Ford City Bathing Beach - c 1930
October 20, 2014
Over the weekend, I found another shot of what was by then called the East Windsor Bathing Beach. Ford City was renamed East Windsor in 1929, with the arrival of the large Chrysler Factory at Drouillard & Tecumseh.
A neat photo you can see the way it was built up to…
Ford City Bathing Beach
October 17, 2014
A postcard view from the early 1930’s showing what was known as the Ford City Bathing Beach or the East Windsor Bathing Beach, and finally in the cast of this post amalgamation post card, the Windsor Bathing Beach.
It was located at the foot of George Avenue, opposite…
View From The Walkerville Fire Hall - 1895
October 10, 2014
Photo courtesy SWODA
This photo appeared in “Souvenir : Windsor and Walkerville, May, 1895 : Official Programme of Grand Military Demonstration, May 24th, 25th, and 26th, 1895.” published in 1895. It is a view of Walkerville from the Fire Station looking East…
S.W. & A Car 407 - Devonshire Rd - 1939
October 6, 2014
Photo © from the Collection of Bernie Drouillard
The above photo comes to us from the collection of Bernie Drouillard and digitized for us by John Stefani. As always a big thanks goes out to those two guys for sharing these pictures with all of us.
The picture shows car #…
Dougall Avenue Rail Overpasses - 1972
October 3, 2014
So a few weeks back, there was a post with a photo looking at the Dougall “Super-Highway” from 1931. In the comments on that thread Tom D says he was forwarding a picture showing the 3 bridges from 1972…
Here’s the image:
The Dougall/Ouellette merge is at the very top, followed by the first bridge. I don’t remember this one at all, it must have been gone before I…
W.E. & L.S. Railway - Car # 507 - 1939
September 29, 2014
Photo © from the Collection of Bernie Drouillard
Back in 2008 in this post, we took a look at the Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Rapid Railway. In that post you can see the cars being shipped out of town. While the other post shows pictures from December, 1939, this one…
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
September 26, 2014
A few shots today that were taken last week at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery. This is the final resting place of a large number of Windsorites who never came home. If you’ve never been to a War cemetery in Europe, it’s hard to describe, and the pictures…