Edgewater Thomas Inn, Riverside, Ontario.

Edgewater Thomas Inn, Riverside, Ontario.
Year: 
1944
Type(s): 
Postcard
Language: 
English
Source: 
Mike Skreptak Collection; Box 1
Notes: 
Postmarked 1944; interior view of the Edgewater Thomas Inn in Riverside; Bertha (Hef) Thomas, an eccentric widow from Detroit, purchased the small 3 room restaurant in 1920 and initially did all the cooking, serving and cleaning herself until she could afford more space and staff; in the 1920's it became a popular speakeasy with legendary false walls, hidden cellars, an underground dock and methods of alerting staff to an impending police raid; Bertha Thomas died in 1955 and a fire in 1970 revealed the hidden rooms; the postcard is addressed to Miss Harriet Paul; "fish, chicken, frog and steak dinners"
Subject(s): 
Edgewater Thomas Inn (Windsor)
Restaurants
Taverns
Prohibition
Riverside Drive (Windsor)
Thomas, Bertha
Place(s): 
Windsor (Ontario)
Riverside (Ontario)
Rights: 
Public Domain
Repository: 
University of Windsor. Leddy Library
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