Pictou County Postcards
Vintage Postcards from Pictou County, Nova Scotia

PICTOU LODGE

LOUNGE - PICTOU LODGE - NOVA SCOTIA

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Collection ID#: PC 00682
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: Unknown
Postmark: Unused Postcard

Fabulously rustic! All of the furniture and even the lamps were wicker.

MAIN DINING ROOM, PICTOU LODGE, PICTOU, NOVA SCOTIA

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Collection ID#: PC 00508
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Canadian Kodak Company logo on back of card
Publisher: Unknown
Postmark: Unused card

This rustic dining room must have been beautiful at night!

CABINS, PICTOU LODGE

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Collection ID#: PC 00683
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: Unknown
Postmark: None - Unused Real Photo Postcard

Wonder what the interiors were like? I love how they let the grass grow naturally and it seemed like a real camp.

The squares in the corners of the stamp box date this postcard to somewhere between 1926 to the 1940s.

OUTDOOR CHECKERS, PICTOU LODGE, PICTOU, NOVA SCOTIA

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Collection ID#: PC 00664
Photographer: Unknown - Real Photo Postcard
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: Unknown
Postmark: July 11, 1949, Pictou, N.S.

It appears that mother and dad made a trip to Nova Scotia, while their young daughter was away at camp in Vermont. Addressed to Miss Anne Smith, mother writes "So far we've driven 500 miles in Nova Scotia and are enjoying the scenery very much. If all goes as planned we should arrive at your camp early next Sun. afternoon for a short visit. Hope I'll hear from you where we get to Perce on Wed. Much love. Mummie"

BATHING BEACH AND NORTHUMBERLAND STRAITS FROM PICTOU LODGE, PICTOU, NS

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Collection ID#: PC 00509
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: SJH logo - not sure who this company is - anyone know?
Publisher: Canadian National Railway for Pictou Lodge - 26545
Postmark: Unused card

This view from the beach is not often seen.

FISHING IN LAGOON, PICTOU LODGE, NS

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Collection ID#: PC 00510
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: Canadian National Railway for Pictou Lodge
Postmark: July 13, 1937, Pictou, NS

Addressed to Mr. H.C. Gordon, Danvers, Mass, the sender notes that "This is the country for our next fishing trip. W.H.C." Wonder who the fellows in the boat are.

PICTOU LODGE

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Collection ID#: PC 00677
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Unknown, Printed in USA
Publisher: The Book Room Ltd., Halifax
Postmark: 1958, Pictou, NS

Card has the number BR-70 on the back.

Mailed to Evelyn Sangster, of Deep Brook, Annapolis County, NS, this card shows the main lodge as it was during the 1950s.

THE LAGOON - PICTOU LODGE, N.S.

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Collection ID#: PC 00302
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Real Photo postcard - AZO stamp box on back
Publisher: Canadian National Railways
Postmark: None - dated August 18, 1930 in sender's handwriting

Message is in French and I hesitate to try my very rusty skills at translation.