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, 9 March 2022

Guelph Historical Society talk: The Blacksmith Fountain

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Yours truly is giving a little talk for the Guelph Historical Society on the origin of the Blacksmith Fountain. Don't miss it!
Sunday, 30 January 2022

You would enjoy this sport: The Snow Shoe Club of Guelph

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A propos of the winter season, this postcard was sent by A.N.B. from Guelph to Kathleen Tate of Bedford, Pennsylvania, on 21 December 1911. ...
Tuesday, 28 December 2021

David Johnston Kennedy: Guelph in winter, 1845

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On March 8, 1888, the Guelph Mercury reported that "quite a crowd" gathered before the office window of Mr. Charles Davidson, at W...
Wednesday, 24 November 2021

Howard Cant, the Sleeman Trophy, and the Diamond Jubilee

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On its first birthday, the Sleeman Trophy sat on display in the window of H.F. Cant & Co., druggist, at 20 Lower Wyndham Street. Doubtl...
Sunday, 31 October 2021

A model of industry: J.B. Armstrong, postcards, and the carriage trade

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In 1884, the City of Guelph was offered a statue of a blacksmith to place in the recently vacated centre of St. George's Square. The p...
Sunday, 26 September 2021

Before they had pictures: Wm. Stevenson gets one of Guelph's earliest postcards

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When you think "postcard," you likely of a small paper rectangle with a picture on one side and some writing and maybe a stamp on ...
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