Postcard of the construction of the Million Dollar Bridge
Peace River Museum, Archives and Mackenzie Centre
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| Nom de l'objet : | Postcard of the construction of the Million Dollar Bridge |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Communication Artifacts |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Documentary Artifact, Graphic Documents |
| Matériaux : | Paper |
| Numéro d'accession : | 87.1489.19 |
| Nom de la collection : | Archives |
| Fabricant : | J. Martinos |
| Municipalité d'origine : | Peace River |
| Province d'origine : | Alberta |
| Pays d'origine : | Canada |
| Continent d'origine : | North America |
| Municipalité d'utilisation : | Moose Jaw |
| Province d'utilisation : | Saskatchewan |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada |
| Continent d'utilisation : | North America |
| Culture : | Canadian |
| Date de début de production : | 1917-06-22 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1917-06-22 |
| Description : | Sepia toned postcard of the Construction of the Peace River Bridge. The photograph was taken by J. Martinos on June 22, 1917. The postcard is addressed to Miss Pearl Hazard from her brother Lloyd. There are 2 postmarks that read "Edmonton, Alta. Jul 9 3:30 PM 1917. There are also 2 stamps that reads "$25.00 for $21.50 Buy War Savings Certificates". The stamp is a red 2 cent stamp. |
| Commentaires : | The N.A.R. Bridge was announced in 1914 and was to accommodate trains as well as foot, horse and car traffic. The bridge was built between 1917 and 1918 at a cost of $1,500,000. It is nicknamed as the Million Dollar Bridge (Peace River Remembers, p. 405). This donation of postcards and photographs was donated by Ernie Skip, who acquired them from a Mrs. MacRae, thought to be Pearl MacRae. Pearl Hazzard married Wilson MacRae and they had an adopted daughter, Greta MacRae, now Greta Picard (2010). Wilson was the post master in Peace River. It is thought to be Pearl MacRae because she lived only a few doors down from Mr. Skip, one of the postcards has the name Pearl on it, and the dates of the photographs coincide with the times that Wilson and Pearl would have been in Peace River. |
| Hauteur : | 8,9 |
| Largeur : | 13,9 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Sujet ou image : | MacRae Land Transportation Skip |
| Translittération de l'inscription : | Written on the front in white "Photo by J. Martinos 22/6/17 / Construction of Million Dollar Brige Peace River, Alta" Written on the back in pencil "Hello Pearl Just a card to say Fred & I are heading for Vermilion today. It is 280 miles north of here. I suppose you will soon be coming up here. So bye bye from your bro Lloyd. This is a piece of the Peace River Bridge." Written on the back in pencil "Miss Pearl Hazard / 1096 Algoma Ave, Moose Jaw, Sask. |
| Département : | Archives |
| Établissement : | Peace River Museum, Archives and Mackenzie Centre |
| Ville de l'établissement : | Peace River |
| Province de l'établissement : | Alberta |
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