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, 25 May 2020

The pride of Mountain Town: Guelph's standpipe of 1909

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Because they were souvenirs, old postcards of Guelph (like many other towns) put churches, train stations, public buildings, and beauty spot...
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Sunday, 26 April 2020

William Macalister' falls

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One Guelph postcard that puzzled me when I picked it up is the following, purporting to be of McAlisters Falls, Guelph, Ont. Guelph is well...
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Friday, 3 April 2020

Guelph is now baseball mad: The Maple Leafs were Inter-County champions of 1921

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"Guelph is now baseball mad," said the opening line in the Mercury's article of 25 August 1921. Only the day before, thousand...
Sunday, 2 February 2020

Guelph's first automobiles

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Marjorie Armour sent this postcard to her brother J.C. in Allan's Mills , Ontario on Easter Sunday of 1913. In it, she assigns her sibli...
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...
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