c. 1909 Valentine & Sons' Postcard (#104,795) - View of St. Ann's Convent, New Westminster, British Columbia

"St. Ann's Convent, New Westminster, B.C." - 77 Albert Crescent, New Westminster, BC.

The Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd. Montreal and Toronto. Printed in Great Britain.

Pioneering congregation wraps up mission in B.C. - By Agnieszka Ruck - Over 160 years, the Sisters of St. Ann have taught thousands of students, treated thousands more patients, and multiplied social justice efforts in B.C. - Now, as a congregation of sisters older than Canada itself faces dwindling numbers and no new recruits, it’s finding new ways to continue the mission they arrived with in 1858. LINK to the complete article - bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-van/pioneering-congregation-w...

“A woman’s influence is not limited, life will be mostly what women truly wish it to be.” - In a period when a woman’s role was identified with the home, these women were on the streets and in the businesses fundraising, hiring, directing and praying that God would provide for all that was needed. And God surely did! The Sisters of St. Ann’s history is interwoven in the history of British Columbia. Emily Carr, for example, was a friend. At St. Joseph’s Hospital, the Sisters nursed her sister, Lizzie Carr, and in gratitude Emily gave the Sisters a painting, which is now on display in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. The mission of the Sisters of St. Ann soon reached out across our province and into the north. School and hospitals all over British Columbia owe their founding to the Sisters of St. Ann. Eventually, the Sisters of St Ann established or taught in 34 schools across British Columbia, the Yukon and in the States of Washington and Alaska. LINK to the complete article - www.lfabc.org/news-detail?pk=960981
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The earliest Canadian postcards published by Valentine & Sons were uncoloured collotypes of scenery along the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway north of Lake Superior and in the Rocky Mountains. Typically, Valentine postcards have a 6-digit serial number (###,###) on the view side with the initials “J.V.” in a circle adjacent to that number. The main series of numbering begins with a Halifax card as no. 100,000 and ends (as far as we know) with a postcard of Toronto as no. 115,981. There are also two short runs of numbers in the 400,000 range that are found on some cards from the Yukon Territory and a longer run of views from various parts of Canada that begins at 600,000 and continues past 602,000.

103,000 – 1908 (August)
104,000 – 1909 (July)
105,000 – 1910 (January)

Link to everything you wanted to know about the - Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. - torontopostcardclub.com/canadian-postcard-publishers/vale...

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