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      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.

      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.

      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).

      A postcard sent to Mrs. Robert Layton in San Fernando, Trinidad, B.W.I., mailed from Bingen, Germany.

      The Holy Chapel, Paris, first arrondissement. Constructed in 1245 by the order of King Louis IX by Pierre de Montereau. Restored from 1837 to 1867 by Viollet-le-Duc. The Sainte-Chapelle, located within the Palais de Justice complex on the Ile de la Cité in the centre of Paris, is a diminutive …

      A postcard of the Villa Allatini in Salonica, Greece. It was built in 1888 by the Italian architect Vitaliano Pozelli as the summer residence of the Jewish Allatini family. Between 1909 and 1912 it was used as the prison-residence of Sultan Abdul Hammid II, who was overturned by the New …

      A postcard sent by James Gallaher from Germany one month after the end of World War I. A statue of Ludwig van Beethoven was unveiled in the plaza in 1845 -- he had been born in Bonn in 1770.

      Ardfert is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. Its Cathedral was destroyed in the War of 1641.

      A postcard of Via Dolorosa (Way of Grief or Way of Suffering) in the Old City of Jerusalem.

      A postcard sent from Damascus (City of Jasmin) in Syria.

      Printed on reverse: Musuem of the Porte de Hal. Here are installed our collection of arms and weapons of war which contain objects of great archaic interest. Builded [sic] in 1383 and transformed in 1868 it is the only vestige of the ancient fortifications.

      The Milan Cathedral, in Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy, was begun in 1386 and completed five centuries later in 1965.

      A postcard of Amalfi, Italy from 25-year-old Agnes Mary Kitchen to Rev. R. B. Layton in San Fernando, Trinidad, B.W.I. Postmarked from Hotel Marine Riviere, Amalfi.

      Vienna's City Hall was erected between 1872 and 1883 in the Gothic style.

      Oberammergau Passion Play is performed once a decade since 1634 as a tradition by the inhabitants of the village of Oberammergau, a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany.

      The Appian Way was one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic.

      A postcard from Switzerland from 25-year-old Agnes Mary Kitchen to Reverend R. B. Layton in San Fernando, Trinidad, B.W.I.