Old Pics Of Hamilton

[CaptainKirk]

Originally Posted by Dwils01

Those office buildings are now the Chateau Royale on James Street South.

And the buildings in the foreground are on Augusta St, btwn Hughson (on the right) and James (on the left)

[CaptainKirk]

King Street traffic comes to a halt in this 1961 photograph from the book, The Prints of King, after a slow-moving freight train crosses this main thoroughfare.

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[CaptainKirk]

A very early photo of Corktown and the downtown core. How early? See the large building in the centre of the photo, the one that has the centre section recessed compared to the wings? That's the Wentworth County courthouse. Not 'the old one' that was torn down in the 1950s. This is the courthouse that preceded that one, the courthouse that was torn down around 1870.

The large building to the left of the courthouse, and what could honestly be called a big box store, is the MacInnes Block, a large wholesaler at Hughson & King that caught fire in 1879. But most of the other landmarks that we use to id photos, like 'old' city hall or several of the large churches, haven't been built yet.

The other interesting thing is the street layout. John St is on the left, but if you look a modern map, the city blocks in this part of Corktown are too long. It looks like Catharine St (visible in the upper right) didn't extend south of Main, and the street on the right is Walnut.

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[Dr Awesomesauce]

Great photo!

Analysing the street pattern and identifying specific buildings really hurts my brain - need the hard copy and a magnifying glass.

That does appear to be Rock Castle at bottom left. And those incomplete blocks at centre are, I'm guessing, where the rail yards would eventually go.

[CaptainKirk]

Originally Posted by Dr Awesomesauce

Analysing the street pattern and identifying specific buildings really hurts my brain - need the hard copy and a magnifying glass.

Just use your browser's zoom feature.

[CaptainKirk]

[durandy]

Originally Posted by CaptainKirk

And the buildings in the foreground are on Augusta St, btwn Hughson (on the right) and James (on the left)

wow, I had no idea the Chateau Royale was a retrofit

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Originally Posted by CaptainKirk

I love how John goes right up the Mountain.

[coalminecanary]

Originally Posted by durandy

someone help me out here, is this taken from St Joe's? i don't recognize a single building in the foreground.

Yes you do!

Pasword, the judge, the ship...

[durandy]

You're right, I do now. I was just totally thrown that those buildings became the Chateau Royale. I literally lived in Hamilton while these buildings existed.

[mattgrande]

Originally Posted by coalminecanary

Yes you do!

Pasword, the judge, the ship...

Ahh! Thanks! I finally get where that shot was from.

That old photo of Corktown is spectacular.

[CaptainKirk]

Hamilton Municipal Airport - 1929

The airport opened on June 6th, 1929. This is a view of the airport shortly after it opened. The Red Hill Valley can be seen in the foreground, and Barton Street is in the middle distance of the picture.

In the background, Hamilton Harbour can be seen.

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[bigguy1231]

Before anyone asks the location of that airport was just South of Melvin near Woodward.

[mattgrande]

When did that airport close?

[LikeHamilton]

Originally Posted by mattgrande

When did that airport close?

1951

Here is a story that appeared in the spec about it.

http://www.thespec.com/news-story/2261962-memories-of-the-east-end-air-show/

[CaptainKirk]

Hamilton - Football - Tiger Cat Football Club 1950

The Hamilton Tiger Cat football team (1950). The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Flying Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Of the two teams, the Tigers were the much older and more established name, going back to the late 1800s, while the Wildcats were a new team. For much of the period between 1900 and 1950, there were two football teams in Hamilton, the Tigers and one of a string of often short lived teams that culminated in the Wildcats in 1950. While the Tiger-Cats were only founded in 1950, football in Hamilton has one of the oldest traditions of football of any city in the country. The Hamilton Football Club was formed on November 3, 1869, and played their first game on December 18, 1869 against the 13th Battalion (now Royal Hamilton Light Infantry).

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[thistleclub]

Originally Posted by CaptainKirk

Family portrait: Stanley Roscoe designed City Hall, Maclean Hunter/Undermount and the IBM Building.

The shot also records how many trees have been lost on that block. Half a dozen, it seems.

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by thistleclub

Family portrait: Stanley Roscoe designed City Hall, Maclean Hunter/Undermount and the IBM Building.

Really, I didn't know that. There's a family resemblance between the first two, but less so for the IBM/BDC (the concrete wall is similar... it's a building I wish was taller... but that's the case for me regarding other office towers downtown)

I wonder what Roscoe thought of the condo conversion.

[stuckinexeter]

The AIRPORT was north of QUEENSTON RD. on REID AVE. The hanger faced directly aligned to the end of Dunsmure Rd.

[CaptainKirk]

1959

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