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.
The Orillia Dairy Co. started its operations in 1930 at the former Orillia Farm Dairy location at 177 Barrie Rd.
By 1933 Orillia Dairy Co. had moved to 24 West St. N., under the management of G. M. Pinkerton.
In the early 1940’s Edward English managed the facilities, operating a dairy and ice cream bar on West Street as well as the large dairy building and stables located behind the West Street store.
Access to the dairy building was the alleyway north of the Cavana Building on West Street as well as an entrance off Coldwater Street. The Orillia Dairy Co. was bought by Hurls Dairy in 1955.
The dairy bar closed and the dairy facilities moved to West and Elgin Streets.
