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The Republic

Here is a photo of the car "Republic" of the Windsor, Essex & Lake Shore Rapid Railway, passing though Essex.…

17 years ago

Remember

While browsing on the Virtual Motor City website, an archive of old Detroit News photographs at Wayne State Univeristy, I…

17 years ago

11-11

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky…

17 years ago

Essex Terminal No. 6

Today comes a great old photo from the John Stefani Collection. It was noted on the back of the photo:…

17 years ago

College Of The Assumption

The Photo above is from the book "Picturesque Detroit & Environs" published in 1893. It shows what is today Assumption…

17 years ago

Windsor Taught Me Everything I know

If you're looking for something interesting to do on a Tuesday night, head on over to the Downtown Library, and…

17 years ago

Standard Foundry

On Walker Rd., just south of the no longer existent Cataraqui Place, stood the Kerr Engine Works plant. The plant…

17 years ago

Unbuilt Windsor – # 4

From December 1928: PROPOSED ROYAL WINDSOR HOTEL This building was to be the tallest hotel in the British Empire. Designed…

17 years ago

Unbuilt Windsor – # 3

From December 1926: NEW HOTEL ALSO ON 1927 PROGRAM Part of the hotel devolopment being planned for the Border Cities.…

17 years ago