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Rick Ferraro Button
Rick Ferraro is a Guelph born politician who was the first Italian-Canadian Member of Provincial Parliament. Ferraro represented Wellington South from…
IMICO Employees
Female and male IMICO employees on the shop floor.
IMICO Blue Print: Building Plan
This source outlines the dimensions of the physical structure of the International Malleable Iron Company. The year is unknown.
Guelph Station on Grand Trunk Railway 1869
Guelph station on Grand Trunk Railway in 1869.
Guelph from Eramosa Hill
This is a photograph of houses on the Eramosa Hill separating St. Patrick's from St. George's Ward. The hill descends to St. Patrick's Ward on the right hand side of the photo.
Guelph Biltmores, 1957 OHA Champions
The 1957 OHA champions: one of the many success stories to originate from Biltmore sponsored hockey teams.
Grist Mill on Alan Site
Across the Speed River from the Alan Mill was the Alan Mill distillery. It was on the former site of the distillery that the Taylor-Forbes Company and later the W.C. Wood Company was constructed.
Graffiti on the Side of the Mill Lofts
Anti-gentrification slogan "We Hate Yuppies" scrawled across doors on the side of the Mill Street lofts along Cross Street. this graffiti, to my knowledge, has not been removed.
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.
Gilson Manufacturing Envelope
A letter from Gilson Manufacturing Company from 1941. The envelope has slogans pertaining to their Snowbird refrigerator line and their furnace line. In the post-war era, appliances came to dominate Gilson Manufacturing Company production.