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.

Monday, 7 April 2014

The Prince of Wales visits the O.A.C.

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The first sentence in the 1919 O.A.C. Review article (v. 32, no. 3, p. 134) puts the matter succinctly: "October the 21st was a red let...
Monday, 17 March 2014

The Knox Church fire of 1904

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As we have seen, people have had many uses for postcards, from merely staying in touch to entering contests . Another use for postcards ha...
Thursday, 20 February 2014

Guelph Correctional Centre

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If asked about long-standing institutions in the Royal City, you might think first of the Ontario Agricultural College. That would be perfe...
Friday, 24 January 2014

MacDonald Hall

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It is not every day that a postcard gets on the front page of the newspaper, but that is just where this postcard from the Valentine & S...
Friday, 20 December 2013

The Carnegie Library

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In keeping with the approach of Christmas, I thought it would be appropriate to put up a card with a Christmas message on it. This card has...
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Friday, 29 November 2013

The Wyndham St. Railway underpass

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In its passage through downtown Guelph, Wyndham St. intersects with the Canadian National Railway / VIA Rail line. Rather than meet on-gra...
Sunday, 27 October 2013

The Nurses' Home

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Conflict erupted recently in the City over a plan by Vesterra Property Management to renovate the former Family and Children's Services ...
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