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The Guelph Industrial Souvenir
- A Virtual Exhibition
This exhibition presents a
series of images documenting a few of the industries important to the
development of the City of Guelph. Each industry had a major impact on
the cultural, social, and physical landscape of the City in ways both good
and bad.
Format
The exhibition is organized
into the following sections:
The "Home" section
contains the interactive map and links to the histories of the industries
selected for this exhibition, together with the corresponding photographic
and textual images.
The "Essays" section
contains essays about industries and industrial life in Guelph, as well as
the colourful people who made them special. The essays have been
generously provided by the Guelph Historical Society. For more information
on publications of the Guelph Historical Society visit the Main Branch of
the Guelph Public Library, or view the GHS
Home Page.
The "Index" page
contains a list of all photographs and images in the exhibit section
together with the call numbers used to retrieve the items from the
Archives.
Research, Site Design,
and Image Selection
This exhibition was
researched, written, and designed by Jeff Whyte, GPL, and Vivian Orgill,
University of Guelph.
Sources
The photographic and paper
records displayed in this exhibition are all found in the collections of
the Guelph Public Library Archives.
Comments
We would appreciate any comments or
suggestions you have regarding The Guelph Industrial Souvenir. Please
email : bhughey@library.guelph.on.ca
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