Another old Newspaper photo, this one today is dated March 8, 1957.
It’s from the Detroit News, and the caption on the back, reads as follows:
According to the notes on the back of the photo, it ran in the March 27, 1957 issue on the “pix page”.
Looking at some of the clubs and where they met. Most are long demolished or have changed names. The Norton Palmer and Prince Edward hotels both long ago met the wreckers ball… The Elmwood is now Brentwood, and the Majestic Restaurant where Civitan International met, is better known today as Tops on Ottawa Street.
Have a safe weekend everyone, see you back here Monday.
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The club signs are very interesting, especially the didactic listing of meeting locations. This is how "community" was formed, long before the internet. Mind, the clubs were a particular slice of Windsor (what kind of organizations would never be allowed to put up a sign there announcing its existance, in 1957) but still neat.
I'm trying to figure out the chevron shaped elements seeming to 'float' around sign perimeter.
Those are photo-editor crop markings.
shawn is correct. those are the crop marks. everything inside the marks is what appeared in the print issue.
Is that Dougall road in the back ground? Right where is Shoppers and the Gym is now.
Thanks for asking GH. I was puzzled too.
King's highway #2 is what we now know as county road 42 - i.e. the road past the airport. I don't recall if Howard Ave. was considered #2 or if it was Walker. It's hard to tell where this sign was because a lot of changes have taken place, including amalgamation in the 60's. Dougall road was highway #3b.
I took the picture and zoomed in for a closer look. In the far background, to the left and extending away to the right, there are railroad tracks. If this is indeed Highway 2, those are the Michigan Central RR tracks. Taking into account the year and the known re-engineering of the roads in that area, I would say that this photo was taken near what is now the southern-most end of Windsor Memorial Gardens Cemetery, looking toward where the Provincial Chrysler dealership is now.
Howard Av. was probably highway #2, coming to Windsor past Walker Rd. #2 curved to the right near the cemetery,on to Howard Av.. Coming out of Windsor if you past Cabana, past Walker (now called Provincial Rd.) it turned into highway #98, whitch went east south of Tilbury to Ridgetown and east.Highway # 2 went througth Tilbury north of the NYC tracks to Chatham, on to London.
#2 highway (Division Rd - County Rd 42) terminated at Howard Avenue just north of where The Keg is today. #98 highway (Provincial Rd - County Rd 46) ended and teed into #2 highway very near where the picture was taken. This became a traffic nightmare in later years, hence the re-engineering. Evidence of some of the earlier changes is still there in the tall grass. This was all prior to 401 being built making #2 the main highway in and out of Windsor to Toronto. That is why there are (were) so many motels on Howard, south of Eugenie.