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, 30 December 2019

Winter was a big one in Guelph, 1911–12

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In the so-called golden age of postcards, people often printed pictures on postcard stock so they could send interesting views to wow their ...
Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Guelph postcard producers: The Waters Bros.

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The Waters Bros. were regular advertisers in local newspapers like the Guelph Mercury. A typical ad might run like this: Waters Bros., Gue...
Wednesday, 30 October 2019

T.J. Hannigan: Power and politics—and postcards

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Thomas Joseph Hannigan was a runner: He ran in road races, he ran businesses, he ran lobby and special interest groups, and he ran for offic...
Friday, 4 October 2019

McQuillan's bridge

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Without fanfare, the County of Wellington advertised for tenders for the construction of six concrete bridges ( Engineering and Contract Rec...
Friday, 23 August 2019

Speedwell: The Guelph Military Convalescent Hospital

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In the chilly afternoon of 8 November 1920, a group of people crossed over the Eramosa River on the sturdy, concrete bridge to the Canadian ...
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