Name/Title
Postcards, Colotype: Views of OttawaEntry/Object ID
1995.999.109.01-21Description
[01]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of the parliament buildings from the Museum of Man printed on the top left corner in red ink: "Ottawa from New Museum".
[02]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of a park in winter with snow falling, printed in the bottom right corner in red ink: "THE MEMORABLE SNOWSTORM ON MAY 4TH 1907 OTTAWA, ONT".
[03]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of Lover's Lane looking down the walking path with a fountain on the left and a bench with two people sitting on the right, printed in the top left corner in white ink: "THE LOVER'S WALK, OTTAWA".
[04]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of the front of the Grant Trunk Railway Station with people walking in and out of the station, there is a red car on the left and a horse and carriage heading to the station on the right, printed in the top right corner in red ink: "Grand Trunk Railway Station, Ottawa".
[05]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of the Parliament Buildings taken from the left, East Block and Center Block are in the foreground with West block in the background, printed in the top left corner in red ink: "Parliament Buildings, Ottawa."
[06]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of Major's Hill Park in Spring, there are bare trees and a figure walking on a path in the foreground and the Parliament Buildings are visible in the background. Printed in the top right corner in red ink: "Spring Time in Major's Hill Park, Ottawa, Ont".
[07]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of the Chateau Laurier, and a partial view of Wellington Street and the Rideau Canal, printed in the top right corner in red ink: "Chateau Laurier, Ottawa".
[08]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of Rockliffe Park with a man walking along a path or road surrounded by trees. Printed in the bottom left corner in white ink: "In the Pine, Rockliffe Park, Ottawa, Ont".
[09]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of a wooden arch that spans the Driveway, there are houses in the background. Printed across the top of the postcard in red ink: "Arch in Driveway, Ottawa / (Varieties of Canadian Wood used in Construction)".
[10]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of the Parliament Buildings from the corner of Bank St and Wellington Street, there are large trees lining Wellington Street. Printed across the bottom of the postcard in black ink: "Wellington Street, Front of Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ont".
[11]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of the Rideau Falls from the Ottawa River, there is a partial view of the large brick building the in the background, printed in the top left corner in red ink: "Rideau Falls, Ottawa".
[12]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of the front of the Public Library, there are people going in and out of the building and there are leafless trees out front, printed in the top left corner in red ink: "Public Library Ottawa".
[13]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of the Museum of Man taken looking down Metcalfe Street, the street is lined with tall leafy trees, in the distance the tower on the front of the building is visible. Printed across the bottom of the postcard in black ink: Metcalfe Street showing New Museum, OTTAWA.".
[14]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of the Metcalfe Street, the Y.M.C.A. and the Carnegie Library. There are green leafy trees lining the street, printed across the bottom of the postcard in black ink: "Metcalfe Street, Y.M.C.A. and Carnegie Library, Ottawa".
[15]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of the Western Block of Parliament in the foreground and a view of the city in the background, printed in the top left corner in red ink: "Western Block, Parliament Buildings, and City, Ottawa".
[16]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of the Rideau Canal with a Steamboat heading up the canal, next to the canal is the Queen Elizabeth Drive, there are trees, grass and bushes along both the canal and the road, printed in the top right corner in red ink: "Rideau Canal and Driveway, Ottawa".
[17]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of the Collegiate Institute, a large grey stone building surrounded by grass, trees and bushes, printed across the bottom of the postcard in black ink: "Collegiate Institute, Ottawa".
[18]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of Lovers' Lane with a man sitting on a park bench.
[19]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of Sparks Street with streetcars traveling down the street and people walking along Sparks Street printed across the top of the postcard in red ink: "Sparks Street, Ottawa".
[20]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of the Parliament from the river, on the left side is the Ottawa Locks; there are buildings along the river and green trees on the hill, printed in the bottom left corner in red ink: "PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS FROM RIVER OTTAWA".
[21]: One color collotype picture postcard depicting a view of the Parliament buildings taken from the West Block.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Postcard, PictureNomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationSearch Terms
CORRESPONDENCE, CORRESPONDENCE, Communication ArtifactsLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Picture postcard, Collotype, PostcardInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
01: "OTTAWA FROM NEW MUSEUM/104.202 J.V./THE VALENTINE & SONS' PUBLISHING CO., LTD. MONTREAL AND TORONTO/PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN/CORRESPONDENCE/FAMOUS POSTCARD/V & SONS/THROUGHOUT THE WORLD/ADDRESS ONLY."02: "THE MEMORABLE SNOWSTORM ON MAY 4TH 1907 OTTAWA ONT./MONTREAL IMPORT CO., MONTREAL NO. 674/POSTCARD/WRITING SPACE/NAME AND ADDRESS".03: "THE LOVERS' WALK, OTTAWA/102,701 J.V./THE VALENTINE & SONS' PUBLISHING CO. LTD. MONTREAL AND TORONTO/PRINTED IN
GREAT BRITAIN/CORRESPONDENCE/FAMOUS/POSTCARD/V & SONS/THROUGHOUT THE WORLD/ADDRESS ONLY".04: "GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY STATION, OTTAWA/105,482" (BACK SAME FOR ALL)05: "PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, OTTAWA/106,212 J.V."06: "SPRING TIME IN MAJOR'S HILL PARK, OTTAWA, ONT."07: "CHATEAU LAURIER, OTTAWA/106,214".08: "IN THE PINES, ROCKLIFFE PARK, OTTAWA, ONT./104,967 J.V."09: "ARCH IN DRIVEWAY, OTTAWA/(3000 VARIETIES OF CANADIAN WOOD USED IN
CONSTRUCTION)".10: "WELLINGTON STREET, FRONT OF PARLIAMENT HILL, OTTAWA, ONT."11: "RIDEAU FALLS, OTTAWA".12: "PUBLIC LIBRARY, OTTAWA/103,498".13: "METCALF STREET SHOWING NEW MUSEUM, OTTAWA/105, 790 J.V."14: "105,793 J.V./METCALF STREET Y.M.C.A. AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY, OTTAWA".15: "WESTERN BLOCK, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, AND CITY, OTTAWA/106, 230 J.V."16: "RIDEAU CANAL AND DRIVEWAY, OTTAWA/101.372".17: "COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, OTTAWA/105,792 J.V."18: "101,379/J.V./LOVERS WALK, OTTAWA".19: "SPARKS STREET, OTTAWA/106, 219 J.V."20: "PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS FROM RIVER OTTAWA/MONTREAL IMPORT CO. MONTREAL NO. 121/POSTCARD/FOR CANADA, U.S., FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, GREAT BRITAIN, AND ITALY THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR COMMUNICATION/THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE WRITTEN HERE/1c FOR CANADA , U.S., 2c ABROAD/DEAR AUNTIE THERE I AM BACK IN OTTAWA. HOW ARE YOU? BETTER I HOPE. IT IS TERRIBLY COLD HERE ABOUT 25 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO BUT I THINK IT MUST BE HEALTHY (?) BY MYSELF. HAS JESSIE A SITUATION YET? I BELIEVE I OWE HER A LETTER. I MUST WRITE SOON. WITH MUCH LOVE TO ALL NOT FORGETTING YOURSELF YOUR LOVING NIECE LOUISA./MRS. TOM BAIRD, SR., NAPANEE, ONT."21: "GENERAL VIEW, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS/OTTAWA/1913/66 MACLAREN ST. OTTAWA AUG 22/DEAR ADDIE WE LEAVE ON MONDAY MORNING TO SPEND A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH YOU BE SURE TO HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OF BREAD. PERCY IS GOING TO TORONTO FOR HIS HOLLIDAYS HE WILL KEEP HOUSE AND
LOOK AFTER THE ANIMALS WHILE WE ARE AWAY. WE ARE HAVING A BEAUTIFUL RAIN HERE TO DAD IT WAS BADLY NEEDED ALL FOR NOW./OLD JACK/MRS. A. P. HOLMES PULASKI P.O. OSWEGO LEO N.Y. U.S.A."
