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Windsor Gas Company - c. 1923

March 27, 2013
Another great old shot of downtown Windsor. This one dates from the early 1920’s. It shows the old Windsor Gas Company office building on Chatham Street West. Long gone of course. Here the 1937 fire insurance map showing the layout of the block (the Gas building is marked in yellow). The Terrace houses covered here previously can be seen immediately west of the Gas building. I bet…
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Studebaker Factory - Then and Now

March 25, 2013
Above is a view of the Studebaker Factory that once graced the area just north east of Walker and Wyandotte. This picture above was taken in 1913 and is looking south at the factory from the rail tracks. By 1937, the Studebaker factory is listed as “Silent and Mostly…
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527-533 Chatham Street East

March 22, 2013
Last night driving towards downtown, I noticed that the decrepit old duplex at 527-533 Chatham Street East was kaput. Vanished into the landfill… 515-523 next door may be the next one to go… I’ve never understood how this area between downtown and…
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Elmwood Casino - c. 1959

March 20, 2013
© John Stefani Collection I believe that this postcard was posted once on this site a long time ago. It’s a neat postcard, and a copy was recently sent along by John Stefani, so I thought there was no time like the present to repost this one. A neat shot from above looking at the Elmwood complex on Dougall. The shot above was likely taken shortly after the construction of the motel portion…
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Residential Section of Ouellette - c. 1937

March 13, 2013
A nice view looking north on Ouellette from about Pine Street. The top of the Medical Arts building is poking out on the left towards the top of the picture. A close up of some of the cars with a hint of some of the houses along Ouellette. Maybe some of the car experts out…
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1534 Windsor Avenue - 1949 - G. G. McKeough Hardware

March 11, 2013
One of the things I like about old advertising, people used to put in a picture of their business, leaving us a neat record of some buidling that may not be captured for any other reason. View Larger Map Strangely, in a very non-Windsor way, part of the building shown in photo above is still standing. The addition on the right hand side of the old picture (built apparently in 1945) is still there…
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