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Postcard 1930s International Bridge Cornwall Ontario Canada Collotype Colour
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Linen · 1935

Postcard 1930s International Bridge Cornwall Ontario Canada Collotype Colour

Cornwall, Ontario, Canada1935LinenFair-Good

Steel arches stride powerfully across the St. Lawrence River in this vibrant collotype colour view of the International Bridge at Cornwall, Ontario — a massive Parker through-truss span painted in near-silhouette against a vivid turquoise sky that gives the card its unmistakable linen-era palette, even though it is technically a collotype colour reproduction rather than a true linen-textured card. The Cornwall International Bridge, opened in 1898, linked Ontario to the American shore at Massena, New York, and the structure shown here — with its distinctive arched top chords and sturdy cut-stone piers — remained a vital border crossing until the modern Seaway International Bridge replaced it following the St. Lawrence Seaway construction in 1958–1962. This postcard, published by The Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd. of Toronto (catalogue code C4), would have been sold to tourists and businesspeople crossing the border in the 1930s–1940s. Unused and never addressed.

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PC-04592 · The Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd., Toronto
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