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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.

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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.

Sacred Heart School Boxing Club 1983.94.9.jpg
The Sacred Heart School Boxing Club was composed, predominantly, of Italian youth. This photo is from 1945.

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,…

Rick Ferraro Button.JPG
Rick Ferraro is a Guelph born politician who was the first Italian-Canadian Member of Provincial Parliament. Ferraro represented Wellington South from 1985 to 1990. Ferraro advocated St. Joseph's hospital becomming an acute care facility but lost in…

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