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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.

New Toronto

Front: Black and white photograph. The photos shows a boat with a mast on a rocky beach on the left. There is a house seen on the very left past the boat. The right side of the photo shows a body of water with waves. Behind the water is a waterfront with trees. At the foreground in the middle, there is a cluster of large rocks.

Back: Divided blank back. There is some black text on the top centre with a square in the right corner. There is a vertical line down the middle centre of the back.

The Richmonde Sales Co. Toronto

Mohawk Institute, Brantford, Canada

Front: Colour picture of the Mohawk Institute. The top of the image is a blue sky with some white clouds. In the middle of the image is a mostly red brick (but with some grey bricks along the bottom) building with white trim and a grey roof. The building has many windows. In the centre of the building, there are stairs leading to a door surrounded by white pillars. The white pillars extend from the ground to the roof and on the second floor, appears to also include balconies. There are four chimneys on the roof, two closer to the left and two on the right. In front of the building is a tan path way extending from the bottom corner to the stairs. The rest of the space in front of the building is green grass. On the right side, there is a green leafed tree. In the upper left of the postcard, printed over the trees, text on the image reads: “Mohawk Institute, Brantford, Canada.”

Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Stedman Bros. Limited along the left side. There is text along the top and a rectangle with text in the upper right corner. Below is the divided back with lines and text. No letter was written on the card.

Stedman Bros. Limited

Fire Hose Reel

Metal fire hose reel composed on two spider reels connected via metal bars and spindle trunnion. A pipe is attached to the trunnion where a water hose can be attached. A series of pipe elbows are connected to the trunnion pipe leading to an attached water valve. The exterior of the outward-facing reel spider is painted red and displays an inscription about the item’s patent, inventor, and place of origin.

Montgomery, Beauchamp Henry

Entrance to Long Branch Park

Front: Real Picture Post Card, Black and White Photograph. Postcard of the entrance to Long Branch Park. Road entrance with stone gates at centre, trees in background, and signed storefronts to the right. No border on the image. Handwritten title on image in white, all caps, reads "Entrance to Long Branch Park." In image, two people (appears to be a man and a woman) stand in front of a storefront advertising Coca-Cola, Cold Drinks, and Ice Cream Cones. A sign further back reads “Long Branch Amusement Park.”

Back: Divided back postcard. A handwritten note in cursive is addressed to Mrs. Badgley in Canfield, Ontario from Leon. It bears most of a 1911 King George V in Admiral Uniform 2 cent stamp.

(Medical & Nursing Staff) Ontario Hospital. Mimico-Ont. Apr. 1935

Black and white horizontal photograph. The majority of the photograph is three rows of people, some sitting and some standing. The front row of people consist of eighteen people sitting with their legs together and hands folded in their lap. The two people second and third from the middle on the left and right are wearing dark coloured suits and the rest are wearing all white: long sleeve shirt, skirt, tights, shoes and hat. The second row of people consists of twenty-one people standing with their arms at their sides. All of them have a white pinafore, grey long sleeve shirt under, and a white hat. The third row, which is slightly higher than the second, of people consists of twenty people standing with their arms at their sides. All of them have a white pinafore, grey long sleeve shirt under, and a white hat. Behind the third person from each end in the back, there are three Union Jack flags hung on the wall. Behind the middle ten people in the top row, there is a nature scene consisting of fir trees and water which ahs some decorated columns beside it. The floor everyone is standing on is a wood floor made of panels. To the side of each row, there are sets of staircases visible in the background. In the centre of the bottom edge and at the bottom right corner, there are rows of white text which appears as if they were hand-written. The photograph is held within a white frame.

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. 

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