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S.S. "Cayuga" Toronto to Niagara
Mailed to U.S.A., cancelled 'Toronto Aug 24 1906’, receipt cancellation 'Brooklyn NY Station W Aug 25 1906'.
Warwick Brothers & Rutter Ltd #3426.
Some nicks around corners..
Launched on 3 March 1906, the Cayuga’s maiden voyage was in 1907. It was named after one of the tribes of the Six Nations Confederacy. The SS Cayuga was capable of carrying nineteen hundred passengers. Twin screws propelled it, which were considered a marvel in their day. Most ships, including the Toronto Island ferries, employed side-paddles for propulsion, which generated far less speed.
During the sailing season, the ship was an integral part of the life of Toronto as it was the main method of journeying to the Niagara Region. Below its decks, it transported cars, trucks and cargo. During the closing weeks of summer and early autumn, the ship brought fruits and vegetables from the Niagara region to the markets of Toronto. Most Torontonians considered their summer incomplete if a voyage on the Cayuga were not included. During the years the ship was in service, it carried over 15 million passengers across the lake. Perhaps the most famous of them was the Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VIII, who crossed from Toronto to Queenston in 1927.
https://tayloronhistory.com/2013/04/06/torontos-architectural-gemsthe-old-cayuga/
Warwick Brothers & Rutter, Ltd., a Toronto-based printing company, is known to have published in the vicinity of 7,500 picture postcards between 1903 and 1912. Warwick produced colour lithographed cards on its own presses in Canada rather than outsourcing that work to printers in Germany or England, as was then the prevailing practice among its Canadian competitors (and among postcard publishers in most other countries as well).
Warwick was the first Canadian firm to enter the field with Canadian-made coloured cards, leading the way in three-colour and four-colour printing processes and making available the highest class of color printing at a popular price.
https://torontopostcardclub.com/canadian-postcard-publishers-2/warwick-bros-rutter/
