Picture Windsor Locks - Then And Now

WINDSOR LOCKS, CT — We once again look back at an image from Windsor Locks history, this time from page 102 of the great photo book Images of America: Windsor Locks, compiled by Leslie Matthews Stansfield in 2003.

The photo depicts a 1936 Oldsmobile, which served as the first Windsor Locks ambulance upon its purchase by the Windsor Locks Lions Club in 1944. Purchase price? A mere $1,650. Using an inflation calendar from the U.S. government, that figure from the World War II era is equivalent to $24,700.12 in 2021.

Members of the Lions Club received training from the American Red Cross, and organized the volunteer-run service that same year.

Here is a more contemporary look at a Windsor Locks ambulance.

Do you have a photo of an old Windsor Locks business which no longer exists, to which you own the copyright, and which we could feature in this column? Email tim.jensen@patch.com.

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