wintorbos' photos with the keyword: canada

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.

Unused Canadian Department of Emigration (1, Regent Street, London S.W. 1) card, celebrating our abundant apples (not computers, although a Canadian did "invent" the "luscious" MacIntosh apple.)

A Tichnor Bros. card, made in Boston, Mass. and numbered 69424. The card is obviously generic (although a very nice generic) with "Hilton Beach" etc. just stamped on. It is unused. I would guess that it dates from around 1940 but it is hard to say. A very nice linen card with a colour palette that makes one think of sun, sand and sea.

Not entirely sure where this was ... somewhere around Manitoulin Island.

St Joseph Island, Ontario, Canada

From the air. The Twin Lakes (one of them) in the foreground at left.

Ducks.

AKA Blueberry Island.

Coming in to land at YAM (Sault Ste. Marie Airport).

Marshall's Island and the tip of the Long Point.

This card was postmarked on August 24, 1927 at Fort William, Ont. (now part of Thunder Bay). It is addressed to Simeon Régnier, L'Acadie, Comté St-Jean, P. Q. and has a short message in French that is hard to read but is from Mr. Régnier's son. The numbering on the front of the card suggests that it was originally produced around 1908-10 by Valentine & Sons (no. 105,276) but in fact this particular printing of the card is likely a late reprint from the 1920s as it is identified on the reverse as having been published by Valentine Edy Co. of Winnipeg (one of the several North American Valentine subsidiaries that became independent of the Scottish parent company in the 1920s). It is noteworthy for showing a "Deering" plough (if that's what that is).

This is a later version of the emigration "propaganda" card (later than the Government Agent series, that is). This one is stated on the back to have been issued by the Canadian Department of Emigration, 1, Regent Street, London, S.W. 1. It is unused. I don't know where the school depicted was.

One of the less interesting looking "Government Agent" cards, showing the successful farm of Benjamin Holden at Indian Head, circa 1905. The card is unused.

Kudos to the Sheraton-Centre Hotel for serving such excellent items. I shall return for more some day.

Past Windsor Station to the St. Lawrence River and beyond. A few condos going up down by the river ... a tiny fraction of what we're seeing in Toronto but that's not a bad thing.

From my hotel room.

Rainy Saturday morning.

The Italian section.