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Hilda Krantz's 1930 Trip Souvenirs
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| My mother, Hilda Krantz Beitel, and my Grandmother, Theresa Ahl Krantz, took a trip to Canada to visit their relatives in the summer of 1930. They rode the train from Salem, Oregon, to Primate, Saskatchewan, and back. This page shows some of the items that they most likely picked up as souvenirs along the way. The little sticker was inside the diary notebook, the postcards are from Calgary where they had a layover between trains, they passed Sentinel Mt. and they considered visiting Banff.
-Elizabeth
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| sticker on inside of front cover of the notebook |
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This little sticker is inside the front cover of the notebook in which Mom kept her diary. Perhaps they had some dates on the train, she was amused by the saying and kept it by sticking it inside the cover. Or it could have been placed there at a later date. The fine print underneath "PEOPLE" reads "PRINTED IN ENGLAND".
The actual sticker is about an inch in diameter.
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Mixed in with the old Krantz photos were postcards. A few of them were from Calgary, with nothing written on the back of them. The pictures apear to be from about 1930, so they could be some that Mom or Grandma purchased while they were waiting in the train station in Calgary.
This picture shows a mix of pedestrians, streetcars, old autos and a horse pulling something just out of view; location: corner of First St., West and 8th Ave., Calgary.
Store signs in the center read, "Toggery" and "Fashion Craft".
Printing on the back indicates the producer was "The Valentine & Sons United Publishing Co. Limited, Toronto and Winnepeg, Printed in the U.S.A."
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postcard - Corner of First Street, West and 8th Avenue, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, possibly circa 1930
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Residential Section, Mount Royal, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; postcard - possibly circa 1930
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Here is another of "The Valentine & Sons" postcards. This one shows a residential area called Mount Royal. The houses look pretty big, this must have been one of the "better" neighborhoods.
The dark, smudged areas on both sides of the card are from smoke damage. These cards were in a box inside of a trunk that went through a house fire. Fortunately the trunk was not burned, but smoke did get inside.
Nothing was written on the back of this card.
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Another of the color-printed series of "The Valentine & Sons" published postcards of Calgary.
Being a new school teacher, Mom was noticing school buildings along the way. This "High School" (surely there was more than one in Calgary?) is an impressive structure that was sure to catch Mom's eye!
Again, there is some smoke damage along the edges and nothing written on the back of the card.
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High School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; postcard - possibly circa 1930
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1930 - Sentinel Mountain - Crow's Nest
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A professional photograph of Sentinel Mountain at Crow's Nest Pass, the original is 2.75 inches x 3.5 inches. Mom must have purchased it as a souvenir for her brother Norbert. On the back in Mom's handwriting it says, "A Souvenir from Canada" across the top. Across the bottom she wrote "Norbert" and "Sept. 1930". They must have purchased little picture cards as souvenirs for the rest of the family. This one apparently was left behind.
It appears that this photo may have been taken from a train. Along the bottom of the photo is something flat and black, which could be the top of train cars.
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"777. Mt Field and Kicking Horse River" is a postcard photo by famed photographer Byron Harmon. It was in with the other old family photos and postcards. Kicking Horse River is in the Canadian rockies in the Banff area where Mr. Harmon did much of his work.
In Calgary, during their long wait for their connections, Mom mentions "The Police thought it was pretty cold at Banff. We didn't want to stay there overnight so we headed for home." They must have considered taking a side trip to Banff for sight-seeing during their layover.
This postcard is included since there is a possibility that they purchased it as a souvenir while waiting and considering doing some extra travel. It also shows a train that would have been similar to one they took through the Rockies.
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Mt. Field and Kicking Horse River; postcard
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