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P5230

ID Number: P5230
Item Name: Image
Title: 99th Battalion Barracks / Caserne militaire du 99e bataillon
Title (Fre): Caserne militaire du 99e bataillon
Date: ca 1915
Description: Black and white photograph of the barracks of the 99th Battalion (Essex County) showing the Men's quarters, kitchen, and dining room; there is one large building visible that seems to have three connected parts; to the left of the photograph is a wing jutting out toward the camera; it has two sets of double doors facing the camera and a small sign saying "No. 1" above a shuttered window in the centre; it has a peaked roof and has two chimneys; the back of this building is attached to a flat-topped two storey building running perpendicular to the first; there is one set of double doors and five windows (two beside the door and three above); the right side of this building is attached to a one storey building with a peaked roof and one chimney; in the foreground of the photograph is a short shed-like building; these buildings later became the Windsor Jockey Club and were located at the southeast corner of Ouellette and Tecumseh; the 99th Battalion (Essex Scottish) was one of many county-based units formed in 1915 and 1916.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Windsor
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

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99th Essex County Battalion

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