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Vintage Canadian real photo postcard featuring four different views from a trip aboard the Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls.
The four-image montage includes:
- Passengers standing aboard the boat near the falls
- The Maid of the Mist approaching the heavy spray
- A broad view of the falls with the excursion boat below
- A close view of the crowded Maid of the Mist passenger vessel
The central banner reads:
“A Trip on the Maid of the Mist
Niagara Falls, Canada”
The boat carries an American flag and appears to be one of the earlier open-deck Maid of the Mist excursion vessels that operated before the introduction of the modern steel-and-diesel boats in 1955.
Maid of the Mist excursions at Niagara Falls began in 1846, originally as a ferry service between the United States and Canada. The vessels later became sightseeing boats, carrying passengers into the turbulent water and mist below the falls.
The reverse identifies this as an actual photographic postcard produced by King Post Card (Canada), Toronto. The EKC-style stamp-box marking and photographic format suggest a probable 1940s date.
The postcard was never mailed and has no stamp, address, or written correspondence.
An attractive piece of Canadian tourism history combining Niagara Falls, passenger ships, early excursion travel, and four real photographic views on one card.
CONDITION
Good vintage condition with light age and handling wear. The card has minor edge and corner wear, slight age toning, a few faint surface marks, and light discoloration on the reverse. There are no major tears, heavy creases, or substantial paper losses visible.
The photographic montage remains sharp and displays strong contrast. The reverse is clean and unused, with no stamp, postmark, address, or handwritten message.
Please examine both scans carefully for the complete condition.
ITEM SPECIFICS
- Type: Real photo postcard
- Format: Four-view photographic montage
- Approximate date: 1940s
- Era: Linen/early photochrome period
- Subject: Maid of the Mist excursion boat
- Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
- Attraction: Maid of the Mist
- Scenes: Passenger deck, excursion boat and Niagara Falls
- Publisher: King Post Card (Canada)
- Publisher location: Toronto, Ontario
- Printed description: “An Actual Photograph Copyrighted”
- Postage condition: Unposted
- Stamp: None
- Writing: None
- Color: Black and white
- Country: Canada
- Province: Ontario
- Themes: Niagara Falls, sightseeing boats, tourism, waterfalls, passenger vessels and Canadian travel
- Original/Reproduction: Original vintage postcard
