Month: August 2025

This postcard is postmarked Sept. 29, 1908.  Note how different the lighthouse on the end of the pier is from our present lighthouse. Can any of...

Hill Crest Hill Crest, Port Stanley, Ont. No date on this postcard, but it is interesting to compare it to the much earlier photograph shown...

There is no date on this postcard but we believe it to be a very early photograph of Hillcrest and Orchard Beach. Early cottages on...

There is no stamp or postmark to let us date this photograph, but the fact that the railway was not yet electrified (note the lack...

It is interesting to try and date this postcard which was “Made in Germany”. The distinctive Stanley Beach Casino, with its twin turrets, built in...

A very early view of what is now known as the Joseph Street Hill, looking north from the intersection of Bridge Street, Colborne Street, Joseph...

There is no postmark or stamp on this postcard, so we can only guess at the date. Note the wooden grain elevator on the west...

This postcard, dating from 1908 shows a grain elevator which had been built on the West side of the harbour by the Lake Erie and...

The steamer Theodore Roosevelt was launched in 1906 and was said at the time to be the fastest ship on the Great Lakes. During the...

This postcard depicts, in the foreground, the Liberty Hill Club and the weather observation tower on the bluff east of the village, an area known...

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