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Postcard

2010.180.149

Name
Postcard
History Category
Significant Dates
1947
Description
Postcard
White coloured paper postcard; top folding; shiny coating on the paper; photographic like coloured image, including an outdoor scene with mountains and tress in the background, a road winding along the water with cars and people; machine printed ink along the bottom, "(354) MAIN DIVERSION ENTRANCE. STANLEY PARK. VANCOUVER, CANADA; on the reverse along the perforated edges are , "TO OPEN FOLD TEAR OFF" and "PLIEZ DETACHEZ", machine pritned along the left side is the history of Stanley Park, "ADDRESS ONLY/ Message Inside", "Mrs. A. M. Zaferis/ Savoy Cafe/ Johnson Street/ Victoria B.C.", hand written in pencil, machine printed along the bottom right, "PRINTED/ IN/ CANADA FOLKARD COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED DRUMMOND BLDG. MONTREAL, / CANADA, COPYWRIGHT CANADA 1929 REG'D U.S.A. PATENT OFFICE", in the top right is a carmine coloured 3 cent stamp with an image of King George in a Canadian Air Force uniform, in the top center is a circular black coloured ink stamp with, "Vancouver, B.C. CANADA/ JUL 25/ 1947", in the bottom center is a dark tone purple coloured 2 cent postage due stamp, beside that is a purple coloured "2 CENTS/ DUE" stamp; handwritten in grey coloured pencil on the inside is a letter from Sylvia, Donna and Moe to Amelia Zaferis and Dney about the trip they took to Vancouver and specifically Stanley Park.
Dimension
Width: 15.3cm | Length: 10.5cm
Catalogue Number
2010.180.149
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