wintorbos' photos with the keyword: alberta

"One of the places I did not visit." To Mrs A. Proctor Atkinson, 140 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh, Scotland.

The fourth of the Frank cards. This one has an exceptionally long letter written in tiny though legible writing. There is no addressee as the letter takes up the entire back of the card plus some of the front. I will transcribe it at another time.

This is also addressed to Mr. Cobley and was sent the same day. What is quite interesting is the message: "Dear Cousin, Where you see X is myself and Wife. George." It is extremely unusual to see someone identify himself on a lithographed card, which could not be published for a considerable time after the photo was taken.

Like the other other cards (excepting possibly the "Entrance to Coal Mine" card), this one is addressed to W. H. Cobley, Esq., 33 Stimpson Ave., Northampton, England. The back is undivided -- unlike the other three cards -- and it was posted at Frank on July 15, 1907. The Frank Slide occurred on April 29, 1903. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Slide

Warwick Bros. & Rutter card 3102 -- a slightly different design than the other three Frank slide cards. This one shows where the miners were entombed. It is on the fancy Warwick divided back (the others have the boxy "Canadian Souvenir Post Card" back, undivided in one case and divided in the other two).

This postcard was posted July 28, 1911 at Medicine Hat and shows a barbershop, presumably in that Alberta city. The card was mailed to Mrs. E. W. Brown of Woodbridge, Ontario with the message: "Hello Emma - received your letter some time ago. And will try and ans. it sunday. Hopeing your all well. Yours truly, George." This card is by J. W. Wilson Co., of Toronto and Regina.

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.