Looking North
May 21, 2008
A different view, looking north up Ouellette Ave.
A few recent post subjects can be seen in this photo. On the right hand side are both the Masonic Temple, and the HMCS Hunter, and on the other side of Ouellette a little further up is Anderson’s Funeral Home.
From this…
Halton Radial Railway
May 20, 2008
I hope everyone had a nice holiday. Over the long weekend I had a chance to take a trip with John & Bernie up to the Halton Radial Railway Streetcar Museum.
A vast majority of the cars came from the TTC, but many were similar to the cars used in Windsor and Detroit and…
Hi Ho - Part II
May 16, 2008
A big thanks goes out to Chris Edwards at Walkerville Publishing, for sharing these photos with us over here.
Last year at Art in the Park, Chris put on an exhibiton of historic photographs in the Manor House, and in that exhibition Hi Ho was featured as being…
1587 McDougall
May 15, 2008
Another part of Windsor’s past was lost Tuesday night in a spectacular fire. Seen above in happier days, the building on McDougall Ave and Hanna, was originally built as the Swedish Crucible Steel Company in 1914. The historic section being the middle part of the…
Hi-Ho
May 14, 2008
From the September 3, 1968 issue of the Windsor Star, is this ad from Hi-Ho restaurants.
Hi-Ho was a local chain of drive-in burger joints, that was founded in 1937. A letter was sent by the owner to Walt Disney asking permission to use “Hi-Ho”. A letter was sent back telling him to go ahead, no problem. Try that today! 🙂
I’m sure some of the readers out there have some…
New City Market
May 13, 2008
From the Border Cities Star – April 4, 1929.
THIS is an architect’s sketch of Windsor’s new public market, Pitt street east, which
is to replace the existing structure, which has stood for so long on a site opposite
the central fire station.
Setting an…
Where Service To Motorist Rules
May 12, 2008
Photo from the Border Cities Star -Saturday, April 27, 1929
The new plant of Spee-Dee Auto Wash Limited, on Langlois avenue at Wyandotte street, which is equipped and staffed to give a complete car wash in nine minutes, and is also authorized Simoniz and Alemite service…