Pitt Street

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

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Postcards featuring the maple leaf or flags are known as “patriotic cards.” This early card has the ...
Lyall Manson said: “I could have sworn on a stack of Bibles this building was not in Cornwall.” ...
There it is! The Copeland Block. The round, arched windows of the building can be seen on ...
A recent photograph of Third Street looking east from Pitt shows the porch on Hart House on ...
These next two photocards appear to be taken about the same time and are placed here as a “set.” ...
The tower of the post office at Pitt and Second is “just” visible on the left side. This photocard ...
An amazing picture postcard of Pitt Street taken from south of First Street, looking north towards ...
Notice the saw horse on the right, near the corner of First Street used as a barrier for traffic control. ...
Another view of Pitt Street, with Union Jacks on display. There are wooden sawhorses blocking ...
This colourized postcard shows at left show Zellers, Fullerton’s Drug Stores, F.W. Woolworth’s, ...
The colour technician got carried away working on this card! Cornwall never had pea-green streets! ...
The Bank of Montreal is on the left, looking much as it does today although it it is presently undergoing ...
There is a lot of history in this card! On the left side of the Yates Block, is the semi-circular sign of the ...
In the previous postcard, you can see Lant’s Oyster Bar, while in this photo it is Charlie Lant Confectioner. ...
Hanging in the window are (what appears to be) three bunches of bananas. The sign ...
At the right, the magazine rack features top-to-bottom, illegible, Britannia, Nash’s, illegible, Silver ...
Again, we see a different version of the pictures taken of the store. On the right of Lant’s Confectionary ...
Above is a receipt of Victoria Furnishing House operated by W.G. Stoddart, Funeral Director and ...
This is a later view of the street scene shown in the previous cards. An Opticians shop ...
On the right are early offices of the Standard-Freeholder, dating this card after 1932 when the ...
Cornwall News Co. Ltd. at 162 Pitt Street, was situated on Pitt, between First and Second Streets ...
Pitt Street was always busy until the arrival of the Seaway and big box stores. There were ...
Institutional advertising from the Ohio Brass Company, suppliers of electrical fittings and car parts ...
The interior of the brochure extolls the virtues of the trolley coach. Cornwall’s Belt Line was used by ...
The Belt Line trolley coach fills the centre of this postcard photo. There is also a rare view ...
Students attending school in the 1950s and 60s will recognize these bus tickets. ...
A 1937 photo of a Woolworth’s store where employees were on strike in Detroit, Michigan. ...
It’s hard to believe this is Pitt Street, below First. The foot of Pitt being close to the river and the ...
At the intersection of Pitt and First Streets, this card shows a combination of trolley cars and horses. ...
This colourized card is a duplicate of the previous card. Notice on the left, the two gentlemen standing ...
From Pitt and Second Streets, this card looks south towards the river. Modern transportation has ...
Dover’s Men’s Wear is on the left (now a vacant lot), Sones Jeweler, Vanity Ladies Wear, Bank of Montreal, ...
This card is postmarked 24 Feb 1944 although the photo was taken earlier. This view of Pitt Street ...
This card and the next are identical except the autos are older here. The Barber Shop (left) ...
The Lloyd George Hotel began life as the Clifton House. It was a three-story building with dormer ...
An early three-panel view of Cornwall Square showing two interior views of the mall and looking ...
The Lloyd George Hotel about 1955 with Bringloe’s Furniture store to the left. Caption on back: ...
A fascinating card showing J.G. Hunter Plumbing and stoves (at left). In the 1950s it was Kennedy’s with ...
This is an early picture of City Hall. In later years the two doors to the fire hall were expanded when ...
There are many changes in this photo postcard when compared to the previous card. The ...
The modern buildings on the right date this photo as after the Great Fire of 1933. ...
The Wonderland movie theatre was located on the East side of Pitt near Third Street (where ...
Taken in the 1970s from the same position as the previous card, the street has a more “modern” ...
This is a photograph of Frogmore Lodge. This Victorian-style duplex was built on the northwest ...
A photograph of the corner of Pitt and Ninth Streets looking north about 1969. The main CNR railway ...
Colourful match covers for a few early businesses. The Lafayette Hotel, 33 First Street East: Fern Julien’s ...
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