Picture Postcards: Ottawa Scenes, 1901-1913

Publication

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Bytown Museum / Musée Bytown

Name/Title

Picture Postcards: Ottawa Scenes, 1901-1913

Entry/Object ID

P4205 a-cc

Description

Postcards with various scenes of Ottawa. Addressed to Miss Jessie Low, Miss Mildred Low, or Miss Doreen Smith. Mostly between the years 1901 and 1913. Dates given below are based on postmark. [a]: One black and white lithographic postcard depicting Britannia Bay, 1907. [b]: One colored lithographic postcard depicting Parliament Hill from the Ottawa River, 1905. [c]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting a view of the park (Major's Hill?), 1908. [d]: One colored lithographic postcard depicting Chaudiere Falls, 1907. [e]: One colored lithographic postcard depicting Rideau Canal and Driveway, 1909. [f]: One black and white collotype photographic postcard depicting Drill Hall, Ottawa (no postmark). [g]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting the Interprovincial Bridge over Ottawa River, 1906. [h]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting the Post Office and Parliament Buildings, 1906. [i]:One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Rideau Hall, Ottawa, 1907. [j]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Rideau Hall, Ottawa. [k]: One sepia colored collotype photographic postcard depicting the Parliament Buildings and Sappers Bridge, 1909. [l]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting the Chaudiere Falls and C.P.R. Bridge, 1909. [m]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Ottawa from New Museum, 1909. [n]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Chaudiere Falls, High Water, 1908. [o]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Government Driveway, Ottawa, 1907. [p]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Rockliffe Park, 1909. [q]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Government Driveway, Ottawa, 1909. [r]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Strathcona Park looking North, 1907. [s]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Queen Victoria Monument, Parliament Hill, 1907. [t]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Britannia on the Bay, near Ottawa, (no postmark). [u]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Driveway near Exhibition Grounds, 1909. [v]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Observatory, Ottawa Experimental Farm, (no postmark). [w]: One sepia colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Entrance to Lover's Walk, 1909. [x]: One sepia colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Rideau Falls, 1913. [y]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Western Entrance of Parliament Buildings, 1909. [z]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Parliament Buildings, 1911. [aa]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting the Interprovincial Bridge, Ottawa, Canada. (postmarked 1936) [bb]: One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Driveway and Rideau Canoe Club House, 1913. [cc]:One colored collotype photographic postcard depicting Rideau Street showing Union Station, Ottawa, Canada (postmarked 1942).

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Postcard, Picture

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Search Terms

Postcard, Postcard, Communication Artifacts

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Postcard, Lithograph, Collotype, Coloured

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

"AHHC"

Notes

All cards marked in pencil: "AHHC"

Dimensions

Height

8.7 cm

Width

13.9 cm

Dimension Notes

Average measurement. Generally plus or minus 1mm