Picture Postcards: Parliament Buildings

Publication

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Bytown Museum / Musée Bytown

Name/Title

Picture Postcards: Parliament Buildings

Entry/Object ID

P4242 a,b

Description

[a]: One unused colored lithographic postcard depicting the Center Block of the original Parliament Buildings. Image is offset to viewer's left, with white space remaining. Printed below the image: "1563. MAIN BLOCK, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, OTTAWA.� On back: "PRIVATE POST CARD.". [b]: One unused colored collotype photograph postcard depicting the Senate Chambers, date of picture unknown. Printed at bottom of image: "The Senate Chamber, Ottawa". On back: "PRIVATE POST CARD. / 1 369 W. G. MACFARLANE, Publisher, Toronto, New York & Buffalo. / Printed in Britain.".

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

Photographic postcard, Collotype, Offset Lithograph, Postcard

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

"1563. MAIN BLOCK, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, OTTAWA."; "PRIVATE POST CARD."; "The Senate Chamber, Ottawa"; "PRIVATE POST CARD. / 1 369 W. G. MACFARLANE, Publisher, Toronto, New York & Buffalo. / Printed in Britain."

Notes

A: below image: "1563. MAIN BLOCK, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, OTTAWA.". On back: "PRIVATE POST CARD."b: at bottom of image: "The Senate Chamber, Ottawa". On back: "PRIVATE POST CARD. / 1 369 W. G. MACFARLANE, Publisher, Toronto, New York & Buffalo. / Printed in Britain."

Dimensions

Height

14 cm

Width

8.8 cm

Length

14 cm

Dimension Notes

b: W 13.9, H 8.7