James Street, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada 13. PECO Ottawa

A good clean view of the railway trestle with the harbour in the distance but a blurry colourization makes most of the business signage difficult to interpret. Utility poles are visible on the right hand (West) side of the street, along with at least a dozen snazzy looking streetlights on both sides of the street.

We can now see, just south of Seguin, that well leaved trees remain

  • another sunny day, in the summer, with a few clouds in the sky
  • a number of pedestrians in short sleeves and skirts on the west side of James, walking in skirts and short sleeve shirts
  • a series of uniquely coloured awnings outside of each building
  • a Union Jack hung horizontally on the East side of the street.
  • a few trucks and many cars, well parked, horizontally on both sides of the street. No parking meters in sight!
  • a reflection of a hanging sign (or perhaps just utilty accessories) on the street at the bottom of the card.

Mrs Schmidt has mailed a card on the PM of Sept 3, 1941 to Mr & Mrs C. Pelliteir in Whitman Mass. The card has no stamp, looks like it was lifted since the cancellation marks are interrupted.

We are having a lovely time. But I have been thinking how things turned on that Saturday (or did they)

and now we can all think about how things turned out that Saturday.

James Street looking South, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. -81. PECO Canada

The railway trestle visible in the distance – circa late 40s or possibly early 50s based on the. Our only view of the Victory Cafe (so far).  Plenty of well parked cars, a  few trucks, a sunny day.

The marquee on the Strand Theatre is visible but very difficult to tell what is playing. Mature trees growing between the road and the sidewalk.

No utility poles evident on the East side of James Street.

James St., Parry Sound, Ontario. J. Campbell, Parry Sound.

This card from an unmailed 10 card set of postcards cards from the J. Campbell, Parry Sound, Ontario. Printed in Saxony, which likely places the images pre WW1. The Germans seemed to have a more careful hand with the colourization than others, even if the first car on the right (West) has its front end missing.

Angle parking, and our best look yet at he utility poles. The aerial/lightening rod over the hardware store towards the corner of James and Seguin is our highest point of downtown.