Old PhotographsWindsor

Whelpton & Drouillard - 1945

May 20, 2011
Happy Friday everyone, and Happy Long Weekend! This was the post that was planned for last Friday, but got cancelled due to unplanned downtime. So we’ll try again today. Today’s old photo is dated, September 12, 1945, the caption on the back reads: Ford Plant # 2 Strike – Windsor Looks like it was a happening place. I’m not sure if the street was usually this busy, or if…
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New Post Office - 1934

May 6, 2011
Happy Friday again! Today, we take a look at this photo dated June 26, 1934. The caption reads: “New Federal Post Office” The new Dominion Public Building at 185 Ouellette was designed by a team of local architects: Guy Buller Colthurst, Hugh Sheppard, George…
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1902 Windsor Baseball Team

May 4, 2011
This article appeared in the Border Cities Star, April 4, 1922, as a look back at the 20th anniversary of the 1902 Windsor Ball Club. THE FAMOUS Windsor ball team of 20 years ago, the team that took Western Ontario pennants for several years in succession from 1899 to 1905? These are the boys that comprised the team, the pride of Windsor for many years and ball players of sufficient merit to…
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Syrian Coffee House - 1948

April 29, 2011
Another Friday, and again the end of another month… This one is a bit a mystery. This photo is part of a grouping of store fronts all dated Feb. 29, 1948. The caption on the back reads: Syrian Club on Cartier St., Windsor, Ont. Gambling I am assuming that there must…
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Brewster Projects - Detroit

April 22, 2011
Happy Friday everyone… Here we are again, and today we’ll head across the river to take a look at this great rendering of the original plans for the Brewster Projects. The photo is dated April 11, 1936, and the caption of the back reads: Brewster – (East…
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Riverview Apartments - 1948

April 15, 2011
Happy Friday once again! Up today is a picture of the Riverview Apartments, sadly without any kind of explanation about exactly what has happened here…. On the back is a stamp dated March 24 1948, and a caption that reads: “RIVERVIEW APTS 951 SANDWICH ST WINDSOR” but nothing else… A storm? An explosion? I see a fire escape twisted on the ground, may the wall just gave…
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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…
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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…