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1969681.JPG
The first page of a memoir created by James Walter Lyon in 1924.

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,…

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.

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…

Prime_Minister_Mackenzie_King_speaking_with_Walter_Tucker.jpg
Prime Minister Mackenzie King meeting with future Church of the Universe founder and owner of the abandoned IMICO building Walter Tucker. This photo was taken while Tucker was MP for Rosthern, Saskatchewan.

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

1988.30.50 Winners of the Collyer Challenge Cup 1926.JPG
Northern Rubber Company employees or sponsored runners, victorious in the Collyer Challenge Cup in 1926.
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