Keyword: Sign
Aerial view of Yellowhead Motel and Immediate Area
Aerial view of Yellowhead Motel and area.
| Internal ID: | 0088.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1975 |
Village sign in English Cranbrook, Kent.
Cranbrook, British Columbia is named after the English Cranbrook (town in Kent, England).
| Internal ID: | 0140.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Cranbrook Highway Entrance Arch
Old east (or north) archway at entrance to Cranbrook, BC, located Cranbrook Street and 4th Street North (aka Harold Street). The arches were built during the 1930s and came down in the late 1950s to accommodate road-widening.
| Internal ID: | 0149.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Cranbrook Railway Museum Beginnings
Day 1 of work at the site of the Cranbrook Railway Museum in 1979. Photo shows people working near a sign by a bulldozer. This is now part of the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel.
| Internal ID: | 0339.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1979 |
Doukhobor Gathering
Large crowd of Doukhobors at Brilliant, near Castlegar, BC. Presumably this gathering is related to the death of Peter Lordly Verigin in 1924. It was a tragic time for the Canadian Doukhobor community.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1924 |
Cranbrook Agencies Store Sign
Cranbrook Agencies Store Sign, 1985
| Internal ID: | 2371.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | February 13th 2025 |
Cranbrook Railway Museum Site
Cranbrook Railway Museum site preparation and sign installation - 1977.
| Internal ID: | 0270.0004 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1977 |
Teddy's Motel, Cranbrook, BC
Unused colour chrome postcard of Teddy's Motel, Cranbrook, BC. looking East.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0005 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1955 |
Sign on Doug's Confectionery
Doug's Confectionery sign after 1955 expansion was completed.
| Internal ID: | 0009.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Teddy's Motel, Cranbrook, BC
Unused colour chrome postcard of Teddy's Motel, Cranbrook, BC. looking East.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0006 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1955 |
Margaret Arnson, Cles Bailey and Eva Swanson
Margaret Arnson, Cles Bailey, Eva Swanson
| Internal ID: | 0092.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Teddy's Motel, Cranbrook, BC
Unused colour chrome postcard of Teddy's Motel, Cranbrook BC looking East with Fisher Peak in background.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0007 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1960 |
Teddy's Motel, Cranbrook, BC
Unused colour chrome postcard of Teddy's Motel, Cranbrook BC looking East with Fisher Peak in background.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0008 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1960 |
Red Pass Junction B and B Men
Red Pass Junction B and B men - L to R: Fred Parsons, ,Stan Williams, Joe Brookes. Stan Williams married Lionel Deforge's sister. He was married one month then was killed in a tunnel collapse. The inquiry stated he was sent into the tunnel too quickly after blasting.
| Internal ID: | 0096.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1940 |
Cranbrook Highway Entrance Arch
Original archway over Cranbrook Street, west entrance to Cranbrook, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0149.0009 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1935 |
Tenth Avenue South ( Norbury )
Tenth Avenue South (Norbury Avenue), Cranbrook, B.C. in the 1960s.
| Internal ID: | 0136.0012 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1960 |
Mount View Motel, Cranbrook, BC
Unused colour chrome postcard of Mount View Motel located on highways 95 & 3 near West Arch in Cranbrook, BC. R.J. Masear, Proprieter. Advertising: 14 units, gas heated, free TV, open the year around.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0013 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1960 |
Mount View Motel, Cranbrook, BC
Unused colour chrome postcard of Mount View Motel located on highways 95 & 3 near West Arch in Cranbrook, BC. R.J. Masear, Proprieter. Advertising: 14 units, gas heated, free TV, open the year around.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0014 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1960 |
Children's Playground (Rotary Park) Cranbrook, BC
Hand coloured real photo postcard of Children's Playground (Rotary Park) Cranbrook, BC taken from intersection of Louis St. (1st St. S) & Norbury Ave (11th Ave. S)looking SE. Tourist Park (Baker Park)directional sign. Handwritten note on back.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0017 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1939 |
Mount Robson Visitor Center
Mount Robson Park Visitor Centre design concept. Government of B.C. sign at new park site.
| Internal ID: | 0127.0017 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1984 |
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Back view of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Cranbrook, B.C., from Louis Street (1st Street S).
| Internal ID: | 0136.0017 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Children's Playground (Rotary Park) Cranbrook, BC
Hand coloured real photo postcard of Children's Playground (Rotary Park) Cranbrook, BC taken from intersection of Louis St. (1st St. S) & Norbury Ave (11th Ave. S)looking SE. Tourist Park (Baker Park)directional sign. Handwritten note on back.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0018 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1939 |
Signage Kiosk
Bicycles, tubes and people at new signage kiosk site for Mount Robson Park, near Valemount, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0127.0018 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Children's Playground (Rotary Park) Cranbrook, BC
Used hand coloured real photo postcard of Children's Playground (Rotary Park) Cranbrook, BC taken from intersection of Louis St. (1st St. S) & Norbury Ave. (10th Ave. S) looking SE. Rotary International sign stone monument. Tourist Park (Baker Park) directional sign. Nice picket fence surrounding Rotary Park at this time. Lake Louise postal circle date stamp 1953.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0019 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1945 |
Children's Playground (Rotary Park) Cranbrook, BC
Used hand coloured real photo postcard of Children's Playground (Rotary Park) Cranbrook, BC taken from intersection of Louis St. (1st St. S) & Norbury Ave. (10th Ave. S) looking SE. Rotary International sign stone monument. Tourist Park (Baker Park) directional sign. Nice picket fence surrounding Rotary Park at this time. Lake Louise postal circle date stamp 1953.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0020 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1945 |
Eleventh Avenue (Fenwick). Cranbrook
Masonic Hall on Eleventh Avenue (Fenwick beside Mount Baker Hotel coffee shop, Cranbrook, B.C. in early 1970s.
| Internal ID: | 0136.0024 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Cranbrook Tourist Information Centre and Carvings
Unused colour chrome postcard of the Cranbrook Tourist Information Centre with 2 large wooden figures (Lumberjack & Hunter) carved by Bud Amy of Skookumchuck. Operated by Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0025 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1965 |
Tenth Avenue (Norbury), Cranbrook
Tenth Avenue (Norbury), Cranbrook, B.C. showing the York Hotel.
| Internal ID: | 0136.0025 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Cranbrook Tourist Information Centre and Carvings
Unused colour chrome postcard of the Cranbrook Tourist Information Centre with 2 large wooden figures (Lumberjack & Hunter) carved by Bud Amy of Skookumchuck. Operated by Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0026 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1965 |
Tenth Avenue South (Norbury), Cranbrook
Tenth Avenue South (Norbury), Cranbrook, B.C. in the early 1970s. Note Knights of Pythias Hall on left at the end of the block.
| Internal ID: | 0136.0026 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Valemount Museum Restoration
Valemount museum, now restored and with a new sign reading "Valemount."
| Internal ID: | 0094.0032 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1991 |
Valemount Museum Restoration
Valemount museum now restored and with a new sign in place reading "Valemount."
| Internal ID: | 0094.0033 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1991 |
Valemount Museum Restoration
Valemount museum now restored and with new signs in place reading "Valemount."
| Internal ID: | 0094.0034 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1991 |
Interpretive Sign
George Hicks park, Valemount, BC - Interpretive sign
| Internal ID: | 0127.0034 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Interpretive Sign
George Hicks park, Valemount, BC - Interpretive sign
| Internal ID: | 0127.0035 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Valemount Museum
Valemount museum with a new "Museum" sign and benches.
| Internal ID: | 0094.0036 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1991 |
Interpretive sign
George Hicks park, Valemount, BC - Interpretive sign
| Internal ID: | 0127.0036 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Valemount Museum
Signs for side and front of the Valemount Museum.
| Internal ID: | 0094.0037 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1991 |
Interpretive sign
George Hicks park, Valemount, BC - Interpretive sign
| Internal ID: | 0127.0037 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
West Arch Entrance, Cranbrook, BC
Unused B&W real photo postcard of the West Arch entrance to Cranbrook, BC including Imperial gas station and faint view of Mount Fisher in the background.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0049 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1940 |
West Arch Entrance, Cranbrook, BC
Unused B&W real photo postcard of the West Arch entrance to Cranbrook, BC including Imperial gas station and faint view of Mount Fisher in the background.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0050 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1940 |
Boy Scouts in U.S.A.
Five Scouts standing in front of the U.S. custom and immigration sign at the border. Barry Bonell is in this picture kneeling. Presumed to be Kimberley scouts.
| Internal ID: | 0162.0050 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1949 |
East Arch Entrance to Cranbrook, BC
Used hand coloured real photo postcard of East Arch Entrance to Cranbrook, BC with public elementary school in background. Nelson postal circle date stamp Feb.17, 1944. Cranbrook Series No. 47. Made in England
| Internal ID: | 0039.0051 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1940 |
East Arch Entrance to Cranbrook, BC
Used hand coloured real photo postcard of East Arch Entrance to Cranbrook, BC with public elementary school in background. Nelson postal circle date stamp Feb.17, 1944. Cranbrook Series No. 47. Made in England
| Internal ID: | 0039.0052 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1940 |
Miss Windermere Lake
A boat called Miss Windermere Lake, on Lake Windermere. A sign reads - Ride the S.W. Kootenay, Admission Adults $1.00, Children .50, One hour trips, 10 am to 9 pm, Lunch served Aboard by Riverboat Annie. The S.W. Kootenay has changed locations.
| Internal ID: | 0155.0064 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1966 |
The "Rockies" as seen from Cranbrook, B.C.
Used sepia real photo postcard of The Steeples range of the Rocky Mountains from Cranbrook with railway tracks, telephone poles and prairie in the foreground. Addressed with Cranbrook circle date stamp on back.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0069 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1905 |
The "Rockies" as seen from Cranbrook, B.C.
Used sepia real photo postcard of The Steeples range of the Rocky Mountains from Cranbrook with railway tracks, telephone poles and prairie in the foreground. Addressed with Cranbrook circle date stamp on back.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0070 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1905 |
C.P.R. Station Garden at Cranbrook, B.C.
Used colour printed postcard of the C.P.R. station garden at Cranbrook, BC. Hand written note on back. Made in Great Britian.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0075 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1915 |
Rossland Welcome Sign 1938
Highway sign at Black Bear entrance to Rossland, November 1938 "1 Mile to the Centre of Canada's Highest City!"
| Internal ID: | 2313.0075 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | November 1st 1938 |
C.P.R. Station Garden at Cranbrook, B.C.
Used colour printed postcard of the C.P.R. station garden at Cranbrook, BC. Hand written note on back. Made in Great Britian.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0076 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1915 |
C.P.R. Station - Cranbrook, B.C.
Unused B&W printed postcard of the CPR station and railyard in Cranbrook, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0079 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1910 |
C.P.R. Station - Cranbrook, B.C.
Unused B&W printed postcard of the CPR station and railyard in Cranbrook, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0080 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1910 |
Canadian Legion, Cranbrook, BC
Unused B&W printed postcard of Royal Canadian Legion building on Baker Street in Cranbrook, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0095 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1915 |
Canadian Legion, Cranbrook, BC
Unused B&W printed postcard of Royal Canadian Legion building on Baker Street in Cranbrook, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0096 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1915 |
Mount Baker Hotel, Cranbrook, BC
Unused B&W printed postcard of Mount Baker Hotel in Cranbrook, BC with Masonic Temple in background.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0099 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1925 |
Mount Baker Hotel, Cranbrook, BC
Unused B&W printed postcard of Mount Baker Hotel in Cranbrook, BC with Masonic Temple in background.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0100 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1925 |
Cranbrook Sash and Door Co. Ltd., Cranbrook, BC
Unused B&W real photo postcard of Cranbrook Sash & Door Co. with 2 horse team & flat deck wagon in front. Azo stamp box style in use 1904-1918. Same male subject as in 0039.0105
| Internal ID: | 0039.0103 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1910 |
Cranbrook Sash and Door Co. Ltd., Cranbrook, BC
Unused B&W real photo postcard of Cranbrook Sash & Door Co. with 2 horse team & flat deck wagon in front. Azo stamp box style in use 1904-1918. Same male subject as in 0039.0105
| Internal ID: | 0039.0104 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1910 |
Cranbrook Sash and Door Co. Ltd., Cranbrook, BC
Unused B&W real photo postcard of Cranbrook Sash & Door Co. with 2 horse team & loaded flat deck wagon. Peak of public school in background. Same male subject as in 0039.0103
| Internal ID: | 0039.0105 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1910 |
Cranbrook Sash and Door Co. Ltd., Cranbrook, BC
Unused B&W real photo postcard of Cranbrook Sash & Door Co. with 2 horse team & loaded flat deck wagon. Peak of public school in background. Same male subject as in 0039.0103
| Internal ID: | 0039.0106 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1910 |
G.T. Rogers' Grocery, Glass, Crockery and Boots and Shoe Store, Cranbrook, BC
Used colour printed postcard of G.T. Rogers' Store in Cranbrook, BC. Handwritten note on back. Stamped Canadian Souvenir Postcard. Cranbrook circle date postal stamp cancel.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0109 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1906 |
G.T. Rogers' Grocery, Glass, Crockery and Boots and Shoe Store, Cranbrook, BC
Used colour printed postcard of G.T. Rogers' Store in Cranbrook, BC. Handwritten note on back. Stamped Canadian Souvenir Postcard. Cranbrook circle date postal stamp cancel.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0110 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1906 |
Award Banquet
Signs at the 3rd Annual Safety Banquet Awards Nite, Canyon Creek Sawmill, Valemount, BC
| Internal ID: | 0127.0121 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Y.M.C.A Building, Cranbrook, BC
Colour printed postcard of the Y.M.C.A. building in Cranbrook, BC. Sign on corner of building reads: Y.M.C.A. Public Grill. Printed in Great Britian.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0131 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1915 |
Y.M.C.A Building, Cranbrook, BC
Colour printed postcard of the Y.M.C.A. building in Cranbrook, BC. Sign on corner of building reads: Y.M.C.A. Public Grill. Printed in Great Britian.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0132 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1915 |
Zuckerberg Island
Walking paths provided on Zuckerberg Island through the dense foliage, Castlegar, BC
| Internal ID: | 0143.0136 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1983 |
Victoria Avenue Looking North, Fernie, BC
Used B&W printed postcard of Victoria Avenue in Fernie, BC looking north in the winter. A busy street scene centered by a two horse team pulling cutter, with Trites-Wood Department Store to the left and N.E. Suddaby Drugstore to the right. Photo taken prior to the Great Fernie Fire of Aug. 1, 1908.
| Internal ID: | 0017.0139 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1907 |
Victoria Avenue Looking North, Fernie, BC
Used B&W printed postcard of Victoria Avenue in Fernie, BC looking north in the winter. A busy street scene centered by a two horse team pulling cutter, with Trites-Wood Department Store to the left and N.E. Suddaby Drugstore to the right. Photo taken prior to the Great Fernie Fire of Aug. 1, 1908.
| Internal ID: | 0017.0140 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1907 |
City Auto Camp Entrance, Cranbrook, BC
Unused B&W real photo postcard of the city auto camp with log arch entrance and office in Cranbrook, BC. Velox stampbox on postcard back.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0155 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1925 |
City Auto Camp Entrance, Cranbrook, BC
Unused B&W real photo postcard of the city auto camp with log arch entrance and office in Cranbrook, BC. Velox stampbox on postcard back.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0156 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1925 |
Crows Nest Pass Lumber Co. Store, Wardner, BC, c. 1910
Used B&W real photo postcard of the Crows Nest Pass Lumber Company store at Wardner, BC with single horse buggy parked in front and Purity Flour advertising sign posted on building. Wardner duplex postal stamp cancel.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0199 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1910 |
Crows Nest Pass Lumber Co. Store, Wardner, BC, c. 1910
Used B&W real photo postcard of the Crows Nest Pass Lumber Company store at Wardner, BC with single horse buggy parked in front and Purity Flour advertising sign posted on building. Wardner duplex postal stamp cancel.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0200 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1910 |
