If you are baby boomer (or, the child or parent of one) who grew up or lived in Windsor, Ontario, then this book is about – and for – you.
Do you remember Bob-Lo Island, the Elmwood Casino, Skyway Drive-In, downtown icons, (Kresges, Smiths & Adelmans, Woolworths), the Hi Ho, lost movie houses, CKLW TV & The Big 8, Detroit Rock & Roll, trips to Point Pelee – and that's just for starters!.
A beautiful hardbound, full colour book with more than 650 images from World War 2 to the 21st century, 500 Ways You Know You're From Windsor is a rockin' trip down memory lane.
WINDSOR THEN A Pictorial Essay of Windsor's Glorious Past
This fascinating 100-year photographic collection of Windsor, Ontario from 1860 to 1960, with images culled from the archives of Walkerville Publishing Inc., chronicles the evolution of a sleepy village at the western edge of the British Empire, as it becomes a Canadian industry giant.
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a fascinating look at Windsor’s Italian community, beginning in the 19th century with the coming of the first Italian immigrants to the region. Over 500 pages long, this two-language (English and Italian) hardcover book is a collaboration between Windsor’s Community Museum and CHIBA. It contains hundreds of photographs and stories about local Italians – past and present.
the compelling story of Valiant Machine & Tool and its founder, Mike Solcz Sr., as the company celebrates 50 years from its humble days as a one-man tool shop to its current status as an international engineering and manufacturing corporation with almost 1300 workers. Written collectively by Valiant Corporation and Walkerville Publishing, this 118-page hardcover was released in September, 2009 to coincide with the company’s half century in business.
