wintorbos' photos with the keyword: 20130910

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 It is extremely unusual to see someone identify himself on a lithographed card, which could not be published for a considerable time after the photo was taken.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 is just one panel of what would have been a multi-panel Winnipeg card likely by C. S. Co. (although the back of this section of the card is not the panel with the publisher information or the address). The message reads, October 32, November 1, 1908: Once again it is hello Cousin Louise. Received your card of the old wreck are you there yourself? If you are you don't look like any of our family. Suppose you will laugh at the idea of us calling this a city but it really extends farther in the opposite direction than the way it is taken, however we will not compare it with New York at all. Warren."

This MacFarlane card is postmarked at Bruederheim, Alta., on Jan. 21, 1911. It bears two serial numbers -- I.0291 and 201790. This is "Ravenscourt", the home of J. Stewart Tupper, at 158 West Gate on Armstrong's Point.

Interesting Valentine & Sons card showing Garry Street in Winnipeg, looking north to (and beyond) Portage Avenue. On the right the tall building is the Garrick Hotel, with the small building farther down (which is still there as well) -- the Inglis Building (or Northwest Commercial Travellers Building) was built a year or two later on the site that in this image is occupied by the Angelus Cafe. In the distance one can see the tower of the Maltese Cross Building. The Bank of Nova Scotia appears to be complete at left (the white building) -- this suggests that the image dates from 1911 (plus or minus 1/2 year). The Valentine serial number is 107,228.

Rustic scene, presumably by Winnipeg Photo Co. Numbered "No. 33".

Card 2097 for M. Denman of Sault Ste. Marie. Nice double view showing the original lock and the modern lock "largest in the world".

Unused card from Russell, Lang & Co.'s "Beautiful Manitoba" series. Undivided back.