“Moments in time” from the city’s past will be highlighted at the New Westminster Heritage Preservation Society’s annual general meeting.
Community members are welcome to attend the society’s AGM on Thursday, March 18 at 7 p.m. on Zoom. It kicks off with a message from the president (looking ahead with a new vision for respecting the past), some quick updates and a vote (by members) for the 2021 board of directors, which will be followed by a special presentation.
New West resident, author and historian Jim Wolf will be presenting Royal City Greetings: Vintage Postcards of New Westminster. He’ll be looking back at early New Westminster through a collection of local postcards – including some that have never been seen before – that were recently acquired by the New Westminster Heritage Preservation Society.
“These miniature ‘moments in time’ are a popular collectors’ item. In their heyday, residents and visitors alike eagerly purchased them as souvenirs or as cards to pen quick messages and greetings to friends and family,” said a notice about the meeting. “Local photographers and stationery shops produced thousands of images of New Westminster’s popular locales and special events in order to fulfil the demands of postcard-crazed Edwardians."
The society says these surviving postcards transport people back to New Westminster’s formative years, when street cars rumbled down Park Row, Queen’s Park came alive with an annual Provincial Exhibition and the downtown was crowded with stores and shoppers.
More information about the heritage conservation society can be found at www.newwestheritage.org. To request an invitation to the Zoom meeting, email [email protected].
