Dunoon Pier in 1900.

The city of Dunoon is now a popular holiday resort town, where the Dunoon Pier and Pier Esplanade is still filled with tourists. Dunoon Pier was made in 1835, as mentioned before and is still standing to this day. The pier now offers a ferry, for tourists to go around Holy Loch. In the photograph, you can also see a small building on the pier. This building was built in 1867 and was used as a waiting room for those wanting to go on a steamboat (VisitScotland 2019). The waiting room seen in the photo is a refurbished version of the original. This version was rebuilt in 1895, the same structure that still stands today. However, the building went through a phase 1 restoration; the date of the restoration is uncertain (VisitScotland 2019).

Dunoon Pier in 2018.

Pier Esplanade is also still present today, but it is quite different. In the photo on the postcard, you can see it is used as a walkway for locals and visitors. Today, it is used as a road for cars to travel through. The patches of grass on the other side of Pier Esplanade are still there as well for locals and tourists to hang out there. If you look closely, you can see a little house on the patch of grass surrounded by trees and a fence. The name of the house is unknown and the use of it is also uncertain, but the house still stands across Pier Esplanade for tourists to look at.

The value of this postcard is all in the message written on the back. It is from an individual with the initials L.R., addressing it to their lover, Miss Violet Francis in Galt, ON. The message reads: "Dear chum, you will think I have forgotten you altogether but I haven’t, but I have been so busy I haven’t had time but I will write soon I remain your loving chum” - L.R. Although this message is short and simple, it made this postcard all the more valuable. It shows people today how the language back then (grammar, sentence structure, etc.) differs from the language now. More importantly, it also shows people that postcards were significant as they connected people from all around the world, and still continues to do so!