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Kaufman Family collection. Kaufman Footwear
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Vulcanizing department.

Contains one photograph of the vulcanizing department "showing one of the steam vulcanizers where rubber footwear is cured under pressure".

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Varsity Grads : one of greatest teams of all.

Contains two modern print copy negatives and one photograph of a newspaper article about the Varsity Grads, Canada's Olympic team from 1928. Caption includes the identification of the players.
Left to right: Charlie Delahey, Rogers Plaxton, Frank Fisher, Ross Taylor, Hugh Plaxton, John (Red) Porter, Dr. Joe Sullivan, Dr. Lou Hudson, Bert Plaxton, and Stuffy Mueller. Also mentioned, but not in the photograph, are Dave Trottier, Frank Sullivan and Grant Gordon.
It is unknown what connection this photograph has to Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited.

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Truckfest 93 : promotional material.

Contains material regarding Kaufman's promotion of their Splashguards at Truckfest 93. Includes product information, product availability, memoranda, pamphlets, a 1993-1994 Splashguard catalogue, and 22 photographs.

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Tour of Breithaupt tannery, Hastings, Ont.

Contains one informal portrait of a group standing outside of a building, in front of Breithaupt Leather trucks, on a tour of the Breithaupt tannery in Hastings, Ontario.

Left to right: unidentified Breithaupt employee, unidentified Breithaupt employee, George Banton, Don Comfort, Raymond Boucher, unidentified, Jim Jolly, unidentified, Marc Seguin, Don Keast, Frank Packard, Leo McNamee, Don Mugford, Mr. Breithaupt (President of Breithaupt Leather), I.E. Weber (Vice President, Manufacturing of Kaufman Footwear Limited).

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The shoemaking department.

Contains one photograph of the shoemaking department, with "a corner of the boot lasting section with boots under construction".

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Staff recognition event.

Contains twenty-seven negatives, two formal portraits and two snapshots from a staff recognition event. Contains several unidentified individuals.

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Social event.

Contains one snapshot of several unidentified individuals at a social event.

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Sales and marketing.

Contains material relating to the sales and marketing of splashguards at Kaufman Footwear. Includes correspondence, memoranda, product information, advertisements, price lists, invoices, designs, and original drawings. Includes 14 photographs of splashguards and unidentifed individuals with Kaufman splashguards and products.

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Sadowsky retirement event.

Contains thirty photographs of a retirement event for an employee with the last name Sadowsky. Includes several unidentified individuals.

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Retirement event.

Contains two photographs of a retirement party for an unidentified male. Includes an informal group portrait of three unidentified males and four unidentified females.

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Photographs taken for written standard practice reports : Showertog unit operating equipment and accessories.

Contains photographs regarding written standard practice numbers P-2-34 to P-2-39 and M-6-4 to M-6-6. Showertog operating equipment and accessories represented in the photographs include mold carts, oven carts, a cooling fan, flame reinforcing units, a heel seat unit, oven control panel, fan mount and drive, and a frame hood.

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Photographs taken for written standard practice reports : extra Showertog pictures not used, August 1960.

Contains photographs depicting the Showertog making process and machinery. Includes several unidentified females. Includes identification of process steps and machinery on envelope: a) large pump, b) squeeze bottle use, c) reinforcing high heel, d) turntable, head of #3, e) unit #3 drain, f) squeeze bottle use, g) large [illedgible], h) stripping Snowbelle, i) draining Snowbelle and first fill.

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Photographs taken for written standard practice reports.

Contains six negatives of photographs most likely taken for a written standard practice report. Includes photographs of assembly line and machinery. A note on the original envelope connects these negatives to reports M-5-1-2-3-4 and -6 and M-5-5.

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Photographs.

File consists of photographs of employees and events at Kaufman Footwear Includes four images of Gary Peysar, and one of employees at a retirement party ca. 1960:

  • Peysar, Gary
  • Kraft, Lorne
  • Muller, Harold
  • Hummel, George
  • Arvid, Bill
  • Bunch, Norman
  • Phelan, Tom
  • Rausch, Raimund
  • Voisin, Bill
  • Oh, Eddy

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Photo handbook.

Contains 206 photographs of various footwear making processes, corresponding to written standard practice numbers. Some photographs are missing, and some were never pasted into the binder.

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Parades : Kaufman Rubber Co.: Dominion Day parade float.

Contains one modern print copy negative of an old photograph of the Kaufman Rubber Co. Limited parade float for July 1, 1918. Identification included.

Back row, left to right: Ernie Dunbrook, Leo Cody, George Hainsworth (goaltender for the Montreal Canadians), Bernie Zuber, Ernie Ziegler, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified.

Middle row, left to right: unidentified, I.K. Weber.

Front row, left to right: unidentified, Oliver Schlegel [?], unidentified.

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Packing department.

Contains one photograph of the packing department. Caption states that "in this department, after cartoning, the goods are packed into cases ready for shipment or delivery to the warehouse".

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Outings : fishing.

Informal group portrait of 10 men with fish and fishing gear. A.R. Kaufman standing at far right.

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Murals.

Contains three photographs of two different Kaufman murals in the progress of being painted.

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Milestone Night, 1995.

Contains slides of employees for Milestone Night. Includes some slides of employees names who received awards for loyal service: Stanislav Kristovic, Fred Bridgman, and William Struth.

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Milestone Night, 1992.

Contains formal portraits of people honoured on Milestone Night. Identified are:
Back row, left to right: Don Mayburry, Waldemar Betker, Larry Tierney, John Juhasz, Gerry MacKenzie, Art Loverock, Warren Roeder, Jurgen Walther.
Front row, left to right: George Klooster, Lepa Sop, Linda Deluso, Maria Andrei, Mat Filevski, Jean Kilbasco, Dorothy Schlosser.

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Milestone Night, 1990.

Contains slides taken for Milestone Night. Includes slides of Kaufman memorabilia such as catalogues and newspaper clippings.

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Milestone Night.

Contains fifty-eight negatives and fifteen photographs of a milestone event to honour employees. Includes several unidentified individuals in formal group portraits and casual group snapshots of the event.

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Manufacturing.

Contains material relating to the manufacturing of splashguards. Includes memoranda, order information, and 10 photographs of splashguards, includding 2 polaroid snapshots. Identified are Bev McFarlane and Harold Lauber.

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Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited : employees.

Group portrait of Kaufman Rubber Co. employees seen outdoors in suits and hats.

Back row, left to right: W.S. Wood, J.S. Townsend, S.G. Amero, E.A. Chalk, Jas. Bryant, A.D. Kippen, Harley Henry.

Middle row, left to right: W.H. Semple, F.W. Burril, O.J. Killam, E.E. Code, J.J. Duggan, Geo. Stockand, Frank Henderson.

Front row, left to right: J.S. Pierce, J.S. Lovell, W.E. Wing, A.R. Kaufman, Chester McLure, Murray McGowan, L.B. Hutchinson.

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Kaufman Rubber Co. : introduction to EDP.

Contains one informal photograph of Kaufman Rubber Co. Limited's introduction to electronic data processing. Identification on back of photograph. Left to right: IBM representative, Bernard Currie, C.E. Schlote. Includes note on verso of photograph : "IBM DP Publication library copy".

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Kaufman Footwear : warehouse interiors, vehicles.

Contains two colour photographs and six black and white photographs of Kaufman Footwear Limited trucks and the interior of a warehouse. Identified on the back of some of the photographs are Trudy Loeppky and Don Mayburry.

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Kaufman Footwear : warehouse in Hamilton.

Contains fourteen photographs of the interior and exterior of the Kaufman Footwear Limited Hamilton warehouse at 605 Rennie Street, including racks of rubber boots and other production areas.

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Kaufman Footwear : John Stebli operating machinery.

Contains two photographs of John Stebli with two other men, one of whom is identified incorrectly on the verso of the photograph as John Lang, MP, but is actually Peter Lang, MP and is first on the left of the photograph. Also includes one photograph of John Stebli with three unidentified men, and one Polaroid of John Stebli operating machinery.

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Kaufman Footwear : employees at work : production.

Contains photographs of employees at work on various stages of the production process. Includes identification of some of the employees: Eileen Buchner, Don Kraft, Bill Ariss, Helen Wroble, Bob Kerlit, William Kopes, Art Stager, Doug Hackbart, and John Stebli.

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