WP1383 WINNIPEG - NAIRN AVENUE AT LOUISE BRIDGE

POSTCARD

Date: Posted April 29, 1908. Sent from Winnipeg to Mr. A. T. Brown in Acton, Ontario.

Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified

Notation:
The note on the reverse side reads; "Dear T. This is a photo of our business corner, the small building just past the bank is where I slept my first few months here. You will see my opposition is very close. At present our street is in a terrible state with mud. Our auto had to get a team of horses to pull it out this afternoon. hope Harry is better now, also[?] Grandma T. Kerry[?]"

This is a view looking east on Nairn Avenue (then Lemoine Avenue) seen from the from the west side of Stadacona, To the right, is the entrance to the Louise Bridge and Higgins Avenue.

Building signage on the right side - foreground to background:
- Louise Bridge Post Office / Free Press / Evening News Bulletin 25¢
- Elmwood Drug Store
- Riverview Hotel. (The sign is visible over the sidewalk.)

Building signage on the left side - foreground to background:
- Butchers (I believe this shop may have been operated by Chalmers & McGrath, but I am awaiting confirmation.)
- Charles Mulvey Hardware
- Drugs

Building signage at far end of the street:
- This large building has a prominent "Millinery" sign on it, but I can't make out the name/word that precedes it.

The building on the left, just past the "Drugs" sign was the Canadian Bank of Commerce, built in 1906 at 325 Nairn Avenue. It is still standing today, in 2016.