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Michael Johnstone Postcard Collection
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Buildings

This series contains postcards depicting prominent Hamiltonian buildings through the 20th Century. They range from buildings as old as the Bank of British North America building, to New City Hall.

Churches

This series contains postcards with images of the various church buildings found in Hamilton. Examples include the Centenary Church and St. Mary’s Cathedral.

Michael Johnstone Postcard Collection

  • Collection
  • 1901 - 1960

This collection principally consists of early to mid-20th century postcards collected by Michael Johnstone depicting Hamilton, Hamilton citizens, and the Hamiltonian lifestyle at the time. Examples include: King street landscapes, Ellen Fairclough, Gage Park, the City Hospital, and New City Hall. Furthermore, collection contains non-postcard ephemera from the early 20th century such as photographs, Stereoscopic prints, an insurance policy, and a commemorative centennial coin.

Materials are organized into the following series:
Series 01: Motorways and waterways. – [ca. 1910-1915, 1960]
Series 02: Advertisements. – [ca. 1913]
Series 03: People. - [ca. 1901 - 1913, 1958 -1960]
Series 04: Parks and landscapes. - [ca.1907 - 1910, 1929, 1938 - 1940]
Series 05: Mountain Inclines. - [ca. 1903 -1910]
Series 06: Hospitals and Asylums. - [ca. 1906 - 1921]
Series 07: Streets and Streetcars. - [ca. 1900 - 1940]
Series 08: Hamilton Market. - [ca. 1910 - 1913]
Series 09: Churches. - [ca. 1906 – 1911, 1929]
Series 10: Railways and Train stations. - [ca. 1908-1920]
Series 11: Buildings. - [ca. 1905 - 1920, 1941,1955, 1960]
Series 12: Non-Postcard Materials. - (1906-1920, 1956)

Johnstone, Michael

Non-Postcard Materials

This series contains non-postcard material donated alongside the postcard collection. Such material includes commemorative items such as the Centennial coin, as well as historical ephemera such as bus tickets issued by Canada SS. Lines Ltd.

Parks and landscapes

This series includes postcards depicting the natural imagery of Hamilton and of Hamilton’s parks and gardens. Such examples include The Hamilton Rock Garden, and the Hamilton beachfront.

People

This series contains postcards depicting people or groups of people. Includes such examples as soldiers marching and political figures.

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