L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection.
Donor
Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Call Number(s)
938 SI PC 1907
Abstract
A postcard addressed to "Miss L.M. Montgomery, Cavendish, P.E.I. Canada". There is no message or signature on the card, but the postmark indicates it was sent from Glasgow, Scotland on March 4, 1907; research by the donor has verified the handwriting to be that of the Reverend Ewen (Ewan) Macdonald (1870-1943), who is known to have been studying at the University of Glasgow at the time the card was sent. Macdonald and L.M. Montgomery had become secretly engaged in 1906, shortly before his departure to Scotland, although they did not marry until 1911, following the death of Montgomery's grandmother. The image on the front is a reproduction -- probably a blue-ink collotype -- of a photograph of breaking waves, with the printed caption "Foaming Billows"; printing on the back identifies the card as a product of the London-based Rotary Photographic Company.
