L.A. Young Industries
April 9, 2009
Yesterday WRG commented on the Chrysler photo with the following:
I looked quickly at Chrysler Canada’s history (again at the allpar) site, and in ’64 Chrysler acquired L. A. Young Spring & Wire Limited and the Walker Metal Products foundry both in…
Windsor Assembly
April 8, 2009
Today’s photo was sent along from a regular reader.
An interesting early aerial photo of the Windsor Assembly Plant. I’m unsure of the date on this one, but it’s probably from the mid to late 1930’s. The view is looking south from Walker Tecumseh…
Kelsey Wheel Company
April 7, 2009
Today is another glimpse into the industrial history of our fair city.
The Kelsey Wheel Company (later Kelsey Hayes) was opened in Windsor in November of 1913. It was the first plant to be unionized by the UAW in Canada. It closed down not too long after I moved to Windsor, in October, 1990.
From the New York Times archives:
COMPANY NEWS; Canada Closing Set By Kelsey-Hayes
AP
Published: Saturday…
Mmmm... Stucco...
April 2, 2009
Seeing as it’s been a while since I singled out and ridiculed a bad renovation job…
This one is bad. I used this one as one of my bad renovation examples during the Petcha Kucha talk a few months ago…
Located at Wyandotte and Parent, there are four…
Dominion Twist Drill
April 1, 2009
I recently received an email from a former Windsorite who was looking for some information about the Dominion Twist Drill. Her Father was an employee there in the late 1930’s to early 1940’s. When he went overseas for WWII, he was given a good luck bracelet. The…
Soper & Dupis Real Estate
March 31, 2009
In my collection I have a book full of photographs of the Border Cities and their industries from 1913. This photo below is captioned “Soper & Dupis Real Estate Office” but there was never any other information about it, and I always wondered about this little house…
I figured it was destined to remain a mystery until I stumbled across this little blurb in the Microfilm of…
Hotel Dieu - 1965
March 30, 2009
From the December 31, 1965 issue of the Windsor Star:
Hotel Dieu Hospital in the foreground has undergone a complete renovation in recent years at a cost of several million dollars. The newest phase to be complete is the Sisters’ residence and chapel shown in the…
Ambassador Bridge
March 27, 2009
An interesting shot of an early University of Windsor campus. This likely date to the mid 1960’s as both Cody Hall (1961) and the addition to Electa Hall (1962) are visible in the photo.
From the back of the card:
AMBASSADOR BRIDGE
DETROIT, MICHIGAN – WINDSOR…