Cardboard postcard of Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Ont., main entrance; front is a sketch or chromolithograph showing the building on an angle with trees and sidewalk around it; back has a letter (stamped and sent) from Mrs. M. Simpson to her son, Mr. F. Martin.
Cardboard postcard of Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Ont., main entrance; front is a sketch or chromolithograph showing the building on an angle with trees and sidewalk around it; back has a letter (stamped and sent) from Mrs. M. Simpson to her son, Mr. F. Martin.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.
Postage date Aug. 26, 1946, so card must have been made around that time
Material
paper: green; blue; yellow; salmon; red
Inscriptions
Front reads: "HOTEL DIEU, KINGSTON, ONT. CANADA (MAIN ENTRANCE) 113, 192"; back: Mr. F. Martin F. // Just arrive at // 12 mon morning // Kingston we are // not quite at our // destination, hope everything is O.K. // we are fine, please // shut my bedroom // window. I forgot love // to all, be back // Sat or Sun // Yours as // ever, mother // XX"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder A
Dimension Notes
Length: 13.9 cm. x Width: 8.9 cm.
Condition Remarks
Front: stained and age-discoloured; slight bends in upper right corner; back: age-discoloured
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Research Facts
seen are the Sydenham Wing, the "operating building" and the Brock Wing from the corner of Sydenham and Johnson Streets; also seen is a building later torn down to build Centenary Wing