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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2015.64.1 |
Object Name |
Scrapbook |
Title |
Scrapbook of Clippings Related to Guelph Buildings, 1954-1960s |
Date |
1954-1960s |
Year Range from |
1954 |
Year Range to |
1969 |
Description |
Scrapbook of clippings and a few photographs of Guelph buildings. The scrapbook has a brown paper jacket covering a scrapbook with an illustration of a fishing village on it. The brown paper cover has a white label with pen on it that reads: "First book: Churches, Schools, Old Opera House, Movie Picture Bldgs, Black Smith Fountain, Library - Old, Old and New Court House, History in back cover, Old and New Stations, Various Pictures of Guelph, History of Guelph". Written in pen just below the label is "First Book Begun 1954" Page 1: Several newspaper clippings about early Guelph including "Lord's Reclamation of 1788 earliest record of Territory"; "County Named After Great Military Man"; Early Days in Guelph and District" Page 2: Newspaper clippings: "Name "Guelph" Has Interesting History"; Empire and Victoria Day Are of Special Significance"; "5 Policemen 40 Years Ago"; "First Street Lighting in Guelph in 1866"; "Samuel Strickland Hacked First Road"; "Guelph Became City on 52nd Birthday"; "Ryan Provided Initiative For Transfer of Highway" Page 3: Clippings and postcard of Church of Our Lady. "Centenary of Death of Bishop Macdonell Recalls Early History of Church" Page 4: Clipping image and article about Church of Our Lady and clipping image and article about Sacred Heart Church Page 5: Clipping images "Not First Place of Worship For Presbyterians"; "Knox Church Also Expands"; "Old Church Falls Into Wreckers Hands" and article about the Presbyterian churches in Guelph Page 6: Clipping images and article about expansion of Dublin St. United Church. Clipping "Some Early Churches Guelph and Puslinch" Page 7: Clippings and images about St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Page 8: Clippings: "Volunteer Rifle Company Lines Up For Inspection in October of 1857"; "St. Joseph's Church" Page 9: Clippings about St. James the Apostle Church and St. George's Anglican Church Page 10: Clippings related to St. George's Church and Reverend Palmer Page 11: Clippings related to the Priory and early rail travel Page 12: Clippings: "Guelph Depot Scene of Desolation as Strike Enters Its First Day 1950"; "GTR Station a Relic of Bye-Gone Days"; "New Auditorium Was Built at the Ontario Training School for Boys" Page 13: Clipping images of early downtown Guelph Page 14: Clipping images: "Remember This Guelph Scene Way Back When"; "Buildings Change But Topography Remains the Same"; "The Macdonald Building He Has Purchased" Page 15: Clipping images: "Trafalgar Park Scene of 60 or More Years Ago"; "Directional Signals, Arrows, Will Point Way for Motorists - Trafalgar Square"; "Memories..." (Royal City Garage at Trafalgar Square) Page 16: Clipping images of early Guelph Page 17: Clipping images of street views - Douglas Street, Quebec Street West, Woolwich Street. Wood block image of Northumberland and Wilson Street by J. Peter Frank. Photograph of the Woolwich Apartments November 1958 (demolished 1960) Page 18: Clippings related to Guelph's shopping district on Quebec Street Page 19: Two clipping images of Quebec Street (One of Quebec West and one of Quebec East) and an article related to Guelph's 50th birthday celebrations and a picture of a parade float from 100th birthday. Page 20: Three clipping images: "Gateway to One of City's Beautiful Edifices"; "Every Convenience for Rural and City Shoppers"; "Everything Must Make Way for Progress" Page 21: Clipping images: "A Far Cry From the Old Days"; "One of City's Busiest Corners"; "Little Changed by the Passage of Time"; Tear Down Old Home for Parking"; Postcard of Wyndham St. Page 22: Clipping Images: "Nerve Centre of a Great and Growing City Remains Intact Today"; "When Guelph Still Had Street Cars"; This Picture Goes Back to Days When Street Cars Circled the Blacksmith" Page 23: Clipping images: "Everything from Permanents to Kitchen Suited Offered Here"; "Remembrance Day Parade"; "30 Mile Speed Limit in Township In '45"; "Old Hotels" Page 24: Clippings and three photographs: "Get To Know Guelph Better"; "New Manor Park Subdivision Along Pretty Part of Speed"; "Tear Down Old City Landmarks"; "Big Main Street Serves Expanding Area Here" Photos: West side of Wilson Street, 1958; East Side of Wilson Street; Old Victoria Skating rink Page 25: Clipping images: "Cardigan Street across Norwich Hill leading to Elora Road"; "Guelph City Clock, circa 1905"; "Pictorial Flashback into Guelph's Early Days" Page 26: Clippings: "Army cadets March Past for Annual Inspection"; "LAA Battery Members Lay Wreath"; "...of 88 Years"; "Joe J. Coughlin is 85 Today Rich in Memories of Old" Page 27: Clippings: "Pictorial Flashbacks Into Guelph's Early Days" (Trafalgar Square); "Great Days of Yore Recalled by Old-Timer" Page 28: Clipping images:"Main Thoroughfare Is Sensible and Attractive"; "Many of Guelph's Smartest Shops are on Lower Wyndham Street". Postcard of Wyndham Street Page 29: Clipping images: "Wellington Hotel opened in 1848"; "Lower Wyndham Street, 1953". Clippings: "First Theatre"; "Old Castle Theatre Bade Farewell to City, Disappeared in Flames" Page 30: Clippings: "Old Opera House Opened in 1894"; "Royal Theatre"; "Large and Modern Stores Occupy Prominent Part of Wyndham Street" Loose clippings of Odeon Theatre Page 31: Clippings related to opera House and demolition Page 32: Clippings related to Bell Telephone building and Blacksmith Fountain Page 33: Clippings related to Bank of Montreal, Traders Bank and City Hall. There is also a photo of Wilson Street, 1958 Page 34: Clippings: "Can You See Brigham Young in Fascinating Photo of Yore?"; "Lower Wyndham Street Showing Trades Procession on Labour Day" Page 35: Clippings images of Guelph Fire Department Page 36: Clippings related to Court House Page 37: Clippings related to Court House Page 38-39: Clipping image of aerial view of Downtown Guelph; view of St. Patrick's Ward; Quebec Street East. Article "Guelph from Village to City" Page 40-41: Clipping images of aerial views of Downtown Guelph with article "Still Paying off After Over 70 Years" Page 42-43: Clipping images of St. George's Square with article "First Banking Office" Page 44-45: Clipping images of aerial views of Guelph with article "Guelph Country Club opened 45 Years Ago" Page 46: Clipping images "The Church of Our Lady Overlooks Busy Macdonell Street"; "Wide Macdonell Street with Many Businesses on Each Side" Page 47: Clipping images - 2 aerial views of downtown and one of Macdonell street with store fronts. Clippings "Companies Owned Many Early Roads"; "Lack of Roads Big Drawback" Page 48: Clippings related to Wellington County Registry Office, Post Office and Dominion Public Building and Nelson Crescent Page 49: Clippings" Down Comes Historic Old Registry Office"; "Guelph Library History Actually Dates to 1850" Loose clipping" Guelph First to Benefit Carnegie Library Grants" Page 50: Clippings related to YM/YWCA and Red Chevron Club Page 51: Clipping images of Legion buildings, Dr. Orton home, Bedford Home on Queen Street Page 52: Clipping images of Quebec Street, Macdonell Street and St. George's Square Page 53: Clipping images of St. George's Square, Odeon Theatre, and Carden street. Clipping: "Guelph Council K. of C. Celebrates its 50th Year" Page 54: Clipping images of Carden Street and City Hall and clipping "Famous Race Was Here" Page 55: Clippings: "City 129 Years Old First House Ruins"; "Romance of Some Place Names"; "Country Club Chooses Site"; "John A. Visited City to Sell His Property" Page 56: Clippings related to St. Joseph's Church and Holy Rosary Church Page 57: Clippings related to early churches in Guelph - Westminster-St. Paul, BME Church, Norfolk St. United, Church of Christ Disciples, St. Paul's Lutheran Page 58: Clippings related to Guelph Churches - Trinity United, Chalmers Church, Reformed Church, Christian Science Church. Also photo of Paisley Memorial church Page 59: Clippings related to Norfolk Street United Curch and Independent Order of Oddfellows building Page 60: Clippings related to Christian Reformed Church (old and new) and Christadelphian Hall Page 61: Clippings related to Dublin Street Church, Speedvale Pentecostal Church, and Church of Our Lady. There are also photographs of the Salvation Army Citadel on Dublin Street, St. Paul's Presbyterian Church on Short Street, and the Stone Church on Gordon Street Page 62: Clippings related to Chalmers Church, St. Mary's Ukrainian Church and photos of Eramosa Road Gospel Tabernacle church (blurry) and the Beth Isaiah Synagogue Page 63: Clippings related to first catholic mass celebrated in Ontario, two photos of church in Ostic and Clippings of St. Patrick's Anglican church on York Road Page 64: Clippings related to Harcourt Church, Church of the Disciples, and Calvary Baptist Church. There are also two photos, one of the original Harcourt Church (Brooklyn Sunday School on Martin St.) and one of Calvary Baptist Church. There is also a loose clipping about the new St. David-St. Paul church. Page 65: Clippings related to York Road Baptist Church, Drive-In Church Service at Grand Union parking lot, and Eden Mills United Church Page 66: Clippings about Duff's church in Aberfoyle, the relocating of the cornerstone of St. Bartholomew's Church on Catholic Hill and the New Holy Rosary Church. There is also a black and white photographic postcard of Church of Our Lady circa 1930. Page 67: Clippings about Holy Rosary Church (Loose), Guelph Reformed Church, Streetville Baptist Church, St. John's Anglican Church in Rockwood Page 68: Clippings about the new Brock Road Church, the Crippled Children's Centre on Beachwood Ave., GCVI, Sunnydale Children's School Page 69: Clippings about Central School, St. Paul's School, No. 6 township School (for Guelph Light Opera Company) and the smallest church in the world in Monte Carlo Page 70: Clippings about St. Joseph's Church and a country church Page 71: Clippings images of Our Lady of Lourdes School, St. James School and chapel at Guelph Reformatory Page 72: Clipping image of dedication of Sons of England memorial at Woodlawn Cemetery and clipping about Nichol Township School Page 73: Loose clippings about Salvation Army Citadel on Waterloo Avenue Pages 74-77 Blank Page 78: Clipping about old Guelph Grammar School Page 79: Clippings about Central School, Waverley Dr. School and two photos - one of John McCrae School in 1960 (blurry) and of King Edward School in 1960 Page 80: Clippings related to GCVI Page 81: Clippings of old Glengarry School, School on Woolwich being used as Board office and new Board of Education office, Stone Church in Eramosa Page 82: Clippings of St. George School (old and new), Gospel Hall on Yorkshire and June Avenue School Page 83: Clippings about York Road Church School, Ontario Training School and the tennis Courts at Church of Our Lady as well as postcard of Church of Our Lady Page 84: Clippings of Guelph Bible School on Waterloo Avenue and Notre Dame (Bishop Macdonell) High School. There are also three photos - St. Stanislaus School, first small catholic School, St. Agnes School - all taken 1960 Page 85: Clippings about John McCrae School, GCVI Athletic Club, old Gymnasium at GCVI and image of Church of Our Lady. There is also a photo of Torrance Public School from 1960 Page 86: Clippings of St. John Catholic School and Central School and photos of Central School, 1958, the Old Victoria School on James Street, 1960 and Alexandria School on Dublin, 1960 Page 87: Clipping images for Ottawa Crescent School, Laurine Avenue School and Victory Public School Page 88: Clippings about the new John F. Ross high School, King George School and Central School Page 89: Clippings of Central School, Guelph Elastic Hosiery Company, St. Bernadette School, and Brighton St. School Page 90: Clippings about Loretto Convent and High School and Sunnydale School Page 91: Clippings about the Loretto Convent and Academy, Early Guelph Schools, demolition of St. Patrick's School (Sacred Heart School), GCVI and Bishop Macdonell High School Page 92: Clippings about GCVI Page 93: Clippings about Edward Johnson School, Wellington Grammar School, Dr. Tytler Page 94: Clipping about Notre Dame School, and Holy Rosary School |
People |
Byerly, Alpheus E. (Dr.) Campbell, J. Chappel, H.J. Charles, Henrietta Charlesworth, J.W. Clayton, A.H.R. Cook, John "Fatty" Coughlin, Joe J. Crawford, D. (Rev.) Davison, J. Dickinson, A. Eastwood, I.G. Fitchett, Fred Hill, Ethelbert L. Howcroft, L. (Rev.) Johns, M. (Mrs.) Johns, Mammy MacDonell, Bishop Alexander McMahon, B. (Rev.) Nugent, W.W. Palmer, Arthur Palmer, Reverend Arthur Phelps, F.G. Robson, I. H. Ryan, G.B. Skinner, C. Smith, John Spears, Bill Strickland, Samuel Verner, Arthur Cole Verner, Frederick Weaver, Findlay Westoby, Henry Young, David |
Search Terms |
Acker Furniture Company Alexandra School Apollo Theatre Bank of Montreal Bell Telephone Company Beth Isaiah Synagogue Bishop Macdonell High School Blacksmith Fountain BME Church Brighton Street Holding School Brock Road Brock Road Christian Church Brooklyn Mission Sunday School Calvary Baptist Church Canadian National Railway Canadian National Railway Station Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Pacific Railway Roundhouse Carden Street Cardigan Street Castle Theatre Central School Chalmers United Church Christadelphian Hall Christian Science Reading Room Christian Science Society Church of Our Lady Church of Our Lady Tennis Courts City Hall Court House Disciples of Christ Church Dominion Public Building Douglas Street Dublin Street United Church Eramosa Hill Eramosa Road Eramosa Road Gospel Chapel Farmer's Market First Baptist Church First Christian Reformed Church First Church of Christ Scientist Gospel Hall Guelph Bible Chapel Guelph Bible Conference Grounds Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute (GCVI) Guelph Country Club Guelph Elastic Hosiery Company Guelph Fire Department Guelph Grammar School Guelph Hydro Guelph Lawn Bowling Club Guelph Light Opera Company Guelph Police Service Guelph Public Library Guelph Reformed Church Guelph Tannery Harcourt United Church Highland Cadets Holy Rosary Church Holy Rosary School Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Johnson (Edward) Public School Jubilee Park June Avenue Public School Kellet (W.H.) Soda Water Works Ker Cavan King Edward School King George School King's Plate Kingston Penitentiary Shoe Store Knights of Columbus Knox Presbyterian Church LAA Battery Laurine Avenue Public School Liverpool Street Loretto Academy Macdonald (D.E.) and Brothers Macdonald Block Macdonell Street Mackenzie (Alex) Malt House Malt House of Murton and Company Manor Park Market Square McCrae (John) Public School Mills (W.H.) Stove Manufacturing Company Monkhouse Chopping Mill Murray (George) Woolen Mill Myers Cigar Company Nelson Crescent Norfolk Street Norfolk Street United Church Northumberland Street Notre Dame High School Odeon Block Odeon Theatre Ontario Reformatory Ontario Training School for Boys Ottawa Crescent School Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary School Our Lady of Lourdes High School Paisley Memorial Church Paisley Road Paisley Street Methodist Church Parker Carriage Shop Post Office Priory Quebec Street Queen Street Red Chevron Club Registry Office Remembrance Day Ross (John F.) High School Rotary Children's Centre Royal Canadian Legion Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 234 Royal City Garage Royal Opera House Ryan (James) Ashary Sacred Heart Church Salvation Army Sons and Daughters of England Speedvale Pentecostal Church St. Agnes School St. Andrew's Church St. Bartholomew's Church St. Bernadette's School St. David and St. Patrick Church St. George's Church St. George's School St. James School St. James the Apostle Church St. John's School St. John's Ward School St. Joseph's Church St. Mary's Ukrainian Church St. Patrick's Anglican Church St. Patrick's Catholic Church St. Patrick's School St. Paul's Lutheran Church St. Paul's Presbyterian Church St. Paul's Separate School St. Stanislaus School Stone Church Stone Store Streetcar Sunnydale School Torrance Public School Traders Bank of Canada Trafalgar Park Trafalgar Square Trinity United Church Unions Victoria Hotel Victoria Rink Victoria School Ward (The) Waverley Drive Waverly Drive School Wellington County Wellington County Board of Education Wellington Hotel Westminster-St. Paul's Presbyterian Church Wilson Street Wonderland Woodlawn Cemetery Woolwich Apartments Woolwich Street Wyndham Street YMCA York Road Baptist Church YWCA |
Subjects |
ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE - BANKS ARCHITECTURE - BLACKSMITH FOUNTAIN ARCHITECTURE - CHURCHES ARCHITECTURE - CITY HALL ARCHITECTURE - CONVENT ARCHITECTURE - CONVENT ARCHITECTURE - COURT HOUSE ARCHITECTURE - DOMESTIC EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURE - DOWNTOWN GUELPH ARCHITECTURE - FIRE HALLS ARCHITECTURE - HOTELS ARCHITECTURE - LIBRARY ARCHITECTURE - MANOR PARK ARCHITECTURE - MILITARY ARCHITECTURE - ONTARIO REFORMATORY ARCHITECTURE - OPERA HOUSE ARCHITECTURE - POST OFFICE ARCHITECTURE - PRIORY ARCHITECTURE - PUBLIC EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURE - RAILROAD STATION ARCHITECTURE - SCHOOLS ARCHITECTURE - ST. GEORGE'S SQUARE EDUCATION EDUCATION - SCHOOLS |
Dimensions |
31.5 cm w x 40 cm h (closed) 63 cm w x 40 cm h (open) |
Collection |
Archives |