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Ottawa Street – 1940’s

Here’s an interesting shot of Ottawa Street looking west from Langlois towards Parent from the mid 1940’s. A gas station still occupies that corner.

I’ve been scanning/cleaing up lots of old area black & whites. I will be posting them next weekend.

Hope everyone had a good weekend. I’ll post another in the morning.

Andrew

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  • wow that is a cool photo! you have awesome pictures Andrew.....where do you get them from? I went to Monarch secondary School until it closed then i went to william hand S.S I wonder if you have any pictures of that school ? It was called king albert? I think?????
    i used to see alot of K.A posted in the school....it has been a while ....anyways see more pictures from you soon!!!! Thank you sooooo much!!!

  • Hi Lilly, that Monarch was originally King George, built in 1914. It's on the list, one of these days, I'll have it up...

  • Beautiful photo. I'm currently writing a YA novel set during the 1940s. I was born in Ottawa but now live in Alberta and I'm having difficulty find info set during that time in Ottawa (everything on line seems to be American). I'd appreciate any library book titles or online sites you cold suggest. Thank you.

  • Hi Andrew, first time writer but long time visitor of your great blog. Do you happen to have any of these older photos in a higher resolution? I'd love to print some off and frame them for my place. Thanks!

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