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Return To Routley's

January 19, 2009
A little over a year ago, I featured an ad from Routley’s Motel from 1954. I just recently picked up this postcard of Routley’s from eBay. The back of the card reads: Located on Highway 2 at Walker Rd., Windsor, Ontario – Ultramodern visitor accommodation at sensible prices. Ten minutes drive from downtown Windsor. Close to Airport, Golf Course, Beaches, Hotel, Fishing and…
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Assumption Street School

January 9, 2009
Another recent postcard I found was this one of the Assumption Street School. The building was later doubled in size and connected by a central tower and renamed Begley Public School. Begley was always one of my favourite buildings to drive past. It just had that look of an…
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Gateway To Canada

January 8, 2009
GATEWAY TO CANADA WINDSOR, ONTARIO OUELLETTE AVENUE MALL I’m not sure if I’ve ever posted this one before… If I have my apologies. After 6 years, it’s hard to keep track 🙂 I don’t have too much info on the background of this card. Obviously…
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Return To Kavanagh's

January 7, 2009
I first profiled Kavanagh’s Tourist Camp, in March 2007. I recently came across the postcard above, it was dated 1933. It shows the building, prior to the new cafeteria shown in the post from 2007: The garage in the back of the house in the photo above, still read “GAS”. I always figured they were using their garage to advertise, but this card shows that the garage was…
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Immaculate Conception

December 23, 2008
While searching for information about the Boer War Memorial a few weeks back, I came across these renderings for the “new” Immaculate Conception Church at Wyandotte and Marentette. Interesting to see that it was never built as designed. It was common in the past…
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The Fountain Through The Years

December 11, 2008
A few different views of the fountain over the years. Yesterday windsorite-in-exile left the following comment The fountain should be restored and moved to a prominent civic square. Restoring the water flow would restore it’s soul. It would make an appropriate…
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Walkerville Church

December 3, 2008
Back in June, 2006, I paid a visit en route to Art in the Park to the First Presbyterian Church of Walkerville. Built in 1908, it was designed by architects James Watt and Charles Howard Crane. Crane would eventually find fame and fortune as the pre-eminent theatre architect in America. In Detroit alone, he designed the Fox, the State (now known as the Filmore Detroit) and the Grand Circus (today…
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Leddy Library

November 3, 2008
Today’s old postcard features a classic shot of the University of Windsor’s Leddy Library, in its pre-expansion days. Built in the late 1950’s, it was designed by one of Windsor’s pre-eminent local architects J.C. Pennington. The library was named…
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Windsor Airport

October 31, 2008
Another older postcard view. Today’s postcard features Windsor Airport, and the shiny new terminal building. Sitting on the ramp is a Trans-Canada Airlines Vickers Viscount. According to Wikipedia, the Viscount was the first turboprop aircraft in the world, they…