Old PhotographsPhoto Du Jour

Photo Du Jour - November 11, 2005 - Thank you...

Today November 11th, is a special day. Remembrance Day in Canada and Veteran’s Day in the USA. Thank a veteran. Especially those who fought back in the days when Wars were really about freedom. Thanks to my Great Grandfather, WWI vet. Thanks to my late Grandfather, and the No. 4 Platoon, 2nd Co. of the Rifle Brigade, British Army, North Africa, photo from Aug. 1943. Thanks to my…
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Old PhotographsWindsor

More oldies...

Again from the Bernie Droulliard collection. These photos were developped last night from transnegs (copies of negatives, or negatives of prints) and many haven’t been seen in 60 + years. Many of the originals rest in the Transit Windsor Archives. The Crosstown Bus…
Great Lakes BoatsOld Photographs

S.S. Hamonic

One of the great old steam ships that used to sail the great lakes was the S.S. Hamonic. The Hamonic and her sister ship were owned by the Northern Navigation Company. All of the photos below were kindly scanned and donated from the collection of Thomas R. Anderson II. The steamer Hamonic heading south on the St. Clair River towards Detroit, passing under the Blue Water Bridge Another shot of…
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Old PhotographsWindsor

Old Windsor Photos

From the collection of Bernie Drouilliard, sent to me by John Stefani. Here is another round of classic Windsor transportation images. Those guys have in the past, contributed a fair amout of histoical Windsor photographs. I look forward to future contibutions, and I will…