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Jesuit Missionaries Cross

July 15, 2011
Happy Friday everyone, tough to believe it’s the halfway point of July already… Today’s photo dates to September 19, 1927, and the caption on the back reads: Sandwich, Ontario Site where first settlers landed Interestingly the cross is still there, but the date was corrected somewhere along the way… As you can see here in the 1927 photo, the outside ring reads: The…
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The Spirit Of Windsor - Engine 5588

July 13, 2011
Sorry for the delay in getting today’s post up… Today we take a look at The Spirit of Windsor, the old CN Steam Engine kind of tucked away in the corner of a parking lot along the Waterfront. This massive behemoth, is a throwback to the days when the riverfront…
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Recent Losses

July 11, 2011
Happy Monday everyone. I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable weekend. Today’s post is thanks to Google Street View and a couple of recently lost buildings in Windsor. The Whiski Jack Bar, was the victim of arson last week. So this old handsome brick building from…
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Riverside Drive - 1915

July 8, 2011
Happy Friday everyone. Another week down, but sadly three more weeks still until the next long weekend… Up today is an old photo taken along what was then Sandwich Street looking east. Taken in 1915, this was shortly after the onset of WWI. As is typical for an old photo of Windsor, everything you can see is long gone. Despite the date, and the rising popularity of the horseless carriage…
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Canadian Bridge Company Offices - 1911

June 27, 2011
Back in April of 2009, we had a two part look at the Canadian Bridge Company in Walkerville [Part I here, Part II here].The photo above ran in the June 28, 1911 issue of The American Architect. The caption reads: SCHOOL BUILDING, WALKERVILLE, ONT., CANADA Albert Kahn…
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Walkerville - 1974

June 24, 2011
No real info on this one, just a date stamp on the back, which I suspect is not 100% accurate. The stamp reads “Dec. 13, 1974”, but given the trees in full foliage, it was obviously not take on that date, but is probably the printing date. Still a neat view of…