thecharioteer
Senior Member
Just looking at the messages within my own postcard collection lead me to believe that postcards were used more like we use email today (especially with two mail deliveries a day).
Here are some examples:
From a 1928 postcard of the Queen's Hotel to Dayton USA:
"Aug 29 Toronto Ont
Dear Mother
Arrived here OK. Have had breakfast & will leave at 10:30 for Muskoka Lake. Feeling fine. With love, Anne"
From a 1914 postcard of Sick Children's Hospital to Hamilton:
"Am in Canada's Chicago. Gerald"
From a 1908 postcard of the Trader Bank Building to Burlington:
"Sept 20 West Toronto
Dear Ida
We received your card when we came home yesterday. Hope Byron is better by now. We were in Brantford for a week. Bill's brother was killed in the explosion which you would have seen in the paper. Hope you are all well. With love, Annie"
From a 1906 postcard of St. George Street to Quincy Mass.:
"Christmas greetings from the city of your relations. From [illegible]"
Here are some examples:
From a 1928 postcard of the Queen's Hotel to Dayton USA:
"Aug 29 Toronto Ont
Dear Mother
Arrived here OK. Have had breakfast & will leave at 10:30 for Muskoka Lake. Feeling fine. With love, Anne"
From a 1914 postcard of Sick Children's Hospital to Hamilton:
"Am in Canada's Chicago. Gerald"
From a 1908 postcard of the Trader Bank Building to Burlington:
"Sept 20 West Toronto
Dear Ida
We received your card when we came home yesterday. Hope Byron is better by now. We were in Brantford for a week. Bill's brother was killed in the explosion which you would have seen in the paper. Hope you are all well. With love, Annie"
From a 1906 postcard of St. George Street to Quincy Mass.:
"Christmas greetings from the city of your relations. From [illegible]"
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