Canafornian's photos with the keyword: hotel

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: A rare photo with snow on the ground.

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Lyall Commercial Notation: Love this sky. Could it be real?

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: Just a nice reminder of a lost treasure in Winnipeg.

POSTCARD Date: Posted September 25, 1908 from Roland, Manitoba to Toronto, Ontario. Publisher / Photographer: Published for W. H. Lowe, Roland, Man. by O.K. Press, W'p'g Notation: Handwritten note on the reverse; "Rec'd [received] the P.C. [postcard] also letter. The P.C. brought back old times. It is fine. will write when we finish threshing. Expect to start to-day. Florence has another boy. born 28 Aug. We have had Exhibition weather this month. So hot but turned a little cooler yesterday. This is our temperance Hotel on the other side."

POSTCARD Date: Posted August 12, 1929. Publisher / Photographer: Novelty Manufacturing & Art Printing Co. Notation: The card is identified on the reverse side by an imprint that reads; "Ball Room, The Fort Garry. The Grand Trunk Pacific Hotel, Winnipeg, Man.". A solid bar was later printed over "The Grand Trunk Pacific Hotel" - indicating that the postcard was likely produced prior to the 1920 absorption of the Grand Trunk Pacific by the CNR. This is one of several postcards produced in a similar unique style - each depicting one of the rooms in the hotel. The note on the back is an interesting description of the [train] trip from Toronto to Winnipeg; "Dear Anna. this is the ball room of the hotel where we are staying. Just arrived this A.M. Some rain on the way but today is fine. We have only just entered the wheat lands a few miles back. 1207 miles from Toronto is mostly woods & brush, but many beautiful lakes."

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Gowen & Sutton Notation: Seen from the south side of Higgins Avenue, the Royal Alexandra Hotel is on the left and the C.P. R. Station is on the right.

POSTCARD Date: Not posted or dated, but the caption on the card dates the image as March 30, 1906. Publisher / Photographer: Gibson Notation: The card's message was signed by "Brother Walter" and addressed to a Miss M. E. Reeve in Surrey, England. It was, however not posted. In the message, Walter (Reeve) explains; "I put these cards in an envelope because I thought they might not reach England." He goes on the explain the image; "You will see the patrol wagon is full of strikers, I see it full two or three times." On the far right is the Windsor Hotel at 655 Main Street - now (2018) known as the Manwin Hotel. On the ground floor, there are two large windows with three doorways in between. Both Windows have the "Windsor Hotel" name. On the left window, "Maison Francais" and "Joe Serina[?] Prop [Proprietor]" both appear - on the right window, "Bar Room". The three doorways, left to right, are identified as "Office", "Ladies Entrance" and "Bar". On the centre building the sign reads; "Shiloh [Cough Syrup] Will Cure Your Cough".

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Valentine & Sons #109747 Notation: I am not sure what kind of a "buffet" this is. It looks like this is a long bar likely used to prepare alcoholic beverages to patrons - not by a behind-the-bar bartender, but by several individuals who would access the libations in the cupboards, pour them into one of a variety of glasses on the counter and ring up bills at the cash registers. There is a pail-like container seen on the floor, behind the left-hand chair. could it be a spittoon?

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: Caption on reverse reads: "The Fort Garry, Winnipeg, Man., One of Canada's Hotels of Distinction, Owned and Operated by Canadian National Railways."

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Unposted. Publisher / Photographer: Lyall Commercial. Notation: I have had some difficulty finding information on this building/business. The 1911 Henderson Directory has its address as 21-27 Notre Dame Avenue, St. Boniface. No such number exists today. Notre Dame begins at Tache - running east, with house numbers in the 100s. Checking with Hatheway's map of Winnipeg in 1911, it is evident that Notre Dame originally ran straight through Tache to the river bank - land now repurposed as Parc Joseph Royal. Given that the odd numbers on Tache are on the north side, it is likely that the St. Boniface Hotel was as well. In fact, I am pretty sure that it sat at the NW corner of Tache & Notre Dame. Back to the image on the postcard... I believe that the paved street on the right side of the picture was likely Tache and the dirt street on the left would have been Notre Dame.

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Unposted Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: This is an odd postcard. I thought it was a real photo when I bought it (online), but it is a black & white lithograph. Nevertheless, it shows a view of the Empress Hotel that I have not seen. On the reverse nothing more is printed than POST CARD and a verical line up the middle.

Date: March 6, 1927 (From Caption) Publisher / Photographer: The Morrish Studio. According to what I could find online, there were no deaths associated with the fire, but as the picture shows, all the contents were destroyed.

Unposted. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified. A nice clear lithograph image of the Deer Lodge hotel in St. James.

Unposted. Postcard by Winnipeg Photo Co. Attribution to Pilot Mound Pharmacy. Of note is what appears to be an electric sign on the balcony railing (reads: Shore House). Uncommon form of Hotel signage in this period.