Postcards with Story

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...

There are several postcards on our web site which show the Port Stanley Dance Casino.   It was destroyed by fire in 1932, along with the...

There are many different postcards which show this building, and we will be including many of them on this web site.  The postcard shown here has...

The Vigilant was a Canadian government patrol boat.  She was 145 feet long, and had a top speed of 21 knots.  It is said she carried four...

Most residents of Port Stanley know about the ill fated Bessemer coal ferry, but few have heard of the Shenango #1. There is no postmark...

The church shown on this postcard was built in 1888. In 1925 at the time of church union in Canada it became a United Church....

This postcard shows the ill fated Marquette and Bessemer Number 2 which sank on Lake Erie in December of 1909. It was carrying coal cars...

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