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Motor Vehicle Permits - Adie Knox Herman

February 15, 2013
Rounding out transportation week, here are a couple of interesting bits of local history that appeared on Ebay back about a decade ago. The vehicle permits for Adie Knox Herman, wife of W.F. Herman, namesake of the high school and one time publisher of the Windsor Star, from 1932 & 1933. How these slips survived and ended up on Ebay I’ll never know… but here they are. Have a good…
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Trams & Ferries

February 13, 2013
More paper ephemera today from the vaults at IM HQ. Sticking with the transportation theme of the other day… Here are three different and interesting tickets. 1. S.W. & A Railway streetcar ticket from Windsor to Tecumseh. Regional transportation existed, only we…
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Bus Pass - October 1945

February 11, 2013
An interesting old paper item that I turned up while combing through the archives here at IM.com world headquarters… A scan of the front and back of a monthly pass for the buses during WWII. An interesting bit of local history, probably not too many of these…
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Action Hobbies Slide Show # 10 - Saturday March 9, 2013

February 6, 2013
Via regular reader and contributor Tim Swaddling: Hello friends Saturday, March 9th, 7.30pm – Action Hobbies hosts Historical Train Slide Show #10 Free admission! Action Hobbies Kingsville welcomes Larry Broadbent of St. Thomas, Ontario. Action Hobbies Kingsville is…
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Ottawa & Gladstone - Cherniak's - 1930

February 4, 2013
From the Windsor Star – September 3, 1968 Ottawa and Gladstone about the year 1930 is shown above. The store on the corner is Cherniak’s, one of Windsor’s oldest merchandising firms and still prominently identified with retailing. The building was known as…
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Appearing at The Embassy - 1973

January 30, 2013
This ad ran in the Windsor Star in February, 1973. It advertises upcoming bands playing at the Embassy Hotel, one of the bands scheduled in the ad was a little Canadian band by the name of Rush. View Larger Map Today the Embassy Hotel, is best known as the Little Memphis…