From ham radio operator Jacques Duquette (VE2 BKG) to Melvin Reed (W3AIT). Postmarked on March 9, 1962, in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec.
From ham radio operator Sid H. Solley (VE6AFQ) to Melvin Reed (W3AIT). Postmarked on December 7, 1965, in Lethbridge, Alberta. The structure pictured on the card is the Lethbridge Viaduct, which was built between 1907 and 1909. It is, according to Wikipedia, "the largest railway structure in Canada and the largest of its type in the world." It rises 314 feet above the river bed and contains 12,400 tons of steel.
Previous posts about Melvin Reed and his QSLs
- Boris' Soviet-era QSL card
- 1957 QSL card mailed from France to Frackville
- Ragged QSL card from Romania
- In which we learn that Melvin C. Reed's nickname was "Midge"
- QSL sent from Loves Park in 1973
- QSL card that doubled as Eastern Bloc blanket advertisement
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