Photo © the Bernie Drouillard Collection, used with permission, digitized by John Stefani
A neat shot towards the end start of WWII, looking south on Ouellette from just south of Wyandotte Street. As you can see there has been an on street bus terminal there, as long as Windsor has had buses. The corner of the Dominion grocery store is visible on the right side of the photo, while the former Vanity Theatre anchors the left hand side.
Have a great weekend everyone, see you back here Monday.
Slight change in bus models, the back one looks older. Kind of remember riding the front one, but maybe minus the white sidewalls. Quite a line-up at the Vanity. Can anyone make out what was showing?
Would be the beginning of WWII, not near the end???
Looks more 1940s to me. Mid to late 40s.
80 years ago and our cars and buses still run on gas and diesel. Anyone else feel like they’re living in an episode of the twilight zone?
Front bus appears to be a Twin Coach. The rear bus might be a Ford model 19-B. Shape of the window is similar to the DSR Fords of the same era.
Nice buses! The current buses are much larger and despite recent reports of increased ridership, I often observe that they are relatively empty. Would it not be economically better to revert to smaller buses on most routes? These would also be more practical in traffic and narrow streets.
Can anyone put this into perspective for me? Is the Dominion right on the southwest corner of Ouellette/Wyandotte? Where the Bargain Shop is or recently was?
Dr. Disc would be on this block as well, correct?
Can anyone put this into perspective for me? Was the Dominion right on the southwest corner of Ouellette/Wyandotte?
John:
see blogs.windsorstar.com/from – the – vault/from – the vault -ouellette – and – wyandotte
You’re correct John. Actually, the Dominion was next to a big old grey house that was directly on the corner
John, you are correct. But Dr. Disc moved a few years ago.
Stephen Fox, I can’t get that url to work.
Here’s a recent view:
This photo would have to be in the early 1950’s. The front bus is an early Twin Coach, a “shorty” in SW&A’s 200 number series (230?), compared to the longer Twins in the 300’s, 400’s and 500’s. To the right was the Dominion store where Mom used to drag me grocery shopping with a promise of getting an ice cream treat at Lyttle’s up the street at Ouellette and Maiden Lane. I believe this may have been the first Dominion store in Canada. Note the sign directing motorists to highway 2, which ran all the way to Halifax via a route along the St. Lawrence River before it was flooded out for the St. Lawrence Seaway which opened in 1959.
The first Dominion Stores where in Toronto. In 1919 a group from A&P in New York purchased 15 or 20 store from T P Loblaw Co. that was in financial trouble (bankrupt). They renamed these store Dominion, one or more where in downtown Toronto. In later years one of their slogans was Truly Canadian, with a red maple leaf on the D.
In the mid eighties the chain was bought by A&P. an in 2005 bought by Metro from Quebec.