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Some Recollections of James Walter Lyon
The first page of a memoir created by James Walter Lyon in 1924.
Gilson Employees, April 1911
Gilson workers standing in front of the original Gilson Manufacturing building on York Road.
Gilson Washing Machine Department Shop Floor
Gilson Manufacturing Company workers assembling washing machines.
Gilson Manufacturing Present Day View
The lot where Gilson Manufacturing once stood on York Road. Across the lot, you can see Owens Corning constructed in 1951 by Fibreglas Canada and one of the few large scale industrial features still operating in the Ward.
Present Day Site of the Gilson Manufacturing Company
A look, from York Road, across the barren lot where the Gilson Manufacturing Company once stood.
Biltmore Beaver Pelt Felt Hat
The use of felt in the production of this hat harkens back to a high point in the success of Biltmore Hats in the Ward. Biltmore, in 1953, accumulated enough capital to buy out their supplier Lancashire Felt on the corner of York and Morris and…
Guelph Biltmores, 1957 OHA Champions
The 1957 OHA champions: one of the many success stories to originate from Biltmore sponsored hockey teams.
Canteen Girls Biltmore Hats Strike July 22 1938 Local 82
Women participants in the activities of the 1938 Biltmore Strike.
1938 Biltmore Strike Committee
The Biltmore Hats Strike Committee in a residential area, 1938.
Lou Fontinato, The Biltmore Mad Hatters
Guelph local and future New York Rangers NHL player Lou Fontinato.
Biltmore Madhatters Crest
Biltmore Madhatters crest from an unspecified year.