"American Falls from Canada by Illumination, Niagara Falls"

• Main Author: Rorke Family
• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: 1940
• Subjects: Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.); Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/m_rorke/id/573

Post card sent to Mr. and Mrs. James Rorke on June 25, 1940 from their daughter, Yvonne. The following was written on the back of the post card: ''Dear Dad and Mom, We arrived here about 4:30 p.m., yesterday, Sunday. We went right to the Falls and saw them. They are wonderful. We were going to see them in the night, but it rained so hard we had to give it up. We are going to see the shredded wheat place this morning, then we leave for Font Hill where grandma's step-sister lives. Love, Yvonne.'' The Rorke Family Photograph Collection contains 301 black and white and 28 colour photographs of the Rorke Family of Carbonear, Newfoundland, as well as the Forward and Bemister families from that area who are linked to it by marriage. Although spanning from the 1840s-1970s, most photos are from 1900-45, showing family events, homes and Newfoundland and Labrador locations. There is also an album of photos taken while James Rorke attended the Leys School in Cambridge, England.