Arnprior and District Museum
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Arnprior through the eyes of a tourist's postcard
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<link href="cm_css.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript"> <!-- function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0 var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc; } function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0 var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array(); var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++) if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}} } function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01 var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) { d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);} if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n]; for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document); if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x; } function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0 var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3) if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];} } function VMCAux2(URL) { var serv=window.open(URL,'VMCAux2','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=yes,width=500,height=330'); } //--> </script> <style type="text/css"> <!-- body { scrollbar-face-color: #A17C6C; scrollbar-shadow-color: #cccccc; scrollbar-highlight-color: #cccccc; scrollbar-3dlight-color: #000000; scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #cccccc; scrollbar-track-color: #cccccc; scrollbar-arrow-color: #FFFFFF; } } --> </style> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <table width="650" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr><td colspan="5"><hr></td></tr> <tr> <td width="5" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> <A NAME="-1" /> </span> </td> <td colspan="2" width="745"><span class="cmStoryLineText">Start of Artistic</span><p /> </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5"><hr></td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="5" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <span class="cmStoryLine"> <A NAME="0" /> </span> </td> <td width="165" valign="top" align="left"> <a href="#0" onClick="window.open('pm.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=55772','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=582')"><span class="topNavWhite" onmouseout="this.style.color = 'white';" onmouseover="this.style.color = 'black';" align="justify"><img src="CommunityMemories/ACJM/00ba/image/storycard/ACJM00ba000a.jpg" border="0" align="top"></span></a> </td> <td width="580" align="left" valign="top"> <span class="cmStoryLine"> 'Welcome to Arnprior, Ont.'<br />1960 (?)<br />Daniel Street, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada<br /><br /> </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><span class="cmStoryLineText">"Welcome To Arnprior" sign was on Daniel Street, where the Arnprior Motor Inn stands. The House visible behind the sign is still there today, as are the three white houses to the left, on the opposite side of Daniel Street.</span><br /></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5"><hr></td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="5" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <span class="cmStoryLine"> <A NAME="1" /> </span> </td> <td width="165" valign="top" align="left"> <a href="#1" onClick="window.open('pm.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=55869','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite" onmouseout="this.style.color = 'white';" onmouseover="this.style.color = 'black';" align="justify"><img src="CommunityMemories/ACJM/00ba/image/storycard/ACJM00ba00b2.jpg" border="0" align="top"></span></a> </td> <td width="580" align="left" valign="top"> <span class="cmStoryLine"> 'Greetings From Arnprior Canada' (With Canadian Coat of Arms)<br />7 April 1910<br />Arnprior, Ontario, Canada<br /><br /> </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><span class="cmStoryLineText">Typical of embossed post cards dating to c. 1910. This card would have been purchased by the retailer with a blank sash and filled in with "Arnprior" before it was sold in the town.</span><br /></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5"><hr></td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="5" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <span class="cmStoryLine"> <A NAME="2" /> </span> </td> <td width="165" valign="top" align="left"> <a href="#2" onClick="window.open('pm.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=55870','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=619,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite" onmouseout="this.style.color = 'white';" onmouseover="this.style.color = 'black';" align="justify"><img src="CommunityMemories/ACJM/00ba/image/storycard/ACJM00ba00b3.jpg" border="0" align="top"></span></a> </td> <td width="580" align="left" valign="top"> <span class="cmStoryLine"> 'Some guys can put you Wise In Arnprior' (Cartoon Owl)<br />1905 (?)<br />Arnprior, Ontario, Canada<br /><br /> </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><span class="cmStoryLineText">Another card of similar origin with 'In Arnprior' stamped in by the retailer. c.1910</span><br /></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5"><hr></td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="5" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <span class="cmStoryLine"> <A NAME="3" /> </span> </td> <td width="165" valign="top" align="left"> <a href="#3" onClick="window.open('pm.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=55871','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=547')"><span class="topNavWhite" onmouseout="this.style.color = 'white';" onmouseover="this.style.color = 'black';" align="justify"><img src="CommunityMemories/ACJM/00ba/image/storycard/ACJM00ba00b4.jpg" border="0" align="top"></span></a> </td> <td width="580" align="left" valign="top"> <span class="cmStoryLine"> 'A Table Spoon Arnprior' (Leather Postcard)<br />1906<br /><br /><br /> </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><span class="cmStoryLineText">Leather Postcards were popular forms of expression in the early 1900s. Generally made from deerskin, these postcards were decorated with the tip of a hot implement. The process was called pyrography and was a popular art form for middle class young women, normally found on wood and leather. </span><br /></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5"><hr></td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="5" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <span class="cmStoryLine"> <A NAME="4" /> </span> </td> <td width="165" valign="top" align="left"> <a href="#4" onClick="window.open('pm.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=55873','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=412,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite" onmouseout="this.style.color = 'white';" onmouseover="this.style.color = 'black';" align="justify"><img src="CommunityMemories/ACJM/00ba/image/storycard/ACJM00ba00b6.jpg" border="0" align="top"></span></a> </td> <td width="580" align="left" valign="top"> <span class="cmStoryLine"> 'Yours in Great Haste Arnprior' (Leather Postcard)<br />16 January 1907<br /><br /><br /> </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><span class="cmStoryLineText">In some instances the humour on some of the leather postcards might be considered somewhat bawdy.</span><br /></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5"><hr></td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="5" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <span class="cmStoryLine"> <A NAME="5" /> </span> </td> <td width="165" valign="top" align="left"> <a href="#5" onClick="window.open('pm.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=55872','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite" onmouseout="this.style.color = 'white';" onmouseover="this.style.color = 'black';" align="justify"><img src="CommunityMemories/ACJM/00ba/image/storycard/ACJM00ba00b5.jpg" border="0" align="top"></span></a> </td> <td width="580" align="left" valign="top"> <span class="cmStoryLine"> 'Good Old Summer Time in Arnprior' (Leather Postcard)<br />1906 (?)<br /><br /><br /> </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><span class="cmStoryLineText"></span><br /></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5"><hr></td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="5" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <span class="cmStoryLine"> <A NAME="6" /> </span> </td> <td width="165" valign="top" align="left"> <a href="#6" onClick="window.open('pm.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=55874','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite" onmouseout="this.style.color = 'white';" onmouseover="this.style.color = 'black';" align="justify"><img src="CommunityMemories/ACJM/00ba/image/storycard/ACJM00ba00e9.jpg" border="0" align="top"></span></a> </td> <td width="580" align="left" valign="top"> <span class="cmStoryLine"> 'Greetings from Arnprior' (Leather Postcard)<br />27 December 1906<br /><br /><br /> </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><span class="cmStoryLineText"></span><br /></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5"><hr></td></tr> <tr> <td width="5" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> <A NAME="7" /> </span> </td> <td colspan="2" width="745"><span class="cmStoryLineText">End of Artistic</span><p /> </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5"><hr></td></tr> </table>
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