P5227

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Details

ID Number

P5227

Item Name

Image

Title

Barracks / Casernes militaires

Title (Fre)

Casernes militaires

Date

ca 1866 -1871

Description

Black and white photograph of Military barracks; seven wooden buildings are visible in the photograph, each with a chimney; the buildings are rectangular in shape with a number of windows; there are quite a number of soldiers standing around the buildings; these barracks were erected in City Hall Square, Wndsor, at the time of the Fenian threat, about 1866 (previous barracks had been errected in 1840); later two of these buildings served for school purposes and one as an isolation hospital.

Place made

Canada - Ontario - Windsor

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subjects

Barracks / Casernes militaires

City Hall Square / Place de l'hôtel de ville

Fenian Raids / Raids des Fenians

Men / Hommes

Military facilities / Édifices militaires

Soldiers / Soldats

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