Souvenir Views of Windsor Vintage
postcard folders from the early 1900s were the inspiration for this
Postcards from Home mural. Situated on the south side of the King George
Apartment Building near the corner of Ouellette Avenue and Giles
Boulevard, it serves as a welcoming beacon to visitors approaching
Windsor’s city centre. It recalls sights once prominent along Ouellette
Avenue such as the Essex County War Memorial, rose gardens, streetcars,
and the ferry dock.References for this mural came from private collectors of vintage postcards, the Municipal Archives, The Times, Windsor’s Community Museum and The Windsor Star. by Cynthia Baxter, Ken Grahame, Magdalena Jamka-Galea, Donna Jean Mayne, Andrea Milne, JoAnne Weston and Alethea Wilson, 2003 South wall of the King George Apartment Building, 1176 Ouellette Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, N9A 6S9 |