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  • Tags: Guelph

1840to1970GuelphBoundariesShrunk.jpg
This map displays the Corporation boundaries from 1840 until 1979. This photo makes the process of urban change in Guelph apparent over the course of over a century.

CPR Station and Grand Trunk Railway Yards.jpg
A collection of postcards from Guelph showing the significance of rail to the city's history.

CPR Train.jpg
A CPR train during a time period in which St. Patrick's Ward became a fully industrialized neighbourhood in Guelph.

Lyon Park.JPG
James Walter Lyon used the land he had purchased, not only for industry, but for parks. Lyon donated the land necessary for the creation of Riverside Park in 1905 which some suspect was a ploy at generating more traffic for Lyon's Guelph Radial…

St Georges.jpg
St. George's Church was constructed by the Boult family, which Lyon married into through his marriage to Lucy Boult.

DSCF2002.JPG
A mural on the side of the City Vac shop at 93 Elizabeth Street. This mural demonstrates the continuing presence of the Italian community in Guelph.

Multicultural Festival at Memorial Gardens 2009.32.2237.JPG
An Italian flag flies alongside a Canadian flag at Memorial Gardens during the Multicultural Festival (Italian Day) in 1981.

Sartorio's Sons of Italy Band 2009.32.1836.JPG
A 1927 photograph of the Sons of Italy in Guelph previous to the discrimination and isolation of the Second World War. Visible in the photo are both the Union Jack and the flag of the Kingdom of Italy in the background. Italy was, at the time,…

DSCF2008.JPG
Two views of the Northern Rubber Company building from around the intersection of Huron Street and Alice Street.
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