Talbot Street - Essex
April 13, 2011
Off for the first time in a long time out into Essex County… Today’s postcard features a view from the late 1970’s? I’m sure someone can date it by looking at the cars.
The caption on the back reads:
TALBOT STREET,
ESSEX, ONTARIO.
Photograph by: Barry…
East Windsor Postcards
April 11, 2011
These cards come to us today from regular reader Vic. These are some great cards, they are new to me as I hadn’t seen either of them before.
This postcard shows the s.e. corner of Ontario & Lawrence Road in what was then Ford.
Built in 1922, this house was…
They'll Roll No More - 1970
April 8, 2011
This one ran in the Free Press, September 30, 1970, and was taken inside the old Michigan/New York/Penn Central Railroad Station that was located near Crawford & Tecumseh.
The caption that ran with this photo in the newspaper read as follows:
Back in 1929 the trains used to run twice an hour 24 hours a day, from the Penn Central station in Windsor. Now they only leave four times a day, and…
Rail Slide Show
April 7, 2011
Attention Readers, I have been asked to extend this invitation to all of you by regular reader Tim S.
Directions to Action Hobbies can be found on their website -> HERE.
It should be an interesting…
Norton Palmer Hotel
April 6, 2011
Continuing with the postcard theme, here is an undated postcard, probably from the mid 1940’s, showing the Norton Palmer Hotel, which was located at Park and Pelissier.
It was built in 1927, and expanded in 1929. Designed by architects Hutton & Souter of Hamilton…
Prince Edward Hotel - 1954
April 4, 2011
Happy April everyone! I’m going to declare April postcard month, and we’re even going to venture out into the county this month. I will be the first to admit that I am a pretty urban dude, and I know very little about Essex County in general. So all my readers out there with any knowledge about the county, I will need your help in the comments over the next couple of weeks…
Up…
London Street Car Barns
April 1, 2011
Happy April Fool’s Day! To celebrate we’ll carry on the railroad photos for one last Friday (but don’t get too excited, this is the last one in the set I came across).
While we’ve seen many photos on this site over the years of the old Car Barns, this…
Proposed Empress Theatre
March 30, 2011
The rendering above from The Evening Record – October 14, 1913.
Architect Unknown.
“The above is the archltect’s perspective of the new proposed Empress
Theatre, which will he erected opposite the Joseph Appelbe Company’s stores on Pitt street.
The…