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. Watch for this feature every Saturday morning.
This bird's-eye view of Mississaga Street looking west is dated 1919, however the view shows the tower of the original Opera House built in 1895. After a fire destroyed much of the Opera House in July 1915, this tower was not rebuilt. The sign on the building at the southwest corner of