Old Port Dalhousie and the Carousel
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Postcards
- Description
- A postcard with scenes from Old Port Dalhousie, Ontario. Shows stores along Lakeport Road and the hand-crafted wooden carousel (c1895) located in Lakeside Park. (date of postcard unknown)
Published by The Postcard People. Printed in Indian River, Ontario. - Notes
- File Number: 06/pt1/5-1.1
Port Dalhousie was amalgamated with St. Catharines in 1961.
The Carousel was manufactured by Charles I.D. Looff in approximately 1905 in Riveside Rhode Island. It was purchased second hand from Hanlan's Point/Scarborough Beach in Toronto and moved to the park in 1921.
In the 1970s Mrs. Dorothy Crabtree, a local antiques dealer, raised 20,000 dollars to purchase the carousel. The Carousel was turned over to the city with the understanding the cost would remain at 5 cents a ride. The carousel is now maintained by the St. Catharines Park and Recreation Department. - Inscriptions
- Old Port Dalhousie
- Publisher
- The Postcard People
- Place of Publication
- Indian River, Ontario
- Dimensions
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Width: 11.7 cm
Height: 17 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 9.7cm
Image Height: 14.1cm
- Subject(s)
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.2021068765911 Longitude: -79.2655981522369 -
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.2035843892226 Longitude: -79.2660016273015
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- St. Catharines Public LibraryEmail:info@myscpl.ca
Website:
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