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.

Tuesday, 4 July 2023

Fire, water, and flowers: The Rose Bowl at the OAC

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Time, like fire, is one of the chief consumers of old structures. Fire was never likely to consume the Ontario Agricultural College's (...
Wednesday, 31 May 2023

Close encownters: Urban cows and their regulation in the Royal City

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They gathered furtively at the residence of Albert Fred Farley in Guelph, to discuss the foundation of a Communist Party of Canada (Easterb...
Tuesday, 25 April 2023

Baker Street has taken many turns over the years

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In its overview of the Baker District Redevelopment project , the City of Guelph notes that: We’re transforming a former municipal parkin...
Sunday, 19 March 2023

From Rochdale to Guelph with Ethel Foulds

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Sometimes, old postcards reveal themselves through curious coincidences. That was certainly my feeling when British purveyor of postcards P...
Saturday, 18 February 2023

Edgewood Park: Eden Mills summer camp

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The local papers printed a number of accounts of an interesting new facility in Eden Mills. For example, the 10 September 1924 edition of ...
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