As we head into the long weekend, today’s photo comes again from the Detroit News archives, this one was shot on a hazy July 12, 1930
There are some amazing parts of Windsor captured in this 80 year old photo. A nice view of Downtown Detroit is also visible in this shot.
Visible here is the old Patterson C.I. at Elliott and Goyeau, to the right of Patterson is the Albert Kahn designed Burroughs Adding Machine factory at McDougall & Elliott. Today all that empty space is developed.
I found this interesting… The Tunnel is still a work in progress. The Tunnel was opened November 1, 1930, 3 1/2 months after this photo was taken.
Lastly, the shot shows the Post Cereal Factory, traces of this complex are still standing today. The road lined with trees to the right, is Crawford Avenue.
Have a fun and safe long weekend everyone, see you back here Monday.
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Any chance of providing us with a high resolution version of the main photograph for everyone to pour over?
I always wondered what that factory was off Crawford.
Nice shots Andrew!
One of Windsors old landmarks (top left side) the barn, any ideas on the light coloured building lower to center from the arena.Is that a school just north of the Burroughs building?
Very nice.
I’m especially touched by the old photo of Patterson. There’s just a whole lot of nothing at that corner now. I can’t remember exactly which corner, but there’s mostly nothing at any of them. http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&tab=wl.
The best information I could find with a quick search on Patterson was here at International Metropolis. You are doing a good service here, Andrew, for all of us. http://internationalmetropolis.com/?p=756
fantastic, i would love to look at a hi-rez version of this photo for sure.
Maybe a ride there would refresh your memory, on the north west corner fire hall # 1, on the south east corner Basics (Patterson site), north east old Central Chrysler lot, north west parking lot.
It was a public school(Mercer St P.s. I Believe) which became the Western Ontario Institute of Technology (WOIT) the precursor to St Clair College.
Sorry, posted too soon. I’m describing a small building directly north of the Burroughs plant. However I will guess that this building Richard mentions is now the Family Fruit Market.
I cant help but notice that the adding machine factory looks scetched in…
Richard, Bourroughs was on that site since 1919.