Calliope
3rd Class Cruiser
This card is from a series published by the Toronto Lithographing Co. Ltd. that included the Benbow, Calliope, Nymphe & Terrible. They each feature a bulldog on a Union Jack with the text “What We Have We’ll Hold”.
From Wikipedia, “HMS Calliope was a Calypso class corvette or third class cruiser launched in 1884. She was used as a Royal Naval Reserve drill ship from 1907, was renamed HMS Helicon in 1915 and took back the name of HMS Calliope in 1931. She was sold in 1951.”
Below, the reverse of the card
postally used July 29, 1904 from Winnifred E. Best, 456 Markham Street, Toronto, Ontario to
Helen Tiffany, 1721 Lyon Street, San Francisco, California, USA, with an August 2nd San Francisco receiver.
