Pictou County Postcards
Vintage Postcards from Pictou County, Nova Scotia

DOWNTOWN NEW GLASGOW

PROVOST STREET, NEW GLAGOW, NS

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Collection ID#: PC 00525
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd., Montreal & Toronto, JV107459
Publisher: The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd., Montreal & Toronto
Postmark: July 24, 1919, (illegible) NS

Addressed to Miss S. S. Maxwell, 612 Furby St, Winnipeg, Man., the card is dated July 24, with a return address noted of RR#1, Malagash. The sender writes " Dear Marie, How's everything? Having a fine time visiting around and getting pretty well filled out by now. How much did you gain when you were down? Write me a line when you haven't anything else to do. Be a good girl and go to Bible class. Kenneth is having the time of his young life."

This view was reprinted many times by Valentine.

PROVOST STREET LOOKING NORTH, NEW GLASGOW, N.S.

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Collection ID#: PC 00066
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: Torry's Book Store, New Glasgow, N.S.
Postmark: Unused card

This view was published by Torry's several times with minor alterations. This card can be dated to between 1905 when the trams first ran and September 1906 (I have another postcard PC00060 with the identical image on it postmarked Sept 25, 1906). Oddly, the tram tracks, which were installed in 1904 have been edited out in both of these views, although the tram car is clearly there.

This view was likely in circulation as a postcard for quite a few years as the exact same card is in the Nova Scotia Museums collection with a postmark of 1925.

PROVOST STREET, NEW GLASGOW, NS

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Collection ID#: PC 00068
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: Torry's Book Store, New Glasgow, NS
Postmark: None

Addressed to Miss K. Westhorpe, Cape Hill, Smelthurst, England.

Rare "brown paper border". At the left above the awnings, the sign reads R. W. Jackson and the end of the awning has the word Tobbaco on it.

PROVOST STREET, NEW GLASGOW, NS. 9

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Collection ID#: PC 00559
Photographer:
Printer:
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Postmark: July 14, 1935

Mailed to Mr & Mrs F. M. Johnson, Box 75, Oak Lawn, Rhode Island, the message on the back of this card reads "Dear Mr & Mrs Johnson, This is the front street in New Glasgow. There are some pretty views around here. I am sure you would all enjoy a visit here some time. As ever. Kay"

This card is very hard to find, even though it is a more modern card. I have only seen this card one other time. on an old page posted by the Nova Scotia Museum. Unfortunately, the internet address is no longer available.

BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, NEW GLASGOW, NS

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Collection ID#: PC 00567
Photographer: Possibly George White
Printer: Unknown. Printed in Germany
Publisher: Whites Popular Store. No 29.
Postmark: Unused card

This very rare postcard is from a later photograph. A cupola has been added on the roof of the store next door, the chimney on the bank is much smaller and red and white striped awnings have been added to two of the windows on the upper story.

McCARRON'S TEA ROOM, NEW GLASGOW, NOVA SCOTIA

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Collection ID#: PC 00578
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Photogelatine Engraving Co., Ltd., Ottawa
Publisher: Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd., Ottawa
Postmark: Unused card

You could get your lunch, tea, Coca Cola, cigars, Players cigarettes and Ganong's candy at this very popular restaurant.

When I was a child, we sometimes went to McCarron's to kill time while Nanna got her hair "done" at the salon next door. In those days, getting your hair "done" involved a very stinky, eye watering process, with curlers and long pins, and it turned a person's hair a silvery blue colour, if you were "old" like our grandmother was.

The interior of McCarron's restaurant had a 1950s style soda fountain counter set up. I loved the refrigerated glass cases full of pies, and the wall posters. The milkshakes were the best and going there was by far, better than sitting impatiently in the beauty parlour waiting area, pretending to read magazines.

EMENO & RHODENIZER, INVESTMENTS

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Collection ID#: PC 00580
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Unknown, Velox stamp box
Publisher: Unknown
Postmark: Unused card

Emeno & Rhodenizer was a company from Lunenburg. This photo shows 4 men, possibly the owners and / or staff standing in from of their establishment. The sign reads, Emeno & Rhodenizer, Investments, Representing Louis N. Fu(illegible), New Glasgow. The sign on the building next door has the word Marine on it. The Rhodenizer family appears to have been quite large, with members in both New Glasgow and Lunenburg in that time frame.

PROVOST STREET, NEW GLASGOW, N.S.

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Collection ID#: PC 00079
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: Torry's Book Store, New Glasgow, NS
Postmark:

This card was not mailed but it does have the date Sept 11th, 1907 written on the front. This postcard was also published by George White. (See PC 00288 below).

FANJOY'S CORNER, NEW GLASGOW, N.S.

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Collection ID#: PC 00288
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: George White, New Glasgow , N.S., Card #9122
Postmark: October 18, 1909 - New Glasgow, N.S.

This postcard is from the same original photo as PC 00079 above that was published by Torry's Book Store. It is cropped to a closer viewpoint, and the clouds and the colours of the buildings are painted quite differently.

This card was mailed to Miss Diana Jones, Botsford St., Moncton, N.B. , by her niece Jennie, who writes "Dear Aunties, I miss you so much. We had a good time going through the stores to-day. Best Love.
Jennie"

PROVOST STREET, LOOKING NORTH

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Collection ID#: PC 00024
Photographer: Probably Torry family
Printer: Warwick Bros & Rutter Limited, Toronto
Publisher: Torry's Bookstore, New Glasgow, N.S. 1638
Postmark: Jan 17, 1907, New Glasgow & Jan 19, 1907, Avon, Pennsylvania

A very colourful card with glitter along the edges of the windows and buildings. Mailed to Mr. Eugnen E. Moyer, Avon, Penna, USA. The view is identical to PC 00065, but the buildings are coloured differently, and the sky is not painted with fluffy clouds. The postoffice is on the right behind the tram.

PROVOST STREET, NEW GLASGOW, N.S.

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Collection ID#: PC 00065
Photographer: Probably Torry family
Printer: Unknown Belgian printer
Publisher: Torry's Book Store, New Glasgow
Postmark: Sept 23, 1907

The Torry family likely owned the negative for this image. Both the Warwick image above (PC00024) and this image were mailed about the same time. Although copyright issues were not as strictly enforced as they are today, Torry's (with their strict would not likely have ordered from Belgium if Warwick's owned the image copyright.

PROVOST STREET, NEW GLASGOW, N.S.

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Collection ID#: PC 00137
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: Unknown
Postmark: Unused card

If you look at the postcards above, every one of them has the post office painted in a different colour scheme, even though they are all from the same era. This postcard shows the proper red sandstone and taupe limestone colours of the stonework on this handsome building, which stands to this day in the center of the downtown, pretty much unaltered and in lovely condition for it's age.

PROVOST STREET, NEW GLASGOW, NOVA SCOTIA - 28.

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Collection ID#: PC 00588
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Photogelatine Engraving Company Limited
Publisher: Photogelatine Engraving Company Limited
Postmark: Jan 26, 1943 - New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

The original photo was the same for this card and the next one (PC 00589), but the clouds are painted differently and the rose on the Roseland Theatre sign is pink instead of white. The theatre later became the Odeon Theatre. Also, if you look closely at the image, across the street and just above the first car, there is a sign on the end boards of the building that says Radio Cafe.

There are several older photos of the theatre at the New Glasgow Talks website. http://ngtalks.com/a-window-into-new-glasgows-past/ along with some interesting commentary.

PROVOST STREEET, NEW GLASGOW, NOVA SCOTIA - 28.

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Collection ID#: PC 00589
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Photogelatine Engraving Company Limited
Publisher: Photogelatine Engraving Company Limited
Postmark: August 4, 1950 - New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

Mailed on Friday August 4, 1950 to Mrs. R. Zickendrath, 127-4th St., Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, USA, by B. Credner. There was a Robert and Isabel Zickendrath living in Ridgefield Park at this time, so it is possible that this card was mailed to Isabel.

The message reads "So nice to get your good looking get well card. And it sure is the truth but Doctor hasn't said when I can fly home. Waiting for the thrill of flying 1000 miles from 2:15 from here to Halifax, change for Boston plane then N.Y. get in after 11 pm. Going to pick (illegible) sunny day so I can enjoy it. Quite chilly here."

GRANT'S DRUG STORE - TEMPORARY LOG BUILDING AFTER THE 1914 FIRE

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Collection ID#: PC 00659
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Unknown, Solio Stamp Box
Publisher: Unknown
Postmark: Illegible

Solio real photo postcards were available between 1908 and 1920. The note on the back of this card reads "This block in the town of New Glasgow was destroyed by fire including this drug store. This one was put up temporary made of log and this sign is made of birchbark. I have another real photo postcard that mentions a fire in 1914 which would likely place this image in that time frame.

At the Waldren Studio's website there is a photo of a monument that is very hard to see, but the description reads "Hamilton monument, inscribed: "William Hamilton 1780-1863 wife Susan Durning 1789-1836 HAMILTON". The monument is in the sculptors yard where other stones and equipment can be seen. Across the street is a store with the sign: "Grants Drug Store", and this more or less identifies the location of Grant's Drug Store.

Update: In March 2014, I found a real photo postcard dated Jan 22, 1913 which is identified as the Ruins of the I.O.O.F. Block. (See photo PC 00671 in the Fire Dept section) This postcard can be dated between 1908 and 1920 as noted above, and the boy on the corner is not wearing heavy clothing, so it would be reasonable to guess that this log building was constructed possibly in the spring of 1913, after which this photo may have been taken?