King Street West, Dundas. Click here for more details.

Links to Postcard and Architecture Related Sites

Quick links to related websites (Hamilton history, architecture, postcards, etc.)

Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO)

ACO logo

City of Hamilton - Heritage Planning

postcard of Hamilton City Hall

Hamilton Public Library
– Special Collections

former Hamilton Public Library

The Special Collections Department has digitized much information on Hamilton's history and built heritage but it is not yet accessible from the new MyHamilton web portal.

Workers Arts and Heritage Centre

Hamilton's first Custom House

Go to Industrial Hamilton: A Trail to the Future.

Russ Powers, former M.P., Ancaster- Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale

postcard of former Dundas Town Hall

Includes Russ's sizeable collection of Dundas postcards in the form of a slide show.

Vintage Postcards of Hamilton, Ontario

Postcard of Wagstaffe Factory, Hamilton

Personal website of Janet Forjan-Freedman devoted to her extensive collection of Hamilton area postcards (now numbering about 1500).

Elder's Naval Postcards

postcard of naval warships

Personal website of Eric Elder (son of Ken Elder) devoted to his collection of naval warship postcards and interest in naval warship history.

Toronto Postcard Club

postcard of traditional storefront, Toronto

Now includes several postcard databases (organized by publisher and topic), with more to come.

Ontario Architecture

Gothic Revival cottage

Architectural styles and terms relating to Ontario’s built heritage.

NOTE ABOUT THE DUNDAS MUSEUM POSTCARD COLLECTION: Close to 40 postcards from this collection have so far been entered into the database of this website. To retrieve these postcard images go to the Search page and do a KEYWORD search for Dundas Historical Museum. For more about the collection visit the Archives page.

Dundas Historical Museum

Doctor's Office, Dundas Historical MuseumThe Doctor's Office, shown to the left, was erected in 1848 on the present site of the CIBC at the south-west corner of King and Sydenham streets in Dundas. In 1974, it was donated to the Museum by the last physican, Dr. C.L. Bates, and moved to the Museum property in 1976. The interior has been restored and the building opened to the public in 2004.

Houses a valuable postcard collection relating to the former Town of Dundas (now the community of Dundas in the City of Hamilton)

The banner image is taken from a 1930s postcard view of King Street West in Dundas looking east with tall tower of the Post Office on the right. Try searching the database for more details.

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