THE KÜTNE READER

Presenting six rare or never-before-seen postcards of Waneta recently sold online and probably dating to the 1910s.

Wherein I try to figure out more about a woman depicted on a postcard — and reveal some puzzling findings about a murdered brothel keeper.

A few curious things: a dog behind the wheel, a basketball team named the Comincos, and Yale University helps tear down buildings in Trail.

Long before Photoshop, postcard publishers were using airbrushes and other tools to alter images.

A terrific, rare postcard of Ainsworth sold last month on eBay. Here’s a closer look at some of the buildings depicted.

What is a Kootenay Avenue doing in Southampton, England? I have a theory.

A couple of postcards sold on eBay, both mailed in 1908 to a Miss Kitty Hope of Sandon. Who was she?

A look at the development of Ainsworth Hot Springs resort from the 1930s to the '60s as seen through ephemera.

Seven rare postcards of Fruitvale have been sold on eBay over the last few months by four different dealers, for a collective price of $673

In 1910, a remarkable curved bridge was built at Salmo across a slough formed by the Salmo River.

A love story involving an Italian-Canadian miner from Nelson, his Cornish bride, and the postcard that brought them together.

Some of the earliest picture postcards of Nelson (seen below) look west down the Kootenay River with the corner of a pond in the...

The remarkable postcard seen below sold in 2020 on eBay for $168 Cdn. It’s a previously unknown image of the Patrick Lumber Camp No. 1...

The rare postcard below, which sold recently on eBay, shows the Burns Block at 560 Baker Street (formerly 514 Baker) in Nelson — although...

A few outstanding postcards and photos sold recently on eBay showing Nelson sports teams, one of which was an action shot of a lacrosse...

A terrific postcard popped up on eBay recently, showing the A. MacDonald & Co. warehouse at 623-25 Front Street in Nelson, ca. 1910 —...

While quite a few postcards show First Nations scenes in East Kootenay, not many exist from West Kootenay. At least, there are only a few...

I picked up a couple of interesting postcards by Hughes Studio recently, showing the mess on Rossland Avenue in Trail following a huge...

The postcard below of an old bridge across the Cascade canyon at Christina Lake sold online today. It’s a nice enough image, but it’s the...

The postcard below is part of a sequence showing Lieut. George Knopp Trim’s flight around Nelson during the fall fair of 1919 — and crash...