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City Hall
CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-15-F38-0-15-0-0-93 · Item · ca. 1870
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This image shows the former City Hall with its first tower.

Lower Wyndham Street
CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-7-F38-0-7-0-0-40 · Item · [1870?]
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This photograph shows lower Wyndham Street at the corner of Carden Street. On this corner was #2 Day's Block, address of the J. E. McElderry Tea Store. At the extreme right is St. George's Church in St. George's Square which was torn down in 1874.

Wyndham Street
CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-7-F38-0-7-0-0-53 · Item · [1870?]
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This photograph shows Wyndham Street with St. George's Church in St. George's Square.

Speedvale Mill
CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-14-F38-0-14-0-0-132 · Item · ca. 1870
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This photograph shows Speedvale Mill. The owners of the farms shown in this photograph, from left to right, were John Pipe, William Hood, and Richard Greet.

Alma block
CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-14-F38-0-14-0-0-256 · Item · ca. 1870
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This photograph shows the new Alma Block, located on the east side of Upper Wyndham Street. The fenced area to the left of the buildings is the site where the New Wellington Hotel would be built.

St. Bartholomew's Church
CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-14-F38-0-14-0-0-315 · Item · ca. 1870
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

Looking west along Macdonell Street, this photograph shows St. Bartholomew's Church, the predecessor to the Church of Our Lady.

CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-14-F38-0-14-0-0-413 · Item · ca. 1870
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This photograph shows the original Raymond Sewing Machine factory located between Yarmouth and Baker Streets in Guelph. This factory was destroyed by fire in 1875.

Guelph looking east
CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-14-F38-0-14-0-0-490 · Item · 1870
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This photograph looks east across the Speed River towards Arthur Street. The second house from the left is near where the Heffernan footbridge now crosses.

St. Andrew's Church
CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-14-F38-0-14-0-0-288 · Item · [1871?]
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This photograph shows St. Andrew's Church at Suffolk and Norfolk Streets. This church was furnished and opened for the first time July 1st, 1859.

Knox Church
CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-14-F38-0-14-0-0-318 · Item · ca. 1871
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This photograph shows Knox Church at Baker and Quebec Streets shortly after its construction in 1869.

St. George's Square
CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-7-F38-0-7-0-0-80 · Item · 1871
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This photograph is a reproduction of an image from a newspaper showing the east side of St. George's Square with R. Rutherford's Store on the corner, where the Bank of Commerce was built.

Rockwood Academy
CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-14-F38-0-14-0-0-527 · Item · 1871
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This photograph shows the 1871 graduating class of the Rockwood Academy. In the middle, with crossed legs and curly hair, is Alex McMillan, Principal.

Raymond Sewing Machines
CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-14-F38-0-14-0-0-416 · Item · 1872
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This photograph was taken from the corner of Norfolk and Paisley Streets, near where the Guelph Public Library now stands. It shows the Raymond Sewing Machine factory on Yarmouth Street. The two houses shown here were built by Charles Raymond, owner of the factory.

View from the Cutten Club
CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-14-F38-0-14-0-0-487 · Item · ca. 1872
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This view of Guelph was taken from the present Cutten golf course and shows the Speed River, Gordon Street, and St. Bartholomew's Church on the skyline.

St. George's Church
CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-14-F38-0-14-0-0-298 · Item · 1872
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This photograph depicts the completion of construction on the spires of St. George's Church. The photograph looks east across the Speed River from Eramosa Hill.

CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-14-F38-0-14-0-0-412 · Item · 1872
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This view from Central School hill looks across Norfolk and Yarmouth Streets towards Eramosa Hill. On the left of the image can be seen the Congregational Church and St. Andrew's Church and to the right is the Raymond Sewing Machine factory on Yarmouth Street.

Allan's Dam
CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-14-F38-0-14-0-0-117 · Item · 1872
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This photograph shows Allan's Dam and St. George's Church with scaffolding still on the church spire.

CA ON00126 F38-F38-0-14-F38-0-14-0-0-397 · Item · 1872
Part of R.A.M. Stewart fonds

This photograph shows the downtown of Guelph along Paisley and Quebec Streets taken from the Central School hill. Knox Church is prominent in the middle of the image with the new spire of St. George's Church being built behind.