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Below
are postcards from the colour section from our 3rd
Annual Photo Issue (April/May 2004). Look for the
issue on stands to see many more vintage local photos!
Windsor's
first Public High School opened in 1873. This school seems
to have evolved from the old Sandwich Grammar School and later
became Patterson Collegiate (on Goyeau and Elliot). It remained
the only Public High School in Windsor until the 1920s when
Walkerville, Lowe, Kennedy, and Forester were built. Patterson
was demolished around 1975 to make way for a grocery store.
(Source:
www.wecdsb.on.ca) Photo
from the Tim Baxter postcard collection (Flashbacks).
Construction
of Hotel Dieu Hospital began in the outskirts of Windsor (Ouellette
and Erie) on October 10, 1888 and the official blessing took
place on Sunday, October 15, 1889; it opened in February,
1890. The building was of Norman style architecture with three
turrets and the total cost was approximately $40,000. The
three-story brick building had a capacity of 100 beds. It
was demolished in 1963 when the new hospital was built.
(Source:
www.hdgh.org) Photo from
the Tim Baxter postcard collection (Flashbacks)
Elegantly
attired Windsorites boarding street cars on Sandwich Street
looking east (now Riverside Drive) in the early 1900’s.
Photo
from the Tim Baxter postcard collection (Flashbacks).
An
early 1900’s photo of Bob-Lo Island bathing beach. The
French originally called the island "Bois Blanc"
because of the many birch, beech, or white-barked poplar trees
that dotted the area. As English settlers became more numerous,
the name was eventually unintentionally modified to "Bob-Lo"
by persons that mispronounced the French name. In the 1980s
that name came to be converted to the present spelling of
"Boblo” and in the 1990’s, Boblo was converted
to residential
(Source:
cec.chebucto.org) Photo
from the Tim Baxter postcard collection (Flashbacks).
Windsor
Driving Park was located in Jackson Park. The clubhouse was
moved to the east side of McDougall just south of Windsor
Stadium and became the Chrymoto Club.
Photo
from the Tim Baxter postcard collection (Flashbacks).
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