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Gore Park Fountain

 

Hamilton's most popular vintage postcard topics are Gore Park, Dundurn Castle and the Hamilton & Barton Incline Railway.  Every postcard publisher has their own variation or composite of the same postcard view which is highlighted on this webpage.  Sometimes the difference is subtle for example, a slightly tighter crop or foliage on a tree but it can also be dramatic with the addition or omission of people and objects.

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Gore Park

Postmarked August 25, 1906

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Gore Park
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If you look carefully you can see the faint outline of the woman, boy and stroller.

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Gore Park
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Gore Park
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The postcard on the right has a slightly tighter crop that eliminated the gentleman sitting on the bench in the lower left hand corner.  The postcard on the right does not include the children standing at the fountain.

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Gore Park
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Gore Park
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Gore Park
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Public Square
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Gore Park looking East
Postmarked 
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Gore Park
Postmarked illegible

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Public Square
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Gore Park

Postmarked August 10, 1907

The postcard on the right has been hand-colored as faintly noted in the lower right had corner.

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Gore Park

Postmarked July 24, 1907

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Gore Park

Postmarked October 28, 1907

On the left a real photo postcard and on a right mass produced version of it.

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The Fountain in Gore Park

Thompson's Photo Post Cards

Postmarked September 5, 1906

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Gore Park - 1860

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Gore Park

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Fountain - Gore Park

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The Gore

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Gore Park

Postmarked September 8, 1905

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Gore Park

Postmarked April 28, 1915

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Gore Park Fountain

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The Gore Park Fountain, King Street East

Postmarked August 28, 1931

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Gore Park Fountain

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