Photograph of Herbert J. Schneider standing on a brick walkway dressed in cadet uniform with a duffel bag slung over right shoulder.

Photograph of a giant cactus taken by Murray Hattin.

Photograph of yucca blossoms in southern California.

Photograph of Herbert J. Schneider standing on a brick walkway dressed in cadet uniform holding a duffel bag. Two unidentified children are visible in the background at the end of the walkway.

Series consists of photographs collected by Norman C. Schneider and taken by photographers other than himself.

Photograph of a Berlin streetcar, open-sided, stopped on a street. Adults and children are seen standing next to car and a wooden sidewalk is visible in foreground.

Publicity photograph of a Jakie Cassell, one of a pair of twins, high wire artists in Berlin, Ont. (now Kitchener). Also includes a photocopy from Marion Romahn's More than a century in Wilmot Township, published in 1967.

Snapshots of Ivan W. Keffer and family. Includes one snapshot of Ivan Keffer as a young man ; one of Ivan Keffer and daughter Mary Jane, April 17, 1927; one portrait of Ivan and Mary Keffer; and a photo of Mary Jane Keffer.

Snapshot, taken from the upper story of a building, showing a parade of horse-drawn vehicles followed by men marching. A banner across the street says "Senior Football, England vs Berlin". Date and occasion unidentified.

Snapshot of an unidentified man seen looking off camera and standing outdoors, dressed in a hat and wearing a hat, suit and dress coat.

Snapshot of an airplane in a field, two men pulling and one man pushing. This is a snapshot of the Bleriot airplane, the "mystery" snapshot of file 2.

Photographs of the exterior of Church of Good Shepherd building.

Group portrait of Rotary International [members?]. Norman C. Schneider is in the back row, third from left.

Mounted photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crocker of Stratford, "1st owner", ca. 1900 [according to other material he was the second owner].

Four negatives and three snapshot of the Pope Hartford car and occupants.

Studio portrait of Walter Zeller seen looking off camera, dressed in suit and tie.

Four snapshots of the 118th Battalion.

Photographs of members of the motorcycle club Norman C. Schneider belonged to, one taken at Niagara Falls by William C. Knipfel.

Left to right: Harry Gies, William Knipfel, Harry Knoll, Paul W. Schmiedel, Ivan W. Keffer, Norman Schneider.

Series consists of negatives taken by or belonging to Norman Schneider for which no positive prints have been located in the fonds. Negatives have been placed and described with their matching prints wherever possible.

Modern copy prints of Norman Schneider at Tuerk Gasoline Engine & Co., where he apprenticed. File includes letter from a relative.

Photographs related to Tuerk Gasoline Engine & Co. including four views of Tuerk engines; a view of the exterior front of Berlin Gasoline Engine & Thresher Co. Ltd.; and two interior views of Tuerk engine plant where Norm worked as an apprentice from 1905 to 1911.

Snapshots and negatives of two views of a train crash near Tuerk Engine Plant witnessed by Norman C. Schneider.

Photograph of Ahrens, Daniels and Schneider family members standing outdoors at Grand Bend. From left to right: Stella Daniels, Lottie Ahrens, Emma Schneider, Emma Ahrens, Ella Daniels, J.M. Schneider, Floss Ahrens, [Chales August Ahrens] and Norman C. Schneider.

Photograph of Norman C. Schneider kneeling on the back of a boat with Lottie and Floss Ahrens seated in side. Norman is smiling at camera and holding open a Canadian Red Ensign.

Group portrait of Lottie Ahrens, Marion Law, Florence Ahrens, and Agnes Law looking off camera, posed standing arm-in-arm and wearing straw [sombreros?]. Three of the four are wearing turtleneck sweaters and one is wearing a long cardigan with pockets.

Photograph of the interior of the Church of the New Jerusalem.

Photograph of Norman C. Schneider on an outing with a large group of unidentified friends.

Photograph of (left to right) Floss and Lottie Ahrens in bathing costumes, seated in sand. Likely taken at beach at Grand Bend.

Photograph of Ahrens cousins standing and sitting in the water. The group is seen smiling at the camera and is bathing costumes and caps.

Back row: Fred Schneider, ?, ?, Frederick H. Ahrens, Floss Ahrens, ?, Agnes Law, Emma Ahrens

Front row: ?, Lottie Ahrens, Marion Law

Photograph of Ahrens family standing in water and looking toward camera. The group is seen dressed in bathing costumes. From left to right: Emma Ahrens, unidentified person, unidentified person, Norman C. Schneider, unidentified person, Charles August Ahrens.

Photograph of the exterior of a cottage with an "Ohio" sign above front porch and surrounded by trees.

Negative taken by Norman C. Schneider of a rail car from the Berlin Street Railway full of passengers stopped along a tree-lined street with a crowd of people waiting to board. Adult in street looking toward camera with hand at waist possibly Charles Alexander Schneider.

Head and torso studio portrait of Muriel Kerr seen smiling widely toward camera.

Photograph of Victoria Park with view of the tree lined lake and the bust of Kaiser Wilhelm I.

Photograph of Ahrens cousins seated in a row on a sandy beach. The group is seen smiling at the camera and is wearing bathing costumes and caps.

Left to right: Agnes Law, ?, ?, Floss Ahrens, ?, Lottie Ahrens.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Lois Burnham seen looking off camera.

Snapshots of Ahrens cousins and friends in the water and on the beach, in bathing costumes, likely at the Ahrens cottage at Grand Bend.

Photograph of Charles August and Emma Ahrens (back row at left) seated on a porch with (left to right) Floss Ahrens, Lottie Ahrens, unidentified person, and Norman C. Schneider.

Group portrait of the Ahrens and extended family members posed for a photo in front of the Ahrens cottage at Grand Bend with a "Berlin" sign above the porch. J.M. Schneider is seated in front row at left. Floss and Charles August Ahrens seated in front row at right. Emma (Hirschy) and Helena Ahrens are in back row at right with Emma Ahrens seated directly in front of them.

Photograph of Ivan W. Keffer seated along a waterway looking off camera with wrists and legs crossed.

Three contact prints, possibly of Alf Gofton, on a motor assisted bicycle. Initials "ASG" on verso. Note on front by NCS: "Bet you a dollar you can't count the spokes in back wheel."

Series consists of formal portraits of Norman C. Schneider, his wife Ethel, their children Herbert, Howard and Brita, alone and as a family. Photographers include Belair, Binning, K-W Record, Panabaker, Personal Studio, Ray, Trussler and Yost. Most of the photographs are studio portraits.

One snapshot (two copies) by Norman C. Schneider showing a group of young people in the first J.M. Schneider truck, a Brantford. The truck is parked in a field and the group is seen seated in and standing next to the vehicle.

Unidentified photographs of the Ahrens and extended family members including a group portrait in front of the cottage "Berlin"; a view of the cottage "Ohio"; unidentified people in the water; and Norman, with Florence and Lottie Ahrens in a boat.

Snapshot showing a group of four people walking, taken from behind.

Candid unidentified group portrait, taken at a picnic or other outing. Includes Norman and Emma Schneider.

Photograph of an unidentified young adult standing on top of the empty Kaiser Wilhelm I plinth in Victoria Park imitating a statue with one arm outstretched and the other at placed on hip.

Group portrait of Alf Gofton (back row, far right) and unidentified friends, partially in uniform, standing on a muddy wooden staircase.

Photograph of (left to right) C. Sutherland, M. McDonald, S. Smith, J. MacKenzie and Alf Gofton seated on and standing next to two Kelly Trucks.

Photograph of Kaiser Wilhelm I bust in Victoria Park with view of lake and residential homes in background.

Photographic records relating to Norman C. Schneider's military service in WWI, which included the 108th Battalion, 118th Battalion and the Mechanical Transport school of Instruction.

One group portrait of the 108th officers training class.

Informal group portrait of 118th Battalion officers, taken outdoors.

One group portrait of the 108th officers training class taken outside.

Back row, left to right: Sergeant Major Kreutzer, Reinhold Lang, Lionel Washburn, Carl Heinrich, Dr. Rittinger, Mr. Wier, Frank Rooney, Col. Bowman, Hugo Bingham.

Middle row, left to right: Fred Davies, Norman Schneider, Solon Albright, Harry Halliwell, Brown, Hallman, McKelvie.

Front row, left to right: Al Pernfuss, E. Woolner, Harry Porteous, Russell, Leo Leyes, J. Harold Smyth.

Informal group portrait, taken outdoors in Ottawa. Subjects unidentified.

Studio portrait of Norman C. Schneider in uniform.

Informal group portrait taken outdoors of (left to right) Norman C. Schneider in uniform and holding dog, Ethel Lapsley, Carl Heimrich, Margaret [?], Emma Schneider, Basil Gilbert.

128 snapshots, some with identifications. Contains Norman C. Schneider's photos of 1916 "118th Battalion" such as interior photos of barracks at Berlin (Kitchener), Ottawa, tents at Camp Borden; the Schneider family home "Buena Vista" with John Metz out front in two of the photos; picnics with friends, Gatineau River, plane crashes, A nice catch of fish.

Formal group portrait of the Mechanical Transport Class taken outdoors in Ottawa. Subjects unidentified and posed between two trucks. Norman C. Schneider is seated in the front row, second from right.

Snapshot taken outdoors, possibly during picnic, of (left to right) Emma Schneider, Margaret [?], Basil Gilbert and Norman C. Schneider. Basil and Norman are seen in uniform, holding car seats.

Snapshots of military training with no identifications as to unit or location. Includes "Moving Day", "Shutter affected by gunfire, 16 pounder", rifle range, tents and tent moving, group portrait possibly of the 118th Battalion.

Snapshot of Lieut. Norman C. Schneider and Captain Harry Snyder. Both are in uniform, outdoors, with a family group.

Photograph of Charles August Ahrens and Emma Ahrens standing in front of a teepee. Each is wrapped in a woollen tartan blankets. Charles is standing with a box upside down on head, pointing at something off camera, and Emma is seen in redface, wearing a feather headdress.

Composite studio portraits of Ivan W. and Mary Louise Keffer.

Photographs of Charles August Ahrens and Emma Ahrens and Norman C. Schneider wrapped blankets and in redface in front of a teepee.

Photograph of Norman C. Schneider seated in front of a teepee wrapped in a woollen tartan blanket. He is seen in redface smoking a pipe and wearing a feather headdress.

Photograph of unidentified group standing in street clothing with the lake behind. Emma Anthes is seated at front and person standing at right with infant is likely Ethel Schneider.

Four snapshots of Herbert J. Schneider as a baby and toddler. One includes Schneider with aunt, Emma Anthes, at the lake and another of Schneider with Ethel Schneider.

Informal family portrait of, left to right, Ethel Schneider holding Herbert[?], Grandma Joachimi, Norman C. Schneider, Mrs. Lapsley, Mr. Lapsley[?]

p. 1-4. Niagara Falls, Buena Vista. Snapshots featuring Norman C. Schneider and Hyalie MacDondald, interspersed with shots of Niaga Falls and the cable car. Other shots of the two men, J. M Schneider and others are taken at Buena Vista, J.M. Schneider's home. Several feature Norman and Hyalie with pipes. Carl Ahrens(?) is also in several shots.
p. 5. Pope Hartford automobile.
p. 6. Schneider family snapshots ca. 1934: Howie sick in bed with nurse, Edith knitting, Keffer family visit, winter play.
p. 8-9. Schneider & Ahrens families at the beach, ca. 1927.
p. 10-11. Norman with a group of boys posed in front of car; Norman, Edith and friends, posed in front of a car; garden arch in winter.
p. 12 Family group on an outing, Norman and Edith with Siegners?), Shupes(?). All dressed in coats and hats, some fur collars, split rail fence.
p. 13-17. family snapshots at 76 Schneider Ave: house and garden exterior, Victoria park in winter, Herb, Howie and Brita, ca. 1934, family group with Emma Siegner.
p. 18. Schneider's(?) girl's baseball team. Women wearing "sailor" pants with two rows of buttons.
p. 19. J.M. Schneider in his office.
p. 19. Family snapshots at 176 Schneider Ave: "Europa Ping Pong, fireplace, Norman and Howie.
p. 20. "The twins, Leonard and Lorraine Pickard."
p. 21. Edith and Little Pal (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 22-23. Winter fun at Freeport, ca. 1934: family with skis, boys on toboggan, posed in front of car.
p. 23. Norman Schneider on the Duchess of Bedford, 1931.
p. 24-25. Family snapshots, 1934: children at Schneider Ave. and at Freeport.
p. 24. Schneiders Christmas boxes? Group of men in front of a store with boxes labelled "Merry Xmas".
p. 26. Herbert and Howie with false noses; Norman in deck chair with blanket and book on the Duchess of Bedford, 1931 (lacking 1 of 3).
p. 27. Norman in front of Cologne Cathedral, Nov., 1934; J.M. Schneider in his office, Dec. 22, 1934.
p. 28-29. Christmas 1934: Christmas tree, presents, Herb, Howie and Brita; Victoria Park 1934: hockey; Mary Jane Keffer, 1933; children on skis (at Freeport?), with unidentified man; J.M. Schneider and Helena with children, J.M. and sister Mary Alles (ther are negatives for these, 2 snaps of 14 lacking).p. 30-33. Keffer family visit (9 of 10 lacking). Includes one shot inside the Keffer home in Germany.
p. 34. Schneider plant, Dec. 1934: plant machinery, shipping Wiltshire sides.
p. 25. Skiing: Chicopee?
p. 36. Freeport cottage: swimming pool (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 37. All photos missing (3), one labelled Lexington Airport picture.
p. 38. Ethel at Freeport Cottage: "Poison ivy day, 1934"; Ethel and Brita, Victoria Park.
p. 39 family skiing at Chicopee, 1934.
p. 40. Family snapshots at 76 Schneider Ave: exterior at dusk; Children seated with Lapsley, Joachimi ladies.
p. 41-42. Schneider Plant: exterior; machinery; men working in office; man with truck "Sam Humphrey, 100,000 miles, 1936"; pigs, cows on ramp; steam shovel digging hole.
p. 44-45. Family snapshots: Schneider and Siegner group snapshots on outings, 1935, Herbert, Howie and Brita in new clothes?; children playing in winter: group shots including four girls in winter coats and leggings, two of boys and toboggan.
p. 46. Children fishing at Freeport, 1935; Norman in a train window, 1934 (lacking 1 of 6).
p. 47. Norman at the Keffer's home in Germany (lacking 1 of 4).
p. 48-54. Skiing at Chicopee: landscape, ski tracks, posed skiiers, skiier jumping with spectators (lacking 3 of 31).
p. 55. Schneider children: birthday party, boys collecting plants.
p. 56-57. Freeport Cottage: children fishing, playing baseball, family group with F.H. Schneider & Siegner families. Includes a shot of Mary Jane Keffer?
p. 58-59. Church of the New Jerusalem, interior and exterior (lacking 3 of 12).
p. 60: Norman, Ethel and Children: group shot at Freeport cottage; spring blooms, men at unidentified property (Sims at Chicopee?). Two of these are groups seen in a gazing ball.
p. 66. Ski Hill at Chicopee (lacking 2 of 3).
p. 62-64. Skiers: groups and individuals, both at Chicopee and elsewhere? Includes one summer shot of men digging ski slope (lacking 1 of 15).
p. 65. Ivan Keffer: winter portrait at Freeport?; Howie missing tooth.
p. 67. Construction photos: men working, shot taken high up (lacking 2 of 4).
p. 71. Horse drawing logs, trees in winter at Freeport?
p. 72-73: Norman Schneider on skis (lacking 2 of 4).
p. 74. Skiers in woods.
p. 75. Skiers in front of fireplace, including Norman Schneider (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 76. Dining room interior (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 77. Little Pal (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 78-80. Schneider stock farm: buildings, creek, boys fishing, collie dog, large tree.
p. 80-82. Spring at 76 Schneider Ave: house exterior, Victoria park entrance and pavilion, daffodils, Howie and Herb with bicycles, Brita with roller skates, group shots of children.
p. 83. Brock Monument and Queenston Heights, May 9, 1937, statue of soldiers labelled "Erie, Pa".
p. 84. Skiiers on grass.
p. 84-85. Keffer family.
p. 85. Norman Schneider with a group: "Europa, 1936".
p. 86-87. Schneider stock farm: family group, boys with pony, cows and large tree.
p. 87. Group of young women, 1936, possibly Schneider employees. They are all dressed for cool weather.
p. 87. Ceremony at Victoria School grounds: platform with speaker, scouts seated in foreground.
p. 88-93. Men's fishing trips (lacking 2 of 21).
p. 94-96. Rotary flag-raising at Chicopee.
p. 97. Norman, F.H. Schneider and Rotary: group portrait with large house in background (Sims home?).
p. 98. Rotary flag raising at Chicopee, 1935.
p. 98-100. Men's shenanigans: men playing outside in costume.

83 photographs. Photograph album, not entirely filled, with material inserted in the front.
p. 1. Kesselring's Woods.
p. 2. CKCR, May 13, 1955.
p. 3. Norman C. Schneider with Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, John Wintermeyer.
p. 4. Schneiders 1944 Girls Softball Team.
p. 5. Ladies of J.M. Schneider Ltd. staff, Aug. 31, 1944.
p. 6. Oskar Radke, Dutxh festival, Market Building, Nov. 23, 1948.
p. 8-19. Norman C. Schneider family snapshots and portraits.
p. 20. Norman and Ethel Schneider with Alberta, Edith, Walter Ahrens and an unidentified couple, Tulsa, Okla., ca. 1948.
p. 21. O.A.C. 1948: Herbert Schneider's graduating class. The photo is dated in pencil on the back as 1946.
p. 22-24. Church of the Good Shepherd, including small portrait of "Don" in uniform, dated England, Jan. 1945.
p. 25. 2 photographs of groups skiing : a) Frederick, Herbert, Howard, Babe Millar, Winston Muschette; b) Herbert, Frederick, Don Daub, Dr. Roy Hemmerich, Howard.
p. 26. Herbert and [?] in a boat in a field.
p. 27: Siegner family weddings : Katherine to Les Faichney, John to Mary Shafer.
p. 28. Rotary flag raising, Chicopee, May 24, 1939.
p. 29-31. Norman C. Schneider family snapshots. Includes cottaging at Honey Harbour, "Shorewood" interior, Freeport cottage and pool, and one snapshot labelled "Oct. 10, 1920", 4 young people with their heads in a wagon wheel, shed and old building in background.
p. 33. Norman C. Schneider's snapshots of a stormy ocean, taken from the bow of a ship (1938) and one postcard.
p. 36. Norman C. Schneider with wood carvings.
p. 38-41: Norman C. Schneider trip snapshots and postcards : Sweden, Poland, Moscow.
p. 43: Tuerk engines: one original, one modern snapshot of the "little Tuerk".
p. 44. certificate of appreciation from St. Mary's General Hospital Building Fund Campaign dated May 12, 1964.
p. 45. Snapshot of child in tub, labelled "The End".

Photograph of Charlotte Braun standing with Ethel Schneider on Braun's wedding day. Both are looking at camera with bouquets of flowers held in left arms.

Photograph of (left to right) Norman C. Schneider, Alf Gofton, Charlotte Braun and Ethel Schneider on the Gofton's wedding day. The group is seen dressed in formal wear, standing on the balcony of a residential home. Charlotte and Ethel are holding bouquets of flowers.

Snapshots showing Alf Gofton and Charlotte Braun on their wedding day. Includes Ethel (Lapsley) Schneider as bridesmaid or matron of honour and Norman C. Schneider.

Photograph of Alf Gofton and Charlotte Braun on their wedding day. Dressed in a suit and wedding dress, the couple are seen standing arm in arm, looking at the camera. Charlotte is holding a bouquet of flowers in left arm.

Photograph of (left to right) Alf Gofton, Charlotte Braun, and Ethel and Norman C. Schneider on the Gofton's wedding day. The group is seen dressed in formal wear, standing on the front steps of a residential home. Charlotte and Ethel are holding bouquets of flowers.

One group portrait of the Ethel and Norman C. Schneider and their families, identified by Norman, and one informal portrait of Ethel (Lapsley) Schneider taken outdoors, May 20, 1925, in her wedding dress. File also includes three snapshots, identified by Norman: "Ethel the Bride", "Bridesmaid Floss and Bride Ethel", "Marriage service in our church, corner King and Water St."

Left to right: Mother Schneider, Granda Joachimi, Norman, Ethel, Floss, J.M. Schneider, Mother Lapsley, Rev. Depuis[sic].

At rear: Mrs. Depuis.

Honeymoon snapshots. Norman and Ethel were married May 20, 1925. Edith Ahrens and Hyalie MacDonald married on May 21, 1925, the day after Norman and Ethel Schneider and both couples stayed in the same hotel in Niagara Falls afterwards.

Informal group portrait taken outside. Left to right : seated, Herbert J. Schneider, Grandma Joachimi, standing, left to right, unidentified adult [possibly Ethel?], and Grandmother Lapsley.

Four group snapshots of men in overcoats and hats at Rotary flag raising at Chicopee.

Photograph of the exterior of Church of Good Shepherd building.

Photographs of the exterior of Freeport cottage.

Snapshot of adults seated around a patio table with umbrella at Freeport cottage. Left to right: J.M. Schneider, three unidentified people, Helena Schneider, Ethel, Clara Lapsley.

Snapshot of Herbert and Howard Schneider on a toboggan with two unidentified friends.

Snapshots of Norman C. Schneider's children, Herbert, Howard and Brita at various ages and seasons.

Photograph of Norman C. Schneider with Vera Koeple and her sister in a boat, showing their catch of lake trout.

Aerial view of Shorewood Cottage.

Snapshots, including one of skiiers climbing a hill (Howie in the rear), one identified elsewhere as Norman. Herbert and Howie at Hanover, 1941.

77 photographs, mostly snapshots.
p. 1, 3, 5, 7. "Dutch Company" ski photographs, including one "artistic" shot.
p. 11. Artistic shot of birch trees.
p. 12. Schneider, Norman C. : home at 76 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Ont. : exterior.
p. 13. Skyscraper.
p. 14. Mrs. Keffer and girl with basin of Boston Terrier puppies. (1 of 2 lacking).
p. 17. "Canada at Work" (1 of 2 lacking).
p. 19. London Bridge?
p. 25. Ski jumping with spectators at Chicopee (1 of 2 lacking).
p. 27 Schneider, Norman C. : family portrait, Oct. 1935.
p. 28. Schneider family portrait : Norman & Ethel, Fred H. and Ella, Walter Siegner and Emma, four unidentified couples, taken in a living room.
p. 34. Canada at Work, 1938.
p. 35. Skiing, Huntsville?
p. 36-38. Schneider family snapshots, J.M. and Helena.
p. 39-39, 41, 43. Snapshots taken in Europe? One shows a border crossing on a path, several of a group of men and a pony.
p. 43-44. Men's fishing trip snapshots (1 of 5 lacking).
p. 46-47. Christmas at 76 Schneider Ave. Includes children with Christmas tree, Herbert, Howie and Don Daub playing with trains in the basement.
p. 48-53. Ski photographs, locations unknown. Includes posed groups, 1938, and candid shots.
p. 55. Church of the Good Shepherd.
p. 56-58. Schneider Stock Farm (2 of 11 lacking). Includes shots of children riding a pony.
p. 59-61. Wedding of unidentified couple. Includes bride and groom in sleigh outside Buena Vista, J.M. Sschneider's home at 272 Queen St. North.

Photograph of Emma Anthes seated in a lawn chair holding a treat up to her seated dog, named Pat, as Herbert Schneider looks on with left hand in air. A cluster of birch trees and the corner of a building are visible in background.

Photo of Hilda and Evelyn Haist sitting next to a winch and cable for water under a partially obscured "The Birches" sign made out of twigs.

Photograph of a group of skiiers from Kitchener-Waterloo known as "The Dutch Company" at Limberlost, Huntsville.

Left to right: Paul Breithaupt, Norman C. Schneider, Dr. Harry Lackner, Dr. Jim Boyd, Bill Gurton, Alex Martin, Dave Schneider, Fred Schneider, Jake Baetz, Clare Duffus, John Halliwell.

Snapshots of Herbert, Howard and Brita with an unidentified person at Freeport cottage. Norman C. Schneider appears in one of the shots.

Photographs of Herbert, Howard and unidentified boy in bathing suits, building in sand pile.

Snapshots Walter and Emma Siegner with small girl at Freeport cottage.