DetroitOld PhotographsWindsor

Bridge Construction - 1928

June 17, 2011
Happy Friday once again. Today’s photo is stamped on the back with the date December 24, 1928. The handwritten caption reads as follows: Compacting cable with hydraulic tongs (?) on new Ambassador Bridge It would have taken nerves of steel to work up there. Kudos to all those workers, I don’t think I could have done it… See you all back here Monday, enjoy the…
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Old PhotographsWindsor

Windsor Market - 1973

June 10, 2011
8/8/1973 – WINDSOR, ONTARIO: Detroit-area shoppers are crossing the Canadian border for beef in numbers that merchants say haven’t been equalled since the meatless days of World War II. Retailers said 8/8 that the vast majority of their customers in the past week or so have been Americans unable to find or afford beef in U.S. supermarkets. A quick Google search reveals some…
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Windsor

563 Brant - Vesuvio Steam Bath

June 6, 2011
The Vesuvio Steam Bath at 563 Brant was the site of a fire April 27. It seems like the place has been around forever. Doing some research it looks like it was the site of a shooting in 1969 and an armed robbery in 1980, but not much else is out there about. Charges of…
Lost WindsorOld PhotographsWindsor

Wolf's Hotel

June 3, 2011
Happy Friday once again everyone! Today’s photo is a bit of a mystery. I sadly don’t have much background on it either… It is dated April 18, 1954, and the caption on the back reads: Wolfgang Feller Windsor Roadhouse Prop. – Wolf Hotel I did find the photo above in a book from 1913. The caption reads as follows: WOLF’S HOTEL For twenty-six years, more than a quarter…
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Windsor

Wigle Park Clubhouse

June 1, 2011
One of the building recently brought up in the comments on another post, involved the Wigle Park Club house. The building opened September 2, 1922, and cost $13,000 to build (about $170,000 today). The building was erected by the Windsor Park Commission, and contained (and…