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 of Mississaga Street looking east from Peter Street, is dated 1909. A few of the signs visible, when magnified, are, on the right, Olympia Lunch Counter, Star Grocery and G. Bunker. On the left, past the Dominion Bank, are Maynard Tailor and Hoy’s Harness shop. Also on the left, a couple of stores past the bank is the Princess Theatre.
The black and white postcard view is the exact same image published with the wooden utility poles removed from the scene.
The photographers at that time were also artists and didn't hesitate to paint over anything that did not appeal to them.
This view without the clutter of poles and wires has a cleaner more appealing perspective but is not an accurate depiction of Downtown Orillia during that period of time.
