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Metadata
Accession # |
A2016.152.2 |
Title |
Fergus, postcard set, ca. 1938-1939. |
Date |
1938-1939 |
Description |
Fergus, postcard set, ca. 1938-1939. Set of twelve postcards of views around the village of Fergus, Ontario, produced by the Photogelatine Engraving Company of Ottawa ca. 1938-1939. They have yellowed over time, but when new would have appeared black on white paper. Each features a print made from a photograph with a white border inside of which is the title, printed at bottom. Each of the cards has two spots of adhesive on reverse, likely from the postcard collector who gathered them having mounted them in an album. - ph 48418: View looking west down St. Andrew Street West from the intersection of St. David Street. Parked cars on street, buildings with striped awnings along St. Andrew Street, and signs for businesses including Firestone Tires, Ford cars, Fergus Motors, a drug store, and United Cigar Store. Signpost at southeast corner of St. Andrew Street and St. David Street gives milage from that point to Guelph, Hamilton, Arthur, and Owen Sound. Pedestrians at intersection. Text below image reads, "St. Andrew Street, Fergus, Ontario. -- 1". Sent to Mrs. J. Prust of Toronto from her daughter Ethel, re. the baby being cute and well. Postmarked Hamilton, 1939. - ph 48419: View looking north up St. David Street from Queen Street. Beatty Brothers foundry building at left. Fergus Swimming Pool building at right. St. David Street bridge with concrete arches at midground. Cars, trucks, pedestrians, and other buildings in background. Warning sign at intersection of St. David and Queen Streets. Text below image, "Beatty Bros., St. David Street, Fergus, Ontario. -- 2". Sent to Mrs. J. Prust of Toronto from her daughter Ethel, re. how she is raising her baby. Postmarked Hamilton, 25 July 1939. - ph 48420: View looking northeast towards Beatty Brothers Limited's Hill Street plant, with gardens, parked cars, water towers, and sign "BT Barn & Stable Equipment". Text below image, "Beatty Bros,. Head Office, Fergus, Ontario. -- 3". Unused. - ph 48421: View looking west down the Grand River from the Tower Street Bridge, Fergus. Smokestack in distance. Stone basket factory[?] visible on riverbank at right. Text below image, "Grand River, Fergus, Ontario. -- 4". - ph 48422: View looking north across the Tower Street Bridge towards St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Rear of Melville United Church at left. Post Office in background at right. Pedestrians crossing bridge. Imprinted below image, "Melville Church, Tower Street, Fergus, Ontario. -- 5". Unused. - ph 48423: View looking east along St. Andrew Street West. Signs visible for the Royal Cafe, and for the Grand Theatre. Cars and Canada Bread Company truck on street. Pedestrian on sidewalk. Text below image, "St. Andrews Street, Fergus, Ontario. -- 6". - ph 48424: View looking southeast at Fergus cenotaph with canon, and memorial hearth, on Tower Street South. Round sign with hexagon along path to cenotaph. Text below image, "War Memorial, Tower Street, Fergus, Ontario. -- 7". Sent to Mrs. J. Prust of Toronto from her daughter Ethel, re. getting bicycle, Momma May and daughter, and Sammy feeling better. Postmarked hamilton, 06 July 1939. - ph 48425: Rear of Fergus Swimming Pool seen from hill across the road. Queen Street in foreground. Text beneath image, "Swimming Pool, Fergus, Ontario. -- 8". Unused. - ph 48426: View looking east up the Grand River from the Tower Street Bridge, past the Beatty dam, towards the concrete arch St. David Street bridge. Templin Gardens at left. Beatty Brothers factory buildings at right. Text below image, "Grand River, Fergus, Ontario. -- 9". Sent to Mrs. J. Prust of Toronto from her daughter Ethel re. visiting Mrs. Hayes, Gyp the collie dog, and Pop. Postmarked Owen Sound, July 1939. - ph 48427: View of Templin Gardens as seen from the south side of the Grand River. Text below image, "J. C. Templins Rock Garden, Fergus, Ontario. -- 10". Unused. - ph 48428: Three quarter view of the Fergus High School at the corner of Tower Street South and Belsyde Avenue, as seen from the southwest. Four cars parked out front on circular drive. Bicycles parked leaning up against side of south wall of school. Text below image, "High School, Fergus, Ontario. -- 11". Unused. - ph 48429: View of the Grand River seen from a bridge near Fergus. Text below image, "Grand River, Fergus, Ontario. -- 12". Unused. |
Creator \ Maker |
Photogelatine Engraving Company |
Item Name |
Postcard |
Person \ Organization |
Beatty Brothers Foundry Beatty Brothers Limited Canada Bread Company Fergus Basket Factory Fergus Basket Works Fergus Cenotaph Fergus High School Fergus Motors Limited Fergus Post Office Fergus Swimming Pool Firestone Tires Ford Motor Company of Canada Grand Theatre Melville United Church Pharmacy Prust, Ethel Prust, J. (Mrs.) Royal Cafe St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Templin, J. C. (Mr.) Templin, John Charles United Cigar Store |
Place |
Beatty Dam Belsyde Avenue Fergus Grand River Hamilton Hill Street Ottawa Owen Sound Queen Street St. Andrew Street St. David Street Templin Gardens Toronto Tower Street |
Subject |
Animals Architecture Bridge Cenotaph Children Commercial Dam Education Gardening Landscape Streetscape Transportation |
Photo, Map # |
ph 48418 ph 48419 ph 48420 ph 48421 ph 48422 ph 48423 ph 48424 ph 48425 ph 48426 ph 48427 ph 48428 ph 48429 |
Year Range from |
1938 |
Year Range to |
1939 |
Accession # |
A2016.152.2 |
Containers |
STACKS |