Year = 1912

Valentine & Sons card no. 105,147 posted on September 11, 1912 at St. Boniface, Man. to Mr. Justus Morria, Acton Vale, Quebec, with a message in French. The Winnitoba was a popular passenger vessel owned by the Hyland family. It mainly carried passengers from central Winnipeg to the Hyland amusement park downstream around Middlechurch. This card provides a nice view of the ship, which sailed for only a couple of seasons before being destroyed in a fire.

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

Postmarked in August 1912 at Eyebrow, Saskatchewan and addressed to Mrs. A. Hailstone, Carling, Ontario (Parry Sound District). A branch of the Northern Bank is at right. The card appears to be in the Winnipeg Photo Co. series but is not marked as such. It is numbered 699. It is attributed to W. H. Hunter. The Central Drug Hall appears in the centre of the photo, so it is possible that W. H. Hunter could have been the proprietor of that shop.

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.

To Miss K. A. Bridge, Heaton Park, Manchester, England "With kind regards, Violet Farries, Winnipeg, 1/18/1912. The Valentine number is cut off (it's at lower left), except for the very tops of the numbers, which suggest that it could be 100,527.

Letter sent to Miss E. R. Bush, High Croft, Nr. Frome, Somerset, England: "Aug. 29th. Hello Rosalie - Just a thought from Canada. How goes the world with you? I went this trip the first Summer I spent in Canada. It is grand. Have just returned home from a little holiday. Accept my love for Auld Lang Syne. My days are busy ones. Full up with all sorts of interest. Ambulance work to the fore now. Yours etc. M. Millard, 11 Poplar Plains, Toronto." (I can see about where that is out the window -- the card has come almost full circle after spending 101 years in England!) It is Valentine & Sons no. 101,731 and was posted at Toronto on August 30, 1912.

Valentine & Sons oval mountain card, with the first section of a long letter across the entire back: "Brooks, Alta., Mon. Feb 12/12, My Dear Lu, Have just arrived here 3 p.m. + left Glen Avon Saturday midnight, arriving in REgina about 5 in the morning. I made my way to T. Cox about 9 + stayed with him till I left that night at one a.m. so you see I had a 14 hour train ride, covering a distance of 374 miles. I tell you I feel pretty tough, two nights without ..."

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.

By Russell Photo Studio, Cor. Main St. & Pacific Ave., Winnipeg. Unused, no message. Presumably obtained and sent by "Syd". The names are legible.