Victoria Avenue, with cars and an Odeon sign

Title: Victoria Avenue at Night
Date: (c.1940s-1960s)
Creator: Unknown
Description: The photograph shows Victoria Avenue.
Series: 128, Thunder Bay City Clerk's Photograph Collection
Location: TBA P018, Accession: 1991-01-347

Victoria Avenue

Title: Victoria Avenue at Night
Date: (c.1940s-1960s)
Creator: Unknown
Description: The photograph shows Victoria Avenue.
Series: 128, Thunder Bay City Clerk's Photograph Collection
Location: TBA P018, Accession: 1991-01-348

Times Journal Building, Revenue Canada-Customs Building etc., Port Arthur in distance.

Title: View of May Street Date: 1950s
Creator: Unknown
Description: Times Journal Building, Revenue Canada-Customs Building etc., Port Arthur in distance.
Series: 128, Thunder Bay City Clerk's Photograph Collection
Location: TBA P018, Accession: 1991-01-349

One man sitting in truck and four men standing at side of truck

Title: Port Arthur Public Utilities Commission Light and Power Department Truck
Date: (c.1950s)
Creator: Unknown
Description: One man sitting in truck and four men standing at side of truck
Series: 88, Port Arthur Public Utilities Commission Files
Location: TBA P015, Accession: 1993-01-79

 View taken from back to front inside of Model C-36 Bus completed in Fort William Works

Title: Bus
Date: (c.1950s)
Creator: Unknown
Description: View taken from back to front inside of Model C-36 Bus completed in Fort William Works (Canadian Car & Foundry Co. Limited) On back of photo - Model C-36 Photo #4 Sales Office - Bus Division Canadian Car & Foundry Co. Limited, 402 Royal Bank Bldg., Toronto Ontario.
Series: 88, Port Arthur Public Utilities Commission Files
Location: TBA P016, Accession: 1993-01-136

Inside front section of Model C-36 Bus completed in Fort William Works

Title: Bus
Date: (c.1950s)
Creator: Unknown
Description: Inside front section of Model C-36 Bus completed in Fort William Works (Canadian Car & Foundry Co. Limited) On back of photo - Model C-36 Photo #4 Sales Office - Bus Division Canadian Car & Foundry Co. Limited, 402 Royal Bank Bldg., Toronto Ontario.
Series: 88, Port Arthur Public Utilities Commission Files
Location: TBA P016, Accession: 1993-01-135

Arch that reads: "Welcome to Port Arthur" Electric Living at Low Cost

Title: Welcome Arch
Date: 1965
Creator: Unknown
Description: Arch reads: "Welcome to Port Arthur" Electric Living at Low Cost
Series: 88, Port Arthur Public Utilities Commission Files
Location: TBA P016, Accession: 1993-01-277

People driving cars and walking across the crosswalk down a busy street

Title: Street Scene
Date: 1964
Creator: Unknown
Description: Arthur Street - now Red River Road - Downtown Port Arthur
Series: 88, Port Arthur Public Utilities Commission Files
Location: TBA P014, Accession: 1993-23-54

nighttime with an empty street with buildings along either side

Title: Street Scene
Date: 1964
Creator: Unknown
Description: Arthur Street - now Red River Road - Downtown Port Arthur at night
Series: 88, Port Arthur Public Utilities Commission Files
Location: TBA P014, Accession: 1993-23-55

A round edged store front sitting on the corner of two streets with electric lines in front

Title: The T. Eaton Co. Ltd, Branch Store, Port Arthur Ontario, Canada Date: (c.1930s)
Creator: Unknown
Description: The photograph shows the T. Eaton Company Branch Store in the traditional downtown area of Port Arthur. The photograph has been produced as a Post Card by the Camera Shop of Port Arthur
Series: 438, Wingrove Private Donation
Location: TBA 4860, Accession: 2012-08-13

a trolley bus driving across a bridge on an unidentified street

Title: Trolley Bus
Date: (c.1971-1972)
Creator: Picture was taken as part of Thunder Bay Park System Master Plan Project prepared by Brauer & Associates
Description: The slide shows a trolley bus driving across a bridge on an unidentified street. Picture
Series: 441 Thunder Bay Parks, Recreation, and Culture Photographs
Location: TBA 8329, Accession: 2012-11-76

a red and white trolley bus with the words Port Arthur along the front

Title: Brill Bus #204 Port Arthur
Date: 1970s and 2007
Creator: Unknown
Description: Photo shows restored trolley bus
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: Unknown Accession: 2015-10-524

The door of a red and white trolley bus shown closed with the words Port Arthur above

Title: Brill Bus #204 Port Arthur
Date: 1970s and 2007
Creator: Unknown
Description: Photo shows restored trolley bus sign
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: Accession: 2015-10-525

A trolley bus door coloured red and white shown closed

Title: Brill Bus #204 Port Arthur
Date: 1970s and 2007
Creator: Unknown
Description: Photo shows restored trolley bus doors
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: Accession: 2015-10-526

the back end of a trolley bus with the wig wags attached

Title: Brill Bus #204 Port Arthur
Date: 1970s and 2007
Creator: Unknown
Description: Photo shows restored trolley bus wigwags
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: Accession: 2015-10-527

A green circle with a gold maple leaf in the centre overlaid with the word Canadian Car, Brill

Title: Brill Bus logo
Date: 1970s and 2007
Creator: Unknown
Description: Photo shows restored trolley bus Can Car logo
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: Accession: 2015-10-530

An orange and white bus with the number 45 and a green circle logo on the front

Title: Brill Bus #45 Fort William
Date: 1970s and 2007
Creator: Unknown
Description: Photo shows restored trolley bus
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: Accession: 2015-10-531

The front end of a bus with the words Fort William above the windsheild

Title: Brill Bus #45 Fort William
Date: 1970s and 2007
Creator: Unknown
Description: Photo shows restored trolley bus sign
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: Accession: 2015-10-533

A restored orange and white trolley bus doorway is shown closed

Title: Brill Bus #45 Fort William
Date: 1970s and 2007
Creator: Unknown
Description: Photo shows restored trolley bus doorway
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: Accession: 2015-10-534

An orange and white bus from the side

Title: Brill Bus #45 Fort William
Date: 1970s and 2007
Creator: Unknown
Description: Photo shows restored trolley bus side view
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: Accession: 2015-10-535

a bus wheel with an orange hubcap

Title: Brill Bus #45 Fort William
Date: 1970s and 2007
Creator: Unknown
Description: Photo shows restored trolley bus wheel
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: Accession: 2015-10-538

an empty street with electric signage and lighting

Title: Victoria Avenue Street Lights
Date: September 20, 1950
Creator: Unknown
Description: Photo shows Victoria Ave. showing street lighting units installed in 1948
Series: 160, Fort William PUC Files
Location: TBA 4860 Accession: 2017-21-25

A group of men standing in front of two buses

Title: Inauguration of Bus Service Fort William
Date: 1941
Creator: Unknown
Description: The photograph shows a large group of men and some women on the far right. The group is standing in front of two buses with Fort William city hall and St. Andrews Presbyterian visible in the background. Bottom of the photo reads: Inauguration of Bus Service, City of Fort William, February 20,1941.
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: TBA P048, Accession: 2015-10-1004

a group of people in military uniform at a table that says "Information" on it.

Title: Welfare Centre Information Table
Date: (c.1930s-1940s)
Creator: Unknown
Description: The photograph shows a group of people in military uniform at a table that says "Information" on it. Two buses are parked behind the table. One bus has a sign that reads: Welfare Centre
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: TBA P048, Accession: 2015-10-1005

two men pushing a trolley around a corner onto Cumberland St

Title: Pushing the Trolley
Date: (c.1940s-1960s)
Creator: Unknown
Description: The photograph shows two men pushing a trolley around a corner onto Cumberland St. The bus says "Arthur Street" on it. A Tourist Information sign is visible pointing down Arthur St. (now Red River Rd.) towards the Pagoda. The Whalen building is visible in the background.
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: TBA P048, Accession: 2015-10-1006 

six men posing for a photo in front of a #34 bus.

Title: Group photo with Bus
Date: (c.1940s-1960s)
Creator: Unknown
Description: The photograph shows six men posing for a photo in front of a #34 bus.
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: TBA P048, Accession: 2015-10-1008

Fort William transit manager Sydney Bishop with Alderman Mickey Hennessy

Title: Fort William City Limit
Date: (c.1940s-1970s)
Creator: Unknown
Description: The photograph shows Fort William transit manager Sydney Bishop with Alderman Mickey Hennessy and another unidentified gentleman.
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: TBA P048, Accession: 2015-10-1009

A white trolley with a red sign on the front travels down a street

Title: Intercity Trolley
Date: (c.1950s-1970s)
Creator: Unknown
Description: The photograph shows a the Intercity trolley traveling down a street.
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: TBA P048, Accession: 2015-10-1011

A red and white trolley with its doors open waiting for passengers

 Title: Arthur Street Trolley
Date: (c.1950s-1970s)
Creator: Unknown
Description: The photograph shows the #208 trolley with Arthur Street on the overhead sign. 
Series: 456, Transit Operational Files
Location: TBA P048, Accession: 2015-10-1012

 

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