Commissioned painting (file 2 of 2).
- SCA188-GA163-35-601b
- File
- 1991-1992
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Contains three prints of “Weber Street, Berlin, Ontario, 1892,” the commemorative painting by local artist Bert Williams.
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Commissioned painting (file 2 of 2).
Part of Dare Foods Limited.
Contains three prints of “Weber Street, Berlin, Ontario, 1892,” the commemorative painting by local artist Bert Williams.
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Commissioned painting (file 1 of 2).
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Contains a short biography of Bert Williams, list of prices of paintings at the K-W Art Gallery, and contest concept.
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Contains one film reel that includes Dare Foods Limited television advertisements "Farm," "Treasure Island," "Alice and Wonderland," and "Dare Dans L'Air."
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Contains 162 colour transparencies that were produced for the publication of The Dare Story. The colour transparencies were produced by Penthouse Studios and sent to Gary MacLeod, Vice-President Sales. File includes images of Graham Dare, Bryan Dare, Carl Dare, Breton cracker production, staff working in their offices, women packing cookies and cracker products, a Breton transport truck, cookie products, staff working in the quality control lab, the warehouse, offices, the Dare Bears van, machinery in the plant, a sketch of a store display, a copy of a sketch "View from Berlin" 1854, company artifacts, and staff in a board room.
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Contains two Coconut Cremes tin tie packages. Each package contained one pound of sandwich cookies.
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Contains five Coconut Creme Cookies packages. Includes 14.1 and 14.5 ounce tin tie packages and 14.1 and 15.9 ounce boxboard boxes.
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Clippings, 1995 : photographs.
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Contains one issue of the newspaper Kitchener This Week, Wednesday, October 25, 1995. The "Then and Now" section on page 3 consists of a copy of a photograph of the C.H. Doerr & Co. plant on the corner of Weber and Breithaupt streets [ca. 1920] and a copy of a photograph of the Caya Fabrics Ltd. building residing in the same place in 1995.
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Contains one clipping of an article entitled "Canadians eager to enter U.S. upscale food market," Toronto Star, Tuesday, June 5, 1990, Business Today, Section E, E1. The photograph that accompanies the article includes an image of three people standing in front of the Dare Foods Limited display at the Food Marketing Institute supermarket convention in Chicago.
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Clippings, 1988 : Christmas parade.
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Contains one issue of Tavistock Gazette, Wednesday, November 30, 1988. The front page of the newspaper contains a photograph of participants in the Christmas parade including the Dare Bear.
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Contains three copies of the Kitchener Daily Record, February 16, 1943, City Edition. The newspaper contains black and white photographs and articles describing the fire that destroyed the C.H. Doerr Co., Ltd. plant on the corner of Weber and Breithaupt Streets in Kitchener. A caption on the front page of the newspaper reads, "$400,000 Blaze wipes out Kitchener plant; man dies." Below the caption there is a black and white photograph of the fire and an article with the title, "Candy factory is razed; four fire departments at scene; homes saved." The article is continued on page 2. The third page of the newspaper also includes 3 black and white photographs and 3 articles on the fire. The article, "Embers blew seven blocks," is continued on page 12.
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File consists of clippings documenting the 1972 strike at Dare Foods.
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File consists of two clipping relating to Dare Foods. One shows a historical photograph of a general store with C.H. Doerr boxes and one shows a historical photograph of inside the Dare factory.
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File consists of clippings from newspapers and magazines reporting on the history, production, and employees of Dare Foods.
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Contains eight colour photographs of the Class of 2000. The photographs are images of a banquet and the class of 2000.
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Contains four Cinnamon Danish Cookies packages. Each tin tie package contained one pound of cookies. Each boxboard package contained 14.1 ounces of cookies.
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Contains Standard Cost cards forms for different departments including the Cream Gum, Hard Candy, for 1961-1963.
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File consists of one Christmas card from Dare Foods featuring a cartoon illustration by Ken Gray.
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File consists of one Christmas card from Dare Foods for the year 1953 featuring a cartoon illustration by Ken Gray.
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File consists of one Christmas card from Dare Foods for the year 1957.
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Contains price lists for Christmas candy sold East of Lakehead, Lakehead and West, and in Newfoundland. Price lists describe products, package weight, case weight, cubic feet of case, and net price delivered to stores and warehouses. Products are listed in categories of packaging type.
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Contains two Chocoroons cellophane packages. Chocoroons were coconut and chocolate chip biscuits. Each package contained 24 biscuits.
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Contains two Choco-Nut cellophane packages. Choco-Nut biscuits were made with walnuts. Each package contained 28 biscuits.
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Contains three Choc-olé Cookies tin tie packages. Each package contained 16 ounces of cookies.
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Contains three Chocolate Nut Cookies tin tie packages. The package contained 15 1/4 ounces of cookies.
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Contains six Chocolate Fudge Cookies tin tie packages. The packages contained 16 and 32 ounces of chocolate sandwich cookies.
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Contains 14 Chocolate Chip Cookies tin tie packages. File includes 8 ounce, 14.1 ounce, 16 ounce, and 32 ounce packages.
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Contains one Chocolate Brownie Cookies tin tie package. Chocolate Brownie cookies contained chocolate chips and nut chips. The package contained three dozen or more cookies.
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Contains the pamphlet Chocolate and Cocoa reprinted from Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Volume III, and published by the Interscience Encyclopedia, Inc., New York, compliments of Rockwood & Co., Brooklyn, New York, 1949.
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Contains two Choco-Bar 10 3/4 ounce cellophane packages. Each package has orange, white, brown, and bronze colouring.
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File consists of one label for Cherry Dixie Chocolate bars, made by C.H. Doerr Co. Limited.
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Champion Chocolate Chip Cookies.
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Contains three Champion Chocolate Chip Cookies boxboard packages. Each box contained 14.1 ounces of cookies. The twin pack was introduced in May 1981 and a new box introduced in August 1982.
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Contains two Chalet Cremes tin tie packages. Each package contained 16 ounces of creme topped cookies.
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C.H. Doerr display shelf advertisement.
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File consists of one advertisement printed from the web for an antique display shelf originally used by the C.H. Doerr company.
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C.H. Doerr Company, Limited : financial statements (file 4 of 5).
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Contains 9 annual financial statements for C.H. Doerr Company, Limited. The 1935-1942 statements were prepared by C. Lorimer Rason, accountant and auditor, Kitchener. The statements between 1935 and 1937 include balance sheets for C.H. Doerr Sales Agency.
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C.H. Doerr Company, Limited : financial statements (file 3 of 5).
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Contains 9 annual financial statements for C.H. Doerr Company, Limited, prepared by Oscar Hudson & Company, chartered accountants, Kitchener. The statements also include a balance sheet for the C.H. Doerr Sales Agency. The 1934 financial statement was prepared by C. Lorimer Rason, accountant and auditor, Kitchener.
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C.H. Doerr Company, Limited : financial statements (file 2 of 5).
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Contains 8 C.H. Doerr Company, Limited, financial statements. The report from 1922 was prepared by Gordon Draper & Co. chartered accountants, Toronto; the 1923-1924 reports were prepared by W. E. Johnson & Co., Kitchener; and the 1925-1927 reports were prepared by Oscar Hudson & Company, chartered accountants, Kitchener. These statements also include a balance sheet for the C.H. Doerr Sales Agency.
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C.H. Doerr Company, Limited : financial statements (file 1 of 5).
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Contains three annual financial statements for C.H. Doerr Company, Limited. The financial statements between 1919 and 1921 were prepared by Scully & Scully, accountants, Kitchener.
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File consists of a photograph taken outside the Doerr factory of a group of people standing in front of a Doerr's Confectionery [parade float or delivery truck?], and a page taken from the souvenir book "Busy Berlin" (published by the News Record, Berlin, 1901) containing a photograph of the C.H. Doerr & Co.'s Biscuit and Confectionery Works.
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File consists of one envelope for The C.H. Doerr Co. Ltd.
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File consists of one real photograph postcard showing the C.H. Doerr Christmas samples. A description on an accompanying paper reads "Jo. Kerr in Elmira Oct. 16, 1907 xmas samples R.B. Doerr."
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C.H. Doerr and Company : staff and exterior of plant.
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Photograph of employees and a horse drawn delivery sleigh, stacked with boxes, outside of the C.H. Doerr & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery Works buildings.
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C.H. Doerr and Company : staff and exterior of plant.
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Photograph of employees standing outside of C.H. Doerr & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery Works looking at camera. They are seen standing on the front steps of the building and next to horse-drawn delivery buggies parked along the side.
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C.H. Doerr and Company : staff.
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Contains two black and white photographs. Copy prints of the recto and the verso of a postcard. The postcard was sent from Lawrence [Englert] to his sister, Rose Englert in Michigan [ca. 1905]. The text reads, "Dear Sister: Thank you for that beautiful neck-tie you sent me. This is a picture of a few at the shop, taken at Supper time, while we were at night work. Lawrence." The postcard image is of 13 men and women in the interior of the C.H. Doerr Company plant.
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C.H. Doerr and Company : shipping room.
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Print copy photograph of three employees in the C.H. Doerr and Company shipping room. Two are seen standing behind a long counter and another is standing beside piles of boxes.
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C.H. Doerr and Company : plant.
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Contains one black and white photograph mounted on board. The photograph is an image of two men with cars standing outside of the C.H. Doerr plant. File includes a slide that is a copy of the original.
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C.H. Doerr and Company : interior of plant.
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Photograph of men and women employees, some seen wearing white aprons, standing beside machinery inside the C.H. Doerr & Company building, likely the the biscuit manufacturing section of the plant.
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C.H. Doerr and Company : interior of plant.
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Photograph of employees women standing beside machinery in the interior of the C.H. Doerr & Company building, likely the candy manufacturing section of the plant.
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C.H. Doerr and Company : interior of plant.
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Photograph of employees posed for the camera with sweet cream sodas boxes and biscuits inside the C.H. Doerr & Company building.
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C.H. Doerr and Company : exterior of plant.
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Photograph of the exterior of the C.H. Doerr & Co. Confectionery Works building. A man in a suit and hat is standing in the front doorway and a driver is visible standing on a horse drawn cart piled with boxes at the side of the building.
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C.H. Doerr and Company : Doerr’s Candies delivery car and driver.
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Photograph of John Doerr sitting in the driver's seat of the Doerr's Candies delivery car in front of The Gettas Restaurant on May 1, 1916.
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C.H. Doerr and Company : delivery sleigh.
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Photograph of John Doerr sitting in the driver’s seat of a C.H. Doerr & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery delivery sleigh pulled by two horses. Two large houses are visible in the background.
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C.H. Doerr and Company : C.H. Doerr & Co. delivery box label.
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Contains one colour slide. The slide is an image of the mailing label on a wooden box that reads "C.H. Doerr & Co., Wholesale Manufacturers of Biscuits and Confectionery, Berlin, Ontario." The label is damaged.
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C.H. Doerr and Company : bulk candies in wooden barrels.
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Contains one black and white photograph. The photograph is an image of men standing in a store room. In the foreground are wooden Doerr's Candies pails piled high. The pails were used to ship candy.
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File consists of one invoice book for C.H. Doerr & Co.
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C.H. Dare & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery Works (file 2 of 2).
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Contains two black and white photographs. The photographs are enlargements of the C.H. Doerr & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery Works photograph dated 1892, however, the name "Doerr" has been edited on the photograph to "Dare."
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C.H. Dare & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery Works (file 1 of 2).
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Contains one black and white photograph and one colour slide. The slide and photographs are copies of the C.H. Doerr & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery Works photograph dated 1892, however, the name "Doerr" has been edited on the photograph to "Dare."
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Certificate of amendment and articles of continuation : Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited.
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File consists of a certificate of amendment, the articles of amendment, and the articles of continuation for Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited, under the Canada Business Corporations Act.
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Certificate for shares of the capital stock.
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Contains Certificate for Shares of the Capital Stock, The C.H. Doerr Company, Limited; correspondence; and the will of James Alexander Bain.
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Certificate and articles of continuance : Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited.
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File consists of a certificate of continuance and the articles of continuance for Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited, under the Canada Business Corporations Act.
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Contains one wine bottle. The bottle contained Etienne Brulé Blanc wine and was produced by Hillebrand Estates Winery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. The wine was produced in commemoration of the centennial of Dare Foods Limited.
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Contains one centennial watch. The watch is black and gold in colour and has the centennial logo imprinted on the face of the watch in gold. A protective case for the watch is included.
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Contains one white t-shirt. The t-shirt is white with the centennial logo silk-screened on the back in red. The t-shirt is extra-large in size.
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Contains six centennial stickers. The stickers are colour images of the centennial logo. They have not been used.
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Contains one sign. The sign includes an image of the centennial logo in front of the Canadian flag. The sign also reads, "100% Canadian" in both French and English. The sign measures 7.5 x 14 cm when in use and folded and otherwise 14 x 15 cm.
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Centennial promotional material.
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Contains centennial promotional material, photographs and historic promotional material. File includes clippings of articles and advertisements, contest form, promotional items, the Dare Foods Limited company Christmas card, and the September 1991 and March/April 1992 issues of Professor's Press (the Dare Foods Limited employee newsletter).
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Contains two centennial pins. The pins are in the shape of the centennial logo and are made of both plastic and metal.
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A pin created by Dare Foods Limited in celebration of the company's centennial anniversary in 1992. The pin features the company's centennial logo used in 1992 which includes Professor Bear of the Dare Bears.
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Contains records pertaining to the purchase of centennial jackets. File consists of faxes and order forms listing who ordered jackets, sizes, and amount.
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Contains one centennial jacket. The jacket is blue with the centennial logo embroidered over the left breast. The jacket is extra-large in size.
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Contains one centennial hat. The hat is a white cap style hat with the centennial logo silk screened on the top of the cap.
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Contains one centennial frisbee. The frisbee is blue plastic with the centennial logo printed on the top in white.
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Contains colour photographs and negatives. The photographs and negatives are images of Dare Foods Limited staff setting up a display illustrating the history of Dare Foods Limited, staff display awards from the City of Kitchener and the Province of Ontario, and staff decorating Christmas trees outside the Dare Foods Limited head office and plant in Kitchener.
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Centennial Committee (file 2 of 2).
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Centennial Committee (file 1 of 2).
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Contains records of the Centennial Committee that are divided by the following tabs: Minutes, Ball, Lapel pins, Painting, Open house, Picnic, Wine Gift, and Publicity. File consists of correspondence, bills, receipts, budgets, minutes, memoranda, menus, announcements, and faxes.
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Contains one centennial mug. The mug is white and has the centennial logo printed in gold on it.
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Contains one centennial candy jar. The candy jar includes a lid and has the centennial logo imprinted on it in gold.
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Contains one centennial beer glass. The beer glass has the centennial logo printed in blue on it.
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Contains four centennial balloons. The balloons are imprinted with the centennial logo. Three balloons are for helium, the other balloon is red.
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Centennial Ball photograph reprints correspondence.
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Contains correspondence documenting requests for the reprinting of photographs of the Centennial Ball held in Kitchener. The correspondence is addressed to various employees from Marilyn Watson, a Centennial Committee member, Dare Foods Limited in Kitchener.
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Contains one bag. The bag is white plastic and has the centennial logo imprinted on both sides in red.
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Centennial anniversary print given by the City of Edmonton.
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A mounted print featuring a cityscape of the City of Edmonton that was given to Dare Foods Limited by Jan Reimer, Mayor, City of Edmonton on behalf of the people of Edmonton. The print was given to Dare Foods Limited to commemorate the company's 100th anniversary on February 8, 1992. The print also features a congratulatory message and a seal of the City of Edmonton. The print is mounted on foam core board.
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Celebrating our centennial wine bottle.
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Contains one wine bottle. The wine bottle contained Etienne Brulé Blanc wine produced by Hillebrand Estates Winery Limited, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. The wine was produced in commemoration of the centennial of Dare Foods Limited.
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Contains one Cartwheels Cookies tin tie package. The package contained 16 ounces of cookies.
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Contains one Carolinas cellophane package. The package contained 40 biscuits.
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Contains one Caramel Crunch cellophane package. The package contained 50 biscuits.
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Contains three Caramel Chip Cookies tin tie packages. Each package contained one pound of cookies and cost 49¢.
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Contains correspondence between F. Rose of Cantab Industries, Toronto and C.M. Dare pertaining to the quotation of a N.I.D. Automatic Starch Moulding Machine for the Howe Candy Company at Hamilton. Includes booklets on the N.I.D. Automatic Starch Moulding Machine, N.I.D. Mobile Candy Brushing Machine, N.I.D. Sugar-Sanding Machine, and Modern Methods of Baking compiled by the editors and contributors to Food Engineering, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York.
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Contains correspondence regarding the sale of Dare Foods (Canning Division) Limited, of St. Jacobs and includes accounts.
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Contains one videocassette recording of the candy video presentation.
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Contains one videocassette recording of the candy video presentation.
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Candy video presentation, May 1988 / [produced by] Clearlight Visual Communications Inc.
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Contains one videocassette recording of a candy presentation for Shoppers Drugmart.
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Contains lists of gross goods, and notes on food colours, product information sheets, product names, candy glossary, and a copy of an article, “Useful statistics for candy makers.” The manual was prepared by Douglas Grischow.
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Contains articles on pH and The Candy Maker, Brix° and Baume°, To the New Berks Mixer Operators, and magazine clippings.
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Candy Industry and Confectioners Journal.
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Contains Candy Industry and Confectioners Journal 128, no. 9 (May 2, 1967).
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Contains candy formulas from 1936. The formulas are typewritten and most are dated. The formulas are organized alphabetically by title.
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Candy Division documents, Toronto and Hamilton.
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Contains Candy Division documents pertaining to Candy Division buildings and property in both Hamilton and Toronto. File includes correspondence, memoranda, plans and copies of plans, the Agreement of Purchase and Sale for properties in Hamilton, an advertisement for an opportunity to sublet a building in Toronto, and maps.
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Contains candy and biscuit brochures. The brochures were originally in a binder and are separated by two dividers.
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Contains two Canadian Teas cellophane packages. Each package includes an ingredient list and contained one pound or 48 biscuits.
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Contains four issues of the Canadian Grocer : 57, no. 11 (June 1, 1943) and no. 15 (August 1, 1943); 63, no. 7 (April 1, 1949); and 66, no. 16 (August 15, 1952).
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Canadian Baker Perkins Limited : estimate for contract.
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Contains an estimate for the cost of a biscuit oven for the Kitchener plant. The estimate was prepared by Canadian Baker Perkins Limited.
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