More postcards

In today's story "Postcards from the Edge, searching for the spirit of Hamilton" I mention Janet Forjan-Freedman's fascinating collection of Hamilton postcards. She has more than 1,500 of them and she has posted the cards on a website.It's
an impressive site to go through.
But there is also at least one other Hamilton postcard site called Postcards of Hamilton. Janet tells me postcard collecting has becoming increasingly popular and prices are going up because of Ebay and various antique postcard shows that are sometimes held.
As well as the pictures being interesting, often the written message is worth noting as well. I received a call from a woman today who had a 1915 postcard of the Macassa steamship that was a family keepsake because it was written by an ancestor.

Mark

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[chris reid]

//the first print of Frank Panabaker's is
Victoria Park in Brantford Ont showing the statue of Chief Joseph Brant, and the City Hall in the backgroung.