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Bridge Street, Port Stanley, Looking East from George Street
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1900
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh3 B2 F4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Item Number
- P-4
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh3 B2 F4
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1900
- Publication
- Posted on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter: July 26, 2019.
- Published by the Elgin County Engineering Department for their "Bridging for the Future" project: June 2021: Image #20.
- Posted to Facebook on September 13, 2022.
- Series
- Ian D. Cameron Collection - Photographs Series
- Scope and Content
- A photograph showing Bridge Street in Port Stanley, looking East from George Street.
View includes the Franklin House Hotel (on the modern day site of the LCBO), the bridge across the inner harbour (demolished to allow for the construction of the King George VI lift bridge in 1939), the intersection of George and William Streets (foreground), an ice cream parlour (possibly operated by the Bell family) on the modern day site of the Port Stanley Cenotaph, the Ellison House and Colonel Bostwick House (seen in the background on Hillcrest), the Harrick Boarding House on the southeast corner of Beach and Bridge Streets, and the site of the London & Port Stanley Railway Cafeteria prior to its relocation to the main beach in 1897 (see Prothero, "Musings and Memories", p. 226). Note the hydro poles lining the south side of Bridge Street (possibly installed by a contractor named Mitchell) - not yet wired.
File includes:
-glass-plate negative
-glass lantern slide
- Name Access
- Port Stanley (Ont.)
- London and Port Stanley Railway
- King George VI Lift Bridge
- Website / Street View Notes
- URL directs to a social media post featuring the image, published on September 12, 2022.
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