Best Wishes from Canada / St. Catherine's, Ont.Postcard Message:
Father in Chicago 1908 Nov. - Dec. / Brought this home with him.After just one day and two nights back home, I am heading to St. Catherine's today for the Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference.
My dear Edith:--/ This is one of the Buildings we visited yesterday. Western Block is an office bldg. Parliament sits in a bldg. at the east of Western Polk(?). I sat in Speaker Southerland's [sic] chair--House of Commons--for a little while./ With love,/ S. McAvoy/ Ottawa, Oct. 26/06This original building was constructed from 1859-1865 after the Queen chose Ottawa as the location for Canada's capital. A 1916 fire destroyed a large portion of the building (and killed seven people). "Only the Library survived because of the foresight of librarian Alpheus Todd in insisting on iron fire doors and clerk 'Connie' MacCormac's quick thinking in ordering them to be slammed shut before evacuating the building" (website). The structure was rebuilt in the 1920s, with the Peace Tower completed in 1927.
FRONT: Top - Vancouver Harbor From Stanley Park/ Bottom - View of Vancouver, C.C., Waterfront Skyline
BACK: Vancouver is a great port. Annually about 16000 shops arrive and depart and 55 deep sea lines call here. -- elevator capacity of 18 million bushels. In 1917 only 240 deep sea vessels called here. / The port of Vancouver has 98 miles of land-locked shore line, one of the finest in the world. The building of two trans-continental railways and of the Panama Canal combined to make it a world port.MESSAGE:
My holiday will soon be over but have had a nice quite time. I am feeling lots better. / Regards to all / Molly
Dear Chrissie: / Well how are you. I'm in Canada with Mom and Dad. Having a grand time. won't be long 'till your up. see you soon. / Love, Dad, Mom, Shirley
Dearest Mother: / Arrived O.K. Had a very nice trip. Fred is working so I went out around town this morning. Am going to have my hair done this afternoon. In case any one wants to know am visiting a sister. See you soon. RufusWhat an intriguing message! I wish I knew why the trip was so clandestine.
We are really enjoying the flowers and falls - Love, Ruth and Kenneth
Hello Sis we arrived here 1 a.m. The weather is good No rain during the day. Be seeing you. / Mom and DadThe Lions Gate Bridge, also known as the First Narrows Bridge, was built in the late 1930s and was financed by the Guinness family. The lions refer to both lion sculptures at the entrances to the bridge as well as two mountain peaks near Vancouver.
Hello Turners: / We are spending a month at Cayuga Lake and are just making a side trip to the falls. They are just beautiful. / How are you all? / Love from us all, / Emy
This is the wonderful place and church where people come from all over the world to get healed and cured. I am there now. / L. HudsonAh, I hope L. Hudson was healed and cured after her visit to the shrine.
