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2012 IM Calendar

November 14, 2011
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! The 2012 International Metropolis Calendar makes its glorious return once again, with the big pre-sale period discount. This year’s calendar is priced at [$19.99 + $6.50 s&h/hst] for the duration of the presale period, the calendar is avaialable for just $19.50, and shipping & handling is a flat rate of $2.00 per order. The Button below will allow you…
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11-11

November 11, 2011
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset…
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Former Sandwich Town Hall

November 9, 2011
This building located at 3255 Sandwich Street was built in 1912, and designed by local architects C. Howard Crane and J.C. Pennington. It was dedicated on March 17, 1912. In addition to use as the town hall, it was also home to the Sandwich Police Station, library, courtroom…
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Knotty Pine Inn - 3067 Dougall Avenue

November 7, 2011
No date on this post card, I’m guessing late 1960’s? The caption on the back reads: KNOTTY PINE INN 3067 Dougall Rd., Windsor, Ontario, Canada On Hwy. 3B, One Mile to Hwy. 401 European Cuisine and Service – Fine Wines and Cocktails – Formal and Informal Dining Rooms. Open 11 A.M. to 1 A.M. – Excellent Wedding and Banquet Facilities – – For 20 to 200…
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Ford Factory - 1935

November 4, 2011
Happy Friday once again. Today is an old photo from the Ford Motor Company, dated July 12, 1935. The caption on the back reads as follows: The machine shop and final assembly building. This building covers more than 13 acres of ground. At the extreme left is the new…
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Walkerville From Above - c. 1970

October 28, 2011
Happy Friday once again everyone. Today is an undated photo of the Walkerville Area from above. I’m guessing the date to be about 1970 or so. The old Train Station is gone, and the Waterfront Ford Plant # 1 is also gone. It was demolished in 1969. So I doubt that the picture is from much later than 1971 or 1972. Lots of lost Windsor in this picture… The old Fisher Body plant on St.
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Manning Hotel & Post Office - c. 1915

October 26, 2011
As is usual in old Windsor postcards, everything here is gone… A view looking east on Pitt Street towards Ouellette Avenue,with a streetcar rumbling past… A good view here in front of the old post office, showing the old memorial fountain which was moved to…
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2006 Loraine Avenue

October 24, 2011
Below is a builder’s ad dated June 15, 1929, for what was then 66 Loraine Avenue in Walkerville. View Larger Map The house has survived nicely over the years. At some point the Tudor elements were covered over, but all in all a really nice example of the boom years of…