Then and now

Then: Ouellette Avenue looking north from Sandwich Street, 1913. Harry Wentworth Gardner, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1913 (Evening Record), p. 13. Photographer uncredited. Public domain, via Canadiana.ca / Wikimedia Commons.

Later: Ouellette Avenue at Maiden Lane, 31 May 2025. Crisco 1492, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. This is the same street, a downtown block near the river. We have not confirmed it is the same camera position as the 1913 view from Sandwich Street.

Then: Harry Wentworth Gardner, 1913 compilation. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Place context before the 1956 hall, as already captioned on the City Hall chapter.

Later: Windsor City Hall, July 2020. PMT 92, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The published caption on the Booms and Busts chapter dates this July 2020 (the file on the desk is named city-hall-2018.jpg). This is the present hall, not the 1956 building, and not the same building as the 1913 view.

Then: Boer War Memorial, Jackson Park, historic postcard. University of Windsor, Leddy Library / SWODA (SWODA2311). Public domain, as already used on the War Chest chronology.

Later: Boer War Memorial, Jackson Park, 11 June 2025. Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Same monument, later photograph.

Then: Francois Baby house as in 1812. Sketch by Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812 (1868). Public domain.

Later: Francois Baby House, 2005. Madelyn De Valle, Windsor's Community Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. A photograph of the house, not a camera match for the 1868 sketch.

Then: Giles Boulevard looking east, with the Essex County War Memorial. Postcard, about 1925 to 1930. University of Windsor, Leddy Library / SWODA. Public domain.

Later: Cenotaph and City Hall Square at night, 1965. SWODA. Public domain. The monument was moved from Giles and Ouellette in 1964-65 and rededicated 11 November 1965. This is 1965, not a 2020s photograph.