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Set of two postcards showing passenger steamboats from the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company.
#1 The “Kingston”
Labeled ‘R. and O. Navigation Coy.’s Steamer ‘”Kingston” ‘
People on deck. Small boat pulled up beside her. Name of side-wheel of ship.
Small publisher logo and inventory #, '100598 JV '.
On back ‘The Valentine & Sons’ Publishing Co., Ltd. Montreal and Toronto. Printed in Great Britain’
Postmarked ‘PRESCOTT ONT. AUG 2- 09’ on 1 cent King Edward VII stamp, and receiving postmark ‘BIRCH CLIFF ONT. AU25 09’.
Text: “On board…This is a picture of our boat…”
Postage cancellation on back ’denting ‘ front. Slight chips in corners. Toning on back.
#2 The “Montreal”
Labeled ‘PALACE STEAMER MONTREAL R. & O. N. Co.’.
Under steam headed up river.
Name of side-wheel of ship.
On back ‘Illustrated Post Card Co., Montreal’.
Postmarked ‘MONTREAL --- NOV 3- 1910’ missing stamp, mailed to Glovers Mills N.Y.
Light crease LL corner. Slight chips in corners.
The Richelieu and Ontario Steamship Company started in 1875 as a merger of the Canadian Navigation Company of Ontario and La Compagnie du Richelieu. It acquired the St. Lawrence River Steam Navigation Company in 1886, followed by the Northern Navigation Company is 1911, and the Thousand Island Steamboat Company and Niagara Navigation in 1912. It was acquired by Camada Steamship Lines in 1914.
Steamboats on the Lakes By Maurice D. Smith
