Category Pitt Street - Cornwall Ontario Postcards

Pitt Street

Second street may have been the main drag because of Highway 2 but this was the commercial centre.

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Greetings from Cornwall.

Postcards featuring the maple leaf or flags are known as “patriotic cards.” This early card has the ...

The Copeland Block—Corner of Pitt and Third Street

Lyall Manson said: “I could have sworn on a stack of Bibles this building was not in Cornwall.” ...

Pitt Street looking south towards the river

There it is! The Copeland Block. The round, arched windows of the building can be seen on ...

Corner of Pitt and Third Streets

A recent photograph of Third Street looking east from Pitt shows the porch on Hart House on ...

An early photo of Pitt Street

These next two photocards appear to be taken about the same time and are placed here as a “set.” ...

Colourful awnings, some striped, on Pitt Street

The tower of the post office at Pitt and Second is “just” visible on the left side. This photocard ...

The 24th of May (Queen Victoria’s Birthday in 1819)

An amazing picture postcard of Pitt Street taken from south of First Street, looking north towards ...

The 24th of May (Queen Victoria’s Birthday in 1819)-Colour

Notice the saw horse on the right, near the corner of First Street used as a barrier for traffic control. ...

Excited crowd on Pitt Street.

Another view of Pitt Street, with Union Jacks on display. There are wooden sawhorses blocking ...

Pitt Street looking North.

This colourized postcard shows at left show Zellers, Fullerton’s Drug Stores, F.W. Woolworth’s, ...

Pitt Street looking North.

The colour technician got carried away working on this card! Cornwall never had pea-green streets! ...

1910 early morning on Pitt Street.

The Bank of Montreal is on the left, looking much as it does today although it it is presently undergoing ...

West side of Pitt near Second Street

There is a lot of history in this card! On the left side of the Yates Block, is the semi-circular sign of the ...

C.W. Lant Confectioner

In the previous postcard, you can see Lant’s Oyster Bar, while in this photo it is Charlie Lant Confectioner. ...

Close-up of C.W. Lant and his store.

Hanging in the window are (what appears to be) three bunches of bananas. The sign ...

The interior of the shop of C.W. Lant Confectioner

At the right, the magazine rack features top-to-bottom, illegible, Britannia, Nash’s, illegible, Silver ...

C.W Lant’s Store.

Again, we see a different version of the pictures taken of the store. On the right of Lant’s Confectionary ...

Victoria Furnishing House

Above is a receipt of Victoria Furnishing House operated by W.G. Stoddart, Funeral Director and ...

Pitt Street looking north.

This is a later view of the street scene shown in the previous cards. An Opticians shop ...

Pitt Street looking north after 1933.

On the right are early offices of the Standard-Freeholder, dating this card after 1932 when the ...

Cornwall News Co. Ltd.

Cornwall News Co. Ltd. at 162 Pitt Street, was situated on Pitt, between First and Second Streets ...

Busy Pitt Street.

Pitt Street was always busy until the arrival of the Seaway and big box stores. There were ...

Cornwall Transit.

Institutional advertising from the Ohio Brass Company, suppliers of electrical fittings and car parts ...

The routes of Cornwall Transit.

The interior of the brochure extolls the virtues of the trolley coach. Cornwall’s Belt Line was used by ...

Trolly Bus on Pitt Street.

The Belt Line trolley coach fills the centre of this postcard photo. There is also a rare view ...

Trolly bus student tickets.

Students attending school in the 1950s and 60s will recognize these bus tickets. ...

An example of an interior of an early department store.

A 1937 photo of a Woolworth’s store where employees were on strike in Detroit, Michigan. ...

Pitt Street before First, looking north.

It’s hard to believe this is Pitt Street, below First. The foot of Pitt being close to the river and the ...

Early street car on Pitt near First Street

At the intersection of Pitt and First Streets, this card shows a combination of trolley cars and horses. ...

Early street car on Pitt near First Street

This colourized card is a duplicate of the previous card. Notice on the left, the two gentlemen standing ...

Early traffic on Pitt near First Street.

From Pitt and Second Streets, this card looks south towards the river. Modern transportation has ...

Looking South from Pitt and Second Streets.

Dover’s Men’s Wear is on the left (now a vacant lot), Sones Jeweler, Vanity Ladies Wear, Bank of Montreal, ...

Pitt Street ca 1939.

This card is postmarked 24 Feb 1944 although the photo was taken earlier. This view of Pitt Street ...

Pitt Street

This card and the next are identical except the autos are older here. The Barber Shop (left) ...

Pitt Street

The Lloyd George Hotel began life as the Clifton House. It was a three-story building with dormer ...

Cornwall Square and its Interior.

An early three-panel view of Cornwall Square showing two interior views of the mall and looking ...

1955 The foot of Pitt Street, east side.

The Lloyd George Hotel about 1955 with Bringloe’s Furniture store to the left. Caption on back: ...

Pitt between Third & Fourth streets.

A fascinating card showing J.G. Hunter Plumbing and stoves (at left). In the 1950s it was Kennedy’s with ...

Looking North; City Hall, Fire Hall, and Police Station.

This is an early picture of City Hall. In later years the two doors to the fire hall were expanded when ...

City Hall, Fire Hall, and Police Station

There are many changes in this photo postcard when compared to the previous card. The ...

Pitt Street between Second and Third Streets.

The modern buildings on the right date this photo as after the Great Fire of 1933. ...

Interior of the Wonderland Moving Picture Theatre near Pitt and Third Streets.

The Wonderland movie theatre was located on the East side of Pitt near Third Street (where ...

The Pitt Street Mall.

Taken in the 1970s from the same position as the previous card, the street has a more “modern” ...

Frogmore Lodge on Pitt Street.

This is a photograph of Frogmore Lodge. This Victorian-style duplex was built on the northwest ...

Corner of Pitt and Ninth Streets.

A photograph of the corner of Pitt and Ninth Streets looking north about 1969. The main CNR railway ...

Match covers.

Colourful match covers for a few early businesses. The Lafayette Hotel, 33 First Street East: Fern Julien’s ...

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