Postcard: Bronte, Ont, Canada. 1910
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Text
- Item Type
- Postcards
- Description
- The hand tinted photograph looks across the harbour waterway to the east, showing a fishing schooner by the fishing sheds with the 3 story Bronte Steam Mills in the background, (a grist mill) with its tall smokestack.
The people on the embankment are standing in front of the Triller House Hotel, notable by its cupola. It burned in 1923.
For further information, see also the published book, The Story of Bronte by Philip Brimacombe, Oakville Historical Society & Boston Mills Press, c1976. This book has an excellent map showing the location of Bronte village roads, structures and other topographical information - some still in place, others long gone.
The people on the embankment are standing in front of the Triller House Hotel, notable for its cupola. It burned in 1923. - Notes
- |The stamp is of King Edward VII wearing the Ermine Robes of State.
The postmark is "BRONTE OCO7 10 ONT.".
According to the Branscombe book, by the time of this postcard, fishing boats were more often gas-powered. The heavily populated, industrial and shallow western end of Lake Ontario was becoming less habitable for cold-water varieties of fish, which were moving towards the deeper parts of the Lake to the east. By the 1940's, the industry was almost gone. - Inscriptions
- Commercial print on front of postcard: "BRONTE, ONT, CANADA."
Commercial print on back of postcard: "PRIVATE POST CARD", "THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE", "THIS SPACE IS FOR ADDRESS", "J. S. F. 2443", "Published by Stedman Bros. Ltd., Brantford, Canada. Made in Germany.".
The card is addressed to: "Miss V. Schreiber c/o 447 John N. Hamilton Ont."
The message reads: "P.S. write soon. Bronte Oct. 1910. Dear. Miss. Schreiber I am sorry I have kept you waiting so long but hope you will look it over this time. I am yours truly Chas. Crabb Bronte Ont."
- Date of Publication
- Oct 1910
- Date Of Event
- October 1910
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Miss V. Schreiber Chas. Crabb
- Corporate Name(s)
- Stedman Bros. Ltd. Triller House Hotel
- Local identifier
- TTACL000111
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.40011 Longitude: -79.71632
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- Donor
- Ross and Margaret Wark
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Postcard: Bronte, Ont, Canada. 1910
- Contact
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
