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Mimico Asylum (Lakeside Sanatorium)

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.

The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd.

Grounds and Office Building

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.

The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd.

Grounds and Office Building

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.

The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd.

Lake Shore Boulevard office on the Boardwalk

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. 

Unknown

Folding Rule

A folding wooden ruler. Each arm of the ruler is a skinny white rectangle with lines and numbers on it. Each arm is connected by a piece of metal which allows it to turn.      

Craftsman

The Assembly Hall

Colour landscape image. The image shows various people standing on a grassy lawn in front of a brown brick building. In the centre, there is a clown playing a violin, a woman in a white polka dotted dress, a dog, a woman in a white dress and a crown, and four children. To the left, there are people dressed in all black and people in pants and shirts (mainly white, red, and blue). To the right, there are women in long dresses and a person in green shorts holding a baby above their head. In the background, other people are visible. The building has two storeys and rectangular windows with semi-circles at their tops. The building and people are surrounded by trees. The background is a blue sky. The image is bordered by a white border with black text at the bottom centre.

deRooy, Adrian

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