Guelph in postcards

Postcards of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, from my collection, spanning the early 20th century to the present. Click on postcard images to see them enlarged, and on Street View images (where given; copyright to Google) to compare with the present-day city. Also, check out my Flash from the Past columns with the Waterloo Record.

Sunday, 23 June 2013

The City Hall clock

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Guelph, like most Canadian cities, has featured a number of prominent city clocks. As Marc Boileau observes in his book " Towers of ti...
Sunday, 9 June 2013

Bowling for dollars!

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I suspect that the the title of this post will have readers scratching their heads. What does "Bowling for dollars" (BFD) have to...
Friday, 24 May 2013

Central School

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This postcard depicts the old Guelph Central School, as seen from the east at the intersection of Norfolk St. and Cambridge St. (now Commerc...
Tuesday, 14 May 2013

The Petrie Building

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This postcard provides a view of Lower Wyndham St. looking from the southwest corner of Wyndham and Macdonell towards the northeast corner. ...
Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Laura Lemon

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This postcard shows a view across the Speed River in downtown Guelph. As the label says, the house in the photo is the "Birthplace of ...
Tuesday, 23 April 2013

The Speed River

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This postcard provides a picturesque view of the Speed River , the main waterway of the city. This seems an appropriate subject for a posti...
Thursday, 11 April 2013

Eramosa Rd.

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This postcard presents a view of Eramosa Rd. (incorrectly labelled "Eramora Road") looking northward from the intersection of Eram...
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