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I am not a bank robber
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...
Greg Nesteroff
Jul 23, 20182 min read
An aeroplane in Kootenay Lake, 1919
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 landing in Kootenay Lake. (Greg Nesteroff collection) Originally the Nelson Agricultural and Industrial Association asked Capt. Fred McCall of Calgary to perform acrobatic flying at the fair but he was forced to cancel due to engine trouble and suggested they approach the Vancouver Aerial League to send someone in his place. Trim (often mis
Greg Nesteroff
Jun 28, 20185 min read
Playmates on the border
The remarkable postcard seen below shows two friends, Anna Norris of Boundary, Wash., and Velma Shields, of Waneta, who didn’t let a...
Greg Nesteroff
May 21, 20185 min read
Postcard maker gone wild
Some of the most amazing West Kootenay postcards ever produced show the Rossland mines underground in the 1900s. I don’t know how the...
Greg Nesteroff
Jan 18, 20182 min read
The Mystery Photographer
Many pioneer photographers signed their work — a smart marketing move. Many others did not, leaving us guessing who might have been...
Greg Nesteroff
Jan 4, 20184 min read
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