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Below is a list of all the recently added content, ordered from newest to oldest.
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Moulin à scie, Fassett, vers 1915. Ancienne carte postale photographique. (Collection privée) / Sawmill, Fassett, c.1915. Early photographic postcard. (Private collection)
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Centreville, Buckingham, vers 1910. Ancienne carte postale. (Collection privée) / Downtown Buckingham, c.1910. Early postcard. (Private collection)
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Ancienne carte postale, vers 1910. (Collection privée) / Early postcard, c.1910. (Private collection)
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Ancienne carte postale, vers 1905. (Collection privée) / Early postcard, c.1905. (Private collection)
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Very early postcard from Shawville, Quebec, c.1900. Note the brick storefronts, typical of Shawville, and the wooden plank sidewalks that were designed to protect pedestrians from the dust and mud of the street.
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The Gatineau Road, Kirk's Ferry, c.1920.
Early postcard, published by the Heliotype Co., Ottawa, c.1920.
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"Up the Gatineau to Pogon [sic] Falls." Early photographic montage, c.1880. (Private collection)
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New exhibition on view at the Canadian Museum of History!
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Magasin J. H. Poirier, Maniwaki, vers 1920. Ancienne carte postale photographique, photographe inconnu. / J. H. Poirier's Store, Maniwaki, c.1920. Early photographic postcard, unknown photographer.
"Information to tourists. Canoes to rent. Reliable guides. Outfitters for hunters & fishermen. Indigenous craft. Birchbark canoes for sale."
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Carré du marché, Rue Main, Buckingham, vers 1910. Carte postale ancienne. (Collection privée) / Market Square, Main Street, Buckingham, c.1910. Early postcard. (Private collection)
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Postcard, Jack's Restaurant in Gatineau, 1960s. / Carte postale, Restaurant Jack's à Gatineau, années 1960.
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Centreville et bureau de poste, Campbell's Bay, vers 1910. Ancienne carte postale photographique, (Collection privée) / Downtown and post office block, Campbell's Bay, c.1910. Early photographic postcard. (Private collection)
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Bureau de poste de Thurso. Ancienne carte postale, vers 1910. (Collection privée) /
Post office, Thurso. Early postcard, c. 1910. (Private collection)
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Magasin général Lafrenière & McKeeby de Gracefield, Québec. Articles de sport, cadeaux, licences de pêche, souvenirs et... Coca Cola! Ancienne carte postale des années 1960. (Collection privée) /
The Lafrenière & McKeeby general store in Gracefield, Quebec. Health and beauty aids, souvenirs, gifts, sporting goods, fishing licenses... and Coca Cola. Postcard, early 1960s. (Private collection)
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Plaisanciers à Norway Bay. Ancienne carte postale, vers 1910. (Collection privée) /
Boating party at Norway Bay. Early postcard, published c.1910. (Private collection)
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Midnight in the European countryside, carrying all of their provisions, including their rifles and ammo, they waded through an ice-cold river, as they heard the sudden order to stop and stand still.
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Cours de Bryson v.1905 / Bryson Courthouse, c.1905.
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Did you know that maple syrup is the oldest agricultural product in Quebec? It all began with the Indigenous peoples who called it “Sweet Water.” When spring returned and the maple sap was running the Indigenous peoples offered the boiled thickened syrup as a sacrifice to the Great Spirit. “Sugaring off” was largely a woman’s function in Iroquois communities. The men cut notches into tree trunks and small wooden troughs were stuck into the bark.
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Written in honour of the pioneers of Aylwin Township (now Kazabazua Township), Celebrating 150 Years begins in the 1830s with the lumber industries of Hamilton and Gilmour and official advice to settlers from His Maj
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This early postcard, depicting the steamer Agnes on the Lièvre River near Buckingham, dates to about 1905.
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A scene in the Gatineau Valley in Wakefield. (Photo - Matthew Farfan)
