Sepia image of Edward Joseph "Joe" Seidelman taken at Bridgman's Studio, 627 Granville Street, Vancouver. Photograph is pasted onto folded brown card folder.
8"x 10" black and white photograph of Grandview School at Commercial Drive and First Avenue, Vancouver. Group of students gathered in front of school entrance with pedestrians passing by field.
This building was demolished in 1950s and is now the site of Il Mercato shopping centre on Commercial Drive.
Stamp on verso reads "Please Credit Vancouver Public Library Negative No. 5132"
From Vancouver Public Library Historical Photographs of BC Database:
Black and white image of a sign at an American border crossing. Sign reads "Notice - All persons entering the United States must report to immigration inspector at the border. Failure to do so many result in arrest."
Black and white image on a post card of a portrait of a Canadian serviceman. Message on verso reads:
"McGill Union 328 Sherbrooke St. Montreal Que.
Hello Joe.
How are you anyway. We are having a great time here. Send me a letter to the above address. What do you think of this picture. I guess you are busy with the exams. Tell me how they were. I hope you get through. I guess there is not much doubt. Well so long. From Armour. Write soon."
Undated letter from 1916 from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Private Seidelaman's family members in Vancouver (although it seems that the letter is directed more to his mother) . Letter describes Private Seidelman's train journey from Vancouver to Manitoba, and Manitoba's intense weather. Private Seidelman also mentions upon arriving at Camp Hughes, he and his fellow soldiers were received by the Duke of Connaught.
Undated letter from 1916 from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman mentions enclosing a picture that was taken of him with the guys in his tent. He mentions that he also had a company and battalion picture taken (may be similar to photograph in File 18, item 4).
Undated letter from 1916 from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman writes that he thinks there are measles in the camp. He also mentions, from reading in a Vancouver newspaper, the son of someone he knows in Vancouver was honoured by Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commander-in-Chief.