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more of Hamilton....
well.... you can tell how old you feel when someone asks, where was the Brant Inn .... gets me closer to Old Age Pension come July :)
anyhow here are some more from the photo archives of the spec and library.... yes folks, we did pay a toll to use the Skyway when it was built..... i don't know how many times I watched my dad throw that coin into the white bucket... http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...n/skyway-4.jpg A shot of James from Main looking north with the Federal Life Bldg (yes Federal Life, not Sun Life) as the pic shows. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...an/pcr-757.jpg The old City Hall on James South http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...an/pcr-722.jpg No caption needed for this one. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...ofDairyBar.jpg The first Miles For Millions Walk in '67 http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...an/miles-1.jpg Locke St South.... looking south. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...lackwhite1.jpg Two photos of the Library on Main west (NORTH side) between Sun Life and Centenary United Church.... the library would get a grant and rebuild directly across the street. Second pic is demolition of it. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...rian/lib-2.jpg http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...rian/lib-4.jpg A shot overlooking the Jolley Cut towards downtown. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...n/jolley-7.jpg a market along Hwy 8 in Fruitland... http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...n/hiltsgas.jpg The Hamilton Forum on Barton St. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...an/forum-2.jpg In the early days of CHCH TV.... http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...ian/chch-4.jpg The Desjardins Canal ..... long ago. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...n/abbbbbb1.jpg New Years Eve 1902 in Gore Park.... yeah..... we have electricity.... http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...an/aa-new2.jpg View Looking West Over Reservoir to City - (189?)Scene Along the Proposed Beckett Mountain Drive http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...rian/aaa-4.jpg Nora Frances-Henderson opening a bazaar at Trinity Baptist Church. The church still stands, but closed about 5 years ago. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...rian/aa-32.jpg You have to really go back..... find where the cross intersection seems to be... it would be King & Kenilworth.... this was Bartonville. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...arian/aa-9.jpg Now go back to 1956... too bad this wasn't in color.... the noteworthy observance of this Gore Park Christmas pic is the Piggot Bldg. Look closely and you will see the crown is illuminated. In this pic it would be red and green and for the rest of the year white. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...rian/a-210.jpg Citizens piling sandbags at Van Wagner's Beach to protect against a freak 1950 storm surge off the lake. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...arian/a-61.jpg Go back to 1932... the opening day of the public library on Kenilworth Ave. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...arian/a-18.jpg Current City Hall under construction...... in this pic the thing to note is the ESSO sign atop the Y.W.C.A. bldg at Main & McNab (where a current 22 story bldg now stands) How many can remember that ESSO sign once being a RED FEATHER sign, visible from atop the Dundas Hill. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...tarian/a-7.jpg The unforgettable Central Collegiate Fire (it was arson). http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...rian/a-3b1.jpg Bartonville Public School at King & Kenilworth. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...tarian/316.jpg Finally the Wentworth County Courthouse on the site of the current one.. Main St. E. (south side between John & Hughson) http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...Courthouse.jpg Well that's it for today.... if any one of you can discover a picture of the Neilson Sign, please post it..... in color would be even better. (The sign stood where Plains Rd meets Hwy 6 north, and York Bvd.) |
Thanks for posting those pics.
I particularly like the Bartonville photo. It's amazing how pastoral it once was...not so much now. |
That photo of the resovoir near Kenilworth... Any idea of a date on that?
And are those wooden slats on the side of Locke, with rail in the middle? Is that how they used to build roads? |
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Thanks for asking, because what i thought.... wasn't.... the photo below should have been captioned..... View Looking West Over Reservoir to City - (189?)Scene Along the Proposed Beckett Mountain Drive.... sorry for that slip up.
http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...rian/aaa-4.jpg as per the locke st photo, maybe someone can help me out.... i think i am seeing the bridge over the th&b tracks in the photo. The th&b tunnel I don't think would have been built yet.http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...lackwhite1.jpg Go to the Hamilton Library image base at: http://preview.hpl.ca:8080/Sites/index.jspx This will be of interest to you i am sure. |
Yeah, you're right. That photo's taken from the bridge looking South. The buildings to the left still stand on that spot. The one on the corner is a pizzeria, I believe.
The horse-drawn carriages are a nice touch. I'm trying to imagine the approximate date of this photo. 1880s? 1890s? I don't think Locke was that built-up prior to that time. |
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Today's old photos
All shots Hamilton Public Library unless otherwise noted.
Burlington St. 1925 http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...gtonst1925.jpg Power Station by Desjardins Canal in Dundas http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2191126917.jpg Rollover at the Stoney Creek Traffic Circle. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2191098710.jpg Winds blowing off the Lake at Van Wagner's http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2191081781.jpg Overhead view of old City Hall, with Eatons, the market, and Lister Block. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2191078597.jpg Looking south from over Inch Park. Street behind the water tank is Fennel Ave. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2191078407.jpg View of the old Ottawa St. access, Kenilworth one under construction. You can see the brick yard on Lawrence Rd. At top of pic is Mountain Brow Blvd (Concession St).... Flock Rd. is along the mountain side. The part of the "U" shape road on left connects with Ottawa St. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2191078381.jpg Construction of Royal Connaught. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189098227.jpg ....and construction of the Royal Connaught addition.... http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189098219.jpg Aftermath of 1949 New Westminister Church fire. (King & Melrose) http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189084011.jpg Aftermath of the Wentworth Arms fire. (The building that this pic was taken from would be later set fire by an arsonsist. Before he could get out, the building blew up).... he survived. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189083773.jpg An early industry in Hamilton .... not sure of location. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189080654.jpg Demolition of old City Hall on James. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189077700.jpg Carnival in town.... taken while Jackson Square complex going up. The carnival used this empty area (soon to become home of Standard Life Bldg) http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189067511.jpg The Belt Line car at Kenilworth & Barton. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189066505.jpg Construction of the McKittrick Bridge (King W. at the Basilica). http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189065788.jpg Different angle looking down the track at the canal. View looking north. New Lift Bridge under construction. Note also the old railway swing bridge was still in place. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189065671.jpg View from bridge tenders office on the north bascule, looking south towards the south leaf of bridge. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189065564.jpg Topping off Century 21..... http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189063833.jpg View of downtown back then..... late 40's or early 50's. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189058171.jpg Downtown from the roof of the Court House. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189058106.jpg Overhead the Connaught.... 40's. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189056407.jpg Overhead from Civic Stadium (that's what is was back then) .... looking east. Jockey Club on Barton between Ottawa & Kenilworth at top. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189056332.jpg Rykman's Corner (Upper James & Rymal) http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...2189050103.jpg Found this on Ebay.... and from the Chicago Tribune... a different shot of the 1952 collision at the canal. Witnesses say the sound was not that loud, just hearing ripping metal. Took the bridge 15 seconds to settle after being hit. http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...n9wkS60_57.jpg |
Again, great photos.
I've never understood why the Connaught addition is different from the original. Perhaps they felt they couldn't match it well enough, so they went with something completely different. How about that quagmire down on Burlington street! I didn't know there was a streetcar line down there but it makes sense. I can't figure out that early industry picture. I think that's the Dundas Peak in the background but the angle's weird. I'm sure someone else will know. |
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...atres1940s.jpg
Four theatres in this photo; none of which exist today. Purple: The Lyric / Century Yellow: Bennet's Theatre Red: The Capitol Blue: The Palace And that's just in this photo! Just outside the picture is The Tivoli, the Hyland Cinema, The Odeon and on and on and on...all gone. :( |
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...iltonalley.jpg
Possibly my favourite Hamilton pic ever. Less quaint and more Dickensian I'd say. I can just imagine the cries of 'Boy for sale! Boy for sale!' I love old pics of the beach strip...it's a mere shadow of its former self. |
I've spent a lot of time looking at that alleyway photo [yes, I'm a TOTAL loser, I know]. Anyway, judging by the location of the City Hall tower, that alley is likely to be located in the [former] James-Market-MacNab-King block.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...dtalleyway.jpg This photo was taken from the tower looking down at the approximate location of the alleyway. Just another example of what we've lost trying to 'revitalise' our city. |
a look at the front of block circled above....
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Front?
Looks to me that's looking south and slightly west form the corner of King William (see street sign at very left of pic). I'm assuming that the old city hall is just out of the picture to the right of the people at the very right of the photo, and we're looking at James and York with the CIBC bldg in the background What's also interesting is the "Expropriation Sale'' sign. Guessing that's the expropriation for Jackson Square judging by the car seen passing the bus. |
Good point
I was rather referencing the wider bottom portion of the oval as to what buildings would be facing city hall.....and I guess Duncan's Book store was not too happy about that block to become history. If memory serves me correct I believed they moved to James/York corner from their old digs on the King W side of the same block..... that's progress eh...
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I hate looking at pictures of that block. It's so heart breaking.
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created from images in this thread... my guess is the aerial is 1950s, the bottom left photo is 1970s and the bottom right is early 1900s
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^^^ That's an awesome job. Looks bang on to me! (Except it's Sirloin Cellar http://www.thesirloincellar.ca/)
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haha... mental block... i knew steak cellar sounded funny!
can you imagine how amazing that u-shaped alley would have been? how did anyone EVER support this demolition??? |
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