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.

Wednesday, 27 February 2019

Oran Turnbull and the first picture postcards of Guelph

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The turn of the 20th Century was an exciting time in Canada for meany reasons. Telephones were becoming increasingly common. Electricity w...
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Sunday, 27 January 2019

William Philp and The Guelph Musical Society Band, 1910

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In 1910, as it had been for many years, the season began with concerts on the occasion of the old Queen's birthday, May 24th, known bett...
Sunday, 30 December 2018

Xmas at Tiffany's, 1910

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The Xmas season is upon us once again and memories of times past return to mind. Some of these glances back are prompted by ephemera like p...
Wednesday, 28 November 2018

Bee-coming a college: Beekeeping and the Apiculture Building at the OAC

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On 27 June 2018, Guelph officially became a "bee city" . The distinction is applied by Bee City Canada to cities that make speci...
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...
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