This series of patriotic postcards shows a card front with a red ensign on a flag staff and a scenic image. The undivided card back, with an art nouveau flavour, show an elaborate view of a young woman in a gown bearing a torch, dancing on a globe, set against the radiating rays of the sun against a snowy mountain backdrop, with the words “XXth Century” superimposed below the sun. The cards are 3.5” x 6” in size, and are often found trimmed in length to fit standard postcard albums.
The cards appear to date from 1901, and feature scenes from various locations including Muskoka, Niagara, Toronto and other locales. Some of the scenes feature photos used on Canadian View Card Co. postcards. While photos were often used by many different publishers, the elaborate card back suggests this series may also have been published by the Canadian View Card Co.
