Reader Submission – International Metropolis

Windsor Police - c 1927

March 12, 2023

Panoramic Photo of the WPD courtesy of Don G. Regular reader Don G. sent along this amazing photo for me to share with the readers. He’s also given me a link where he’s hosting a large scale version of the image, and you can zoom in on the details for yourself. Don’s link he provided can be found by clicking here. Be warned that the file is large, and right clicking and…

Lost Windsor Old Photographs Reader Submission

Lafontaine House - 395 Pitt St E

December 15, 2019

Pitt & Mercer – mid 1970’s The photo for today’s post comes from a reader who shot the house above on a Kodachrome Slide back in the mid 1970s. He scanned it for us here using his digital camera. The house was built in 1875 on the south west…

Reader Submission Windsor

Metropolitan Explosion - 1960 - Interview with officer Paul Linton

September 18, 2015

Today’s post is a guest post by regular reader Luc. He managed to track down and do a brief interview with one of the first officers on the scene the afternoon of October 25, 1960 when the explosion went off at the Metropolitan Store on Ouellette Avenue. A big thank…

Essex County Lost Windsor Old Photographs Reader Submission

Blue Water Dance Pavilion - Tecumseh - c. 1925

June 22, 2015

The picture above comes from regular reader and commenter Jay Thompson Ricard. Does anyone out there have any stories about this place? It was on the corner of Lesperence & Riverside on the southeast corner. There was a fire in the early 1920’s, but the place kept going, before a fire burned it to the ground in the mid 1930’s (1935-36). Hope everyone had a nice weekend…

Demolition going, going, gone...Reader Submission Windsor

Nut House Demolition - Goyeau & Park

June 17, 2015

Photo © 2015, Brian Worrall As many of you might know over the weekend the University started demolition on the buildings fronting Goyeau between the Tim Horton’s at Park, and the Burger King at University. One of these building was formerly home to the Nut House, a…

Essex County Lost Windsor Reader Submission Windsor

Streetcar 351 - Still Around

June 12, 2015

Photo © 2015 John Stefani, used with permission As promised on Wednesday, here’s a few photos of a recently uncovered streetcar at an undisclosed location in Essex County. When streetcars ended their reign at the end of the 1930’s many of the cars were older…

Bernie Drouillard Collection Old Photographs Reader Submission Windsor

City of Windsor Police - 1988

June 8, 2015

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Essex County Postcards Reader Submission

Main Street Harrow - c. 1942

March 16, 2015

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Bernie Drouillard Collection Old Photographs Reader Submission Windsor

Ouellette & Wyandotte - c 1939

January 23, 2015

Photo © the Bernie Drouillard Collection, used with permission, digitized by John Stefani A neat shot towards the end start of WWII, looking south on Ouellette from just south of Wyandotte Street. As you can see there has been an on street bus terminal there, as long as…