Happy Friday, once again, we’ve got an old Windsor Photo to look at. This old shot was taken by Sid Lloyd, Windsor’s pre-eminent commercial photographer of the 1930’s, 1940’s and 1950’s. Each and every one of his photographs were works of art. The man had an amazing eye. Today we’re casting a glance towards the corner of Ottawa and Langlois.
A gas station is still located on that corner 70 years later…
It’s the small details that always catch my eye, like this old car marked “Sefton Art Studio – 150 Pitt St. W.”
Just beyond the Bank of Commerce Sign, you’ll see Copeland’s Bookstore. When the store closed for good in the early 1990’s it was Windsor’s oldest business dating back to the 1870’s or 1880’s…
Have a safe long weekend everyone. See you back here on the holiday Monday.
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That’s a great photo. I love seeing the old cars and buildings the way they looked back then.
Didn’t they have rail cars on Ottawa back then? I thought they had rail cars, see some overhead wires but nothing on the roads. Thanks for the post. Have a good long weekend.
Street cars where discontinued in the late thirties,(way yo soon) the caption says 1940s.
Railcars run on railroads, street cars ran on streetcar lines.
It’s hard to tell from the picture, but was the apartment block on Ottawa torn down and replaced by the stores that are thre now?
Nice Picture.
My great-grandparents and grandparents did all of their shopping on Ottawa St and Drouillard Rd. When I was a kid I remember going to a clothing store on Ottawa Street with with grandma and what most stuck out was the smell. LOL .. nothing grosse but, very distinct. I remember going into the Kregee shop on Woodward Avenue when it was temporarily opened for the Super Bowl a few yrs back and it smelled the same!!!
Great photo, thanks Andrew!
Doug – it looks like the apartment building was drastically reduced in size. The middle portion seems to have survived, but has received a wonderful stucco treatment *sigh
*cough* *cough* er……I just found this Andrew lol
http://internationalmetropolis.com/?p=102
what about parkview barber shop. mike THE BUTCHER barber. im overexaggerating. he gave great haircuts. his fingers were so fat he could barely get them in the finger holes of the scissors. its funny. one day my dad brought me and my brother who is two years younger than me for a summer haircut. mike did a good job on us right down to the wood. when we got home, my mom asked my dad where we were because she didnt recognize us initially. my dad said here they are. my mom FLIPPED. i remember it like it was yesterday and it was 46 years ago. our hair did grow back, but my dad was in disfavour of my mom for a long tome. oh, the memories.