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Two postcards with images of Canadian Pacific Railways (CPR) steamships under full steam. They served West Coast routes.
June 14, 1908 began the famed Triangle Route between Victoria-Seattle-Vancouver when the Princess Victoria carried 28,000 passengers during the season destined to become a very popular service for many decades. The following year three ships plied the waters of the Straits of Georgia and Puget Sound, the Princess Victoria, Princess Royal and the newest Princess, Princess Charlotte which began sailing on January 12, 1909.
#1 ‘Princess Charlotte
Printed on bottom ‘C.P.R. S.S. “Princess Charlotte,” Vancouver Victoria Service’
Also ‘109,522’ and ‘JV’ logo for Valentine & Sons.
On back ‘Published by E.P. Charlton & Co., Ltd., Vancouver B.C. Printed in Great Britain’.
Unused.
Corner chips LL, LR.
E. P. Charlton & Co. 1899-1912 San Francisco, CA
Earl Perry Charlton and Seymour Knox opened their first 5 & 10 cent store in Fall River, MA in 1890. Highly successful they had 9 east coast stores when they sold their business out to F. W. Woolworth in 1899. Charlton headed west with his proceeds to open up a new chain of stores. The Lewis & Clark exposition in 1905 provided impedes for him to start publishing postcards. Afterwards he continued to publish and distribute lithographic cards through his 52 chain stores until he merged with Woolworths in 1912. Charlton served there as Vice President.
#2 ‘Princess Victoria’
Printed on bottom ‘C.P.R. S.S. “Princess Victoria,” Vancouver, B.C.'
Also ‘100,046’ and ‘JV’ logo for Valentine & Sons.
On back ‘The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co., Ltd. Printed in Great Britain’
Postmarked ‘VANCOUVER CAN. OCT 7 1907’ on 1¢ Edward VII stamp, and mailed to Nova Scotia.
Glue smudge on back, some postmark ink on front.
Valentine & Sons of Dundee were Scotland’s most successful commercial photographers. In the early 1900s, at the height of the postcard revolution, they published photographs showing scenes from around the world. Often regarded as only postcard publishers, Valentines produced images in various formats including fine early photographic prints.
Valentine & Sons first printed postcards in 1898. Canadian production began between 1903 and 1906 with offices of the Canadian subsidiary, Valentine & Sons Publishing Co., Ltd., established first in Montreal and then Toronto and Winnipeg.
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