Walkerville Boat Club - c 1910
October 19, 2012
The building that was the first home to Walkerville boat club was originally located in Detroit along the river. In the 1880’s the owners of the club in Detorit fell into the debt of Hiram Walker, and the club eventually folded. As part of the debt owed, Hiram Walker…
Osterhout Building - Pitt Street East - 1914
October 15, 2012
From the Evening Record – February, 1914:
The first three-story building for the new business section on Pitt Street between Goyeau and Ouellette avenues, will be erected by Mr. Peter Osterhout. Plans have been prepared by Leybourne & Whitney, architects. Clay…
Jackson Park Lawn Bowling - 1982
October 12, 2012
Happy Friday everyone! Another week down…
This photo ran in either the Detroit News or Free Press (not noted) August 4, 1982
The caption reads:
Players get in some rolls on the lawn bowling green during a Jackson Park Lawn Bowling Club game in Windsor
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I don’t have a good picture of it, but it doesn’t look like the same building. Possibly the new one is an expanded…
J.T. Wing Warehouse - 1914
October 3, 2012
From the Evening Record – February, 1914:
The above is a cut of the factory and warehouse building to be erected on Pitt Street east, between McDougall and Mercer, for the J.T. Wing Co. The building will be 100 feet square, the greater part of the floor space being…
Princess Theatre
September 21, 2012
Exterior view of the Princess Theatre, Windsor’s newest theatre, located on Sandwich street east. It has an attractive front that make a big improvement in the appearance of the street.
I don’t know much about this theatre, in fact this picture is the first and…
Applebe Store - Pitt Street
September 19, 2012
The above cut is of the new front that is being put on the old building where the Erie Tobacco Company were formerly located and which by the first of October will be the entrance to one of the biggest dry goods stores in this section. Jos Applebe & Co., managed by Mr. E.R. Dunk, which fronts on Sandwich street, some time ago purchased this property and now have entirely overhauled and…
Windsor Jockey Club Grandstand - 1912
September 14, 2012
The new Windsor race track grandstand is shown herewith. It is said to be the largest and finest equipped grandstand in Canada. It is of steel construction on a cement and brick foundation, the brickwork being carried up to form the first story. The stand is 340 feet in…
British American Brewery - 1935
September 10, 2012
From the Windsor Daily Star – December, 1935:
As the Detroit shoreline is broken by the nocturnal shafts of huge electrical signs of large industrial plants, so is that of the Canadian side pierced by blazing beacons of artistic illumination. The products of many of…