time. The card has a Moose Jaw & Calgary R.P.O. postmark dated October 14, 1913, with a letter to Mrs. George Whyte of Blyth, Ontario, reading: "Medicine Hat, Oct. 14,/13 Dear old Friend, This is just a line to show you I am alive and well. I have been kept very busy among the fruit. (?) We have very fine weather here yet. I expect to be home before Xmas. This Church cost about $125,000.00. My kindest regards to my Blyth friends. Sincerely, Frank Metcalf." As always, excellent detail in the photo by Lyall.

This has no identifying information, but it is a Canadian card and shows a Brandon pennant in the background, much like another card that I have with a car in it that was a souvenir of the Dominion Exhibition, held in Brandon in 1913. I expect this is another such card.

Real photo exaggeration card, unused, "Made in Canada". Canadian Post Card Co. of Toronto no. 64, copyright 1913.

Nicely coloured card showing a beach on Lake Superior. Letter dated at Chapleau, Ont., Feb. 15, 1913 (or possibly 1917). To Fred from his "Dadda" Fred Wilson. Valentine & Sons oval series, no number visible.

This was mailed in Port Elgin, Ont., in 1913. No maker is indicated, but it looks like the work of the C. S. Co. "Casta" may be a misprint for "Castor", a town in central Alberta. This is one of those postcards whose appeal seems to be enhanced by wear.

Message across the entire back: "Aug. 29th, 1913. Many happy returns on your birthday. From Annie and Horace. Montreal, P.Q., Canada." Valentine & Sons card 600,152.

Similar to the Field card, this has a message from Annie and Horace regarding the same birthday. The message is dated August 29, 1913. Valentine & Sons no. 100,441 (if I'm reading it right).

Valentine & Sons no. 102,696, addressed to the famous Miss L. Price, 26 Arden Road, Birchfields, Birmingham, England. "Oct. 11/13 Dear Lizzie, We had a nice holiday in the country this year for two weeks, also very nice weather. I expect to see my nephew from Hamilton on Thanksgiving Day which falls on the 20th of this month. With love, Ernest."

Valentine & Sons card 106,131, posted on May 18, 1913 at Montreal to Miss Phyllis Prior, 19 Grosvenor Road, Westcliffe-on-Sea Essex, England. "The Windsor Hotel, Montreal, P.Q. Sunday. I have got to spend all day here and find it pretty hard to kill time -- I wish I could take "theh darling" for a walk on the front. It is nice + warm here. Sunny now tho' very wet when I arrived this morning. Best love, C."