A ‘rebus’ puzzle on a leather postcard. Postmarked 1907.
Now on Zoom. It’s been great to connect with our Canada-wide membership. We enjoy presentations and ‘show-and-tell’ sessions just like when we met in person. We expect to be Zoom-ing on the 3rd Sunday of each month for quite some time.
Want to know about membership in the TPC? including our 3 times a year 24 page ‘magazine’ of stories about vintage postcards ‘CARD TALK’ . Have a look here.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
Sept 19,2021 – 2:00pm Toronto time – Our traditional fall ‘show and tell’ of new postcard discoveries.
Oct. 17,2021 – 2:00pm Toronto time – ‘Poor and Crazy in Toronto’. Member Richard Costello collects vintage postcards of Toronto and of the ‘insane asylums’ and other housing for the indigent and sick in Ontario. With examples from his postcard collection we’ll get a glimpse of these facilities and social welfare changes in the early 20th century.”
Nov. 21, 2021 – 2:00pm Toronto time – More on Lost Villages from Member Jeri. Focusing on some of the industrial towns created in Ontario’s near north when industry arrived and the postcards that recorded their history.
