Pictou County Postcards
Vintage Postcards from Pictou County, Nova Scotia

THE NEW GLASGOW POST OFFICE

POST OFFICE, NEW GLASGOW, N.S.

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Collection ID#: PC 00625
Photographer:
Unknown
Printer: Phillips & Wrinch Limited, Toronto
Publisher: Phillips & Wrinch Limited, Toronto
Postmark: Unused card

This delicately coloured card miraculously places the post office in heaven! LOL! Seriously though, I am not sure why the publishers chose to crop out the background that showed the nearby buildings, and add the puffy cloud background, but this was frequently done on postcards showing the post office.

THE POST OFFICE AND CUSTOM HOUSE, NEW GLAGOW

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Collection ID#: PC 00030
Photographer:
Probably Torry family
Printer:
Publisher: W. H. Torry, New Glasgow, NS
Postmark: Sept 5, 1906, New Glasgow, NS

Addressed to Miss Ida Chase, Fields Point, Providence, RI, and signed "from the Tramps".

This card is quite rare and is the only one I have seen that has the arms of the telephone pole in the upper right corner of the image.