Bird's Eye View Of Windsor, Canada, 1908
Bird's Eye View Of Windsor, Canada, 1908 |
Year: 1908 |
Publisher: William H. Martin |
Type(s): Postcard |
Identifier(s): 1043 |
Language: English |
Source: Mike Skreptak Collection; Dexter Box |
Notes: Postmarked 1908; aerial view; addressed to Mrs. Ida B. Cumming?; bottom left: the Armouries, located on London Street (now University Avenue); the building west of the Armouries, facing Ouellette Avenue is the Curry Hall Building (later renamed the Heintzman Building). The reddish brown building on the west side of Ouellette Avenue is the Victoria Block. On the side of the building there is a sign for A. D. Bowlby, Clothing. Further north, also on the west side of Ouellette Avenue, the post office is visible. The back of Windsor Opera House (white-blue building) is also visible on Sandwich Street East. It lost its tower sometime around 1908. Cartier Place (now Freedom Way) runs south, on the east side of the Armouries. On the east side of Cartier Place is Central Livery Stables (2-10 Cartier Place). It was owned by James H. Green. |
Subject(s): Windsor (Ontario) Waterfront (Detroit) Detroit River Ships Houses Commercial Buildings Government Buildings Military Buildings Armouries (Windsor) London Street (Windsor) Curry Hall Building (Windsor) Ouellette Avenue (Windsor) Stores Victoria Block (Windsor) Bowlby, A. D., Clothing (Windsor) Post Office (Windsor), 1879 Windsor Opera House Cartier Place (Windsor) Freedom Way (Windsor) Heintzman Building (Windsor) University Avenue (Windsor) Central Livery Stable (Windsor) Green, James H., Business Owner Stables |
Place(s): Windsor (Ontario) |
Rights: Public Domain |
Repository: University of Windsor. Leddy Library |
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