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Front: Colour picture. The top of the image is a blue fading into white/beige sky. On the left, there are multiple boats in a small body of water. Behind the boats on the horizon there are a few red buildings surrounded by green grass and some trees. In the middle of the image, there is a light brown/tan pathway with a light red three rowed barrier on either side. On the left side of the pathway near the start of the bridge, there are two women in dresses and a hat walking away from the water. Behind the two women walking, there are two wooden electricty/telegraph poles. Part of the path is a bridge going over water. Beside the bridge, there is a small brown house-like structure on the water. On the other side of the bridge, there are two men walking towards the water with a blue car close behind, as well as a man and woman going in the opposite direction. On the right of the photo, there atre three trees and a small pond. The pond has a structure and a dock or small boats. The bottom of the image is just a continution of the path. In the lower right corner is the identifying code “104 483” and in a small circle the letters “JV.”

Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing on the left. On the top right corner, there is a rectangle for a stamp. Along the top in the middle, there is some text and two globes. Below the text, there is a vertical line dividing the page in half.

Front: Coloured, printed postcard. Depicts about a blue sky with some white clouds, eight red brick buildings with blueish-grey roofs, a large field, and 13 cricket players. The field is green but at the forefront of the image, there is a gravel path. The cricket players are all dressed in white. “Mimico Asylum (Lakeside Sanitorium), Toronto, Canada” is in printed text on top right. Bottom right of the image reads “JV” in a circle with the number “104,072”. Top half of the postcard (horizontal) has a handwritten message in black, faded ink.

Back: Printed text at top middle reads “Souvenir Post Card.” To the left of the postage stamp is a postmark that reads “Milton West, AM, OC 13, 09, ONT”. Bottom right has handwritten address for receiver. Left half of back has handwritten message, upside down. Left side underneath written message is printed text which reads “The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co., Ltd. Montreal and Toronto. Printed in Great Britain.” It bears a 1903 King Edward VII 3/4 profile 1 cent stamp.

Front: Coloured, printed postcard. Depicts about a blue sky with some white clouds, eight red brick buildings with blueish-grey roofs, a large field, and 13 cricket players. The field is green but at the forefront of the image, there is a gravel path. The cricket players are all dressed in white. “Mimico Asylum (Lakeside Sanitorium), Toronto, Canada” is in printed text on top left. Bottom right of the image reads “JV” in a circle with the number “104,072”.

Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. Handwritten text in pencil addresses the card to Miss Esther Appelquist, with a note from Mallie. It is postmarked February 13, 1912 at 2 PM in Toronto. It bears a 1911 King George V in Admiral Uniform 1 cent stamp.

Front: Coloured, printed postcard. Depicts about a blue sky with some white clouds, eight red brick buildings with blueish-grey roofs, a large field, and 13 cricket players. The field is green but at the forefront of the image, there is a gravel path. The cricket players are all dressed in white. “Mimico Asylum (Lakeside Sanitorium), Toronto, Canada” is in printed text on top right. Bottom right of the image reads “JV” in a circle with the number “104,072”. Top half of the postcard (horizontal) has a handwritten message in black, faded ink.

Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. There is no message on the back.

Front: Coloured, printed postcard. Depicts about a blue sky with some white clouds, eight red brick buildings with blueish-grey roofs, a large field, and 13 cricket players. The field is green but at the forefront of the image, there is a gravel path. The cricket players are all dressed in white. “Mimico Asylum (Lakeside Sanitorium), Toronto, Canada” is in printed text on top left. Bottom right of the image reads “JV” in a circle with the number “104,072”.

Back: Undivided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. Handwritten text in blue ink addresses the card to Mrs. Madden, with a note from JLE. It is postmarked April 21, 1910 at 1 pm in Toronto, ON. It bears a 1903 King Edward VII 3/4 profile 1 cent stamp.

Front: Coloured, printed postcard. Depicts about a blue sky with some white clouds, eight red brick buildings with blueish-grey roofs, a large field, and 13 cricket players. The field is green but at the forefront of the image, there is a gravel path. The cricket players are all dressed in white. “Mimico Asylum (Lakeside Sanatorium), Toronto, Canada.” is in printed text on top right. Bottom right of the image reads “JV” in a circle with the number “104,072”.

Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. Handwritten text in blue ink addresses the card to Fry Pedro, with a note from Liniy(?) and Sam. It is dated January 10, 1914.

Front: Colour photograph postcard of the Long Branch streetcar on Lakeshore Road. Dirt road is centred in image with streetcar on tracks to left. One man appears to be disembarking. Trees flank the road on either side, and a low wooden fence is prominent along the right side of the road. Behind the fence in the foreground is a telephone pole – two more poles can be seen further in the background. Also behind the fence is a view of the lake. At the top of the postcard, printed over the sky towards the right side is the title: “Lake Shore Road and Long Branch Car, Toronto, Ontario.” In the lower left corner is the identifying code: “104.069” and in a small circle the letters “JV.”

Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. Handwritten text in pencil on left hand side of card.

Front: Colour photograph postcard of the Long Branch streetcar on Lakeshore Road. Dirt road is centred in image with streetcar on tracks to left. One man appears to be disembarking. Trees flank the road on either side, and a low wooden fence is prominent along the right side of the road. Behind the fence in the foreground is a telephone pole – two more poles can be seen further in the background. Also behind the fence is a view of the lake. At the top of the postcard, printed over the sky towards the right side is the title: “Lake Shore Road and Long Branch Car, Toronto, Ontario.” In the lower left corner is the identifying code: “104.069” and in a small circle the letters “JV.”

Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. Handwritten text in black ink addresses the card to Staunton Virginia, with a note from an unnamed writer to Mr. Guy Kyle. It is postmarked July 15, 1910 in Toronto, Ontario at 8pm. It bears a 1903 King Edward VII 3/4 profile 1 cent stamp.  

Front: Colour photograph postcard of the Long Branch streetcar on Lakeshore Road. Dirt road is centred in image with streetcar on tracks to left. One man appears to be disembarking. Trees flank the road on either side, and a low wooden fence is prominent along the right side of the road. Behind the fence in the foreground is a telephone pole – two more poles can be seen further in the background. Also behind the fence is a view of the lake. At the top of the postcard, printed over the sky towards the right side is the title: “Lake Shore Road and Long Branch Car, Toronto, Ontario.” In the lower left corner is the identifying code: “104.069” and in a small circle the letters “JV.”

Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. Handwritten text in blue ink on left hand side of card. Some brown marks from centre to right hand side.

Front: Colour painting – of Humber, Lake Shore Road, Toronto Canada. From the far left is a large white building with a dark roof with a wooden balcony, beside this is large green trees. In front of the building is a sign facing the opposite way that reads, ‘Garden Party’ strung up on a lamp post and on the buildings balcony. Behind the sign are three vehicles, a black car and the two at the front are buggy’s or wagons. There is another lamp pole directly beside a streetcar rail. There is a brown empty streetcar on the rail. Behind the streetcar is the back of terminal for streetcars. The terminal building is white with a red-brown roof. To the centre-right of the image is a bridge over Mimico Creek. The bridge runs over a dirt road and to the farthest right are two individuals walking along the dirt road with trees to their right. The title “Humber, Lake Shore Road, Toronto, Canada” appears in red in the upper left corner, and an identification code of 104.070 (JV) appears in the lower left corner in black.

Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. Handwritten text in pencil addresses the card to Mrs C. (Mary) Bones with a note from Y & aK (unsure on aK).