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Historic Train Slideshow - Number 12

June 10, 2013

OK IM fans, the July slide show is the show for you… The show Saturday July 6, is going to feature a joint presentation between myself and the legendary Bernie Drouillard. A good time will be had by all. Don’t miss out. Saturday, July 6th, 7.30pm – Action Hobbies hosts Historical Train Slide Show #12 Free admission! We’re very pleased to announce the next slide show event…

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Streetcar Friday

May 11, 2012

Happy streetcar Friday everyone! John Stefani sent along this scan from the Bernie Drouillard collection. From the mid 1920’s a shot taken down by the old Ford Plan on the river. The car in the front #104 is a Tecumseh line car, and to the rear is an unidentified Ford…

Bernie Drouillard Collection Old Photographs Windsor

Lincoln Road Trolley Bus

July 26, 2010

photo from the Bernie Drouillard & John Stefani Collection A neat photo from May, 1922 of the first electric Trolley Bus in Canada. I met up with John and Bernie this weekend, and we took a walk along the area trying to determine exactly where the photo was taken.

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Streetcar Show Is Open!

October 5, 2009

So Friday afternoon, a half day early, the exhibition Electric Avenue: Historic Streetcars of Windsor threw its doors open to the public. The show runs now, through January 3, 2010. The opening reception is open to the public and is October 16th, from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm with regular gallery admission. The show features historic images and maps from the Bernie Drouillard collection, as well…

Bernie Drouillard Collection Old Photographs Windsor

Ottawa and Parent - Then and Now

September 25, 2009

So the Streetcar exhibition is gearing up at the Art Gallery of Windsor. The show opens next weekend, October 3rd and runs through January 3, 2010. So make a plan to come see it. This afternoon all the material is turned in and the framing and hanging begins… One of…

Bernie Drouillard Collection Essex County Postcards

The First Spike

August 26, 2009

From John comes today’s great postcard, one I have never seen before: Don’t forget (or maybe this is the first notice) but there’s going to be an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Windsor this Fall tracing the past of Windsor’s streetcar era. With…

Bernie Drouillard Collection Essex County

Streetcar Friday

April 3, 2009

To the County today, and a little Inter-Urban history. As usual, if it has to do with streetcar, and history, we need to thank John and Bernie for digging them up. The first shot shows an inter-urban car passing the corner of Division & Main St. in downtown (or because its the county – Uptown) Kingsville. This shot c. 1907 This shot from around 1910, shows the powerhouse and car…

Bernie Drouillard Collection Old Photographs Photo Du Jour Windsor

Pelton Tower

October 7, 2008

Grab an older map of Essex County, and in the area of Walker and Provincial, you will see a dot on the map named “Pelton”. There never was actually a community around the spot on the map, but there was a rail line junction with a control tower, more of a rail…

Bernie Drouillard Collection Old Photographs Photo Du Jour Windsor

Rollin' on the River

October 2, 2008

Regular IM reader and commenter DouglasM was asking about old photos of the Windsor Waterfront when it was still covered in rails. Doug used to live in the Detroit area, back when the waterfront on both sides was occupied with rails, and was the staging grounds and rail…