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      A note on the postcard suggests that the photograph may have been taken in 1906, while both the 1¢ Quebec Centenary stamp and postmark indicate it was mailed in 1908.

      The postmark reads 1908, but the photograph may have been taken before that date.

      See reverse for correspondence and postage stamp. Postmarked February 20, 1908.

      See reverse for correspondence and postmark dated April 6, 1908.

      The waterworks were established in the 1890s. The water stand-pipe, was located on the south-east corner of D'Arcy and King, was 16 feet in diameter and 116 feet high. The pipe was pumped full and then used gravity flow to empty. It was pumped again as pressure reached a certain …

      Postcard with photograph of men digging in a road. Telephone poles, houses and sidewalks visible. Not sure if this is Waterloo.

      The Methodist Tabernacle was built in 1875-76 at 201 Centre Street South. It became the Whitby United Church in 1925 and St. Mark's United Church in 1962.

      St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was built in 1859 at 508 Byron Street South. It served as a Presbyterian church until 1968.

      This is from a Valentine & Sons fold-out post card. Ontario Ladies' College is now known as Trafalgar Castle School, and is located at 401 Reynolds Street.

      The Ontario Car Ferry company was formed in 1905 in a joint venture between the Grand Trunk Railway and the Buffalo, Rochester and Pennsylvania Railroad. The two ferries based in Cobourg also perfomed the secondary function of taking passengers and sometimes their cars across Lake Ontario. This first ferry, named …

      Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941), a retired Presbyterian minister. Van Wyck provided this service to the town, free of charge, during the Great Depression. By the summer of 1935, Whitby had a population of about 4,000 people and a house numbering …

      Ontario No. 1 cost about $375,000, was 317 feet long, 54.2 foot beam, 16 1/2 foot draft, speed 13-15mph, capacity of 28 loaded coal cars, 1,000 passengers, berths for 90 people.

      Postmarked 1908. In 1857 William Hespeler, a merchant, and George Randall, a contractor, built what was known as Granite Mills in Waterloo, Ontario. A subsidiary to the mill was a small distillery known as the Waterloo Distillery. The business also included a dry goods store near the corner of King …

      Correspondence and postage stamp on reverse. Postmarked 1908. The covered grandstand was built by Alois Bauer in 1894 and accomodated spectators for local sports events, bicycle, motorcycle and dog races. The grandstand was sold to the city in 1920 by the Waterloo Grandstand Company. It was demolished in 1953.

      A digital copy of the original postcard. The sender was Ada Broderick.

      The sender was Ada Broderick.

      Printed on front of card: "Norval Flour Mill." written on back of post card: "Mrs. W. J. SINCLAIR, Erin, Ontario. Georgetown Aug 24th. George and I will be up to your place on Sunday 30th. I don't know whether we will get up in time for church in the morning …

      William George Wilson (1860-1939)'s son was Melford Guy (1895-1989), and his brother, Henry Wilson (1863-1947), had a son, John Guy (born 1897-1986). John Guy served in WW1. William George and Henry had a brother named Thomas Guy (1870-1894). They likely both named their sons after their brother who had died …

      Union Presbyterian Church built in 1884. It is located on 22 Sideroad, west of Winston Churchill Blvd.

      The iron bridge (Grand Trunk Railway bridge) over the River Credit.