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You can see this postcard in - Maple Leaves / Journal of the Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain - from 2007 - Fig 46 - Page 117 - www.canadianpsgb.org.uk/mpl/mpl-2007-03-v030n03-w305.pdf
END OF TRACK AND PRINCE RUPERT RAILWAY POST OFFICE - A brief history of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway sees its starts in 1903 when Canada's oldest railway, the Grand Trunk, announced plans to extend its line to the Pacific Coast. In 1905 construction began from Winnipeg and the various sections were opened for traffic as completed. By August 13 of 1909 the first train entered Edmonton with daily service coming the next year. Wolf Creek, near Edson, was reached in 1910 to complete the prairie section. Railroad building in British Columbia was another matter with part of the roadbed more rugged than any other in North America. It was in 1909 that final arrangements with the McBride Government in B.C. were made for the terminus at Prince Rupert. Construction started here in that year to meet the line coming from the east. The 100 miles east from Prince Rupert was completed the next year but the Skeena and Bulkley River Canyons, involving rock cuts, tunnels and bridges, held construction back and it was not until 1913 that the line reached Telkwa. The rails were joined on April 7, 1914 at Finmoore, 35 miles west of Prince George, which was exactly half way between Prince Rupert and Wolf Creek. Railway Post Offices were in operation at the "end of steel" as the lines progressed. Three different designations were used on the Grand Trunk Pacific in Alberta and. British Columbia:
1) GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC WEST OF WAINWRIGHT
2) END OF STEEL GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC WEST BRITISH COLUMBIA
3) END OF TRACK AND PRINCE RUPERT
These construction Railway Post Offices were part of the 'End of Steel Villages' and advanced with the railheads. As soon as the line was completed a regular R. P.O. was usually established. In the case of the G.T.P. and B.C. there was the Edmonton and Prince George, and the Prince George and Prince Rupert Railway Post Offices. Service of the R.P.O.'s on this line terminated in June of 1955.
A regular post office is proposed for the western extremity of the track of the Railway; the office will move as the track extends westward. This railway post office becomes known variously as "Western Terminus," "End of Steel," or "End of Track." With the completion of the G.T.R. Railway and the driving of the last spike, the "End of Steel" railway post office shuts down.
This postcard, addressed to Guelph, Ontario was probably posted on a train travelling westbound near Prince Rupert, B.C. where it was cancelled - / END OF STEEL G.T.P. WEST / AP 10 / 13 / B.C / - split ring cancel - unknown when this hammer was proofed. (RR-42 / RF 500) - this hammer was in use from 1912 to 1914. (Grand Trunk Pacific Railway - reporting mark GTP)
From the - "The Daily Colonist (1913-08-31)" - PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, August 30. 1913 - Forty-eight members of the International Geological Congress arrived at 10:36 a. m. on the steamer Princess Maquinna and were given an Informal welcome by the city. Sixteen took the special train for the "End of Steel" and will return tomorrow night. The remainder are taking motor car rides about the city, and leave for Granby tonight.
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (reporting mark GTP) was a historical Canadian transcontinental railway running from Winnipeg to the Pacific coast at Prince Rupert, British Columbia. East of Winnipeg the line continued as the National Transcontinental Railway (NTR), running across northern Ontario and Quebec, crossing the St. Lawrence River at Quebec City and ending at Moncton, New Brunswick. The Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) managed and operated the entire line. Largely constructed 1907-14, the GTPR operated 1914-19, prior to nationalization as the Canadian National Railway (CNR). Despite poor decision-making by the various levels of government and the railway management, the GTPR facilitated huge social benefits in the form of local employment opportunities, a telegraph service, and freight, passenger and mail transportation. To secure concessions from the BC provincial government, eastward construction from the Pacific Coast began in 1907. The last spike ceremony, heralding completion of the rail line across the prairies, through the Canadian Rockies, and to the newly constructed seaport at Prince Rupert, was held one mile east of Fort Fraser, British Columbia on April 7, 1914.
Railway Construction on the E. D. & B.C. Railway - by George Robinson - I came to the Peace River country on railroad construction and arrived at the "End of Steel" on the E.D. & B.C. Railway in early June 1915. This was somewhere in the vicinity of Culp and it may have been the Culp siding where we unloaded the outfit. Culp, by the way, was named for Joe Culp, a conductor on the E.D. & B.C. in those days, it is, and was, located some few miles from the top of the Smoky River banks. Our contract was across the Smoky and a couple of miles up the hill from where the bridge was to be built. Quigley & McPherson built this bridge during the summer of 1915 and the following winter and it was completed in May or June 1916. Link to the rest of this article - calverley.ca/article/03-009-railway-construction-on-the-e...
sent from - / END OF STEEL G.T.P. WEST / AP 10 / 13 / B.C / - split ring RPO cancel - this split ring hammer was not listed in the Proof Book - it was in used from 1912 to 1914. Ludlow RR-42 / RF 500.
Message on postcard reads: Dear Ethel :- Your letters have come regular & you will be thinking its nearly time for me to write, but we have been so busy getting in freight that I never seemed to get time. Will try & write you a good long letter soon. The winter is still on here yet. Winshing (?) you lots of ????? tomorrow. Colin
Addressed to / correspondence to : Miss Ethel Simpson / 345 Woolwich Street / Guelph, Ontario
The Liverpool Post Office opened in 1802. The population in 2011 was 2,653.
/ LIVERPOOL, / 31 / V / 1966 / N.S. /
/ LIVERPOOL, / 3 / IX / 1966 / N.S. /
- large MOOD cds cancel - approximately 33.0 mm in diameter - appears to be a rubber hammer - unknown when proofed - although most likely was proofed c. 1950's. The measurement on the diameter is sometimes not very accurate because the measurements could vary due to a heavy strike, or a strike made at an angle or even the type of ink used - could cause the rubber on the handstamp to expand.
It is a device which are known as "MOOD" (Money Order Office Datestamp / Device), which were first issued In Canada in 1927 and distinct looking round rubber CDS cancels of about 24 mm diameter (sometimes with ornaments). The definition of these cancels has come to include all circular rubber hammers under about 30mm diameter that were issued before 1973.
MOOD cancels are usually seen in various colours, not often in black. MOODs were used concurrently during the period 1928 - 1945, with the majority seen in the 1930's. Almost all MOOD's have a comma after the town name, and this helps to differentiate them from other postmark styles.
These devices were issued to post offices in order to date stamp money order and registration receipts as well as official mail. They were occasionally used for postmarking regular mail, but this use was not officially authorized.
1911 postmarked postcard view of Lakeville, Indiana. This view was looking south on Michigan Street and shows a two-story wood frame building on the left with a POST OFFICE sign. The 1911 St. Joseph County atlas¹ shows the Lakeville Post Office on the northeast corner at the Second Street intersection. (That street is identified as East Washington Street today.) The sign painted on the display window to the right of the entrance advertises _____ MOORE HARDWARE [and] COAL. The postcard owner found that the Moore brothers opened a hardware store in Lakeville in 1894. A decade later, Alex Moore was identified as the coal and hardware business owner.
In this scene, a young girl sat on a crude bench in front of the store. The two signs leaning against the building on either side of the entrance advertised LOWE BROTHERS PAINT. The Lowe Brothers Company was founded in Dayton, Ohio and was later bought by the Sherwin-Williams Company. The partial sign pasted on the post in the foreground advertised SYRUP OF FIGS, a common laxative product.
The single-story wood frame building south of the hardware store advertised A. O. VANLIEW. DEALER IN DRUGS & HARDWARE. A 1910 Van Liew family history identified the druggist as Alpheus O. Van Liew. He was also listed in a 1905 directory of druggists.² A genealogy website says he died in August, 1906. If the man posing in front of that store was Mr. Van Liew, then the photograph was taken earlier in 1906 or perhaps 1905.
The sign on the small building beyond the Van Liew store advertised DR. HOW. A report³ issued in 1904 listed John T. How as a physician in Lakeville. He had received his license to practice in St. Joseph County in 1902 after graduating in 1897 from Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital in Chicago.
None of the signs posted on the utility pole in front of the doctor’s office are clear enough to read. A sign on the small structure beyond Dr. How’s office appears to include the word FEED.
Typically, the store owner where the post office was located served as the community’s postmaster, but the list of postmasters for this period does not include anyone with the Moore name. The following were the Lakeville postmasters during this period:
1893 Douglas Rush
1897 Charles W. Moon
1908 Frank A. Barkley
Postmaster Moon owned a building across the street where he ran the C. W. Moon & Son general store, and operated the post office. His building was next to the building commonly known as the Rensberger General Store. The Moon building was destroyed by fire, but the Rensberger building is still in use today. Mr. Moon was postmaster from 1897 until December of 1902, when he filed for bankruptcy. The sheriff closed the Moon store and Deputy Sheriff Frank Barkley was placed in charge of the post office. The records don’t indicate if the deputy sheriff was the same Frank A. Barkley that became postmaster in 1908, nor do the records indicate when the post office was moved across the street to the location shown in this postcard scene. If the gentleman standing in the background in this scene is Mr. Van Liew, then the post office was moved across the street from the Moon building long before Mr. Barkley was appointed postmaster. It is possible the post office was moved out of the Moon building shortly after that building was closed by the sheriff at the end of 1902. Mr. Barkley may have been acting as postmaster from that time until his official appointment in 1908, or Mr. Moon may have resumed his duties as postmaster in the new location while the bankruptcy was being adjudicated and for the years following. We have not yet found information to explain the situation during this period. Mr. Moon was 62 at the time of the bankruptcy filing.
When this photograph was taken, Michigan Street made a sharp turn to the west at the south edge of town. The house at that corner in this scene is shown on the 1911 plat map. That property belonged to F. E. Van Liew.
1. Standard Atlas of St. Joseph County Indiana Including a Plat Book (Chicago, IL: George A. Ogle & Co., 1911) page 83. Available online at www.historicmapworks.com/Atlas/US/7719/St.+Joseph+County+....
2. The Era Druggists Directory, Eleventh Edition (New York, NY: D. O. Haynes & Co., 1905). Available online at books.google.com/books?id=bantAAAAMAAJ&printsec=front....
3. Indiana State Board of Medical Registration and Examination, The Sixth Annual Report (Indianapolis, IN: William B. Burford, 1904). Available online at books.google.com/books?id=yk1JCeJJsPAC&printsec=front....
From a private collection.
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My Hero Arts butterfly is such a treasure, I can make it whatever color I like. The fern, script and postmark are SU. Used distress inks and markers. Sponged the butterfly in colors to match the gems.
The "PAQUEBOT / POSTED AT SEA" cds cancel on this cover means it was mailed at sea. It entered the postal system at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 28 April 1935.
Maritime Cancel - the Paquebot cancel was placed on mail entering the postal system at Halifax, Nova Scotia after being posted at sea and received at Halifax.
"Paquebot - (usually capitalized or in all capital letters) means "packet boat mail", and refers to an item mailed on a ship.
Paquebot mail begins at sea, postmarked on land - Mail posted at sea is generally held by the ship's purser or postal officer, if it has one, until the next port with postal facilities is reached. When the ship reaches the next port, the purser or postal officer delivers all mail received during the voyage to the post office serving the port. The mail is then marked "Paquebot" or the equivalent and is postmarked by the post office and entered into the mailstream for delivery. The cover could have received a handstamp aboard ship, but that handstamp is not a postal marking.
AGENCJA POCZT-TEL (POST-TEL AGENCY)
27 IV 35-8
S/S PULASKI (handstamp cachet)
- via "S.S. Kosciuszko"
/ PAQUEBOT / POSTED AT SEA / RECEIVED / AP 28 35 / HALIFAX / - cds cancel - unknown when proofed.
Link to - Paquebot Covers: Mailed on the High Seas - written by - John Burnett - A version of this article was published in Linn’s Stamp News - www.bnaps.org/ore/Burnett-Paquebot/Burnett-Paquebot.htm
to - Louis F. Ditzel / 2332 Calverton Hts. Ave. / Baltimore, Maryland / U.S.A.
Gdynia America Line - Formed in 1930 by the Polish Government to operate cargo and passenger services between Gdynia, Copenhagen, Halifax and New York. A service to Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo and Buenos Aires started in 1936, and Mediterranean sailings between Constanza, Haifa and Istanbul. The South America service ceased on the outbreak of war in 1939, but the New York service resumed in 1947. For political reasons, the BATORY was banned from New York in 1951 and transferred to the India / Pakistan service until 1956. She was then used on the Quebec - Montreal service. Link - www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/gdynia.shtml
PULASKI / CZAR / ESTONIA / EMPIRE PENRYN 1912 - The "Czar" was a 6,503 gross ton ship, built by Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow in 1912 for the Russian American Line. Her details were - length 425ft x beam 53.2ft, two funnels, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 15 knots. On 13th March 1930 she started a single round voyage between Danzig, Copenhagen, Halifax and New York and was then renamed "Pulaski". She started sailing between Danzig, Halifax and New York under this name on 25th April 1930 and commenced her last North Atlantic voyage - Gdynia - Copenhagen - Halifax - New York on 18th August 1935. On 24th August 1939, just before the outbreak of WWII, she sailed from Gdynia for Falmouth and was used as a troopship during WWII, was renamed "Empire Penryn" under British registry in 1946 and was scrapped at Blyth in 1949.
KOSCIUSZKO / CZARITZA / LITUANIA / GDYNIA / EMPIRE HELFORD 1915 - Built by Barclay, Curle & Co.Ltd, Glasgow in 1915 as the CZARITZA for the Russian American Line. She was a 6,598 gross ton ship, length 440ft x beam 53.4ft, two funnels, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 15 knots. There was accommodation for 30-1st, 242-2nd and 1,052-3rd class passengers. Launched on 14/2/1915, she ran on the New York service for the Russian American Line and in 1917 came under Cunard management, keeping the same name. In 1921 she went to the Baltic American Line and was renamed LITUANIA, commencing her first voyage on 8/2/1921 when she sailed from Libau to Danzig, Copenhagen, Boston and New York. In December 1924 she was rebuilt to carry 290-cabin and 500-3rd class passengers, and in February 1926 was rebuilt again to accommodate 110-cabin, 180-tourist and 500-3rd class passengers. On 19/2/1930 she commenced her last voyage from Danzig to Copenhagen, Halifax and New York and was then sold to the Gdynia America Line of Poland who renamed her KOSCIUSZKO and ran her between Poland and New York and South America. In 1940 she went to the Polish Navy and was renamed GDYNIA and in 1946 was taken over by the British and named EMPIRE HELFORD. She was scrapped at Blyth in 1950.
- was this a ROESSLER creation cover??
Norse-American Centennial Air Mail envelope postmarked: / NORSE CENTENNIAL / 1825-1925 / June 6-9 / St. Paul, Minn. / The envelope is franked with a carmine and black two-cent 1925 Norse-American commemorative stamp.
Scott# 620 -1925 2¢ Norse-American
2¢ - Carmine and black, deep carmine and black
Printing Method: Flat plate
Subject: The sloop 'Restaurationen'
Number issued: 9,104,983
Perforations: 11
Watermark: Unwatermarked
Scott#: 620
Issued: May 18th, 1925
There was a suspicion that this stamp was created especially for collectors. The print run was quite small. It was a low denomination, small stamp printed via the flat plate printing process, costly to produce, a bi-color stamp. Lastly, it commemorated an anniversary that was of little importance.
The anniversary was the centennial of the landing of the first Norwegian settler. The settlers sailed on the Sloop 'Restorationen' and landed in New York on October 8th, 1825. A group of North Eastern US representatives had pushed for this stamp to be issued as quite a few voters of Norwegian descent lived in their states. The date of issue was placed before the anniversary to give advance notice of the commemoration. It was not until 1992 that Norway issued a similar commemorative stamp, the fourth image. LINK - www.theswedishtiger.com/620-scotts.html
The Norse-American Stamps - U.S. Scott# 620 and its companion, Scott# 621, are known as the Norse-American stamps, honoring the arrival of Leif Erikson and the Restauration. These were among the handful of stamps produced since the 1901 Pan-Americans to feature bBecause the stamps took so long to print, they were produced in much smaller quantities than other stamps of the day. Producing large quantities of the stamps was difficult too, because they were printed in sheets of 100, rather than 400, like most stamps at that time. When the stamps were released, they were in great demand, with post offices around the country receiving several calls for them daily. A second printing was suggested, but was far too costly to follow through with. It has been estimated that less than 300 post offices received the stamps, with some only getting one or two sheets each, making them even more difficult to find today.i-color printing, a costly and time-consuming process.
In 1925 Norwegian-Americans celebrated a Centennial; it was in 1825 that the sloop Restauration reached America with Cleng Peerson from Rogaland and his followers. They were called “sloopers” in immigrant literature. President and Mrs. Coolidge visited the great event in Minnesota in June 1925. The president gave a long and reportedly powerful speech.
(3 June 1925) - President Coolidge's Trip to Minnesota - LINK to newspaper article - www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-pres...
- sent by - L. R. Saunders / Globe-Gazette Apt. F / Mason City, Iowa
Lester Robbins Saunders
(b. 9 October 1897 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States – d. 28 February 1927 at age 29 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States)
In 1920 he was a chemist working in a hospital in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois - he was also the enumerator for the Cook County 1920 US Census...he was a philatelist who authored the book - "Harding Memorial Precancel Catalog" in 1925.
(1 March 1927) - Obituary for Lester Robbins SAUNDERS - LINK - www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-obituary-for-l...
With the Globe-Gazette weekly being absorbed in the daily, there remained the struggle between the two dailies. In 1918 the Times was purchased and merged with the Globe-Gazette. The Globe-Gazette some years before this had built the three-story building on First and Delaware S. E., now the Globe-Gazette apartments (this is where L.R. Saunders was living in 1925), which it occupied until 1921, when it moved it its present location. The population of Mason City, Iowa in 1925 was around 22,000.
Addressed to: J. G. Gantner / 1001 Churchill Ave., / Utica, New York /
Joseph Gebhardt Gantner
(b. 6 November 1872 in Oneida, New York, USA – 21 January 1959 at age 86 in Utica, Oneida, New York, USA) - occupation - locomotive engineer for the New York Central Railroad
CITY HEIGHTS - a suburb of Vancouver, in South Vancouver Provincial Electoral District.
“City Heights”, the name of the local post office which, with its establishment in 1911, was located at 4116 Main Street, with George P. Findlay, postmaster.* The original structure in which City Heights Post Office seems to have resided is extant; it is the building immediately to the south of the Walden Building (1910), which was known at the time as Findlay Place (Apartments), doubtless named for George the Postmaster. LINK to the complete article - vanasitwas.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/mudge-the-poultry-man/
Article from the "Vancouver Daily World" Newspaper - 15 March 1911 - SOUTH VANCOUVER WILL OPEN "CITY HEIGHTS Post Office" SOUTH VANCOUVER, March 15 - The new Post Office, "City Heights," was not opened today according to expectations, but next week it is expected that the Post Office will be ready for business. The new Post Office will be located In Chamber's Drug Store on Main street at Twenty - Fifth Avenue. Mr. George P. Findlay will be the postmaster and applications for key - boxes may be sent to him at the Sixteenth Avenue Post Office.
George Preston Findlay was the Postmaster at the Hillcrest (Vancouver) Post Office (located in the Hillcrest Pharmacy at 3212 / 3214 Main Street) from - 1 July 1908 to 7 February 1911. He then became the Postmaster of the City Heights (Vancouver) Post Office located at 3218 Main / 24th Ave. on - 16 March 1911.
Birth - 17 Apr 1881 at West Lynne, Manitoba, Canada
Death - 29 May 1964 (aged 83) at Vancouver, B.C.
Marriage - George Preston Findlay (age 36, bachelor) and Lena Elizabeth Cochran (age 30, spinster) married on 7 Nov 1917 at Vancouver, B.C. George Findlay, a merchant, was born at West Lynn, Emerson, MB to Peter P. Findlay (contractor) and Catherine J. Wharton.
The City Heights Post Office was established - 16 March 1911 - it became Vancouver Sub Office City Heights - 1 April 1913 and closed - 6 February 1969.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the CITY HEIGHTS and VANCOUVER Sub Office CITY HEIGHTS Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
- sent from - / CITY HEIGHTS / SP 2 / 11 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 25 February 1911 - (RF D).
via - / OTTAWA & PRESCOTT / SP 13 / 11 / M.C. / - rpo transit - (Ludlow O-253 / RF 195)
Message on postcard reads: 426 - 24 Ave - City Heights (South Vancouver), B.C. / Dear Sister - Just a line to let you know I received your card yesterday. All are well - I was at the Exhibition day before yesterday - Twice as good as last year. Love to all from Lilly
Lilly Amelia (nee Otto) Craig
(b. 28 August 1882 in Hull, Quebec / Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario – d. 1970 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada)
Her husband: Robert Peter Craig
(b. 9 July 1877 in Russell Township, Russell County, Ontario, Canada – d. 1955 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) - he worked for the C.P.R. in 1907.
They were married - 18 Dec 1907 in Vancouver, B.C. - they had
five children.
Addressed to: Miss Flora Otto / Osgoode Station / Rural Mail / Ontario / redirected to: c/o J.H. McKeen / 901 Bank Street / Ottawa
Flora Damaris (nee Otto) Bower
(b. 4 November 1887 in Prescott, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada – d. 1977 in Kars, Ottawa, Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario, Canada)
Her husband - Wilbert Leslie Bower
(b. 11 June 1886 in Osgoode, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada – d. 1975 in Kars, Ottawa, Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario, Canada) - they were married - 16 September 1914 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
- this postcard was redirected to - c/o J.H. McKeen / 901 Bank Street / Ottawa - which was McKeen Grocers...she was living in one of the apartments located on the second floor above the McKeen Grocery Store.
MCKEEN GROCERS - James McKean - The dynasty began with Jameson (known as James) Harold McKeen, who was born Aug. 16, 1874, on a farm near Osgoode Station. He often came into the Byward Market with a wagonload of vegetables to sell. He eventually moved to Ottawa, and got a job working in a grocery store on Hill Street on Lebreton Flats. In 1908, He married Clara Schwerdtferger. By 1910, James could afford to have a grocery store and butcher shop built at 901 Bank Street, at the corner of Clarey Avenue, in the new suburb of the Glebe. There were two apartments on the second floor, and the newlyweds moved into the front apartment overlooking Bank Street. (article written by IAN MCKERCHER) LINK to the complete article including a photo of the grocery store opening in 1911 - (pages 20 to 23) - www.glebereport.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/Glebe_Repor...
Postmarked Bournemouth-Poole, 1937, with the slogan "Post Early In The Day" over and Edward VIII 1d stamp.
An American IPA full flavoured and well-balanced with a reddish amber color. The beer is medium bodied with a balancing malt backbone. The specific combination of hops leads to a citrus, tropical fruit aroma and flavour, with a subtle bitterness. The IBUs, or international bittering units, are on the low end of the spectrum at 50, with very little residual bitter hop flavor after taste. This IPA is built to be enjoyed in volume not test your hop endurance threshold. The hop and malt aromas intensify as the beer warms.
1909 postmarked postcard view of Main Street in Churubusco, Indiana. The photographer was looking southeast from the Washington Street intersection. The farthest buildings in this scene were south of the Vandalia Railroad tracks.
The sign on the building at the left edge of this scene advertised O. GANDY & CO. THE EXCHANGE BANK. The 1905 Sanborn™ fire insurance map set for Churubusco shows a repository in the north half of that building and the bank in the south half. The 1911 map set identified the repository as a carriage repository. A 1910 state auditor’s report¹ identified the bank as The Exchange Bank of O. Gandy & Co. and indicated a Certificate of Authority had been issued in 1905. Oscar Gandy was the owner. The 1907 Whitley County history included the following paragraph about the founding of the bank.
“On September 11, 1893, Oscar Gandy established the "Exchange Bank" under the firm name of O. Gandy & Co.. with a capital of $10.000. The Exchnage [sic] Bank has always done a prosperous business and is considered one of our most substantial financial affairs and has increased its capital to $25,000. The present officers and employes are O. Gandy, president; E. E. Gandy, cashier; John A. Pressler, assistant cashier; Ursula Magers, bookkeeper; Minnie Anderson, stenographer; and George Gump, janitor.“²
The history also included an entry on page 305 stating the bank building was built in 1898.
Two brick buildings stood south of the bank building. Business names were printed on the awnings, but are not clear enough to read. The 1905 map set shows a meat market in the north building and department store in the south building. The 1911 map set shows the meat market and a clothing, dry goods and furniture business in the buildings.
Next door, the wood frame building housed (from north to south) the Churubusco Post Office, a bakery and a barbershop according to the 1905 map set. The 1911 map set shows a newer and longer brick building that housed (from north to south) a notions business, the post office, a confectionery and tobacco business, a jewelry business and a barbershop. The only visible sign on that building in this postcard scene was the US POST OFFICE sign.
Across the street, the most distant businesses were south of Whitley Street. Two of the signs appear to advertise a MEAT MARKET and A GROCERY. The 1905 and 1911 Sanborn™ map sets show a grocery in that block, but not in the different locations for each year. Neither shows a meat market. Another small sign in that block advertised a lunch room, but it’s difficult to tell which building the sign is on. The 1905 map set shows two restaurants in that block and the 1911 map set shows a single restaurant.
Farther north (closer to the photographer) were signs advertising CITY DRUG STORE, DENTIST and ICE CREAM SODA. The soda sign undoubtedly belonged with the drugstore sign. It is difficult to tell which signs belonged with which building. Although these signs may appear to be in front of one of the two two-story brick buildings, they were probably in front of the wood frame building across the alley to the north. Both map sets show a drugstore as the second business north of Whitley Street in a two-story wood frame building on the north side of the alley. This was directly across Main Street from the post office. The 1905 map set actually identifies the store as a drugs and stationery business.
The 1907 county history listed J. F. Criswell & Son and Miss Mary Eikenberry & Co. as owners of drug stores in town. However, a 1905 directory of retail druggists listed the names as Craig & Boggs and Eikenberry & Co. A 1908 directory listed A. B. Craig and Mary Eikenberry.
The only dentist listed for Churubusco in a 1914 directory was Frank B. Weaver, a 1900 graduate of Northwestern University Dental School in Chicago. The dental office would probably have been upstairs and the Sanborn™ map sets typically don’t identify those offices unless they are in separate buildings.
The awnings at the right edge of the postcard were on a group of small buildings near the southwest corner of Washington Street. A wood frame building stood on that corner and is outside this view. It housed a grocery and millinery shop. The awning at the right edge of this postcard may belong to the millinery shop. The other awnings were on a brick building south of the corner, and one awning appears to advertise M. KOCHER. Both Sanborn™ map sets show a boots and shoes business at that location. The 1907 county history reported that Mr. Kocher built a brick building in Churubusco in 1892 and ran his boots and shoes business in the building.
1. Auditor of the State of Indiana, Annual Report (Indianapolis, IN: William B. Burford, 1910). Available online at books.google.com/books?id=l_dJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=front....
2. Samuel P. Kaler and Richard H. Maring, History of Whitley County, Indiana (Indianapolis, IN: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1907), pages 307-308. Available online at books.google.com/books?id=-hUVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=front....
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ROYSTON MACHINE SHOP /
Royston, V.I. (Vancouver Island), B.C. (corner card cover)
The Machine Shops Industry includes all independent machine shops which are occupied chiefly or solely in custom machining or repair work, and which have gross yearly income in excess of $5,000 each. Small shops which do less than 5,000 worth of business, each in a year are not included, nor are the shops which are operated in connection with factories, mines, paper mills, etc.; the former are included in the Census of Merchandising and Services, and the latter are covered by the general reports submitted by concerns in these industries. Machine shops which make a regular line of products for sale are classed as manufacturing plants and included in the appropriate industries.
The Royston Community Hall has been noted as a landmark despite its non-descript Royston Community Hall (circa 2001) appearance and less than ideal siting 2 feet off the edge the Old Island Highway and Royston Road. The Hall has rich local historic significance. It originally built in the 1920s to house the Royston Machine Shop and was later converted to the Community largely by the efforts and donated labor from the founding families of Royston and their descendents.
John George Richardson was chairman of the Royston Water Improvement District from 1956-1966 and was the long time chairman of the Courtenay Fire Protection District with a special interest in procuring fire hydrants. In 1949 he and Daphne became charter members of the Royston Community Club where he was very active on the renovations and building committee of the old Royston Machine Shop that become the Community Hall.
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Royston is an unincorporated community which is part of the greater Comox Valley region, 100 km northwest of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is situated next to the Trent River, across the harbour from Comox and lies on the southeast municipal boundary of Courtenay. Royston is now home to just over 1,200 people.
Royston was the major port for the Comox Valley logging industry throughout the 20th century. Logs were shipped here by rail, boomed in the harbour, then towed across to the B.C. Mainland to be made into lumber. William Roy and his family settled here in 1890, collaborating with a real estate promoter named Frederick Warren to lay out a townsite that they named Royston. The settlement could have been named as "Roy's Town" but could also have been named after Warren's home town of Royston in Hertfordshire - or both. Early settler William Roy was one of the first to clear land in Royston. Originally from Scotland, William came from Westville, Nova Scotia arriving in the Comox district in 1890. Although he was bound for Cumberland, on the ship that brought him up from Nanaimo he met James Dunsmuir. Dunsmuir owned large tracts of land and invited Roy to look around for an area he might like to buy. Roy decided on beach property that would now straddle both sides of Royston Road on the east side of the Island Highway and north of the Trent River. Roy with a real estate promoter named Frederick Warren created village lots in 1910. By 1912 Royston had 30 settlers. A rail line between Royston and Cumberland provided easy daily travel between the two settlements from 1914 to 1930. This service lead several Cumberland residents to build summer homes at Royston and Gartley beach on the south side of the Trent River.
The Royston Community Club purchased the machine shop at the corner of the Island Highway and Royston Road in 1952 for a community hall. The building is now nearly 100 years old having been constructed in 1925.
(from 1918 - Wrigley's British Columbia directory) - ROYSTON STATION - a post office and settlement 4 miles south of Courtenay, in Comox Provincial Electoral District, on the E. & N. Ry. Has telephone office. The population in 1918 was about 20. Local resources: Farming.
The Royston Station Post Office was established - 1 January 1915 - it became Royston - 1 January 1929.
/ ROYSTON / SP 27 / 46 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer was proofed - 9 December 1928 - (RF B).
Addressed to: Gordon & Belyea Limited / 101 Powell Street / Vancouver, B.C. /
Gordon & Belyea Limited Vancouver B.C. was a wholesale hardware and ship chandlery business. Link to a photo of this building - searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/8/1/813353/040...
TRANSATLANTIC RACE / COURSE TRANSATLANTIQUE / SYDNEY - LIVERPOOL - Nova Scotia Pictorial Postmark - Diameter - 31 mm / Pictorial element - A tall ship
This strike is the D - M - Y example / there is also a Y - M - D strike.
Hugh Rathbun writes in his book "Nova Scotia Pictorial Postmark 1975 - 2018" - After leaving Halifax, the tall ships ended a 1984 visit with a July 7 - 11 stay in Sydney, Nova Scotia. On July 11, the ships left Sydney on a transatlantic race to Liverpool, England. Halcyon, one of the ships, carried a group of covers bearing this postmark. The postmark was also available while the ships were in Sydney.
Trans Atlantic Race / Canada to England / Tall Ships - Souvenir Cover - The tall ships 1st Ocean Race, Sydney, N.S. to Liverpool, England; started off Sydney, N.S. on 11th July, 1984. This cover, one of 750 issued, was carried Trans Atlantic aboard the vessel indicated (STV "HALCYON"), sailing in this race.
STV "HALCYON" - Warsash, England
Crew - 17
Tonnage Gross - 53.16
Net - 47.26
L.O. - 100' / L.W. - 67'
S.A. - 3,766.5 sq. ft.
Signed by - Master - J.H. Kennedy
Overall final position in race - 9th
Link to video - Tall Ships 1984. Halifax, Nova Scotia - www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXK5ZPATUt4
About the Stamp - Pomp and circumstance will be Quebec City's daily scene from 25 to 30 June 1984. An estimated one million people will gather to greet a large spectacular procession of tall ships, many of which will have sailed from Saint-Malo, France, to Quebec City. The voyage honours the 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's first voyage to North America. On the way from Saint-Malo to Quebec City, the tall ships will visit Las Palmas, Bermuda, Halifax, and Gaspé. Tall ships, the remnants of a great commercial sailing tradition, were given name by the late poet laureate John Masefield who was himself a sailor. Various peoples from ancient times used primitive sailing vessels. Tremendous development took place in the fifteenth century, but it was not until the following century that ships became truly seaworthy. The late nineteenth century became a great era of tall ships when sailing performance reached its peak and designers produced their finest work. Later, interest in tall ships declined as steam-propelled vessels appeared. Nevertheless, many nations now recognize the importance of training under sail, and sailing-ship building has revived in the twentieth century. Tall ships bear the romantic aura of nostalgic tales, but in the age of sail, life on board these ships was very hard. Scurvy took the life of many mariners, and even in the nineteenth century only the fittest survived on board. Lack of fresh water and food, small crews, huge cargoes, and overcrowding of passengers made such trips a gamble between life and death. Nowadays, crews are composed of a large number of people, and radio communications connect ship and shore; but working on board a tall ship is still demanding, as those who visit the ships in Quebec City will quickly realize. The beauty of the tall ships and the seamanship of their crews will be truly worthy of the festivities that Quebec has in store for them. The tall ships stamp was designed by Toronto artist O.K. Schenk. The design features a dramatic aerial view of a Class A square-rigged tall ship typical of those participating in the event. The ship is being escorted into harbour by a collection of small craft. The First Day Cover design features a view of the old harbour basin at Quebec City in the late nineteenth century. Tied up to a wharf is a Norwegian square-rigged ship, typical of those of the last days of merchant sail. The old port of Quebec City is the focus of activities for the 1984 celebrations. Creators - Designed by Oswald Kenneth Schenk
Link - Tall Ships Visit, 1984 - postagestampguide.com/stamps/16274/tall-ships-visit-1984-...
- addressed to: The Sydney Stamp Club, / 213-50 Towerview Place, / Sydney, N.S. / Canada B1S 3B8
- arrived in Liverpool, England on 2 August 1984 - with special "TALL SHIPS VISIT" pictorial postmark
Postmarked at 8 a.m., February 24, 1908, at Stoneboro; arrived in Brooklyn, Pennsylvania, the next day and given a "REC'D" mark.
This card was, I expect, fruitlessly mailed to Tiffany Kennels seeking info; the sender failed to supply their name and address.
Message (I'll retain original spelling):
Kind sir please send me your Katalogue giving the price list of your beagles and their ages & other pitculars"
I’ve inset what little information I could find on Tiffany Kennels. The news clipping is from the July 3, 1908, edition of the Wilkes-Barre News and I hope that the terrifying (and possibly exaggerated in its coverage) mad-dog incident did not bring about the demise of the business.
1908 postmarked postcard view of Fourth Street in Monon, Indiana. The 1909 Sanborn™ fire insurance map set for Monon shows the photographer was standing on the west side of the railroad tracks in Railroad Street and looking west toward Market Street. The railroad was identified on the map set as the L. N. A. & C. (Louisville, New Albany & Chicago) Railway. However, that company had merged with the Chicago & Indianapolis Air Line Railway many years earlier and then reorganized in 1897 as the C. I. & L. (Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville) Railway. The tracks of the two railroads crossed at Monon (1½ blocks south of this scene), hence the nickname “Monon Route.” The new company served Chicago, Michigan City, Louisville and Indianapolis via the Town of Monon and eventually adopted the nickname as the company’s official name.
The nearest sign advertised the GARWOOD BROS. LIVERY, FEED & SALE STABLE. This livery business was shown in the 1909 map set on the southwest corner at Fourth & Railroad Streets. However, the 1916 map set shows an agricultural implements business at that location. Both map sets show a “hitch stable” (or “hitch barn”) next door that appeared to be connected to the livery and implements businesses. The only other readable sign included the name FRED THOMAS. That sign appears to be west of the alley and both map sets show only one building beyond the alley, a two-story wood frame building (with a single-story attached structure at the east end) that stood on the southeast corner at Market Street. The 1909 map set shows a bank in that building and the 1916 map set shows a restaurant.
A wagon was parked in the middle of the street with a boy standing beside the horse and two men standing on the wagon, apparently posing for the photographer. Most of the people on the sidewalks also seemed to be watching the photographer.
The only readable sign on the north side of the street identified the location of CITY HALL. Both map sets show the Monon Town Hall and Fire Department in the second building west of the Railroad Street intersection. In 1909, an agricultural implements business and a hardware business shared the building to the west. The two business spaces in the next building to the west were vacant. In 1916, a cobbler had replaced the implements business, but a hardware business was still located in the west half of that building. The next building west contained a harness shop and a “drinks vend.” in 1916.
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1911 postmarked postcard view of DeMotte, Indiana. Demotte is located in Jasper County and this postcard is apparently a view of Lillie Street looking north. (Lillie Street was later renamed Halleck Street.) The photographer was probably standing in Lillie Street and facing northwest when this photograph was taken.
DeMotte was a busy place. The building near the left edge of this scene had DE MOTTE IND. POST OFFICE painted on the windows. The sign above the entrance next door advertised GOLD MEDAL FLOUR. There were milk cans on the two horse-drawn wagons in the foreground. The sender of this postcard identified himself only as “Marvin.” He and two other boys were sitting on one of the wagons. Several other boys and men were standing in front of the post office and the store next door.
The 1909 Jasper County atlas¹ shows the post office on the west side of Lillie Street. It was about midway between the C. I. & S. (Chicago, Indiana & Southern) Railroad line to the north and Walnut Street (Ninth Street today) to the south. This old post office location may have been across the street from the current post office.
A town history² included a newspaper photograph from 1906 that was similar to this postcard view. That history also included a pair of comments about the post office. The first, referring to the 1932-1933 period, said the Post Office was “on the west side of Lilly [sic] Street (Halleck St.).” The second comment referred to a disastrous downtown fire in 1936 that destroyed the “new post office” along with many nearby businesses. The following is a list of DeMotte postmasters and their appointment dates during the period when this postcard was produced.
Joseph L. Tyler 26 February 1901
Frank M. Hart 7 September 1905
William H. Wells 9 January 1909
John F. Watson 5 April 1912
The C. I. & S. Railroad was owned by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway and the Michigan Central Railroad, and they were part of the New York Central Railroad system. This C. I. & S. line ran between northcentral Illinois and South Bend, linking DeMotte to Kankakee, Momence, Shelby, Wheatfield, North Judson and other communities in northwest and northcentral Indiana. An October 1907 timetable³ listed three trains in each direction passing through DeMotte. There were junctions with other railroads nearby, including the Monon Route (Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway) that ran between Chicago and Louisville via Shelby.
The sender of this postcard wrote the following information on the reverse side of the postcard.
DeMotte, Jan 14/1911
Dear Charles:
This is a picture of town. X me, V Ed O Limon a boy neighbor.
Send my regards to Gussy & Ma. [check mark symbol] is the man I am staying with.
From Marvin.
Marvin addressed the postcard to Charles Christiansen in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Upon reaching Milwaukee, the postcard was forwarded to Oconto Falls, Wisconsin.
1. Standard Atlas of Jasper County, Indiana (Chicago, IL: George L. Ogle & Co., 1909), page 27. Available online at www.historicmapworks.com/Atlas/US/11202/Jasper+County+1909/.
2. DeMotte Chamber of Commerce. DeMotte, Indiana History 1997. ( Available online at www.faithfabric.com/tbh/demotte/demotte_history_home.htm.
3. The Official Railway Guide: North American Freight Service Edition (New York: National Railway Publication Co., 1908). Available online at books.google.com/books?id=kLgbTCc-AOcC&printsec=front....
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1908 postmarked postcard view of the Baltimore & Ohio (B. & O.) Railway shops at Garrett, Indiana. The 1901 Sanborn™ fire insurance map set for Garrett includes the area occupied by the shops. Based on that map set, this view was looking southwest with the roundhouse at the left and the sand house at the right with the larger erecting shop and the black smith/machine shop in the background on the right. The building in the far background at the right edge of the postcard was probably the car repair shop. The roundhouse was located on the north side of Quincy Street, north-northeast of the Peters Street intersection. The photographer was standing at the north side of the rail yard and must have been standing near where Cowen Street would have been located had it crossed the tracks.
The 1885 DeKalb County history says the new rail line between Pittsburgh and Chicago began operating in 1875. The site where Garrett now sits was selected by the B. & O. for their repair shops because of its distance from Chicago. The city that grew up around the shops was named for B. & O. president, John W. Garrett, and it grew rapidly because of the jobs available at the new shops. The 1900 census listed the population as 3,910. In 1920, the population was 4,796.
In a nomination form for listing part of Garrett on the National Register of Historic Places, the applicant noted that B. & O. began shutting down the shops in the 1920s. Demolition of the structures began in the late 1950s and was completed in 1968. The 1875 roundhouse was the last structure to be demolished.
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Postmarked Sept. 1938. The original design of the wigwams had swastikas since they were associated with Native Americans.
1910 postmarked postcard view of the Wabash River Bridge looking west toward Pittsburg, Indiana. Pittsburg is an unincorporated community located across the river from Delphi in Carroll County.
A 1916 county history¹ says contracts for the 600-foot bridge were awarded in 1868. The bridge and Pittsburg’s street layout are shown in an 1876 Indiana atlas.² That atlas shows Washington Street running from the west end of the bridge westward through the community. Today, this street is identified as County Road W 310 N. A new concrete bridge replaced this 1868 bridge in 1934-1935 according to the bridgehunter.com web site. That initial concrete bridge has now been replaced by a newer bridge.
The sign on this end of the bridge may have been warning travelers of a $20.00 fine for driving too fast across the bridge.
Andrew W. Wolever, a Delphi photographer, took this and other photographs in the area. The quality of his work is spectacular as illustrated by the clarity of the bridge structure and the building details across the river. The man and two girls standing on the bridge are very clear as well for a postcard photograph from this era.
1. John C. Odell, History of Carroll County, Indiana (Indianapolis, IN: B. F. Bowen, 1916). Available online at books.google.com/books?id=QG03AQAAMAAJ&printsec=front....
2. A. T. Andreas, Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana (Chicago, IL: Baskin, Forster & Co., 1876), page 77. Available online at www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~23087~....
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