Old Utility Poles - Tecumseh Road East
July 7, 2014
First off, this post was supposed to appear on Friday. It wasn’t until late Saturday afternoon before I realized that I hadn’t scheduled it properly… So.. I’m sorry to everyone who came by on Friday and ended up seeing nothing new…
Now on to…
Parkview Tower - 76 Tecumseh Rd E
July 2, 2014
While out for a walk on Canada Day, I noticed this nice mid century numbering over the front door of the Parkview Tower Apartments.
I never noticed this lettering before either, there are all kinds things that you notice when you get out on foot or on a bicycle.
The…
Airport Terminal Construction - 1956
June 27, 2014
From the Windsor Daily Star – July 30, 1956
TERMINAL TAKING SHAPE – The new $615,000 Windsor Airport Terminal, which will include immigration, customs and quarantine facilities for international operations, is gradually taking form. Steel is up, most of the concrete floors poured, rough plumbing is going in and tinsmith work also is underway. Department of Transport officials hope the…
Wilkinson Homestead - Chippawa Street
June 25, 2014
Sticking with “The Township of Sandwich” and with Chippawa Street in the west end, I noticed this old photo. It’s captioned:
The Col. John A. Wilkinson Homestead
Chippewa Street, Sandwich.
Interesting to note, at some time in the last century the spelling…
Peter and Chippewa - Then and Now
June 23, 2014
From Frederick Neal’s “Township of Sandwich” in 1909:
Looking from the intersection of Peter street, west to the Detroit River. The two old fashioned dwellings on the right of the picture are said to be much over 100 years old and were silent witnesses of…
Lang & Jewell Body Service - 1935
June 20, 2014
This photo above ran in the Border Cities Star on June 29, 1935:
Above picture shows one of a fleet of 15 new palatial highway parlor coaches of modern streamline design. These coaches were upholstered, painted and letter by the Lang & Jewell Body Service, main plant, on Howard avenue. A force of 30 skilled artisans derived steady employment for the period of 10 weeks in the execution of this…
The Beeman House - Ouellette and Pitt - c. 1880
June 18, 2014
From “The Township of Sandwich” the caption reads as follows:
THE BEEMAN HOUSE
Windsor, Ont., “Dode” Maisonville, Propr.
This building waserected in the year 1855, on the Northeast corner of Pitt and Ouellette
avenue, by Mrs. Beeman. The contractor…
1415 Janette Avenue
June 16, 2014
This factory at 1415 Janette at the corner of Jannette and Ellis, has always made me wonder what it used to be.
I recently came across this photo in an ad in the Windsor Star from 1955, showing the new Canadian Plant of Tums. Who knew that Tums were once made in Windsor?