P5739

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Details

ID Number

P5739

Item Name

Image

Title

Windsor Post Office / Bureau de poste de Windsor

Title (Fre)

Bureau de poste de Windsor

Description

Sepia photograph of Windsor Post Office in 1885; it is a three storey building with a flat roof; there are numerous arched windows on the building; at the front a small balcony half-way up with Post Office carved in; there is a man standing beside a horse drawn cart with four wheels in the front; trees are planted along the front and side of the building; there are three men standing by the trees along the side of the building; road is unpaved

History

The original building was built in 1879 and was replaced with the new post office, the Dominion Building, in 1934. The building is now called the Edifice Paul Martin Building.

Place made

Canada - Ontario - Windsor

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subjects

Buildings / Immeubles

Carts & wagons / Charrettes & chariots

Dominion Public Building / Édifice public du Dominion

Men / Hommes

Ouellette Ave. / Avenue Ouellette

Pitt St. / Rue Pitt

Postal service / Service postal

Postal service buildings / Édifices des bureaux de poste

Windsor Post Office / Bureau de poste de Windsor

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