Postcard Memories is a weekly series of historic postcard views and photos submitted by Marcel Rousseau.
Some were previously published by the Orillia Museum of Art and History and in the book Postcard Memories Orillia.
This postcard features a view of Mississaga Street looking east in 1920.
In the centre of the West Street intersection is a large barrel-shaped concrete structure topped with a large urn, perhaps one of downtown Orillia’s first flower baskets.
There would be no left-turn shortcuts at this intersection. The back wheel of the McLaughlin Buick stopped at the intersection is attracting the interest of a small crowd and may have a flat tire - a common occurrence in those days.
The Cavana and Watson building is on the left, looking much the same as it appears today.
Next is Ball Drugs at No. 4 and Cairns Grocery at No. 16. On the right is the Andrew Weatherwax Men’s and Boys Ready to Wear store at No. 1 Mississaga St. E.
