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Metadata
Accession # |
A1985.110 |
Title |
Buildings on Woolwich Street, from Quebec St. corner to #259 Woolwich, Guelph, 1892-1914; 1955-1982. |
Date |
1892-1982 |
Description |
Streetscapes with residential, commercial, religious, and government buildings along Woolwich Street in Guelph, as they appeared ca. 1900 [copy made by Couling], and between ca.1955 and 1982 [slides made by Couling]. People and vehicles also visible in slides. SLIDES 9366 - 9368: - Building at corner of Woolwich St. and Quebec St., as it appeared in 1955 or 1956. Signs visible for "R.L. Craig Flour, Feed, Seeds", and for "Holm Radio Service". Written on card accompanying slides, "Cor Woolwich & Quebec". SLIDES 9369 - 9387: - Three-storey stone building with Mansard roof at 15-19 Woolwich Street, formerly the Priory Hotel, as it appeared ca. 1900 and between 1967-1977. Includes images of its demolition in 1977. Signs visible for Dumont Aluminum, salon de Corso, Hicks-Groom Co. Wholesale Grocers, the Liquor Store [LCBO], Sub Shop, Cottman's service centre, Canadian Pacific Railway Priory Hotel, C&F Young Export, and Firestone [tires]. Written on card accompanying slides, "15-19 Woolwich / dem by Mid January 1977". SLIDES 9388 - 9391: - Brick and stone houses on Woolwich Street at Meldrum Street as they appeared between 1969 and 1973. Written on slide 9389 "37 Woolwich". SLIDES 9392 - 9409: - Speed Skating Rink on Woolwich Street, also used as Canadian Pacific Railroad office, as it appeared between 1967 and 1982. This building was later demolished, and with the creation of the River Run Centre in the 1990s, a sculptural wall was built on the grounds in memory of this rink. Written on some slides, "Speed Rink"; written on slide 9401, "CP Freight"; written on card accompanying slides, "CPR Freight Office 1882". SLIDES 9410 - 9411: - Red brick house at 28 Woolwich Street, 01 December 1973. Written on slides, "28 Woolwich"; written on cards accompanying slides, "28 Woolwich St"; and "Meldrum & Priory c1840". SLIDES 9412 - 9420: - Stucco Victorian terraced houses at 30 - 34 Woolwich Street, as they appeared between 1969 and the time of their demolition on 01 December 1973. Written on slides, "30-34 Woolwich"; written on card accompanying slides, "30-4 Woolwich 40 / demolished Nov-Dec 1973". SLIDES 9474 - 9481: - Stone building at 43-53 Woolwich Street, 1969-1971. Written on some slides, "43-53 Woolwich at Thorpe St"; written on slide 9478, "23 Mar 71 / demolished last week June 71". SLIDE 9482: - Streetscape, looking down the east side of Woolwich Street, 23 May 1967. Written on slide, "Woolwich East side / 69 / 65-67 / 61-63 / 59 / 51-53". SLIDES 9483 - 9486: - Stone building at 59 - 63 or 61 - 63 Woolwich Street, 1967-1976. Both addresses written on some of the slides. Written on card accompanying slides, "61-63 Woolwich. SLIDES 9487 - 9496: - Sutherland Cottage, siding clad duplex at 65 - 67 Woolwich Street, 1967-1982. Written on slides and on card accompanying slides, "65-67 Woolwich"; written on slides 9494-9496, "Sutherland Cottage". SLIDES 9497 - 9502: - Stone commercial building, at one time clad in stucco, at 69 Woolwich Street, 1969-1973. In slide 9498 [taken 22 March 1969], sign is visible for "Doughty McFarlane Co.". Pick-up trucks also visible. Written on card accompanying slides, "69 Woolwich St / stuccoed[?] from Winter 72-73". SLIDES 9519 - 9520: - Stone house at 80 Woolwich Street, 1970-1971. On card accompanying slides, "80 Woolwich St". SLIDES 9521 - 9524: - Stone rectory for St. George's Anglican Church, 99 Woolwich Street, 1970-1977. Written on card accompanying slides, "99 St Georges Rectory"; On slide 9521, "99 Woolwich". SLIDES 9525 - 9528: - Brown brick building at 141 - 145 Woolwich Street, 1974-1982. Written on slides, "Priory Club" and "141-145 Woolwich"; Written on cards accompanying slides, "141-145 Woolwich Priory Club"; "Muller's Historic"; and "Stoaps[?]". Visible are signs for Scouts Canada and Big Brothers. SLIDES 9529 - 9531: - The Trafalgar Building, brown brick industrial building [converted to apartments?] on Woolwich Street, 1974-1977. Written on slides, "Trafalgar Building Woolwich St". SLIDES 9532 - 9535: - Stone commercial building, formerly Muller's Carriage Works, (corner of Woolwich St and Eramosa Rd) ca.1914; 1970-1973. Slide 9535 made by Gordon Couling from a book. Written on slide 9532, "Rear of Woolwich St (Walker's Furntiture etc.)". SLIDES 9536 - 9547: - Stucco house at 159 Woolwich Street, with signs for Neumann Real Estate office, 1967-1979. Written on slides, "159 Woolwich" and "Woolwich at Cardigan". SLIDES 9548 - 9553: - Red brick house at 172 Woolwich Street (at or near Baker Street), 1972-1980. Written on each slide, "172 Woolwich"; "Baker Street" sign visible in slide 9548. SLIDES 9554 - 9556: - Red brick hosue at 176 Woolwich Street (at corner of a one-way street), 1977. Written on card and slides, "176 Woolwich". SLIDE 9557: - Siding-clad house with later commercial addition at 179 Woolwich Street, 11 March 1977. Signs visible for "Shangri-La" and for "Burton Studio". SLIDES 9558 - 9559: - Red brick cottage at 185 Woolwich Street, 1971-1977. Written on slides and card, "185 Woolwich". Pumpkin on porch and house number visible in slide 9558. SLIDES 9560 - 9561: - Brick house at 191-193 Woolwich Street, with sign for Elmslie Real Estate office, 1971-1977. SLIDES 9562 - 9570: - Red brick house at 199 Woolwich Street, 1967-1977. Written on slides, "199 Woolwich"; written on slide 9565, "199 Woolwich / 1927 M.S. Kelly". Sign visible in slide 9564 for "Canada Trust". SLIDES 9571 - 9577: - Siding-clad house at 207 Woowlich Street, 1962-1980. Written on slides, "207 Woowlich"; on slide 9571, "207 Woolwich Days"; on slide 9575, "207 Woolwich / Alex Stewart 1927". SLIDES 9578 - 9588: - Brick commercial and residential buildings (joined), and drive shed, located at 208 - 210 Woolwich Street, 1969-1977. They are located on the south side of the road, just west of Suffolk Street. Signs on commercial property read "Karen's", "Freure", and "Yerette's". SLIDES 9589 - 9591: - Stone house at 214 Woolwich Street, 1969-1977. Written on slides "214 Woolwich"; on card, "214 Woolwich stone[?]". SLIDES 9592 - 9593: - Siding-clad house at 215 Woolwich Street, 1973-1977. Written on slides and card, "215 Woolwich". SLIDES 9594 - 9609: - Stone house at 221 Woolwich Street, 1967-1977. Written on slides, "221 Woolwich"; on slide 9599, "2 Sept 67 / 221 Woolwich / Dr. H.O. Howitt". SLIDES 9610 - 9613: - Barclay Terrace, stone terraced houses at 358 - [4?]25 Woolwich Street at Norfolk or Norwich Street, 1967-1980. Written on card accompanying slides, "238 Woolwich & Norwich / 3-11 Norwich"; on slide 9610, "Woolwich at Norfolk"; on slide 9611, "358-25"; on slide 9613, "Barclay Terrace". SLIDE 9614: - Brick duplex at 250 - 252 Woolwich Street, with sign for Wm. Bailey Real Estate, 30 November 1974. On slide, "250-252 Woolwich"; On card, "West Side Charles to [??????]. SLIDES 9615 - 9617: - West side of Woolwich Street with stone house at 258 Woolwich Street, 1969-1974, and neighbouring houses between Charles and Eden Streets. Written on card and on slide 9617, "258 Woolwich"; on slide 9615, "W side Woolwich Charles to Eden / 258 - 264 - 268 - TO"; on slide 9616, "Charles-Woolwich 258". SLIDES 9618 - 9630: - Red brick house with turret at 259 Woolwich Street, 1892; 1969-1977. Written on slides, "259 Woolwich"; Written on slide 9629, "259 Woolwich Lindcoln Goldie 1927"; On card accompanying slides, "259 Woolwich / James Hewer 1892". Slide 9627 is reproduced from the Globe [Toronto] newspaper issue of 06 August 1892. Written on that slide, "Hewer Goldie / Globe 6 Aug 1892 / 259 Woolwich". |
Creator \ Maker |
Couling, Gordon [PHOTOGRAPHER] |
Creator \ Maker |
Globe [PHOTOGRAPHER] Unknown [PHOTOGRAPHER] |
Item Name |
Slide |
Person \ Organization |
Big Brothers Burton Studio C and F Young Export Canada Trust Company Canadian Pacific Railway Cottman Transmission Doughty McFarlane Dumont Aluminum Elmslie Real Estate Firestone Tires Freure Hicks-Groom Company Wholesale Grocers Holm Radio Service Karen's Liquor Control Board of Ontario Muller's Carriage Works Neumann Real Estate Priory Club Priory Hotel R. L. Craig Flour Feed Seeds River Run Centre St. George's Anglican Church Salon De Corso Scouts Canada Shangri La Speed Skating Rink Sun Ray Feeds Sub Shop Walker's Furniture William Bailey Real Estate Yerette's Bailey, William Burton Craig, R. Day Doughty Dumont Elmslie Freure Goldie, Lincoln Groom Hewer, James Howitt, Henry Orton (Dr.) Hicks Holm Kelly McFarlane Muller Neumann Stewart, Alex Young |
Place |
Guelph Woolwich Street Quebec Street Meldrum Street Sutherland Cottage Trafalgar Building Eramosa Road Cardigan Street Baker Street Barclay Terrace Norfolk Street Norwich Street Charles Street Eden Street |
Subject |
Architecture Commercial Streetscape Hotel Railroad |
Photo, Map # |
9366 9366 - 9420 9367 9368 9369 9370 9371 9372 9373 9374 9375 9376 9377 9378 9379 9380 9381 9382 9383 9384 9385 9386 9387 9388 9389 9390 9391 9392 9393 9394 9395 9396 9397 9398 9399 9401 9402 9403 9404 9405 9406 9407 9408 9409 9410 9411 9412 9413 9414 9415 9416 9417 9418 9419 9420 9474 9474 - 9502 9475 9480 9485 9486 9490 9495 9499 9500 9502 9505 9510 9515 9519 - 9630 9520 9525 9530 9531 9535 9540 9545 9550 9555 9556 9560 9565 9570 9575 9580 9585 9588 9590 9595 9599 9600 9605 9609 9610 9614 9615 9620 9625 9629 9630 |
Year Range from |
1892 |
Year Range to |
1982 |
Accession # |
A1985.110 |
Containers |
STACKS |