Post offices

Russell, Lang & Co. card (as apparently republished from the Detroit Photographic Co. original -- no. 5989) and turned into a Christmas greeting card. It's an undivided back, likely from 1901 or 1902 but not dated or posted.

By Van, The Camera Man of Regina although likely a Winnipeg Photo Co. effort. Nice view with helpful annotations -- great image of the post office under construction.

Postmarked September 6, 1939 at Moosomin, Sask. The U.K. had declared war on Germany on September 3 and Canada's Parliament met the day after this postcard was mailed and had officially declared war itself by September 10. Which is interesting, because the postcard was mailed by an American named Herman Schmidt -- not a name you'd have wanted to have just about then. It was addressed to his father, Alfred Schmidt at Berlin, N.H., U.S.A., 145 Summer St., but readdressed to Lewiston, Maine: "Dear Folks, Here for just a few hours. Will write you from 'Calgary'. In haste. Love to all, Herman. P.S. Everything going great." Herman wrote in block capitals -- unusual but nice for transcribing. Although mailed in 1939, this appears to be a Golden Age card and is by Rumsey & Co.

Stedman Bros., Brantford and Winnipeg. A.S. 4780 -- unused. Great image, showing many business signs and a barber pole.