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It’s Wayback Wednesday brought to you by Cavalcade Color Lab! Do you recognize any of the businesses in this vintage Main Street photo? Can you guess the year?
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Built in 1893 and expanded in 1895-96, Dr. Howland’s General Hospital accomodated 100 patients. The building included elevators. The swing bridge was ready for the 1889 navigation season. Dr. Howland died in 1916 and the building was torn down in March 1920.
On the left, part of the sign for the Chinese laundry, next was Dr. Davies home and office on the ground floor. I remember the Shell station on the corner of Brunel and across Brunel it was either McGregor’s Hardware, or Huntsville Hardware, depending on the year in question.
On the right is J.R. Boyd & Son, grocery store and next to that Wardell’s department store.
All family owned businesses and they were all in business for a good many years.
I remember that next to the hardware store, a liquor store [LCBO] was squeezed in before the A&P.
My memory of Main Street began in 1940. This is an older photo, I think, although we did see old model Fords [T?] then too.