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Sacred Heart School Boxing Club
The Sacred Heart School Boxing Club was composed, predominantly, of Italian youth. This photo is from 1945.
Employees of Northern Rubber Co. 1921
Photographed inside of the Northern Rubber Company building.
Gilson "Snowbird" Refrigerators, Home Freezers, Washers, Dryers, Ranges
A Gilson Manufacturing Company Sign, Circa 1960.
Gilson Employees, April 1911
Gilson workers standing in front of the original Gilson Manufacturing building on York Road.
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.
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 Washing Machine Department Shop Floor
Gilson Manufacturing Company workers assembling washing machines.
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.
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.
Guelph Biltmores, 1957 OHA Champions
The 1957 OHA champions: one of the many success stories to originate from Biltmore sponsored hockey teams.
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.