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      Notes beside this photo state that Mrs. Allen was born Feb. 17, 1850 in Lanark County, Ontario and married William Allen January 28, 1868 at 18 years of age. The notes tell of her journey to the Iron Bridge area with seven young children, and her life of challenges including …

      Condition: Copy - good shape - if available use original postcard rather than this blow-up.

      Condition: Copy - good shape - but use original postcard rather than this blow-up of possible.

      The residence of John Davidson was located on lot 31 of Concession 8 in Whitby Township.

      A red brick school house with bell tower on top.

      The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Passenger Depot was built in 1902 and served rail passengers as the gateway to Albuquerque and the Southwest for over 90 years. Built in the California Mission style, it sported a domed tower and red tile roof and was made with pebbledash stucco. …

      Chester Cathedral dates from between 1093 and the early 1500s, although the site itself may have been used for Christian worship since Roman times.

      Magdalen College, beside the River Cherwell, was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester. The large, square Magdalen Tower is a famous Oxford landmark, and there is a tradition since the days of King Henry VII that the college choir sings from the top of it at …

      Westminster Bridge, over the Thames River, was designed by Thomas Page and opened in 1862. It is a seven-arch wrought iron bridge with Gothic detailing by Charles Barry (the architect of the Palace of Westminster, in the background).

      On the north-east corner of the Chester city walls overlooking the canal, is the "King Charles' I Tower." The inscription above the door reads: "King Charles Stood on this Tower Sept. 24 1645. And saw his army defeated on Rowton Moor." However, Rowton cannot be seen from the tower as …

      (Condition: Fair. faded and tattered)

      (Condition: Fair. tattered and faded)

      The building on the left is the public school. Jacob Beam Elementary School is now in this location. The building on the right was built in 1887.

      The University of Glasgow is the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world, dating from 1451. In 1870 it moved from High Street, due to overcrowding and squalor of the city and the expanding factories and railways, to its current west end location at Gilmorehill, then a greenfield site enclosed …

      The John Knox House is an historic house in Edinburgh, Scotland, reputed to have been owned and lived in by Protestant Reformer John Knox (1505-1572) during the 16th century. The house itself was built in 1490, featuring a wooden gallery and hand-painted ceiling. Over the next few centuries many decorations …

      Stirling Castle dates from the 15th and 16th centuries.

      Printed on reverse: "The Auld Brig of Doon was made famous by Burns' [Robbie Burns, 1759-1796] poem 'Tam o' Shanter.' It was here Tam galloped himself and his steed into immortality. The date of the erection is uncertain." The postcard is of the old bridge over the River Doon, in …

      Black and white postcard of the Noiak family, circa 1910. The family has nine members, of which the father and mother are seated, with their children standing around them. The youngest children are in front and the oldest children are standing behind the parents. They are dressed in casual attire …

      Victoria Ave. (Reg. Rd. 24) goes off into the distance. On the right, at the bottom, is the corner of Tallman Dr. Moses F. Rittenhouse paid for the installation of sidewalks from Highway 8 (Reg. Rd. 81) all the way to Lake Ontario. The trees were finally cut down in …

      The S/S Virginian was launched in 1904 in Glasgow, with passenger accommodation of: 346 first class, 286 second class, and 1000 steerage. She was scrapped in 1955 in Trieste. Printed on the front: Allan R.M. Line, "Victorian" and "Virginian," turbine triple-screws, 12,000 tons.