A Canadian Family

An Ox Cart in Rural Quebec- WWII on the Back of a Postcard

This vintage postcard shows a typical Quebec rural farming scene with a young farmboy accompanying an ox and cart. You can see other handmade carts with the same distinctive wheels at  - A Habitant Dog Cart and  A roadside Group on Gaspe Highway.

Reverse of Postcard – Text

To: Billie Hours(?), Washington Ave., Babylon L.I., New York

Dear Billie,

How’d you like to have one of these animals to play around with at home. Grand Ma & me are having a swell time just looking around Old Quebec. Lots of love to all Grand Pop.

Reverse of Postcard -A little bit of  philately

The 1942 postmark shows that this postcard was mailed right in the heat of WWII. The King George VI stamp was part of a special War Issue of morale-boosting stamps. One series showed King George VI in the uniforms of different branches of the Armed Forces while others depicted war technology and other types of Canadian production that supported the Allied effort.

Take a second look and you’ll notice the  postal cancellation with the slogans:

Save your material  -  Conservez vos rebuts

Canadians on the homefront were a vital part of the war effort and there were 3 ways that civilians could support the military.

1. war-related production (e.g. fighting machines, weapons & munitions)

2. food production for European allies

3. freeing up resources for the military through conservation methods

Related Posts:

Index: Vintage Postcards of Quebec

Further Reading:

Fighting from the Home Front

Canadian World War II Posters Gallery

The Post Office Went to War

September 20, 2009 - Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | King George, philately, postal cancellation, postcard, war effort