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'Welcome to Arnprior, Ont.'
1960
Daniel Street, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada

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"Welcome To Arnprior" sign was on Daniel Street, where the Arnprior Motor Inn stands. The House visible behind the sign is still there today, as are the three white houses to the left, on the opposite side of Daniel Street.

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'Greetings From Arnprior Canada' (With Canadian Coat of Arms)
7 April 1910
Arnprior, Ontario, Canada

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Typical of embossed post cards dating to c. 1910. This card would have been purchased by the retailer with a blank sash and filled in with "Arnprior" before it was sold in the town.

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'Some guys can put you Wise In Arnprior' (Cartoon Owl)
1905
Arnprior, Ontario, Canada

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Another card of similar origin with 'In Arnprior' stamped in by the retailer. c.1910

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'A Table Spoon Arnprior' (Leather Postcard)
1906

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Leather Postcards were popular forms of expression in the early 1900s. Generally made from deerskin, these postcards were decorated with the tip of a hot implement. The process was called pyrography and was a popular art form for middle class young women, normally found on wood and leather.

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'Yours in Great Haste Arnprior' (Leather Postcard)
16 January 1907

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In some instances the humour on some of the leather postcards might be considered somewhat bawdy.

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'Good Old Summer Time in Arnprior' (Leather Postcard)
1906

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'Greetings from Arnprior' (Leather Postcard)
27 December 1906