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Verdun, Quebec – Church Avenue (rue de l’Eglise)

Church Avenue, North View, Verdun P.Q.

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L. Lemieux Dry Goods was located at 73 Church Ave., Verdun (Source: Lovell’s)

Sellen's Gough Furriers

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This ad on the left is an enlargement from the right hand side of the postcard. It’s partially obliterated but I reconstructed what it says from the Sellers listing in the 1905 Lovell’s Directory . To your right – Sellers Gouch Fur Co., Ltd. 280 St. Catherine S.W. Cor. St. Alexander Tel. Uptown 5870. Largest Exclusive Furriers in the British Empire. D.J. Sellers, The Linton. A.J. Gouch, the Linton. Today, there are furrier by the name of Seller’s Gough in Toronto, Ontario (Canada).

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Verdun Early 20th Century(?)

 

Reverse of Postcard:

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H.W. Reynolds, Druggist,

corn. Hickson Ave. and Wellington, Verdun P.Q.

Printed in Saxony

Lovell’s Directory (1905)

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Are any of these the Herbert W. Reynolds (chemist\druggist) on the postcard?

Herbert W. Reynolds m. Mary Ellen McConnell (1894)

Herbert William Reynolds m. Mary Ann Williams (1908)

Herbert W. Reynolds. m. Mary R. Stanger (1925)

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Related Posts:

Index: Vintage Postcards of Quebec

 

Further Reading:

Goff/Gough Early History


 

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