Essex CountyPhoto Du Jour

Ghosts on Signs

September 25, 2008
Reader Tom V. sent along the photos in today’s entry. He says: “These two pics were taken on County Rd. 20 (formerly Highway 18), just east of Harrow.” White Rose Gasoline, was produced in Canada by the Canadian Division of the National Refining Co. of Cleveland a.k.a. EN-AR-CO. A site with some history can be found here: http://allcanadiancompany.com/pg2.html. White Rose…
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City Cycle

September 24, 2008
For anyone interested, Windsoreats.com along with Scaledown.ca present the first City Cycle, to coincide with this Sunday’s Doors Open event. Yours truly is part of the Doors Open organizing committee, so as a result, sadly International Metropolis had to bow out of…
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Downtown Chevrolet Oldsmobile

September 19, 2008
The photo above is from 1929, and shows the new garage of Easton-Edwards Chevrolet. The description said it was on Goyeau near Tuscarora. I always thought it was an interesting looking place, and wondered what happened to it. Then in a newspaper from 1952, I stumbled across…
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Local Amenities

September 17, 2008
At the last Windsor-Essex Blogger Meeting, there was an idea to make a post today about your neighbourhood, and its amenities or lack there of. You could post about something your neighbourhood has, that you like, or something that you wish you had that you…
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National Auto Radiator

September 16, 2008
If last week was tour week, then this week is old ad’s/then and now week… From December 1952: National Auto Radiator, better known as the Narmco Group today. Look at the little tiny factory… It’s still there on Airport Rd., only there has been an…