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      Postcard featuring a black and white image of the Kress Hotel in Preston (now Cambridge), Ontario.

      One of Agnes Macphail's regular postcards to her sister, Gertha Reany (nee McPhail)

      Postcard to Gertha (nee McPhail) and Merd Reany from Agnes Macphail in Glasgow, Scotland

      Postcard from Agnes Macphail to her sister, Gertha reany (nee McPhail)

      Postcard from Agnes Macphail to her sister Gertha Reany (nee McPhail) from Scotland

      Emily Howard Jennings Stowe (1831-1903) was a teacher and principal, a medical doctor, and a suffragette. Educated at home, Stowe became a teacher in 1846 and graduated from the Provincial Normal School in Toronto, Canada West in 1854. In 1865 Stowe applied to study medicine at the University of Toronto, …

      Carroll Herman Little (1872-1958) was a Lutheran pastor, and a professor and administrator at the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada (later Waterloo Lutheran Seminary; now Martin Luther University College) in Waterloo, Ontario. Little was born in Hickory, North Carolina in 1872. He was the eldest of ten children born to …

      Postcard of the North Cliff Walk, overlooking Lynmouth Bay, in Lynton, Devon, England. On 4 August 1914, Britain declared war on the German Empire.

      Tintern Abbey, founded by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow in 1131, is situated on the River Wye in Monmouthshire, Wales. In 1536 the monastery ended and the decay of the buildings began. On 4 August 1914, Britain declared war on the German Empire. In September 1914 the steam ship …

      Further information about Victoria Park, the Hall and rink can be found in the books: Oakville and the Sixteen, and, Oakville; A Small Town 1900-1930 by Frances Robin Ahern.

      A postcard of the Parliament (Legislative) building in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Built of local Tyndall stone and Italian marble, the Neo-Classical Legislative Building was completed in 1919. Surmounting the dome is a statue known as the Golden Boy, a 4 m (13 ft) high bronze weighing 5 tons and plated …

      A postcard of Fort Garry Gate in Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada. Upper Fort Garry was built in 1835 by the Hudson's Bay Company, and abandoned in 1882. Today the North Gate is the only original remnant. In the background is the Fort Garry Hotel, begun in 1911 as a railway …

      "Ralph Connor" was a pseudonym of Charles William Gordon, a Canadian author and minister (1860-1937).

      The Hugh Waddell Memorial Hospital in Canora, Saskatchewan, built in 1913 and closed in 1968, was located on Pacific Street just north of Daniels Drive. Mary Waddell of Peterborough, Ontario, donated money to the Presbyterian Church for construction of a hospital in her husband's name.

      A postcard of the Lounge at Jasper Park Lodge sent to Mrs. R.B. Layton in Lacombe, Alberta from her son James (re-addressed to Bentley, Alberta). In June, 1922, Canadian National Railways officially opened Jasper Park Lodge. The main building was touted as the largest single-storey log structure in the world.

      The Three Sisters in the Canadian Rockies are probably recognized by more people driving along the Trans-Canada Highway than any of the other mountains in Alberta. The mountain peaks were individually named in 1883 as Big Sister, Middle Sister and Little Sister.

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      A postcard of the Main Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, which burnt down in 1916, sent to Rev. R.B. Layton in New Aberdeen, Cape Breton, mailed in Montreal.

      A postcard to Rev. R. B. Layton in Kentville, Nova Scotia, mailed from Saint John, New Brunswick.

      A postcard of the Rideau Canal and Inter-Provincial Bridge in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.