Postcard; James Street Incline Railway, Hamilton, Ont., Canada
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Text
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A postcard of the H & B Incline Railway in Hamilton, Ontario written and sent by Albert Burgin to his uncle, Walker Smith.
Page 2 shows the verso of the card. - Inscriptions
- Front: James Street Incline Railway, Hamilton, Ont., Canada ; H & B Incline Railway ; 108447 JV.
Verso: Post Card ; Famous throughout the world ; ..?..& Sons.
The post office stamp reads: Hamilton Ont. 1912, Oct. 22 9:30 AM and the stamp is a one cent stamp with the image of King George V.
Addressed to Mr. Walker Smith, Palermo, Ontario.
Message: Oct 21/12, Dear Uncle Walker, Weather permitting I am thinking of taking a run out saturday afternoon on the 2-10 car that is if Mrs. Smith is feeliing well enough for company hoping all are well Albert Burgin - Date Of Event
- October 22, 1912
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- John Walker Smith, b. August 31, 1854 in Palermo, Married Victoria Keturah Inglehart on October 26, 1881 and died in Palermo on August 28, 1858 ; Albert Burgin
- Local identifier
- TTLVP000250
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.43341 Longitude: -79.78293
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Postcard; James Street Incline Railway, Hamilton, Ont., Canada
- 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
