Mt Baker Lodge, near Bellingham WA, approx 1930s postcard.  Unknown 📷

Another scorcher on Vancouver Island today – I'm not much of a winter person and this looks surprisingly appealing at the moment. 

These old 1930's Pig'N Whistle advertising postcards seem to have a devoted following and they don't last too long in my shop. So for fun I just googled to see what was on the menu back then.  

'Menus were elaborate even though prices were moderate. In 1934 it was possible to order a “De Luxe” six-course dinner for $1.00 that included dishes such as “Braised Saddle of Rabbit, Chasseur” and “Grilled Boned Loin of Spring Lamb” with fresh mushrooms and mint jelly. The dinner came with additional courses and accompaniments such as seafood cocktail, soup, spaghetti, avocado salad, and asparagus Hollandaise. To finish, there were 23 desserts to select from.' 

~ from Jan Whitaker, Restaurant-ing Through History website

At first glance I thought oh how sweet, a couple of cute cubs climbing a pole, and then upon closer look I noticed the chains and collar. 😤

I really love working with these old historical documents but often I have to remind myself ... 'different times, different world'. And then the quote from humorist Arthur 'Bugs' Baer pops into my head, "A newspaper is a circulating library with high blood pressure", which I substitute postcards for newspaper and surprisingly feel calmer, a little bit.  :)  

And I originally thought this was a G. Morris Taylor picture but the notation on the front isn't consistent with his style.  I will keep looking into it.  ~ d

On vacation in 1920, Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. and his wife were driving past Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island BC and spotted this little island. Mrs Vanderbilt admired it so much that Cornelius Jr. bought it on the spot. The family would go on to use it for summer vacations and Cornelius Jr. would write stories to the New York Times about life in the wild.

I'm almost certain this is Cornelius and his dog in boat. ~ d

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This is one of the sweetest looking 'Caddy' the Cadborosaurus postcards I've seen to date. Omitting the head and leaving the sea-serpent's head to the imagination probably wasn't an easy decision for the artist. c1935, artist unknown. 

p.s. I’m often photographing ocean scenes at Cadboro Bay and you should see the looks I get when I ask tourists, ankle deep in water, if they’ve seen the horse-like sea monster today.  ~ D