A ‘rebus’ puzzle on a leather postcard. Postmarked 1907.
Zoom meetings allow us to connect our Canada-wide & USA members. We enjoy presentations or a ‘show-and-tell’ discussion around a topic each month, usually on the 3rd Sunday of the month at 2:00pm Toronto time.
Want to know more about membership in the TPC including our 3 times a year, 24 page ‘magazine’ ‘CARD TALK’ with stories about vintage postcards? Have a look here.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
April 27th, 2:00pm – Concrete or Cement? Both are ubiquitous, as common as water. TPC Member #917 Clarissa Ferraris will illustrate their history and story with postcards from her collection.
May 25th, 2:00pm – ‘A Railway History of Niagara-on-the-Lake 1854-1859’ Stories about the early Upper Canada steam railway, the NS&T electric transit line and WWI support activities by N-O-L railways told to us by guest speaker, historian and author Peter Mulcaster.
June 22nd, 2:00pm – 
‘Hotels and Motels’, a sharing meeting. Hopefully your collection has a hotel or motel postcard that has a story to go with it. Scan it to show and share the story with us!
We are out searching for vintage postcards in July & August. See you in September!!
September 21st, 2:00pm –‘Whatcha Got?’ Our annual, open topic, sharing meeting of that recently purchased or discovered postcard. Scan it and tell us the story!
October 19th, 2:00pm – ‘The Canadian Maple Leaf and Postcards.’ In celebration of the 60th anniversary of our new national flag inaugurated Feb. 15th, 1965. The maple leaf has been used as a Canadian symbol from the late 1800s. There are many beautiful vintage postcards with a maple leaf motif. Let’s see yours!
November 16th, 2:00pm – ‘An RPPC portrayal of Quebec shortly after WWII’. A presentation by Kyle Jolliffe, TPC member #1187. Georges Henri Carle was a Montreal, Quebec photographer who published hundreds of often high quality real photo cards under the brand name of Michel Photo, after his son Michel. From the late 1940s until about 1954 he travelled around Quebec chronicling many aspects of life in rural areas and towns and cities.