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POSTCARD

Date1915
Dimensions14 x 9 cm
Object numberHF.70.1787.1 A-B
DescriptionA colored image of a rows of men wearing white shirts and pants with dark jackets walking down a street lined with four story tall brick buildings. One of the buildings is labelled The Canadian Bank of Commerce. In the top right corner is printed "Labor Day, Saskatoon, 1909" in red font. The back of the postcard is divided into two sections by a vertical line with a handwritten address on the right, "Mr Everett Ling/Wheatley River./P.E. Island/Canada", and a message written on the left: "1915/Aug 21/We arrived at/Carberry last night. about 2.15. We/didn't get work./Yet. But I guess/we will strike a/job before long/from George". At the top right corner is a red two cent stamp with the profile image of King George V (.B).

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