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April 2010

Military Drills - 1941

April 9, 2010

Today’s vintage photo takes us back to September 1941 and to the corner of Ouellette and Park, where a photographer from the Detroit Times, captured this image of military drills in downtown Windsor. Keep in mind that at this point the US was still a few months away from the attack on Pearl Harbor and was not involved in WWII. The photo ran in the September 30, 1941 edition of the Detroit…

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Bank Of Commerce - Walkerville

April 7, 2010

So, today is Wednesday… And there was no post this morning… I know. 🙂 I was working on some posts over the weekend, and with Monday being a holiday for me, I totally lost track of the days… Once I got to work this morning, I realized that I forgot to…

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Giles Boulevard United Church

April 5, 2010

Today’s post features a look at the Giles Boulevard United Church, built in 1923 Sent along by regular reader Kathyrn, are these scans from a fund raising brochure from 1959. The brochure was prepared to help raise funds for a new Christian Education Building to be…

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Windsor Waterfront - 1963

April 2, 2010

Happy Friday once again, and this time a long weekend to boot. Today’s photo is another old Detroit News image, this one having been shot from Detroit, in January, 1963. Looks like it ran in the paper Jan. 22, 1963, it features the car ferry “Windsor” making it’s way across the river. The Windsor entered service in 1856. A nice view of many long gone buildings. The…