Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
This postcard was sent to my great-grandmother, Pearl Winfield, in (if I'm reading the postmark right) 1908. I'm not sure who sent it to her. The name Widil does not ring any bells. If it is a name at all.
You may notice that the postcard shows November and not October. Until 1957 Thanksgiving in Canada did not have a set date. Each year the government would declare a day for Thanksgiving sometime in October or November. The day for General Thanksgiving was Monday, November 9th in 1908. The proclamation appeared in the October 24th and October 31st Regular Issues of the Canadian Gazette.
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