Union Station - Toronto Ontario - Canada 1907 Postcard SP24

Scene Details:

• Old Union Station, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (the 1873 station, demolished 1927)
• Tinted lithograph showing the red brick Romanesque Revival building from an elevated angle, with a prominent square corner clock tower and arched entrance
• Second domed clock tower visible in the right background near the waterfront
• Lake Ontario visible in the far background
• Railway platform/train shed roof visible to the right
• Mast flag cancellation in upper right; caption in red: "Union Station, Toronto"
• Publisher code: 101,010 (Valentine & Sons series)
• Published by The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd., Montreal and Toronto; printed in Great Britain
• Souvenir Post Card, undivided back with handwritten message

Postal Markings:

• Toronto departure postmark: circular date stamp reading "TORONTO / SEP 28 / 7 AM / 19[07]" — mailed from Toronto, Ontario, September 28, 1907
• Petaluma, California arrival postmark (front): circular date stamp reading "PETALUMA / OCT 2 / 3 PM / 1907 / CAL." — grey ink, machine cancel
• Petaluma, California arrival postmark (back): duplicate circular cancel in pink/red ink reading "PETALUMA CAL. / OCT 2 / 1907" — confirms arrival Petaluma, California, October 2, 1907
• Stamp: stamp detached/missing from upper right corner (remnant adhesive visible)
• Handwritten message: "Sept 28, 1907 — Dear Ethel g, received your letter. I am well. I am in Toronto at present — all are well here weather is getting cold. Wilber singular is going to get married next week and Isabella is going to have a silver wedding at christmas time good bye from Mother"
• Addressed to: Miss Ethel King, Petaluma B St., Cal.

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