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, 14 December 2014

Happy holidays from the Goodwin family!

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In addition to providing pictures of distant places, people have used postcards to connect with friends and family over the holidays. Postc...
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Monday, 17 November 2014

Thomas McCloskey: Journey home from war

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One. Naturally, when we look back to that time, we tend to focus on the sol...
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Friday, 31 October 2014

The passenger pigeon

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The 1927 Centennial edition of the Guelph Mercury provides a chronological listing of notable news items from the previous 50 years. Among ...
Sunday, 28 September 2014

Bell Organ and Piano Co. clock

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In previous posts, I have been revisiting some of the civic clocks that once looked out over the Royal City. Some were public clocks, such a...
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Tuesday, 2 September 2014

Postcard exhibit

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The Pepco Edison Place Gallery in Washington D.C. is currently staging an exhibition entitled “ Postcards from the Trenches: German and Amer...
Sunday, 31 August 2014

The origin of the Blacksmith Fountain

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As noted in an earlier post , St. George's Square is the centre of some controversy. The Square is due for some infrastructure upgrades...
Saturday, 26 July 2014

The Homewood Retreat grounds

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Currently known as the " Homewood Health Centre ", Guelph's place of refuge for the afflicted and addicted began as the Homewo...
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