Front: Colour picture – Mimico Branch Asylum in the early 1900s. To the left of the image are dark, bushy trees and a green, manicured lawn. To the right of the image is a large shrub that covers part of a large red brick building with peaks and many windows. The lawn features several small flower beds and a light tan stone or dirt walkway. At the end of the walkway, what looks to be a human figure can be seen, possibly a statue. In the upper left of the postcard, printed over the trees, text on the image reads: “Grounds and Office. Mimico Asylum, Toronto, Canada.” In the lower right corner is the identifying code “104 071” 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 addresses the card to Miss Bessie Riddell, with a personal note from Hazel. It is postmarked February 23, 1910 in what is likely to be Toronto (mark rather faded.) It bears a 1903 King Edward VII 3/4 profile 1 cent stamp.
Front: Colour picture – Mimico Branch Asylum in the early 1900s. To the left of the image are dark, bushy trees and a green, manicured lawn. To the right of the image is a large shrub that covers part of a large red brick building with peaks and many windows. The lawn features several small flower beds and a light tan stone or dirt walkway. At the end of the walkway, what looks to be a human figure can be seen, possibly a statue. In the upper left of the postcard, printed over the trees, text on the image reads: “Grounds and Office. Mimico Asylum, Toronto, Canada.” In the lower right corner is the identifying code “104 071” and in a small circle the letters “JV.”
Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. A note to Laurie has been handwritten in black ink. The postcard has not been addressed or stamped.
Front: Colour picture – Mimico Branch Asylum in the early 1900s. To the left of the image are dark, bushy trees and a green, manicured lawn. To the right of the image is a large shrub that covers part of a large red brick building with peaks and many windows. The lawn features several small flower beds and a light tan stone or dirt walkway. At the end of the walkway, what looks to be a human figure can be seen, possibly a statue. In the upper left of the postcard, printed over the trees, text on the image reads: “Grounds and Office. Mimico Asylum, Toronto, Canada.” In the lower right corner is the identifying code “104 071” and in a small circle the letters “JV.”
Back: Undivided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. Handwritten text in black ink addresses the card to Irma Glennie, with a note from Emma. It is postmarked October 4, 1909 at 10 PM in Toronto, ON. It bears a 1903 King Edward VII 3/4 profile 1 cent stamp.
Front: Colour picture – Mimico Branch Asylum in the early 1900s. To the left of the image are dark, bushy trees and a green, manicured lawn. To the right of the image is a large shrub that covers part of a large red brick building with peaks and many windows. The lawn features several small flower beds and a light tan stone or dirt walkway. At the end of the walkway, what looks to be a human figure can be seen, possibly a statue. In the upper left of the postcard, printed over the trees, text on the image reads: “Grounds and Office. Mimico Asylum, Toronto, Canada.” In the lower right corner is the identifying code “104 071” and in a small circle the letters “JV.”
Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. A small amount of text was added to the left side of the card and erased.
Front: Colour picture – Mimico Branch Asylum in the early 1900s. To the left of the image are dark, bushy trees and a green, manicured lawn. To the right of the image is a large shrub that covers part of a large red brick building with peaks and many windows. The lawn features several small flower beds and a light tan stone or dirt walkway. At the end of the walkway, what looks to be a human figure can be seen, possibly a statue. In the upper left of the postcard, printed over the trees, text on the image reads: “Grounds and Office. Mimico Asylum, Toronto, Canada.” In the lower right corner is the identifying code “104 071” and in a small circle the letters “JV.”
Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. A note to "Friend” has been handwritten in black ink. The postcard has not been addressed or stamped.
Front: Colour image. The image shows the front of a two storey building. The building has light brown brick along the left side and bottom. Along the top and half of the bottom storey, is white walls. There are balconies/railings along the top floor. At the corner on the left of the building, there is an overhang over a wall of windows. In front of the building, there is a road with multi-coloured cars in front. Behind the building and the very right edge, are trees with green leaves. At the bottom, there is a line of yellow text.
Back: Plain white back. There is a line of vertical text down the centre which divides the postcard. There is a paragraph of text on the left side and a few lines of text on the right.
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).
Front: A colour image of a white square building with a brown slanted roof along a wooden boardwalk. The building has yellow, blue, and red striped overhangs above the windows. On the front of the building, there is a door, a union jack flag on a pole at the top of the point formed by the roof, and brown vertical and horizontal stripes within the triangle section. Around the building, there are some flowers and plants. Around the building and boardwalk, there is green grass. Behind the building, there is a blue sky with white clouds, a blue body of water, and a yellow beach.
Back: Beige blank back divided back. There is a double line down the center of the page and a short double line in the centre along the top. There is a vertical rectangle in the top right corner. There are a couple of lines of text down the left edge. At the bottom centre, there is a coat of arms and some text.
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.
