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Postcards series
Series · [ca. 1900-1997]
Part of Ken Verrell Collection

Series contains postcards collected by Ken Verrell. There is a strong emphasis on postcards with railway pictures of trains and locomotives, stations and bridges. The series also contains postcards with scenic views, streetscapes and buildings throughout Elgin County, including in Port Stanley, St. Thomas, Rodney, Dutton, Vienna and Port Burwell.
Fred and Ida Brown fonds
CA ON00160 2017.021 · Item · 1877-1968

The Fred and Ida Brown fonds consists of photographs, postcards and textual records created and collected by Frederick Erland Brown (1877-1968). The fonds documents members of the Brown and Bush families and showcases the vibrant lives of the Brown family living in Wilton, Ontario. Included are photographs and textual records of the Hested (Histed or Histes) family, Bell family and over four hundred postcards collected by the Brown family. Fred took great care with the arrangement and description of the photographs in this collection to represent the history of Ernestown, Napanee, Yarker, Wilton and other communities in Lennox and Addington County. The majority of the photographs in the collection were taken and developed by Fred Brown.

 Fred Brown
J.E. Evans fonds
CA ON00353 AFC 385 · Fonds · undated, ca. 1930-1959

This fonds consists of J.E. Evans work as photographer when taking images across Ontario and using them to produce postcard views. The photographic negatives are for communities or geographic features within counties and districts across Ontario. There is more extensive coverage for Eastern and Northern areas of Ontario. Evans focused his photography on small towns and villages, beaches, camp grounds, lakes and rivers. There is some postcards for a small number of the negatives within the fonds or for images for that no negatives exist.
Richard L. Frost postcard collection
Richard L. Frost postcard collection
CA ON00380 1991.028 · Collection · [ca. 1900] - 1983

Collection consists of 287 post cards from communities throughout Peel, collected by Richard L. Frost. While assembled from a variety of sources by Frost as a private citizen, he was then the Chief Administrative Officer for the Region of Peel.

Specifically pictured in the selection are Alton, Belfountain, Bolton, Brampton, Caledon Township, Caledon East, Cataract. Cheltenham, Churchville, Clarkson, Cooksville, Dixie, Eldorado Park, Erindale, Forks of the Credit, Huttonville, Inglewood, Lorne Park, Malton, Meadowvale, Mississauga, Port Credit, and Streetsville. Limited postcards from outside Peel are included, showing Norval, Owen Sound, and Port Hope.
The Square
The Square
CA ON00126 F23-F23-0-5-F23-0-5-0-3-17 · Item · [195-?]
Part of Hugh Douglass fonds

This postcard shows St. George's Square from the perspective of one looking down Wyndham toward Carden Street.
St. George's Square
St. George's Square
CA ON00126 F23-F23-0-5-F23-0-5-0-3-20 · Item · [195-?]
Part of Hugh Douglass fonds

This card, a copy of a drawing by David Low, shows St. George's Square with the Post Office/Customs House and the Canadian Bank of Commerce featured prominently.