A Festival of Postcards – Wheels
This coloured vintage postcard depicts a traditional French-Canadian family sitting on their porch with what was undoubtedly one of the most important wheels in pioneer times – the spinning wheel. In Quebec – as in much of North America – early pioneer families wore mostly homemade clothes which they made out of their own homespun cloth.
We know this was a pioneer family because of the text on the front of the card – “Une Famille de colons, Quebec, Canada” which translates as “A Family of Quebec Colonists”. Some readers may not know this but northern Quebec – and especially the Gaspe – was still considered a new area of colonization in the early twentieth century.
Size of postcard: approx. 13.5 c.m x 8.5 cm.
Front Text: Country Family, Quebec, Canada. Une famille de Colons, Quebec, Canada 60-7
Description: Traditional house, clothing, furniture, spinning wheel, chairs, clothing, family
Publisher: The Postcard & Greeting Card Co. Ltd., Toronto
Back: Postcard, Canada Series, Made in Canada, s….s is a gurantee of Canadian Manufacturing
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You’re right–I didn’t know there were pioneers that late. That is a nice postcard, but it sort of reminds me of U. S. hillbilly postcards.
I’ve never seen “hillbilly” cards – do you have any on your site?
If by your comment you’re referring to the fact that the card feeds into ethnic stereotypes, I agree. I’ve collected several cards we might call “ethnic French-Canadian” cards because they show traditional items, but this one is certainly “touristy”.
That’s a fairly large house for a family of colonists; when Laura Ingalls wrote about her “little house” she wasn’t kidding. But this does seem an odd subject for a postcard, even though I’ve seen similar US and Canadian cards in the past.
This postcard reminds me of my son who was so fascinated by the spinning wheel after watching “sleeping beauty” he kept pestering me to draw him one and I am no good in drawing…
have a wonderful week.
There is a woman who raises sheep in my village who is given spinning classes. I found out about it just yesterday and am dying to sign up. This is a wheelyy gorgeous card!
Love this card .. its got so much story going on
Looking at these pictures always makes me wonder about the people – were they happy, did they have a good life? Hopefully they did and have lots of great grandchildren to tell their own children about them..
In the States, the phrase “spinning classes” refers to something completely different — apparently, one must be taught to ride a stationary bike for exercise purposes, and this activity is referred to as spinning. I have always thought that it’s a silly marketing gimmick.
A beautiful card.
Thank you for sharing .
Happy Postcard Friendship Friday to you.
I am so thankful we do not have to use the spinning wheel for clothing unless we would like to.
Have a wonderful weekend.
The majority of my family come from Quebec. When I see something like this I always wonder if it could be one of them.
I love your blog! Happy PFF! My husband’s family is French Canadian. We love Canada!
Do you have any idea what date the postcard was made or what period it is depicting? It is really charming. Thank you for sharing.
I believe it is early twentieth century. I hestitate to date things online because I haven’t really studied dating techniques and I don’t want to lead anyone astray. Thanks for the comment!
Hello Evelyn its me Earney from Austria. Thank you very much for visiting my blog and you comment about postcard “Drive with LLYOD” I love this postcard. I also visit you website and I really love it! Do you like to exchange postcard with me? I try to find anything postcard about Wheels maybe something oldtime? but I really enjoy you postcard thank you and hope to exchange more postcard with you in future. Lovely smile from Austria. Earney
It’s a pleasure to meet you Earney – you’re my first correspondent from Austria!
Your Lloyd postcard is perfect for the Festival and is actually quite a different style from the others. When the Festival is published you’ll see quite a variety of cards because family historians typically collect vintage/antique cards while Postcrosssers usually have more modern cards. I say the more the merrier!
I would love to do Postcrossing some day. At the moment I can’t because all my spare budget is devoted to building my collection of vintage postcards of eastern Canada.
Please confirm if you would like to submit the Lloyd card or if you have something else you prefer.
Have a good day!
I love this card, and it looks particularly well preserved. I wonder how scratchy or otherwise the fabric made from this spinning wheel would be.
My entry is finally up, in the nick of time I hope.
Wheels for The Little Red Hen
I wish I had access to my vintage postcard collection, but at the moment it is residing with my sister. I don’t even know if I would have anything to fit this particular theme, but I may have for future festivals.
I particularly like vintage cards which show, as yours does, an aspect of history. It’s a fascinating glimpse into past lives.
I looked at your card when you first posted and loved it. Thought I had left a comment, but guess I didn’t! ;p
Your beautiful card gives an interesting look at the country people living there in Quebec at that time. Only needs a puppy under the porch! We had one growing up in the country in Texas!