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Index: Festival of Postcards

An online showcase of the best postcards in the blogosphere!Ed. Evelyn Yvonne Theriault

The Festival of Postcards was a collaborative effort by almost 100  family history bloggers and deltiologists who gathered together every few months to share postcards organized around a central theme. Due to lack of time, I’ve had to suspend the Festival temporarily but you can still visit the first 8 issues below.

Geo

the geography of our planet through images and cartography.

Light

de-light-ful postcards featuring night-time views – artificial and natural – as well as

cards with a twist on the theme

White

dozens of postcards depicting a wide range of subject matter such as: buildings, Christmas, food, landscapes, people, snow, ice and water. Read more »

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Sose Oserase, Mohawk Ironworker Who Perished In The Quebec City Bridge Collapse (1907)

Caughnawaga Mohawk Ironworker, victim of Quebec Bridge Collapse

This headstone memorializes Sose Oserase (aka John Deer) who was one of more than 30 Caughnawaga Ironworkers who perished in the Quebec City bridge collapse of 1907.

Of possible interest

Index: Headstones of Kahnawak:ke Catholic Cemetery

The Iroquois of Kahnawake

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Kahnawake Cemetery | Lacombe, Louis

quebec Indian Genealogy, Mohawk, Iroquois | A Canadian FamilyOf possible interest

Index: Headstones of Kahnawak:ke Catholic Cemetery

The Iroquois of Kahnawake

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Sarot Kanonsakaenion | 1860 – 1944

Genealogy, Iroquois, Mohawk, Native American, Quebec IndiansOf possible interest

Index: Headstones of Kahnawak:ke Catholic Cemetery

The Iroquois of Kahnawake

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Hopital Youville, Noranda Quebec

Historic Rouyn-Noranda | Abitibi - Temiscamingue | Noranda Mines

Like most historic hospitals, Hopital Youville has modernized and expanded down through the years. The hospital was first founded in 1929  by the Soeurs Grises de-la-Croix (Nicole Pepin, 1987). This postcard shows a more modern (1940s?) incarnation of Noranda Hospital.   Richard Ouellet states that this building (and its massive central staircase) were then encased in another building when the hospital was further expanded. Here’s a short description from the 1950s -

“Noranda City–Where the city of Noranda now stands, overshadowed by the huge smelters and buildings of the mine, there was once only a wilderness–there were no roads, and no railways, only the streams and the portages for the general run of men. Today it is a modern city with wide streets and Read more »

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