postcards

Mayor Jim Watson is inviting Ottawa students in Grades 1 to 12 to create the official postcards for the Ottawa 2017 celebrations.  Mayor Watson was joined by Ottawa 2017 Co-chairs, Councillors Jean Cloutier and Mathieu Fleury, to officially launch the city-wide competition today at Featherston Drive Public School in Alta Vista Ward. ...

The third in our series of old postcards of Ottawa features the “Observatory, Ottawa Experimental Farm”. Known officially today as the Dominion Observatory, you can see it just off Carling Avenue near the Civic Hospital. It’s a Classified Federal Heritage Building recognized for its historical and architectural value. ...

Here’s the second in our series of scans of old postcards of Ottawa , depicting the city’s hot tourist spots during the early 20th century. Here’s a postcard sent in 1914 that shows a tranquil scene at Major’s Hill Park. ...

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting scans of some old Ottawa postcards that I found at the annual Ottawa Nostalgia and Collectible Show yesterday at the Nepean Sportsplex. The postcards date back to the early 20th century, and show some of Ottawa’s tourism hotspots from the era. ...