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Video Corner...

October 18, 2005
I was recently give 3 Detroit related Videos to put online from the mid 1980’s.. These are courtesy of PSIP of the Detroityes.com forums. All rights to the videos are retained by the author, and are presented in Quicktime. VIDEO 1 Video #1 is the Detroit River with, The Aquarama, Star of Columbia and the Curtis Randolph. Music is R. Wagner, Flying Dutchman Detroit Symphony, Paul Paray…
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Old PhotographsWindsor

More oldies...

October 18, 2005
Again from the Bernie Droulliard collection. These photos were developped last night from transnegs (copies of negatives, or negatives of prints) and many haven’t been seen in 60 + years. Many of the originals rest in the Transit Windsor Archives. The Crosstown Bus…
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Silos Coming Down - Photo Du Jour - October 17, 2005

October 17, 2005
One set of the concrete silos along the Detroit Riverfront are coming down, as Detroit’s vision for a waterfront park moves one step closer. Eventually the plan is to have a waterfront park that stretches from Downtown to the Belle Isle Bridge. The area around the…
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S.S. Hamonic

October 16, 2005
One of the great old steam ships that used to sail the great lakes was the S.S. Hamonic. The Hamonic and her sister ship were owned by the Northern Navigation Company. All of the photos below were kindly scanned and donated from the collection of Thomas R. Anderson II. The steamer Hamonic heading south on the St. Clair River towards Detroit, passing under the Blue Water Bridge Another shot of…
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Old PhotographsWindsor

Old Windsor Photos

October 13, 2005
From the collection of Bernie Drouilliard, sent to me by John Stefani. Here is another round of classic Windsor transportation images. Those guys have in the past, contributed a fair amout of histoical Windsor photographs. I look forward to future contibutions, and I will…
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WINDSOR THEN & NOW - Photo Du Jour - 09/16/2005

October 12, 2005
This week’s Photo Du Jour’s will feature a series of “Then and Now” shots from old post cards to how that scene looks today. This scene is the intersection of Ouellette Ave. & Park St. near the Tunnel Exit. Built in the early 1960’s the…
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THANK YOU BOYS... - Photo Du Jour - 10/03/2005

October 12, 2005
Back and well rested from my honeymoon… Sadly I missed the stretch run for the playoffs, happily the Tigers were not involved… Kudos to the boys for giving us another fun summer, another excuse to sit in the sun on a lazy Sunday afternoon and drink beer. With a…