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Ouellette%20Avenue%20looking%20south%20from%20Sandwich%20Street

Details

ID Number

P8046

Item Name

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Title

Ouellette Avenue looking south from Sandwich Street / Avenue Ouellette, vue vers le sud depuis la rue Sandwich

Title (Fre)

Avenue Ouellette, vue vers le sud depuis la rue Sandwich

Date

ca 1914 - 1918

Description

A view of the downtown core of Ouellette Ave., looking south from its foot at the intersection of Sandwich St. [now Riverside Dr.]; the Dominion Bank and the Ritz Hotel can be seen, as well as many advertisements for local businesses; several signs for industrial sites and real estate in the Ojibway area can be seen; daily traffic is heavy, and several automobiles, a streetcar, a policeman, and many pedestrians occupy the road; a large banner indicating the location of an army 'Recruitment Office' is strung between buildings overhead.

Place made

Canada - Ontario - Windsor

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subjects

Advertisements / Réclames

Banks / Banques

Banners / Bannières

Business districts / District des affaires

Commercial facilities / Locaux commerciaux

Dominion Bank / Banque Dominion

Electric railroads / Tramways électriques

Hotels / Hôtels

Mass transit / Passage de masse

Office buildings / Immeuble de bureaux

Ouellette Ave. / Avenue Ouellette

Pedestrians / Piétons

Police

Recruiting & enlistment / Recrutement et enrôlement

Ritz Hotel / Hôtel Ritz

Sandwich St. / Rue Sandwich

Signs (Notices) / Avis

Stores & shops / Magasins & Boutiques

Street railroads / Tramways électriques

Toronto-Dominion Bank / Banque Toronto-Dominion

Traffic police / Agent de circulation

War posters / Affiches de guerre

World War, 1914-1918 / Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918

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