Description
Negatives of North Bay's main street captured by photographer William Forder.
Negatives include:
a- a photo taken from Klock Avenue showing the transportation building in the centre of the image and the Old Pacific/St. Regis on the right with Main Street West on the left side of the image (circa late 1910s or 1920). According to Bob Bourke, this image was taken from the doorstep of what was his great grandfather, John Bourke's business office. Which was located on the small block bounded by main St. Klock Ave (now Algonquin Ave) and Cassells St. It was a busy little business block then with several business' and is now an open triangular parkette in front of the current Sibbit building. The Sibbit building at that time was the Royal Theater,built in 1908 and a portion of that building appears on the immediate right. The main entrance is out of frame.
There is an unnamed business storefront selling Cement, Paster, hardwood etc. There are also signs advertising shows being presented at the Royal Theater appear in this shot. (Note a third floor was later added to the front of this building). The David J Moreland sign is displayed on the close end of the Pacific Hotel building. The centre building is the Ferguson building. Also more recently remembered as the Transportation building.Beyond that building parts of the Queen's Hotel can be seen. The close building on the left is where The Lofts Apartments now stand.
b- Image of the Capitol Theatre on Main Street East and surronding businesses. Businesses visible on left, from foreground going away are, The Bay Theater ( see Adult Entertainment sign ?). The Bus Terminal where Palangio's Taxi was later located and Harvey Jewellers. The rest on the Left is heavily obscured by posts.
On the right from foreground going away there is Murphy Paint and Navro Wallpaper. Ranney Drugs ( may have earlier been the Lambertus Drugs Store), Capitol Lunch, North Bay Bargain House, the Capitol Theater, Aline's Hairdressing and Millinery, Mahar Shoes, Loblaws Grocery, (?) Billiards, Nipissing Furs, Barnes Wines, Hudson Bay Company Raw Furs (upstairs ?), Niagara Loans, Arcadian Grill, Tamblin Drugs, Liggits Rexall Drugs, Another Drug store (Cyril Smith?), Cochrane-Dunlop, Tailor (Tip Top ?), Bank of Nova Scotia, the flag on the old Post Office building and a further Drug Store believed to be Dan Saya's. Information provided by Bob Bourke.
c- A photo of the Transporation Building at Main and Front Street.Creator
William ForderDate(s) of Creation
1910 - 1940
