Remember This?

Ah, springtime. This is what it looked like in 1964. Courtesy the Timmins Museum: ************************* Spring in Timmins, 1964; Pine Street near Algonquin Blvd. – The TD Bank is now the site of an abandoned bar.

There was Ed, Babe, Vernin, Joe and Alan. And then there was an unidentified sixth man who played at the opening of the CKGB radio station as part of the Northern Lights Band.

From the Timmins Museum: ************************* A view of Third Avenue at Pine Street, 1960. ************************* Each week, the Timmins Museum provides TimminsToday readers with a glimpse of the city’s past.

From the Timmins Museum: ************************* A view of Pine Street at Algonquin Blvd (then known as Fourth Avenue) in 1939, looking south.

From the Timmins Museum: ************************* A view oif the new Timmins Town hall, 1939, located on Algonquin blvd. The Fire Hall’s tower can be seen at the left; that spot is now the parking lot for City hall.

From the Timmins Museum: ************************* The Broadway Theatre, corner of Third Avenue and Maple Street, 1942.

From the Timmins Museum: ************************* A celebration of twenty-five years of business for the Dalton’s Company. Mr. Dalton is the large man at the right hand side of the photo wearing white and holding the horse.

Above, a vehicular voyage back in time. Below, the caption, courtesy the Timmins Museum. ************************* Timmins Garage The fine staff (and cars) from Timmins Garage, located at Spruce and Algonquin.

This week we bring you yet another view of a familiar intersection.

Check out that woodwork! The Connaught Hotel certainly was grand, but don't bother looking for it. It burned nearly a century ago. Oh well, at least the Timmins Museum still has photos like the one above.