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Ste-Agathe-des-Monts (Laurentians/Laurentides)

This is is a postcard of Ste-Agathe-des-Monts which was mailed in the early 1960s, though the image might actually be from the late 1950s. Ste-Agathe is located in the Laurentians, and is part of the modern administrative region called Les Laurentides. The Laurentians are best known to outsiders as a great skiing region.

I bought this postcard because the SHELL sign is one that I used to see in my childhood.

Here’s a message that PostcardKris of Postcard Images: 100 years of life, love and mystery left in the comment box below. I guess we know where to get our cars dated now!.

“Close as I can tell, the first parked car facing the camera is a 1954 Ford Crestline Skyliner. I can tell by the very distinctive small parking lights under the headlights. The dark car on the right pointing away from the camera is late 40′s. All the cars look like late 40′s, early to mid 50′s. My best guess is the photo for this postcard was taken in the mid-fifties.”

And here’s a great new message from  Michael Litvack.  Thanks!

The defining way to date this St. Agathe postcard is to locate the Laurentien Bar restaurant. I believe it moved from the right side to the left side about 1952.  Whistles on the cash sold for one cent,  Bazooka gum for 2 cents,,,and the Smokeburgers and vanilla cokes were just great ! Smokeburgers???  machine sliced commercial smoked meat formed in to a patty, and the grilled and put in a hamburger bun, with mustard. It was 60 years ago…yummy!

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October 10, 2009 Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | gas station, postcard, retro signs, vintage postcard, vintage signs | 8 Comments