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Famous Canadian Inns, Nurse's Hotel

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Date:

n.d.

Reference:

R13133-236-3-E, Volume number: 13

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3963036

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

Miscellaneous Christmas Cards

Famous Canadian Inns, Nurse's Hotel
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Date(s):

n.d.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 card : Christmas card with a colour reproduction of a watercolour ; 16.4 x 24.4 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Christmas card from the Dominion Brewers Association's "Famous Canadian Inns" series. Cover features a colour reproduction of an watercolour depicting the historic Nurse's Hotel, Toronto, with a bridge, and a horse and carriage climbing a hill.

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General note:

Christmas card no. (old item no. on verso): 28

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inside cover, left: FAMOUS CANADIAN INNS / An historic Inn of early Toronto was the Hotel built in 1874 / by Charles Nurse, where the foot and waggon bridge crossed / the Humber River. After establishing an excellent reputation for / rest and refreshment for the travelling public, Nurse's Hotel was / destroyed by fire in 1912. The original water colour, believed / painted by Owen Staples, is in the John Ross Robertson Collec- / tion, in the Toronto Public Libraries. / The Second of a Series
Inside cover, right: Merry Christmas / and / A Happy New Year / Dominion Brewers Association / 130 Queen Street Ottawa
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Dominion Brewers Asn

Christmas cards

Ont. : Toronto - buildings - hotels
Source:

Private
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R13133]

[Consultation 90 Open]

13 Item no. assigned by LAC 224

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright : unknown
Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R13133-224

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