Pictou County Postcards
Vintage Postcards from Pictou County, Nova Scotia

GREEN HILL

The Green Hill Look Off appears to have been a very popular place at one time, with an observation tower and museum. Most of the cards shown below were likely printed for sale in the gift shop.

The look off park was operated by Clifford Rose until about 1959 when it was turned over to the Nova Scotia government. Was this is the same Clifford Rose who lived in New Glasgow, who wrote the book, Four Years with the Demon Rum in the 1920's, and was the local temperance inspector during the Prohibition years? If so he certainly was a busy man!

KING EDWARD'S COACH 1860, PIONEER MUSEUM, GREEN HILL LOOK-OFF, PICTOU CO., N.S.

Collection ID#: PC 0325
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: NAMC Ltd., Allemange, Germany
Publisher: Novelty Mfg. Co. Ltd., Montreal
Postmark: Unused card

The title is self explanatory, other than for the fact that at the time of the Royal Visit, Edward was not yet king. The young Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, was in Nova Scotia for one week (July 30 to Aug 6, 1860) and visited Halifax, Windsor, Truro and Pictou.

GREEN HILL LOOK-OFF PICTOU COUNTY, NOVA SCOTIA

Collection ID#: PC 0169
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: NAMC Ltd, Allemange, Germany
Publisher: Novelty Mfg. Co. Ltd., Montreal
Postmark: Unused card

This beautiful card was printed in at least two runs (see PC 0415 below). The clouds are painted slightly differently, and the back on this card is printed with black ink rather than brown. The stamp box has the numbers 389/1 in it.

GREEN HILL LOOK-OFF, PICTOU COUNTY, NOVA SCOTIA

Collection ID#: PC 0415
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: NAMC Ltd., Allemange, Germany
Publisher: Novelty Mfg. Co. Ltd., Montreal
Postmark: Unused card

This card is identical to the card above (PC 0169) other than the clouds, the ink colour on back is brown (not black) and the stamp box has the numbers 7137/7 in it.

GREEN HILL LOOK-OFF and PIONEER MUSEUM, PICTOU CO., N.S.

Collection ID#: PC 00695
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Novelty Mfg. Co. Ltd., Montreal
Publisher: Novelty Mfg. Co. Ltd., Montreal
Postmark: Unused card

A similar view to the ones above, this card shows white stones outlining the driveway and parking areas.

PICTOU HARBOUR AND GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE FROM GREENHILL LOOK-OFF, PICTOU COUNTY, N.S.

Collection ID#: PC 0431
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: The New Glasgow Printery, New Glasgow, NS
Publisher: The New Glasgow Printery, New Glasgow, NS
Postmark: Unused card

Printed in Black & White with a white border, this card looks very similar to those that were being produced by the Photogelatine Engraving Co., Limited (PECO) at the time. Were knockoffs a problem even back in the 20's and 30's?

LOOKING SEAWARDS FROM GREEN HILL NEAR NEW GLASGOW, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA - 34

Collection ID#: PC 0429
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd., Ottawa
Publisher: Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd., Ottawa
Postmark: Unused card

This card appears to have been part of a series produced by PECO probably in the 1920s. They were in business from 1910 to the late 1950s and were the primary producer of postcards printed using the gelatine method. As can be seen from the card above this one, their competitors may have tried to produce very similar looking cards, perhaps in an effort to duplicate PECO's success with this format, or perhaps it was vice versa?

There is a small printer's "glitch" in the lower left area of the card, where what appears to be a small bit of paper stuck to the card while it was going through the printing process. The bit is still stuck on there and feels raised. Card is in near mint condition.

VIEW FROM GREEN HILL, NEAR NEW GLASGOW, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA - 30.

Collection ID#: PC 0430
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Photogelatine Engraving Co., Limited, Ottawa
Publisher: Photogelatine Engraving Co., Limited, Ottawa
Postmark: Unused card

From this angle the hill appears to have been high and quite steep. This view may have been been taken from a lower point on the hill.

FITZPATRICK'S MOUNTAIN, FROM GREEN HILL, NEAR NEW GLASGOW, NOVA SCOTIA - 31.

Collection ID#: PC 0153
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Photogelatine Engraving Co., Limited, Ottawa
Publisher: Photogelatine Engraving Co., Limited, Ottawa
Postmark: Unused card

There was a lot of farmland in the low lying area between Green Hill and Fitzpatrick's Mountain.

FITZPATRICK MOUNTAIN OVER 900 FT., AND WEST RIVER VALLEY FROM GREEN HILL LOOK-OFF, PICTOU CO., N.S.

Collection ID#: PC 00663
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Novelty Art Mfg. Co. Ltd., Montreal
Publisher: Novelty Art Mfg. Co. Ltd., Montreal
Postmark: Unused card

Someone likely visited Green Hill Look Off and purchased this postcard, then wrote the date 7/28/32 on the back of the card.

MARINE PANORAMA FROM GREEN HILL LOOK-OFF, PICTOU COUNTY, NOVA SCOTIA

Collection ID#: PC 00662
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: Novelty Mfg. & Art Company, Montreal
Postmark: Aug 26, 1934, New Glasgow, NS

For some reason this view looks more desolate than the earlier views.

WEST RIVER VALLEY AND FITZPATRICK'S MOUNTAIN FROM GREEN HILL LOOK-OFF, PICTOU COUNTY, NOVA SCOTIA

Collection ID#: PC 00669
Photographer: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: Novelty Mfg. & Art Company, Montreal
Postmark: Jan 26, 1933, Alma, NS

This postcard was mailed to Mrs. Earla H, Williams, Broad Street, Pawtuxat, Rhode Island. There is a little note to the lower left of the address area that says corner Lockwood and Broad. The sender doesn't have much to say other than to state that they really had no intention of mailing a postcard but did it anyway. Rather bizarre.

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