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The pool and patio deck at the new Seaway Towers Motor Hotel

Front: Colour photo. The photo shows the deck of a hotel. The deck is brown with white stairs on the left and middle of the deck. The deck is separated into two with a fence above the middle stairs. At the bottom of the lower deck there are some tables with green umbrellas. To the left of the tables, there is garden with a hourglass-shaped fountain. In the upper section, there is a rectangular blue pool on the right with some green beach chairs and people around. At the right, there is a pink and white tent with white pillars. To the left and behind of the deck, is a parking lot with various cars of various colours. To the bottom right, there is a white wall with balconies.

Back: Divided blank back. There is some blue text across the top with a rectangle in the right corner. There is a vertical line of text in the middle dividing the page.

Maple Leaf Press

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.

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 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.

The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd.

The Incomparable Westpoint Motor Hotel & Restaurant Ltd.

Front: Colour image. The image shows a blue body of water mainly on the top left but extends towards the bottom and right top. The rest of the image shows the shore and buildings. The bottom left is a piece of grassy land with a rectangular pool. The bottom right shows a partial roadway. Above the grass and between the water and road is a parking lot near the bottom with some cars. The parking lot surrounds various buildings. The buildings get taller from bottom of the photo to the top.

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.

Grant-Mann Lithographers Ltd

Hillcrest Motel -- Toronto, Ontario

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.

Canadian Postcard Company

The beautiful new Seaway Towers Motor Hotel

Front: Colour photo. The image shows the street view of a building. The building has two parts, a short brown brick part on the left, and a twelve-storey white tower section on the right. The brown section has white text across the front and a section to the left of the text which is black with three windows. On the roof of the brown section, there is a black fence around the building and a pink rounded tent. The white tower section is rectangular and has various windows and balconies throughout. The first floor of the white tower had white pillars. In front the of the whole building, there is a parking lot with multi-coloured cards. At the edge of the parking lot, there is a strip of grass with light posts and around the light posts are multi-coloured flags on a string. Behind the building on the lower right are some green trees and the rest of the background is a blue sky with a few white clouds.

Back: Divided blank back. There is some blue text across the top with a rectangle in the right corner. There is a vertical line of text in the middle dividing the page.   

Maple Leaf Press

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

Public School Mimico

Front: Black and White Photograph – of Mimico Public School of a medium sized stone school building with a bell towers surrounded by large trees. The photograph image is bordered by a large white border and the text on the border reads, “Mimico Public School”

Back: Divided back postcard, bears a personal message from Muriel to Elizabeth, handwritten in blue ink. It is postmarked both Mimico and Lucknow, Ontario and bears a 1903 King Edward VII 1 cent stamp. The stamp is positioned upside down and on a slight diagonal, with the corner that would usually be found in the upper right presently forming the lowest point of the diamond.

Unknown

Artwork Collection

  • CA LGIC ART
  • Collection
  • 1900 - ?

Collection of artwork in care of the LGIC.

Green Heron Flight

Landscape colour photograph. At the bottom left corner of the photograph there is a tan, black, and white rock pointing diagonally upwards. Closer to the right side of the image but within the centre of the frame, there is a bird mid-flight facing away from the rock. The bird has two four-toed yellow feet and legs on the left side. The feathers on the bird are brown, white, and black. The bird’s two wings are bent and the feathers at the end are separated. The head of the bird is black with a little brown and white. The bird’s beak is yellow and orange and is pointing out towards the frame with its yellowish-white eye at the beginning of the beak. The rest of the photo is out of focus, a little blurry and is grey. The photograph is within a black frame.

Barrett, Nancy

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