Guelph in postcards

For many years, the Guelph Mercury published annual reports on the "building operations" in town. These would list each structure newly built or renovated. (Of course, Guelph was much smaller then!) Records often included the contractors who provided various elements of each building, such as stone work, carpentry, painting, roofing, etc. These records provide an interesting vie...

This rare and appealing postcard provides an image of an older woman seated outside in a rocking chair in the sunshine, wearing a straw hat and smoking a pipe. Her hands are folded, her look serious (as it might be for a formal portrait). She looks straight at the camera lens but remains enigmatic.