Oakville Postcards

    Postcard featuring a colour photograph of the The Building and gardens in front of the Independent Order Of Foresters’ Children’s Home in Oakville

    Postcard featuring a black and white photograph of some children in the Independent Order of Foresters' Orphanage's Melon Patch

    Postcard featuring a black and white photograph of Mount Vernon, the summer home of Emelda Beeler Chisholm located in present-day Lakeside Park. There is a hand-written letter on the back.

    Postcard featuring a black and white photograph of a group of people walking town a road in Oakville towards a house.

    Postcard featuring a black and white photograph of Walton Memorial Church in Bronte.

    Postcard featuring a black and white photo of two cars inside the Oakville Ford Plant. A paragraph on the back explains that the cars are the first car to come off the assembly line in Oakville, and

    Postcard featuring an illustration of cars on a road in Palermo.

    Postcard featuring a black and white photograph of the Ford plant in Oakville.

    Postcard featuring a black and white photograph of a lighthouse in Oakville.

    Postcard featuring a black and white photograph of an Oakville beach and some houses along the shore.

    Postcard featuring a colour photograph of boats in the water at Oakville Harbour.

    A postcard featuring a black and white photograph of a river in Oakville. Boats are in the water, and small buildings and a bridge can be seen in the distance.

    A postcard featuring a black and white aerial photograph of Oakville. There is a vacant lot where a Post office was opened in 1937.

    A postcard featuring a photograph of Lakeshore road in Oakville. Knox Presbyterian Church can be seen on the right.

    A postcard featuring a black and white photograph of Oakville harbour. Aberdeen Bridge can be seen.

    A postcard featuring a black and white photograph taken from the backyard of an Oakville house on Trafalgar road facing Dunn Street. This house was the childhood home of Canadian composer Hagood Hard

    Postcard featuring a partially coloured photograph of Colborne Street (now Lakeshore) from around the 1910s

    Postcard featuring a partially coloured photograph of Colborne Street (now Lakeshore) from around the 1910s

    From a student who attended the school during its last year of operation, 1959-1960, before demolition: "In your postcard you are looking at the front of the school which looked out on Colborne Stree

    Postcard featuring a black and white photograph of the Rockway Motel.