postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48357
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.20.6
- Description
- Postcard: tinted-colour photo; horizontal; shows pond bordered by flowerbeds, shrubs and trees, lawns, edges of quarry; in red at upper left, "Butchart's Gardens, Victoria, B.C."; on reverse in green, "POST CARD"; line down centre with decorative flourish at top; at left, "Correspondence", at right, "Address"; up left side, "Copyright Canada by Coast Publishing Co." "Made in Germany"; addressed in black ink to "Mrs. J. Royle Capitol Hill P.O. Vancouver B.C."; "My dear Mother- How are You keeping & how are the boys treating you. This is a very pretty spot. but it is dead. I am staying at the Empress Hotel it is very nice Harry xx."; green stamp at upper right, King George V, "CANADA POSTAGE" "TWO CENTS" "2"; cancelled "PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION - VICTORIA AUGUST-17-22-1925"; postmarked "VICTORIA B.C." "6 PM JUL 22 1925"; second postmark, indistinct, "-- HILL" "-- B.C.", same date? [NOTE this accession was previously IL 34.004]; pencilled at bottom, "1912-25-E"; soiled, smudges, worn corners, cancellation lines on front
- Object History
- Capitol Hill P.O. was Harry's store.
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Marks/Labels
- Butchart's Gardens, Victoria, B.C. / Mrs. J. Royle / Capitol Hill P.O. / Vancouver / B.C. / Victoria B.C. / JUL 22 / 1925
- Maker
- Coast Publishing Company
- Country Made
- Germany
- Title
- Butchart's Gardens, Victoria, B.C.
- Publication Date
- July 22 1925