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.

Saturday, 27 July 2013

Old Home Week, 1913 - the preparations

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One hundred years ago, one of the biggest occasions for the city of Guelph was Old Home Week. Old Home Week was a celebration in which form...
Tuesday, 16 July 2013

The Post Office clock

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In a posting about the City Hall clock , I noted how clocks in civic spaces—and on civic buildings—perform more than a time-keeping function...
Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Happy (belated) Canada Day!

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Although I have missed the date itself, I still would like to honour Canada's birthday with a belated posting. Here is a postcard feat...
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. ...
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