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, 13 October 2018

The early days of Guelph Bay

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Have you never heard of Guelph Bay? In spite of delving into the history of the city of Guelph for a number of years, neither had I. Yet, t...
Saturday, 25 August 2018

The zone post: Guelph gets safety first

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Oddly, the postcard below was the one that got me interested in postcards of Guelph in the first place. Have a look and see if there is any...
Friday, 20 July 2018

Isabella Preston and the Creelman lillies of the OAC

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The postcard below, mailed in 1937, conveys a pleasant view of the Administration Building (now Johnston Hall ), constructed only a few year...
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Thursday, 31 May 2018

The May Pole dance: Merrie England at the Macdonald Institute

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The sun shone down brightly on the greensward. A double line of young women, dressed in white gowns and carrying wildflowers, fresh boughs,...
Friday, 4 May 2018

Religion, conscription and interdiction: The Guelph Novitiate Raid of 1918

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At about 9:30pm on Friday, 7 June 1918, late visitors knocked on the door of Saint Stanislaus Jesuit Novitiate, situated a short distance no...
Friday, 30 March 2018

Personalizing postcards: X marks the spot

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Picture postcards were introduced in the Edwardian era as souvenirs and as collectors items. Yet, as often happens with popular products, c...
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