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Once Upon a Time: Windsor 1860-1960 (ish)
This isn’t a mirage. This is how Ouellette Avenue once looked as seen from the deck of a Detroit/Windsor ferry boat around 1910. An array of trolley cars, horses, and bicycles, along with children, women in their summer finery, and … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Lost Buildings, People, The Straits, Walkerville, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged babe, ferry, history, Ouellette, Walkerville, Windsor
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Cruising 1920s Style
Isn’t this photo a beaut? I’ve been saving it for a while. Tony Beresford, a member of my Windsor Ontario Then facebook group, posted it several months ago but unfortunately, didn’t have much information to go with it. At least … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, People, The Straits, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged 1920s, cruising, Detroit, Detroit River, downtown, duds, fashion, ferry, gals, gents, history, hotel, ladies, mystery, Ontario, Ouellette Avenue, photo, photography, Roaring Twenties, sharp, streets, style, urban, vintage, wedding, Windsor
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Old is the New New: Our latest book “Windsor Then” is born.
I am very happy to announce the birth of Walkerville Publishing’s latest baby: “Windsor Then – A Pictorial Essay of Windsor Ontario’s Glorious Past.” 138 black and white photos chronicle Windsor’s progress from its days as a sleepy backwater in … Continue reading
Posted in Lost Buildings, People, The Straits, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged activity, architecture, boats, book, change, chronicle, deck, destruction, dock, downtown, ferry, found, ghosts, history, horses, lost, new, oblivion, old, Ontario, Ouellette Avenue, pedestrians, photos, rare, record, Riverside Drive, sad, Sandwich Street, trolleys, Windsor, Windsor then
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