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Boose's Cottage Tourist Camp

March 7, 2007
The other day’s post talked about the 1930’s phenomenon of Tourist Camps. Below are a few post cards I have collected along with some other information on Boose’s Camp. Anyone know anything about it? This advertisement is from the 1937-38 Tourist Guidebook of Ontario – Published expressly for the Essex County Automobile Club. Back when Dougall Ave. was a little country…
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T.O.

March 6, 2007
Today’s series is for all of my readers now residing in the big smoke. I was up amongst you this weekend. View along Bloor Street at Daniel Libeskind‘s addition to the R.O.M. While I can appreciate some modern architecture, when you slap it onto a classical…
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Kavanagh's Tourist Camp

March 5, 2007
The postcard above was postmarked in 1948, however it is likely a much older photograph. Tourist Camps were all the rage in the 1930’s as more and more people traveled around by car. Tourist camps were motor lodges where you rented a little hut in a campground type…
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Old CAA Demolition

March 2, 2007
Driving past the corner of Ouellette and Gilles, I noticed that demolition was rapidly progressing on the former CAA building. It seems like just yesterday they were doing prep work. There is a new sign up to go with the Petretta Construction one. Determined Demolition. The website URL listed on the sign seems to be not helpful at all. The rapidly shrinking shell of the older north section is…
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Grace Hosptial - Part II

March 1, 2007
A few more photographs of Grace Hospital. Note I made a few corrections to yesterday’s post as information became available. The Old Ellis House buned in 1960 Grace Hospital & Hotel Dieu merged in 1994 Labour Delivery Admision ceased December 11th, 2003 Grace…
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Grace Hospital

February 28, 2007
Today we head over to the abandoned Grace Hospital site. Many Windsorites came into the world at Grace Hospital, my Mother included back in 1946. The photo above dates to 1920 and comes from the collection of John Stefani. Many thanks to John for scanning and sending along…
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John Richardson Library

February 27, 2007
1932 2007 The Major John Richardson Library opened November 7, 1928. It was named after Major John Richardson (1796-1852), the first novelist to reside in the Windsor area. It was designed by the local firm of Cameron & Ralston, led by David J. Cameron with partner William Ralston. Cameron & Ralston designed many local area churches, and schools. The Georgian Columns were restored in…
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Norton Palmer - 1938

February 23, 2007
This postcard from 1938, shows Windsor’s Norton-Palmer hotel, as well as the sister hotel acorss the river in Detroit, the Hotel Norton. The back of the card reads: NORTON-PALMER HOTEL NORTON HOTEL Winsdor, Ont. – Detroit, Mich. MODERN – FIREPROOF Situated…