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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2022.12.2 |
Object Name |
Scrapbook |
Title |
Scrapbook, Guelph History, Marion and Eleanor Ryan, 1950-1979 |
Year Range from |
1950 |
Year Range to |
1967 |
Description |
Scrapbook of clippings and a few photographs of Guelph locations, organizations and events. The scrapbook is one of five thematic books assembled by Marion and Eleanor Ryan from the 1950s - 1979. The scrapbook has a brown paper jacket covering a scrapbook with a painted illustration of a village on it. The brown paper cover has a white label with pen on it that reads: "Second Book: Mills, Hotels, Hospitals, Jesuit College, Agricultural College and University, Guelph Reformatory, Homewood Sanitorium, Parks, Artists, Pictures of Guelph, also Fergus and Elora, Rockwood and Pictures of early days, also Rockwood Academy." Summary of Contents: Tipped inside the front cover of the Scrapbook: Two Articles "Colleges End Affiliation With Toronto Institution" Clipping Images of the University of Guelph Page 1: Clipping Images "Historic David Allan Industries"; "Armstrong's Mill Flooded Out Years Ago"; "Early Scenes in Guelph"; article relating to the Grand Trunk Railway and the station master G. A. Oxnard; Image and article relating to the architecture of Allan's Mill Page 2: Clipping Image "Kirkwood Mill Has Operated For More Than 75 Years"; article relating to the history of this mill; "Century Old Aberfoyle Mill Still In Operation"; article "New Feed Plant at Co-op" relating to Ontario Co-operatives' of Ontario on Speedvale Avenue; Clipping Images of artists drawings of The Castle Mill in England, The Windmill of Xanten, Germany and The Mill of Coultershaw, England Tipped in between Page 2 and 3: Clipping Image and Article "Only Shell Left Of Old Rockwood Woollen Mill" "Firemen Hurt In Rockwood Mill Blaze" Page 3: Clipping Image "Harris And Company Woollen Mill No Longer Operates" "Twenty Years Ago Busy Centre of Manufacturing"; article relating to Armstrong Mills and Hortop's Mill; Clipping Image "Hortop's Mill Has Served County For Over 100 Years"; Clipping Image "The United Co-operative's New $60,000 Feed Mill"; "This Modern Guelph Plant Supplies 72 Ontario Co-operatives" Page 4: Clipping Images "Origin Of Goldie Mill Fire To be Investigated By Department"; article relating to the history of Goldie Mill; "Relic Of The Past - An Old Mill On The Speed"; and an Image of Goldie's Mill and dam Tipped in between Page 4 and 5: "Last Trace Disappears Historic Speedvale Mill" Page 5: Clipping Images "Winter Fantasy" is provided by Grand River at Elora"; "Above Is Water Flume - Swinging Bridge is Shown Below"; "Waterway Fed The Old Mill"; "Swept Aside In The Path Of Progress" office building of James Goldie Company Ltd.; article relating to the City of Guelph's purchase of the Old Mill Property on Speedvale Avenue; Clipping Image of "Old Swing Bridge in Riverside Park Removed in 1962" Page 6: Clipping Images of Guelph Caskets Ltd; The Old Mill, Acton; 2 Clipping Images of the Phoenix Mill on Waterloo Avenue; Clipping Images Mill near Manotick; and two artists drawings of The Windmill of Reigate, England and The Old Windmill of Werrington, England. Page 7: Clipping Images "Old Mill Stream Tapped for Power" "Fowlds Mill at Hastings"; "Wooden-toothed gear wheels and main cast iron drive wheel in the water powerhouse now gather cobwebs. Its partial usefulness ceased in May"; 2 articles relating to Hastings and Fowlds Mill; Clipping Image of the Grist Mill at Alton; article "Built in 1798, Still Operating at Port Rowan Page 8: Clipping Images "Mill erected in 1798 was operated by same family since it survived invasion of U.S. forces in 1814" which is related to the Port Rowan article on Page 7; "Peaceful millpond in the English Cotswolds makes an appealing picture";"Birge's Mill In Eramosa Township" "Old, Faded Photograph Shows Birge's Mill" in Rockwood; "Crowd Watches Basketworks Blaze" Old Basketworks Blaze Up Fire Gives Four Hour Fight" in Fergus; Clipping Image artist's drawing The Windmill House in East Greenwich, R.I. Page 9: Clipping Images "Guelph Manufacturers in 1870" ; "Shown above is a scene in central Guelph about 1870. It shows the Wellington Foundry, Stewart's Planing Mill and other business establishments"; "Above - Scene after disastrous fire at our factory on Wyndham Street"; Clipping Images of Stewart's Lumber for different years on Wyndham Street and Cardigan Street and 2 articles relating to the history and future of Stewart's Lumber Page 10: Clipping Image "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" of Armstrong's Mills with related article; "44 Year Old Business Grows With Guelph" which is Smith's Feed Mill with a small article relating to the history of this business on Quebec Street and backing onto Macdonell Street; "Blast Down Old Mill" in Rockwood; "Pictorial Flashbacks into Guelph's Early Days" of the old McCrae Mill at the corner of Surrey St. and Wyndham Street South; article relating to the purchase of this plant by Charles W. Barber Page 11: Clipping Image "Guelph's Royal Hotel Boasts Long History" and related article with the history of this business Page 12: Clipping Images "The Old...Building where Mercury First Published as Daily in 1867"; "The New....Present Modern Home of Guelph Daily Mercury"; article relating to John R. Robinson of the Toronto Telegram a former Guelph resident Page 13: Clipping Articles "July 20, 1867 Significant For the Daily Mercury"; "Move Mercury Over Weekend"; "First Guelph Press Hauled Here in 1842"; "Thomas Costain Nearly Missed Own Wedding"; "Costain Comments on "The Blacksmith"; "H.K." Cockin Did He Peek Into Future?" Page 14: Clipping Articles "Thomas Costain Recalls Years Spent In Royal City"; "Many Guelphites Earn Great Fame"; "Drill Shed was Built 1866, Still Standing" Page 15: Clipping Articles continuation of "Many Guelphites Earn Great Fame"; "Three Scots - Canadian Poets Added Fame To Guelph District"; "Old Landmark Falls Into Wreckers' Hand" Page 16: Clipping Image "Aerial View of Guelph Reformatory Depicts Picturesque Landscaping"; "Reformatory Here Used as Hospital"; "Purchase Old Stone Church" presently Army and Navy Air Force Veterans Club 344 on Gordon Street; Postcard coloured picture of "Ontario Reformatory, Guelph, Ontario Canada"; Postcard coloured picture Landscaping of water feature at Ontario Reformatory Page 17: Clipping Image and article "Rotary Crippled Children's Centre is Health, Education Facility"; "Greatest Year in Hiistory Rotary Centre Completed"; Clipping Image "Completed and Landscaped Now Ready For Opening" Page 18: Clipping Image "Moreton Lodge (1874) Where Present Ad Building Stands"; Clipping Image artist's wood cut drawing "Early Wood Cut Of College Grounds That Were Fields And Meadows Then" Page 19: Postcard black and white "Flower Garden O.A.C. Guelph, Canada"; Postcard coloured picture of Administrative Building at O.A.C.; Clipping Image "Beautiful Memorial Hall at O.A.C."; Clipping Image "Students From All Over Dominion Come To Study The Dairy Business in This Beautiful Building"; Article "College Hill in 1874 Old Scenes Recalled"; Article "OVC Graduation on May 17 Dr. S. Beatty Will Officiate"; Article "College Fire"; Article "Old OAC Building Demolished in 1929"; Article relating to the purchase of property by contractor Dario Pagani Page 20: Image "Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Ontario"; Image "Main Building and College Campus, O.A.C., Guelph"; Postcard artist's coloured drawing "Macdonald Institute Guelph, Ontario, Canada"; Article relating to the 1962 centennial and the history of the O.V.C.; Article relating to the 50th anniversary of the Macdonald Institute Page 21: Clipping Image "New Dominion Science Service Building At OAC"; Clipping Image of the Soils Building OAC; Clipping Image artist's rendering "New Biology Building For OAC"; Article relating to these new buildings and future plans Page 22: Clipping Image "Air Photo Of Sprawling Grounds Of Homewood Sanitarium"; Clipping Image "Scenery And Buildings Are Pride Of Homewood Sanitarium"; Clipping Image "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" of the Grand Trunk Railway station now the Canadian National Railway Station; Clipping Image "Old Mill Dam Near Guelph" in Rockwood, Ontario; Article relating to the history of Homewood Sanitarium Page 23: Clipping Images "Our New Home Wood's Are Canada's Leading Manufacturers Of Home Freezers, Bulk Milk Coolers, Electrical Farm Equipment And Taylor-Forbes Hardware"; and The view looking south-east from Allan's Bridge Page 24: Clipping Images "City's Houses of The Heads Depict Notables of History; "Heads Carved In Decorations Of House at 95 Water Street"; "Bust of Lord Palmerston at Grundy Home"; Article relating to the "houses of the heads"; Article "Was John Galt Wrong?" "Doubts Guelph Ever Royal Family's Name" Page 25: Clipping Image "Fine Home On Wyndham Street In Days of Yore"; Article "Find Crumbling Dust Of Soldier Killed in American Civil Conflict" relating to Baker Street Burying Ground and house belonging to the Robert Stewart Lumber Company; Article "Sixty-Seven Years Ago" relating to Findlay Weaver's newspaper column about old newspapers in the Historical Society's collection; Clipping Image "Historic Building Undergoes Colonial Facelifting"; Article "Duncan-McPhee Decorators Buy Quebec Street Building" Page 26: Clipping Image and article "Wilson Street Building Is Condemned As Hazard"; "Old Beer Cellar Uncovered"; Clipping Image "Site Of New Mammoth Dominion Store" located at Wellington and Wyndham Streets; Article "Old Market Site And Cattle Fair Features Of The Days Of Old" Page 27: Clipping Image and Article "The La Fontaine Home" and "Original Vault"; Clipping Image and article of the demolished "Court Villa" Thorp Residence on Woolwich; Clipping Image "Quebec Street, An Important Section Of Guelph Shopping Centre"; Article by Findlay Weaver relating to the life of Dr. Robert Alling Page 28: Clipping Image "Old Thorp Estate Changes Hands"; "Future of Buildings Undecided As Yet"; Article on the history of the corner of Quebec and Woolwich Streets; Clipping Image "$2,750,000 Project Will Fill Much Needed Want In Guelph"; "Demolish "Pest House" St. Joseph's Hospital'; "Pest House" Is Link With The Past"; Article relating to the history of the "Pest House" and St. Joseph's Hospital Page 29: Clipping Image "Five Storey Wing Nearing Completion at St. Joseph's Hospital"; Clipping Image of St. Joseph's Home for the Aged and Cronic patients; Image black and white St. Joseph's Hospital Guelph; Article "Gentle Nuns Survived By Simple Faith" Page 30: Clipping Image of Artist's rendering of St. Joseph''s Hospital "Conducted By The Sisters of St. Joseph" and articles relating to the construction of the large addition to be built which continues to Page 31 and the history of the Sisters of St. Joseph; Clipping Image "Motherhouse of Sisters of St. Joseph, Bridgeview, Opened in 1952"; Clipping Image "Original Hospital And Old People's Home" Page 31: Image "General Hospital, Guelph"; Article "Now Demolish Old Hospital"; Clipping Image of an Artist's rendering of "Guelph's Five-Storey General Hospital An Imposing Structure" Page 32: Clipping Image and Article of the new Guelph General School of Nursing; Clipping Image "Exterior View of St. Joseph's Hospital"; Clipping Image of the Old Bell of St. Joseph's Hospital and the Article explaining the picture of the three supports of the bell representing Faith, Hope and Charity, the principles of the Order of St. Joseph Page 33: Clipping Image "Royalaires Bring Honors To Guelph In Musical World"; Clipping Image "Season At Golf Club Opens Saturday And Officials Hope To See All Male Members on Hand"; Article relating to the Cutten Club Page 34: Clipping Images "City Has Outgrown Accommodation at Present "Y" Building"; "Pictorial Flashbacks Into Guelph's Early Days" depicting an artist's drawing image of the Customs and Post Office Building in St. George's Square and the block next to it known as the Victoria Block on the Upper East side of Wyndham Street in 1879; "Pictorial Flashbacks Into Guelph's Early Days" depicting an artist's drawing image of the City Hall as it appeared in 1879 Page 35: Clipping Images: "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" of the Macdonald building at the north-east corner of Wyndham and Carden Street; "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" of Mrs. George Sleeman driving the first spike of the Guelph Radial Railway, owned by her husband, in front of Silver Creek Brewery on Waterloo Ave.; image of an artist's drawing of Silver Creek Brewery owned by George Sleeman on Waterloo Avenue; black and white photograph of Band Stand in Exhibition Park Page 36: Clipping Image "Goldie Dam (Now Wolfond Park) Seen 25 Years Ago"; Article "Old Mill Pool Opened Here 21 Years Ago"; Clipping Image "Speedside Scene Near Famed Round Church"; Image of the new portable footbridge spanning the Speed River in Riverside Park Page 37: Black and white Images "Two Water Views In Riverside Park"; "The Boating Stretch"; "Below The Dam"; "The Trysting Place"; six bathers standing on the dam at Riverside Park, Guelph; "The Spring House" at Riverside Park; "Riverside Park "The Bathing Place"; "Interior of Kandy Kitchen, Guelph" "One Of The Up-To-Date Stores in Guelph Yeates & Thomas, Proprietors"; Interior view of the Peacock Restaurant on Upper Wyndham Street; Clipping Images "Fine Weather Returns For First Day Of Summer" at the Old Mill Pond; Swinging Bridge at Riverside Park; Postcard coloured picture of "The Speed River, Guelph, Ontario" depicting the Swinging Bridge at Riverside Park Page 38: Clipping Image "Mechanical Marvel, Guelph's Floral Clock Now at Its Best"; Article of the history of the floral clock in Riverside Park; Clipping Image of a bed of tulips in Royal City Park and the history; Postcard coloured of the floral clock in Riverside Park; Article "Informative, Interesting Account Deals with Prince Albert Inn" Page 39: Clipping Images "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" of the Albion Hotel on Norfolk Street with the Fat Stock Club in front; Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" of the bar room of the Albion Hotel; black and white photograph of the Albion Hotel; black and white photograph of the Regent Hotel on Macdonell Street; article relating to the Guelph Historical Society and the Pennsylvania Forklore Society; article relating to Smuck's City Hotel in the building which later housed the Y.W.C.A. on Macdonell Street; article relating to the many hotels on Macdonell Street Page 40: Clipping Images "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" of the Canadian Pacific Priory Hotel on Woolwich Street; "The Ambassador" on Macdonell Street; and Article relating to the sale and history of the building; article composed by Findlay Weaver on the history of hotels in Guelph and area. Page 41: Clipping Image "Raze Historic Old Cork Street Building" "Last of Old Imperial Hotel Falls Into Wreckers' Hands; Article "First Guelph Directory Gives Unique Contrast" from 1957 to 1873 and mentions the many hotels; Clipping Image "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" of the many horse and buggies in front of hotels on Macdonell Street; Clipping Image of the YWCA building being sold on Macdonnell Street; Clipping Image of an artist's rendering of the C.G. Baldwin's Royal Hotel, Tillsonburg; black and white photograph of The King Edward Hotel on the north west corner of Wyndham and Carden Streets Page 42: Clipping Image "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" of Jones American Hotel corner Essex and Gordon Streets: Clipping Image "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" of Day's Block north-west corner of Wyndham and Carden Streets; Clipping Image of the American Hotel on Upper Wyndham Street and Clipping Image of the Victoria Hotel in St. George's Square near Douglas Street; Article relating to the Jones American Hotel; Article "Many Guelph Hotels Listed 88 Years Ago" and an Article relating to advertisements Page 43: Clipping Image "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" of the City Hotel on Macdonell Street which became the Y.W.C.A.; Clipping Image "Fischer's Royal Hotel"; Black and white photograph of the Fountain Street Apartments formerly the Red Lion Inn at the north-west corner of Gordon and Fountain Streets; Article "Old Water Trough Disappears" at the corner of Fountain and Gordon Streets; Article relating to the history of the Red Lion Inn; Black and white photograph of the Regent Hotel on Macdonell Street formerly the Commercial Hotel Page 44: Clipping Image "In Early Days Roadhouse Was Popular Place" was the "Junction Hotel" in Marden; article relating to wayside inns; Clipping Image of a building that was thought to be an old hotel on the Guelph Road at the Eramosa-Nassagaweya township line; Article relating to the intersection where the 4th line Eramosa begins and the 3rd line Nassagaweya township ends; Clipping Image "Hotel And Blacksmith Shop Soon To Go"; "Two Eramosa Landmarks Are Soon to Disappear" due to the widening and straightening of the road Page 45: Clipping Image artist's rendering "115-Year-Old Water Powered Mill Saves on Hydro Bills" Mill 7 miles north of Bowmanville; Clipping Image L'lle aux Coudres windmill still turns; Clipping Image "Landmark" of the Old Morgan Lewis sugar mill in Barbados; Clipping Image No. 12 Highway and an old mill and rustic bridge near Mount Albert Page 46: Clipping Image "Wyndham St. In The Heart Of St. George's Square; Clipping Image "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" of the bridge on Eramosa Road; Clipping Image "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" of skaters in 1870 on the Speed River; Article related to skating and sports in Guelph Page 47: Clipping Image "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" showing the stores on Upper West side of Wyndham Street in 1912 including the Wellington Hotel, McPherson's Barber Shop, Masonic Hall, George Williams Store, Hourigan's Shoe Store, and Kloepfer Hardware; Clipping Image "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" showing a downtown picture taken from the vantage point probably of the Grange Street Hill including St. George's church unfinished and the County Courthouse; Clipping Image "Pre-Subway Days In Downtown Guelph" depicting a military parade on lower East side Wyndham Street, looking south and the intersection of Carden and Wyndham with the Armoury on the right; Clipping Image "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" showing East side Lower Wyndham Street from St. George's Square to Macdonell Street; Clipping Image of a winter aerial view showing lower Woolwich Street looking East from the back of the Courthouse with St. George's Church and the footbridge on the opposite side of the street Page 48: Clipping Image "It Was A Gala Occasion" of J.P. Downey M.P.P. for Wellington South with Joe Lawrence at Old Home Week; Clipping Image "Mercury Girls Climb On Chairs To Talk To Joe"; Article "Shrinks Half An Inch But Still Claims Title"; Article "Added Recollections Beloved Jimmie Gay" Page 49: Clipping Image "Here They Come! - It's Old Home Week Here in 1904"; Article "Many Attractions For Old Home Week"; Articles by Findlay Weaver relating to memories of former Guelphites J.D. Higinbotham and John Smith; Clipping Image "This Was Forty Years Ago ... See Anybody You Know?" of participants in The Thanksgiving Day Road Races Page 50: Articles of a copy of the hand written poem "In Flanders Fields" written by John McCrae and a type written copy of "Eventide" by John McCrae; Article of the military career of John McCrae, and his poetry Tipped in between Page 50 and 51: Items related to the writing of "In Flanders Fields; "Clipping Image of a sketch by a GCVI student of a scene from WW1; two black and white images "Where the Poem Was Written" an artist's sketch; The burial place of "Colonel John McCrae" at Wimereux Communal Cemetery Page 51: Clipping Images "Between the Crosses" showing the gates of the McCrae Memorial Garden; The Birthplace of John McCrae; A portrait of John McCrae; "Janefield" home of the McCrae Family; Clipping Images of a plaque erected at the Bell Homestead; The Bell Homestead in Brantford and an Article "Bell Homestead Named National Historic Site" Page 52: Clipping Image "Summers Too Short" and Articles "Guelph Flower Painter Has To Work At Fast Clip" relating to Miss G. Effie Smith; Clipping Image "The Leacock home overlooks Brewery Bay in Orillia"; Article "Orillia Purchases Home, Plans Leacock Shrine" Tipped in between Page 52 and 53: Clipping Images and Article relating to Mrs. Sophia Hungerford; Clipping Images of "Elora Artist's One-Man Show"; Clipping Image and Article "Mrs. Elva Miller With Her Painting of Lake Louise" Page 53: Clipping Image "Recalling Days at Artist's Home in Doon"; "Watson's painting The Flood Gate" and Article about Homer Watson; Clipping Images of Tom Thomson and the house where he grew up; Clipping Image and Article by Findlay Weaver recalling the life of Dr. Alpheus E. Byerly Page 54: Clipping Image of Dr. Edward Johnson and his home on Woolwich Street, Guelph; Articles "Tributes To Edward Johnson" and various articles "U.S. Tributes to Edward Johnson", "Edward Johnson Returned to City in Triumph In 1920", "Maestro's Tutor Dies at Age 92", and "John McCormack Named Johnson Greatest Tenor" Page 55: Clipping Image "Goulden's Hotel in Ottawa"; Article "Historian E.C. Guillet Tells of Pioneer Inns" by Findlay Weaver; Clipping Image "Fire Destroys Meaford Landmark"; Clipping Image "New Owner Operates One-Time Fergus Hotel"; Clipping Image "Burton House in Hurley, Wis. Page 56: Clipping Image of the College Motor Inn "Officially Opens for Public Inspection Sunday, November 20th, 2-5 p.m." a motel on Highway 6 south of O.A.C.; Clipping Image "The Above View Shows The Motel While Under Construction" and Article "New Motel An Epitome of Ultra-Bright Beauty" about the Parkview Motel Page 57: Image of the Public Library, Guelph; Clipping Image "Guelph From Above", "view of Guelph's uptown business section, - from the top Church of Our Lady"; Clipping Image "New Home Of Local Credit Union" and Article "Local Credit Union Building First Self-Owned Quarters" located on Cork St. next to the Tennis courts on Dublin Street Page 58: Clipping Image "Indian Flour Ceremony is 142 Years Old", Article relating to the Stone Mill at Shannonville, Built in 1818 on Salmon River, Was Closed in 1940, Owners must pay 30 barrels of flour yearly for 999 years to Mohawk Indians; Clipping Image "Once Home of Dominion Woollens, Hespeler Factory Is Now Home to 10 Industries"; Article relating to the history of Dominion Woollens Page 59: Clipping Image "Aberfoyle Mill, Built in 1868" and Article relating to the history; Clipping Image "Plaque for Mill" in Coldwater; Clipping Image "The Main Building of the Maple Leaf Milling Co., Port Colborne, was Destoyed by Fire Last Night"; Clipping Image Guelph Caskets Limited Page 60: Clipping Image a View of the College Motor Inn Restaurant and Motel; Clipping Image "Old Mill On Niagara Peninsula Now Museum"; Clipping Image "Pleasurable Trip in Britain"; Clipping Image of a model of one of the first grain elevators in the Canadian West; two Clipping Images of artist's drawings of An Old Windmill in Stockholm, Sweden and The Coffee Mill in London, England Tipped in between Page 60 and 61: Clipping Image "Picture of Historic Old Mill Had Its Own Astounding Story"; "Old Speedvale Mill Had Interesting History" Page 61: Clipping Image "The Old Mill, Guelph"; Clipping Image of the Grist Mill wheel at Brewster, Hyannis; Clipping Image "Devils Tooth Rock, Elora" Page 62: Clipping Image and Article "Historic Mill Closed After 135 Years" relating to German's Mills feed Mill on the Doon-Kitchener Highway; Clipping Image "An Old Mill" water wheel mill in Preston; Clipping Image of Whitelaw's Farm Supply in the Fergus and District Area Tipped in between Page 62 and 63: Article "Drinking Songs Of Old At The Bull Frog Inn Page 63: Clipping Image "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" of Guelph Fat Stock shows at the Victoria Arena; Photograph black and white of the Victoria Skating Rink at the corner of Baker Street and Chapel Lane behind Knox Church; Clipping Images "Flashback Picture Recalls Mammoth Baseball Crowds Of Early Intercounty Days In Guelph" in Exhibition Park Page 64: Clipping Image "Pictorial Flashback Into Guelph's Early Days" of the crossing at the Eramosa Road Bridge where the C.P.R. station was later located and then the apartment buildings on Cardigan Street; Article by Findlay Weaver relating to the identification of this picture previously published and other answers to questions; Clipping Image of the Guelph Fire Station which was located on Carden Street next to City Hall; Clipping Image of the Woolwich Apartments demolition which was located next to the Footbridge beside St. George's Church Tipped in between Page 64 and 65: Clipping Image of winter on Macdonell Street W showing sleighs parked; and American Hotel located at the north end of Wyndham Street across from the Wellington Hotel Page 65: Clipping Image "Only Two Hotels Left Serving Arthur Area"; Clipping Image "The Outside Of Fischers Royal Hotel Has Not Been Forgotten And Has A New Colonial Motiff"; Article relating to Hotels known as "Farmers Houses" and Real Estate Agents listed in 1885 Directory Page 66: Clipping Image "Change In Ownership Of Wellington Hotel"; Clipping Images of two Hotels and St. Andrews Street at St. David Street in Fergus Page 67: Clipping Images of St. David Street and Tower Street in Fergus; Clipping Image and Article "Ponsonby Hotel Building Now Nearing Century Mark" Page 68: Clipping Image of an Artist's sketch of the W.J. O'Donnell House known as the House of Heads; Clipping Image of a stone shed belonging to the "House of Heads" now demolished; Article "Victoria Park Originated Local Canoe Club 1887" Page 69: Clipping Image "The Priory"; Clipping Image Architect's sketch "Undergoing Remodelling" of the Guelph Country Club; Clipping Image of painting "Evan Macdonald's Early Curling Scene"; Article "Organized Curling Starts On River 124 Years Ago" Page 70: Clipping Image and Article "Home of Knights Of Columbus On Waterloo Ave. Guelph"; Clipping Image of former residence at 74 Baker Street belonging to R.E. Nelson an early leading merchant on Wyndham Street which had been purchased by Knights of Columbus before moving to Waterloo Avenue Tipped in Between Page 70 and 71: Clipping Images "Crestwicke Baptist Church Replaces Older Church on York Road"; "Guelph Reformed Church Is Located on Speedvale Ave."; "New Guelph Anglican Church Has Most Unique Design"; "Architect's Model of the New Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute" Page 71: Clipping Images of The Customs Building and Post Office and related Article about the demolition contract and Article of a Letter to the Editor by Hugh Douglass Page 72: Clipping Image and Article "McAllister Mill Property Which has Been Sold"; Clipping Image "Another Old Building Victim of Wreckers" relating to Bond Hardware on Edinburgh Road South once belonging to Sleeman Springbank Brewery and Article relating to Sleemans; Clipping Image "Abandoned Machinery and the Mill it served at Huttonville"; Clipping Image "Old Dam Gate Holds Back Water In Rockwood" Page 73: Clipping Images "Mill In Everton Owned By W.H. Hortop"; "Original Building Of Sawmill In Eden Mills, Owned And Operated By J.E. Barden"; "J.E. Barden Cutting Lumber With A Water Powered Saw In Eden Mills" and Article relating to the history; Clipping Image "Old Grist Mill Still Operating By Water Power in Rockwood" Page 74: Clipping Images and Article "Had Hospital In Fergus Named After Them" relating to Dr. and Mrs. Abraham Groves; Clipping Image and Article "Five-Year-Old Museum at Elora Is Itself a Handsome Antique" Page 75: Clipping Image and Article "St James Anglican Church 100 Years In Fergus"; Clipping Image and Article "Fergus Hotel Offers Best In Accommodation", "Modern La Placia Hotel Credit To Town of Fergus"; Clipping Images "Waterloo's civic pride is reflected in preservation of first school building, now in Waterloo Park"; "King Street East in Kitchener becomes King Street South in Waterloo"; Clipping Image of Artist's sketch of "World's Smallest Hydro Plant to be constructed in Doon" Page 76 and Page 77: Clipping Images of Fergus showing St. Andrew's Street, War Memorial, St. Andrew's Church and the Fergus High School; Image of a stone cottage called "the old smithy" Page 78: Clipping Images "Fergus In 1835 - From Painting By Miss Fordyce"; "Wellington County Home For The Aged" and Article by Vern McIlwraith; Article "Early District Hotels Steeped In History" relating to Fergus; Clipping Images and Article "Beatty Bros. Make Record Shipment of Appliances" Page 79: Clipping Images of Fergus - St. Joseph's Church; "Manse To Be Used As Nursing Home", "St. Andrew's Manse In Fergus Pastors' Home For 100 Years"; "Largest Congregation" of Melville United Church in Fergus; Article "Waterloo County Guide Linked with Fergus Lore" Page 80: Black and White Photographs of Elora, Ontario, Irvine Bridge, Shand Dam, Grand Gorge, Main Street and St. Johns Church; Articles "Holiday In Wellington County Lake Belwood Popular Spot"; "Shand Dam Dedicated August 1942"; "R. Matthews First Settler Came In 1817" Page 81: Clipping Images of Elora Gorge; Articles relating to history of St. John's Church minister John Smithurst's relationship to Florence Nightingale and "More About Early Elora With History of Family" Page 82: Black and White Photographs of Elora, Ontario St. Mary's Church, Main Street and Post Office; Clipping Image of an Artist's sketch of The Tooth of Time (Gorge Park); Article of Catholic Settlers in Elora; Article relating to the commercial history of Elora Tipped in between Page 82 and 83: Christmas Greeting from Waterloo Trust and Savings Company with a picture and article about The Elora Gorge Park Page 83: Article relating to history of Elora, Ontario Page 84: Clipping Image "Residents Aid Fire Victims" relating to the demolition at St. Stanislaus Novitiate; Clipping Image of the Chapel that was destroyed; Article "Jesuit Novitiate Established Here Before First War"; Article with pictures of an air view of Maryhill, Ontario and a shrine with the history of Maryhill; Clipping Image St. Boniface Church, Maryhill Page 85: Articles and pictures continued of the history of Maryhill and the history of the Catholic Faith and The Church of Our Lady in Guelph; Article "45 Year Old Novitiate Now Ignatius College"; Black and White Photograph "Puslinch Lake Near Hespeler, Ontario, Canada"; Clipping Image "Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Rockwood Page 86: Article with architect's conception of the future Jesuit Seminary Tipped in between Page 86 and 87: a coloured postcard of the Knotty Pine Kof-e Bar & Gift Shop in Preston, Ontario; Clipping Image "Josef Drenters Featured At Expo" Page 87: Clipping Image "Sculptor Restoring Crumbling School"; Article of the history of the Rockwood Academy and the future with Josef Drenters; Article relating to the history of Rockwood Page 88: Clipping Image and Articles "No. 7 Highway is Main Street of Rockwood", "Village Is Known In History As Site of Famous Academy"; "One of Best Loved Poets Born in Rock House"; Black and White Image of the Rockwood Academy and related article Page 89: Article of a reprint of the "Annals of Puslinch"; Articles "City Stops Company from Selling Land" in 1852; "Find Gravestone of Pioneer's Child" on Dublin St.; "Stone, Brick Buildings Were Scarce In Old Days" in 1845; "Old Horse Stable Site of New Market" in 1939; Article relating to a boiler being shipped in 1876 from Guelph to Southampton, Ontario Page 90: Articles "Puslinch Resort Once City-Owned"; "Puslinch Lake Once Site For Monastery"; "Puslinch Lake Memories Of Church On The Island" Tipped in between Page 90 and 91: Article "Interest Rises In Rockwood Academy Centennial Project" Page 91: Article "Puslinch Township Named After High Lords Of England"; Clipping Image "Puslinch Township Hall Is Meeting Place"; Clipping Image "To Demolish School" in Rockwood No. 5 School Eramosa; Article "Back In 19th Century" "Steamboat Cruised Waters of Puslinch" Page 92 and 93: Clipping Images "The front view of the famous Rockwood Academy which is now the studio of sculptor Yosef Drenters"; "A view Looking away from the Studio"; "Local Sculptor Finds New Studio" and displays a picture of the original front gate of Rockwood Academy made in 1858; Clipping Image of a photograph presented to Yosef Drenters by Mrs. Gertrude Gummer, formerly Miss Day, Daughter of Wm. Day one of the pupils who attended the Rockwood Academy; Clipping Image of William Wetherald and his family on the Academy grounds copied from the original found by Mr. Drenters while renovating the buildings; Article relating to the Guelph Historical Society spending a Sunday afternoon at Rockwood Academy and its history which is continued on Page 93; Clipping Image of the Rockwood Academy; Three Clipping Images of Rockwood; Article "Rockwood Bridges Change With Years" Page 94: Clipping Image "Historic Ennotville Library With 4,000 Volumes"; Article "Ennotville Library Has Unique History"; Clipping Image "Log Cabin Built By Early Pioneers" and two Articles relating to the Ennotville Library; Clipping Image "Primitive Log Building Once Housed County Family" Tipped inside the back cover: Clipping Image and Article of Upper Canada Village; Clipping Image 'Mill Outweathers a Century" of a 19th Century Mill at Killaloe; Clipping Image and Article of Black Creek Village; Clipping Images and Article of the Town of Maitland on the St. Lawrence River; Clipping Image and Article "End of Era In Salem With Closing Of Mill"; Clipping Image "Winter Pastime by Famed Currier and Ives"; Clipping Image "Pioneer Mill Wheel, Made by Hand, Is Moved By Modern Crane" to Black Creek Pioneer Village; Clipping Image "Construction At One Of Four New Silos" to be built across from Walkey's Mills on St. Andrew St. East in Fergus; Clipping Image and Article "Noted Flower Painter Effie Smith, Dies"; Clipping Image and Article "Help For Crippled Is Available Here" Clipping Image "Summer Recreation Olympics In Guelph"; Clipping Image "Painting of Late Effie Smith On Sale"; Clipping Image and Article "Renowned Local Artist Miss Effie Smith Dies"; Article "Crippled Children" "Reports On City Centre After Five Years' Work"; Clipping Image "Fire At Unoccupied Home" at Dawson and Willow Roads; Clipping Image and Article "Board's New Headquarters Has Many Special Features" "New Headquarters Of Board of Light And Heat"; Clipping Image "New Appointment" "Dr. Leslie Young"; Clipping Image and Article "Sette Bello Ties Stratford Team"; Clipping Image and Article "Late Inning Troubles Bother Guelph Juniors"; Clipping Images and Article relating to "Yosef Drenters Sculptor"; Clipping Image "Captain of the Redmen" "Jim Eberle"; Four small Articles relating to students who became well known and attended Rockwood Academy and a review of the visit by the Guelph Historical Society's visit to the Rockwood Academy |
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Allan, David (Sr.) (1808-1895) Alling, Robert (Dr.) Barber, Charles W. Black, Hugh Byerly, Alpheus E. (Dr.) Clark, Jock Clarke, William (Dr.) Cockin, Hereward K. Costain, Thomas B. Cutten, Arthur William Douglass, Hugh Downey, Joseph Patrick Gay, James Goldie, James Griffin Hacking, Joseph H. Higinbotham, John David Hodgins, Cathy Hughes, Frank Hungerford, Sophia Innes, James Jeffrey, Nicol Johnson, Edward Kelly, Professor C.B. Kerwin, Patrick Kingsmill, Admiral Sir Charles Edmund LaFontaine, L.N.E. Laidlaw, Thomas Lawrence, Joe MacKenzie, Alexander McAteer, John (Sr.) (1850-1917) McCrae, John McIllwraith, Verne McIntosh, James Innes Miller Mortimer, John Nelson, R.E. Nunan, Marie Orton Sr., Dr. Henry Oxnard, George A. Pagani, Dario Palmer, George Parkinson, George Peterson, Henry William Pirie, Alex F. Singular, John Singular, Lot Sleeman, George Sleeman, Sarah Hill Smith, Effie Smith, Harriet Spalding, Jack Spragge, Ida Stevenson, O. J. Strange, Captain Suitter, Harold Thorp Thorp, George J. Weaver, Findlay Wetherald, William |
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ADVERTISEMENT AGRICULTURE - FLOWERS AGRICULTURE - PARKS ANIMALS - CATTLE ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE - ARENAS ARCHITECTURE - ARMOURY ARCHITECTURE - BANDSTAND ARCHITECTURE - BRIDGES ARCHITECTURE - CHURCHES ARCHITECTURE - CITY HALL ARCHITECTURE - COURT HOUSE ARCHITECTURE - DOWNTOWN GUELPH ARCHITECTURE - HOMEWOOD SANITARIUM ARCHITECTURE - HOSPITALS ARCHITECTURE - HOTELS ARCHITECTURE - HOUSE OF HEADS ARCHITECTURE - HOUSES ARCHITECTURE - JANEFIELD ARCHITECTURE - LIBRARY ARCHITECTURE - MASONIC HALL ARCHITECTURE - McCRAE HOUSE ARCHITECTURE - MILLS ARCHITECTURE - PARKVIEW ARCHITECTURE - POST OFFICE ARCHITECTURE - PRIORY ARCHITECTURE - RAILROAD STATION ARCHITECTURE - SCHOOLS ARCHITECTURE - STOREFRONT ARCHITECTURE - UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ARCHITECTURE - YMCA ARTS - ARTISTS ARTS - EDWARD JOHNSON BASKETS & BASKETMAKING CEMETERIES COMMERCIAL - AERIALS COMMERCIAL - BANKS COMMERCIAL - BARBERS COMMERCIAL - BREWERIES COMMERCIAL - CASKET MAKERS COMMERCIAL - CONFECTIONERS COMMERCIAL - FEED COMMERCIAL - FOUNDRIES COMMERCIAL - LUMBER COMMERCIAL - MOTELS COMMERCIAL - REFRIGERATORS COMMERCIAL - RESTAURANTS COMMERCIAL - WOOL, TEXTILES COSTUME - FEMALE COSTUME - MALE COSTUME - MILITARY DISASTERS - FIRE EDUCATION - OAC EDUCATION - SCHOOLS EDUCATION - SECONDARY FOOTWEAR HEALTH HISTORIC BUILDINGS HISTORY - LOCAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES LANDSCAPE MILITARY - ARMY MUSIC NEWSPAPERS PARADE PHOTOGRAPHS - BLACK & WHITE RAILWAY RELIGION RESTAURANTS SCENES - AERIAL SCENES - BRIDGES SCENES - DAMS SCENES - PARKS/GARDENS SCENES - RIVERS/LAKES/OCEANS SCENES - WATERFALLS SPECIAL EVENTS - FARM AND HOME WEEK SPECIAL EVENTS - OLD HOME WEEK SPECIAL EVENTS - PARADES SPECIAL EVENTS - RACES SPECIAL EVENTS - THANKSGIVING SPORTS - BASEBALL SPORTS - BASKETBALL SPORTS - BOATING SPORTS - CURLING SPORTS - GOLF SPORTS - SKATING SPORTS - SOCCER SWIMMING-PONDS TRANSPORTATION - AUTOMOBILES TRANSPORTATION - STAGE COACH VETERANS WORLD WAR I (WWI) - 1914 - 1918 |
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