Pitt Street Looking East - 1920
September 25, 2013
Happy Wednesday everyone! A neat shot looking east down Pitt Street towards Ouellette. The street car at the end of the shot is on the other side of Ouellette and was the W.E. & L.S. car to the county. The closest building on the left beside the car is the real estate…
The Crawford House - 1920
September 22, 2013
This photograph shown above shows the Crawford House hotel that was situated on the north side of Sandwich Street (today’s Riverside Drive) at Ferry.
The hotel was owned by Alexander Crawford, the namesake of Crawford Avenue on the near west side, and originally a native of Montreal. The Crawford House was built in 1875, and was the largest hotel west of Toronto at the time. The hotel was…
The British-American Brewery - 1939
September 4, 2013
Hope everyone had a great long weekend! Today’s photo comes from from the Windsor Daily Star – December 30, 1939. It is looking south east at the corner of Sandwich (now Riverside) and Bruce.
Windsor’s big industries in every line keep pace with the…
Pitt and Ferry - 1958
August 30, 2013
Happy Friday, happy long weekend!
Today’s photo is looking south east at the corner of Pitt and Ferry. This was taken during a visit to Windsor by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. The caption to the photo reads as follows:
SIDEWALK SUPERINTENDENTS – Prime…
Madrid Motor Hotel - 2530 Ouellette Avenue
August 28, 2013
From the back of the card:
MADRID MOTOR HOTEL
Ph. Area 519, 252-7743
2530 Ouellette Avenue
WINDSOR, Ontario, Canada
Only 4 minutes from the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel
exit, on Highway 3B, leading to Highway 401.
Dining room with excellent cuisine. Banquet
facilities. Pool. All inside corridors. Carpeted
throughout. Direct dial telephone. Bath tub and
shower. Individually controlled electric heat…
Canada Salt - Riverside Drive
August 16, 2013
From the collection of John Morand
The picture above is dated 1910 and shows a side view of the Canada Salt comapny on the property today occupied by CBC at Riverside and Crawford.
From the collection of John Morand
This photo is dated 1915 and is taken probably from…
American Legion Parade - Goyeau & Park - 1931
August 9, 2013
The caption on the back indicates it was taken for the short lived Detroit Mirror. It is dated September 24, 1931.
Reports state that out of the 125,000 Legionnaires who registered
at the convention this year, 30,000 of them established temporary
residence in Windsor where…