Verdun, Quebec – Church Avenue (rue de l’Eglise)
Church Avenue, North View, Verdun P.Q.
L. Lemieux Dry Goods was located at 73 Church Ave., Verdun (Source: Lovell’s)
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).
Verdun Early 20th Century(?)
Reverse of Postcard:
H.W. Reynolds, Druggist,
corn. Hickson Ave. and Wellington, Verdun P.Q.
Printed in Saxony
Lovell’s Directory (1905)
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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Is that a spelling error on the sign?
Yes – as far as I can see it is a Sellen instead of a Seller – you have a keen eye! Originally I had transcribed it that way but I’ve found Seller & Gough in Toronto, Ontario so I know that’s the correct spelling.
Wonderful black and white image. Thanks for sharing and happy PFF!
Hi Evelyn,
Another wonderful post, I love the b&w card. Have a great weekend.
debby
How interesting to see Verdun here as a city and not just a borough of Montreal! Did the people of Verdun like being merged with Montreal?
I am not even going to go there, Marie – do you want to start World War III on this blog!!! (smile)
Dearest Evelyn, thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers. Dad will be getting out of the hospital today—we’re taking him to my sister’s home, where we can care for him over the next three weeks. Mom had a lot of bumps and bruises, but was not terribly injured. It is a miracle they are both alive. Dad is still pretty ill with a broken neck (they’ll stabilize it in a collar for the next three weeks) and has a wound vac on the top of his head where the windshield sliced the top of his head to the bone. Dad seems in good spirits, so that is good.
Thank you, dear friend.
It’s completely amazing just how much information can be found from a relatively simple postcard.
Evelyn, I love this… I used to work for a writer who was researching the early 20th c. and I would have to go through old newspapers on microfilm… I’d always get stuck on the ads -they tell as much, if not more than the editorial. Happy PFF!
I’m getting a very late start this week…….I’m out of town again. I really like that Church Ave. postcard….love your post.
I’m always so impressed with all the information you are able to find on the backgrounds and possible backgrounds of your postcards.
I hope you are having a beautiful weekend.
Great history you are presenting. Love the Montreal connection.
I would have been over to visit sooner, but my aging parents were involved in an accident, so I’ve not had time. They are doing so much better–but it will take time. In the meantime, Happy PFF!
Every advertising was so english ! I stayed in Verdun, it just becomes to be interesting place to stay now.
That’s what I tell my kids – it’s hard to believe how English it was before! It’s one way we have of dating postcards in Quebec!