Vermilion Old Pics
Vermilion has a rich historical
past. Much of it has been captured on film. This web-site is devoted to
displaying these old shots for the world to see, but we need your help. If you
have a picture you would like to post on this site and can scan it e-mail it to XXXX@vermilionviews.com
or if you would like us to scan it for you bring it to us (see bottom of this
page). We will also request a short description of your picture and any recollections
you may have about it. We love the old stories and want to hear them and be
able to pass them on to our serviceman overseas, people who grew up here and
have moved away, friends and family and relatives of those who know Vermilion
and those of us who reside here in Vermilion.
Thanks for your support and keep
an eye for our continual updates to this site!
Flooding In Vermilion
This is a picture of Snell Fishery
located south of Vermilion bridge as well as south of the old McGarveys.
This picture dates back to the
early 1950’s. Note the person on the bridge in red.
The
This picture was taken in 195?. The location of the camera is right infront
of the current police department. The house to the left make give you some
bearing on the angle of the picture. Route 6 used to take a southerly turn off
of Liberty Avenue by what is now the Police Department and then take a west
turn just past what is now the Municipal Court (it was the Amvets and before
that Kyle’s Dealership) and then angle back north to the current W. Lake Rd.
They moved some houses, straightened the road and eliminated the double
“hairpin” in the road.
The Building of an Ice Cream
Tradition
This is looking back at Romp’s
Then became Romp’s Dairy Dock. Note the brick stone street
entrance to
Note the Water Tower when it was
silver.
30 Cent Gas!
Here is a shot of the Sunoco
Station which is right in front of the current VBC.
This picture dates back to the
late 1950’s and if you look on the sign by the road you’ll see the 30 cent gas.
Memorial Day 1965
Before Woollybear
the Memorial Day Parade was a big parade and
here is the Sailor Marching Band working
their way down
Location is just east of the
Train Wreck In
Vermilion
Taken from the Route 60 crossing
looking east this was big news in the 1950’s.
Note the “
Also note the old train station on
the left side of the picture. This is still around and is located now
behind the Admiral’s Place on Route 60.
Snowy Day on
1957 was the year and snow was on
the mind of this photographer.
This is taken from the north-east
side of
Aerial View of the River
Taken in 1956 this picture shows
the
Parade Time Again
Taken in the early 60’s here comes
the Sailor Marching Band, but note to the right side
where the current VBC Pool is and the
Parade is going the
Sinclair Gas & Buyer’s Fair
The gas you don’t hear anymore, but
the business Buyer’s Fair is still there.
Note the “Free Parking” painted on
Buyer’s Fair and the old gas pumps!
Aerial Shot of
Taken in 1966 the old farm land
has begun it’s transformation into the current
the west side of town. Look at the
empty lots on the water and old rock piers.
Looking south down
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KYLE MOTORS INC.
13901
JUST WEST OF VERMILION
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