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Postcard

2012.5.2

Name
Postcard - Waputekh Ice Fields, Yoho Valley, Canadian Rockies
History Category
Significant Dates
1914-1918
Description
Postcard
Machine printed, photographic like image on the front, image includes large white coloured ice field, a dark brown mountain and green coloured trees in the foreground, machine printed along the bottom in red coloured ink is, "WAPUTEKH ICE FIELDS, YOHO VALLEY, CANADIAN ROCKIES"; machine printed on the back in light tone grey coloured writing is, "POSTCARD", with two world in the center and "V & SONS", written on top, "FAMOUS THROUGHT THE WORLD", "Valentine & Sone Publishing Co., Ltd. Montreal and Toronto, Printed in Great Britain"; handwritten in blue coloured ink on the back is, "why don't you's write, did you's get my (illegible) and card I sent, long time ago howes, every body (illegible), there we's all over, with berries here, I gues you's people, will soon looks , for snow., Mrs (illegible) W R (illegible)", "Noah Ziegler, 9747-66 (illegible), strathcona alt., g.D."; green coloured postage stamp in the top right corner, "CANADA, POSTAGE, ONE, CENT" with and image of King George King George.
Dimension
Width: 13.6cm | Length: 8.7cm
Catalogue Number
2012.5.2
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