Bernie Drouillard Collection
Lincoln Road Trolley Bus
photo from the Bernie Drouillard & John Stefani Collection A neat photo from May, 1922 of the first electric Trolley Bus in Canada. I met up with John and Bernie this weekend, and we took a walk along the area trying to determine exactly where the photo was taken. Following our invesitagtion, we determined it was the corner of Lincoln and... »
Streetcar Show Is Open!
So Friday afternoon, a half day early, the exhibition Electric Avenue: Historic Streetcars of Windsor threw its doors open to the public. The show runs now, through January 3, 2010. The opening reception is open to the public and is October 16th, from 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm with regular gallery admission. The show features historic images and maps from the Bernie... »
Ottawa and Parent – Then and Now
So the Streetcar exhibition is gearing up at the Art Gallery of Windsor. The show opens next weekend, October 3rd and runs through January 3, 2010. So make a plan to come see it. This afternoon all the material is turned in and the framing and hanging begins... One of what I think will be one of the more interesting parts... »
The First Spike
From John comes today's great postcard, one I have never seen before: Don't forget (or maybe this is the first notice) but there's going to be an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Windsor this Fall tracing the past of Windsor's streetcar era. With the colloaboration of John, Bernie, Ron Drouillard and Chris Holt at Scaledown, this is going to... »
Streetcar Friday
To the County today, and a little Inter-Urban history. As usual, if it has to do with streetcar, and history, we need to thank John and Bernie for digging them up. The first shot shows an inter-urban car passing the corner of Division & Main St. in downtown (or because its the county - Uptown) Kingsville. This shot c. 1907 This shot... »
