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Heritage Port Stanley
Postcard Collection

In days gone by, picture postcards used to be more common than they are today.  The way to let your friends and relatives know what exotic location (like Port Stanley) you were visiting was not to send them an email, or call them on your cell phone, but to mail them a picture postcard.  Many of these have been saved, and form a wonderful record of Port Stanley's past.

Heritage Port Stanley has published 3 volumes of these.  You can view some of these postcards here.

Many of the original postcards came from the collections of our Heritage Port Stanley members.  The descriptions which accompany the postcard image have been written by Craig Cole.

Clicking on any of the titles below will let you view a copy and a historical description of the postcard.

1-LOADING FISH 2-STREETCAR 3-FISHING TUGS
4-SCHOOL 5-FRANKLIN HOUSE 6-WILLOW BEACH
7-ANGLICAN CHURCH 8-FOREST CITY 9-PIER
10-STANLEY BEACH CASINO 11-LOVER'S LANE 12-A GLIMPSE OF PORT STANLEY
13-ORCHARD BEACH 14-ERIE REST 15-ROLLER COASTER
16-INCLINE RAILWAY 17-RIVER VIEW 18-PERE MARQUETTE BRIDGE
19-BESSAMER 20-METHODIST CHURCH 21-BRIDGE STREET
22-SHENANGO 23-MARQUETTE 24-VIGILANT
25-CASINO & BATHING BEACH 26-BEACH & BATHING BEACH 27-UNLOADING THE BESSAMER
28-HILL CREST 29-THEODORE ROSEVELT 30-GRAIN ELEVATOR
31-COLBORN STREET 32-COLBORNE STREET 33-TOWN HALL
34-STANDARD IMPLEMENT CO. 35-PORT STANLEY BATHING BEACH 36-BRIDGE OVER KETTLE CREEK
37-KETTLE CREEK 38-LPSPAVILION 39-LAKE ERIE BATHING BEACH
40-RAIL YARD LOOKING EAST 41-VALLEY VISTA 42-HARBOR
43-SCHOOL HOUSE 44-HARBOR ENTRANCE 45-PORT STANLEY LOOKING SOUTH
46-BEACH AND FRASER HILL 47-VIEW ACROSS THE PIER 48-HILL CREST
49-PORT STANLEY BEACH 50-HILLCREST INN 51-ROLLER COASTER - Image 1
52-ROLLER COASTER - Image 2 53-ROLLER COASTER - Image 3 54-ROLLER COASTER - Image 4
55-PORT STANLEY HARBOUR 56-KETTLE CREEK BRIDGE 57-BATHING ON A HOT DAY
58-HILL CREST INN
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