Old PhotographsWindsor

The Security Building - 1927

Another Friday, another old photo… Today features a old press photo from the fall of 1927. The caption on the back indicates the building cost $1 million, and was set to open December 1st. As is often the case however, some of the details in the photo are more interesting… I love the 1927 style scaffolding… According to the paper in the windows, the glass was supplied by Windsor…
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Old PhotographsWindsor

Wilfred Laurier's Last Visit To Windsor

Sir Wilfred Laurier, the Seventh Prime Minister of Canada, and best known today as the $5.00 bill guy… paid his last visit to Windsor September 9th, 1911. To the left of Laurier is the back end of the Armouries, and this photo was taken at “Ouellette…