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Dare Foods Limited : employees on Anvers Island, Antartica.

A photograph of Dare Foods Limited employees on Anvers Island, Antartica. The photograph has been mounted to a foam board.

Top row, left to right: Benoit Parent, Arnaud Dhallenne, Mathieu Latourrette, Patrick Richebé, Renée Paquet.

Bottom row, left to right: Juliette Hennequil, Eve Guibert, Steven Herteleer.

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Dare Foods Limited : head office.

A photograph of Dare Foods Limited's head office located at 2481 Kingsway Drive, Kitchener, Ontario likely taken soon after the building was constructed.

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Howe Candy Company Limited : ju jube bags.

A photograph of three bags of ju jubes made by Howe Candy Company of Hamilton, Ontario. Also includes four bag ties used to tie bags of ju jube candies by Howe Candy Company.

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Grissol and Loney's products.

Twenty photographs of various Grissol products, possibly used for marketing and advertising purposes, including bread sticks, Melba toast, toasted bread, rusks, Dutch rusks, bread crumbs, browned flour, croutons, ready mix stuffing, corn puffs, cheese pops, pretzel sticks, pretzel rings, bits n pieces, pretzels, cookies, and different flavours of Loney's soup bases and soup mixes. Many of the photographs show product packaging written in both English and French.

This file also includes two memorandums written by Bryan Dare providing detailed historical information about the history of Grissol, Loney's, and their relationship to Dare Foods Limited.

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C.H. Doerr and Company : interior of plant.

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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Dare Foods Limited : products.

Contains colour photographs of cookie products, cookie tin tie and cellophane packages, various candies, candy brochures and price lists. Includes images of special occasion candies such as Valentine's Day, Easter.

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Dare family and friends.

File consists of four photographs showing members of the Dare family and their friends at both the Dare family home at 221 Pandora Cres. and the Walper Terrace hotel. Identifications present on versos include:

  • Russell, Jack
  • Dare, Carl
  • O'Hara, Kevin
  • McFadzen, Ralph
  • Lumby, Jim
  • McFadzen, Gath
  • Hopp, Oscar
  • Wild, Les
  • Russell, Em
  • Dare, Ruth
  • Lumby, Marie
  • O'Hara, Marion
  • Wild, Jean

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Distinguished salesman award presentation.

File consists of one photograph of the distinguished salesman award presentation for Maurice Villemaire. Identifications from verso:

  • Savage, R.
  • Reeve, D.V.
  • Dare, Carl Merner
  • Villemaire, Maurice
  • Carpenter, K.
  • Willoughby, T.

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The Dare Company Limited : photos.

Contains one binder labelled "Photos." The binder contains a black and white newspaper advertisement "Our first customer" [ca. 1967]; a Union Carbide plastic products advertisement featuring Dare biscuits; black and white photographs of products; portraits of staff; the interior and exterior of the plant in Surrey, B.C.; new wage agreement at the Surrey plant; an advertisement for a contest; and store displays. The majority of the photographs are labelled.

  • Bill Mitchell, 2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm
  • J.D. Burke, 2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm
  • John McKay, 2 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm
  • John McKay, Doug Soanes, Ken O’Hara, Jack Graham, and C.M. Dare at the plant in Surrey, B.C. January, 1962, 2 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 13 cm
  • Dare Coconut creams, 2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
  • Dare Whole Wheat Digestive biscuits, 2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
  • Dare Potato Chips, 2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
  • Dare Candy Chest of Fruit Jellies, 2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
  • Bert Luckhurst, Peterboro, 1 photograph : b&w; on mount 22 x 27 cm
  • Dare Foods personnel, Mr. J. M. Lumby (left), members of the Employees’ Committee, and Mr. K. K. O’Hara (left centre) are shown with Mr. William White of Local 457 of the Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union, after satisfactory negotiation of a new wage agreement at the Surrey plant, 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
  • Mr. K. K. O’Hara (left) of Dare Foods shown here with Mr. William White of Local 475 of the Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union after satisfactory negotiation of a new wage agreement., 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
  • Bill Gill, 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm
  • Tom Warren, 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 18 cm
  • John Bull, 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm
  • B. Sanders, 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 18 cm
  • D. Grischow, 1photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm
  • C.A. Preistman, 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm
  • J.M. Langley, 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm
  • Deal B, 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 26 cm
  • Deal A, 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 26 cm
  • Dare biscuit display, 1 photograph : colour ; 13 x 18 cm
  • Dare's potato chip display, 1 photograph : colour ; 13 x 18 cm
  • Dare Lemon Cremes, 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
  • Product display, 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 26 cm
  • Dare's and Dare potato chips, 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 26 cm
  • Dare Chocolate Chip cookies, 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm
  • Saratoga by Dare's potato chips, 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm
  • Dare products and space exploration buttons, 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm
  • Devonsheer Melba Toast by Dare's, 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm
  • Dare Romper Room and Peanut Crunch biscuits, 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm
  • Step Right Up Folks promotion, 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 17 cm
  • Dare Delicious! display, 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 26 cm
  • John McKay standing beside machinery at the Surrey plant, 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm ; 21 x 26 cm
  • Machinery at the Surrey plant, 2 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 13 cm ; 21 x 26 cm
  • Interior of Surrey plant, 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm
  • Display, 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 15 cm
  • Exterior of Surrey plant, 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 cm

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Dare Co. Ltd. factory employees.

File consists of two identical photographs of factory employees of Dare Co. Ltd. from 1951. The photograph was taken on the grounds outside of the factory and the employees are mostly women and are dressed in white baking outfits. Employees are identified on a separate piece of paper.

Included in the photo:

Atkinson, [?]
Beirs, Amanda
Burkhardt, Emmerson
Clendenrusig, Bill
Crooks, [?]
Crooks, Phoebe
Dare, Carl
Dargell, Carl
Dawe, Marg
de Uries, [?]
Dodge, George
Erb, Erma
Erb, Wilma
Fehreubach, [?]
Fischer, [?]
Forler, Inez
Gellner, Susan
Grishow, Doug
Hopp, Oscar
Headley, Lila
Heintz, Mary
Homuth, Howard
Hopf, Bill
Huntz, Martha
Jantzi, John
Kaufman, Lorraine
Kinzie, Orpha
Kwiakoski, Bill
Lotzke, Lorne
Lwandowski, Rose
Meinzinger, Dolores
Menyes, Maria
Mezer, Kay
Montag, Mari
Norton, Edith
Reist, Orval
Rouse, Vi
Ruhl, Joan
Russell, Jack
Schmidt, Reggie
Schmitt, Cully
Schuster, [?]
Shantz, [?]
Shantz, Abe
Shantz, Eileen
Shoemaker, Marybelle
Sider, Johnny
Stelmach, Joan
Street, Dorothy
Stuckerat, Helen
Trompke, Emdie
Wagner, Russell
Weber, Jeanette
Weiler, Alma
White, Jenny
Windsor, Marion
Wittie, Harold
Wright, Ruby
[?], Ann
[?], Anna
[?], Barb
[?], Bill
[?], Connie
[?], Evelyn
[?], George
[?], George
[?], Gladys
[?], Gwen
[?], Joan
[?], Johnny
[?], Margaret
[?], Margaret
[?], Olga
[?], Olga
[?], Rose
[?], Sally
[?], Steve
[?], Tom
[?], Winnie

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Dare sales wagon at H. K. Forler

Photograph of Ralph Doerr and William Kettleborne standing next to a horse-drawn C.H. Doerr & Co. sales wagon outside of the H. K. Forler storefront in Wellesley.

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Dare sales wagon

Photograph of Ralph Doerr and William Kettleborne seated in the passenger seat of a horse-drawn C. H. Doerr & Co. sales wagon, along a dirt road in Wellesley.

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Dare sales wagon.

File consists of two photographs of Ralph Doerr and William Kittleborne with a C.H. Doerr horse-drawn sales wagon Wellesley, Ontario. One photograph shows the two in front of H.K. Forler's grocery and the other shows them in the wagon, along a dirt road.

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Dargel, Carl.

File consists of one photograph of Carl Dargel standing on a water-bordered lawn in warm weather with a dog at his feet.

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National Sales Executive Club award night.

File consists of two photographs from the 1963 National Sales Executive Club award night. One photograph shows G. William Allendorf receiving an award from Carl Dare and the other shows a group of award winners. Also includes a clipping on the event from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record.

Photo caption from clipping reads: "TOP SALESMEN - Eight Twin City companies honored their top 1963 salesmen last night at the K-W Sales Marketing Executive Club's president night. Shown are (left to right) G. William Allendorf of Galt, Leonard Riley who accepted the award for Reginal Bingeman of Cornwall, Henry Brule of Montreal; (back) Douglas Hall, Joseph Shantzenbacher, who accepted for Marcel Beland of Kapuskasing, Joseph Kustra of Galt and Robert Mitchell."

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C.H. Doerr and Company : staff and exterior of plant.

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 : shipping room.

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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Doerr, C.H. sitting at desk.

Photograph of C.H. Doerr sitting at his desk, legs crossed and a piece of paper in hand. Dressed in a suit and tie, he is posed looking off camera.

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Dare Foods factory.

File consists of four photographs of employees working on various stages of cookie production in the Dare factory.

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Publicity.

Photograph of a display of Dare products at a promotional event, newspaper and magazine clippings, and correspondence announcing the formation of Major Foods Limited.

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Leo Haak photographs.

Photographs taken by Leo Haak of biscuit and candy store displays, people standing outside the Dare Foods Limited potato chip plant, women standing beside a Dare Foods Limited sign.

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C.H. Doerr and Company : exterior of plant.

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 : delivery sleigh.

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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Old candy photos.

Holiday candy and seasonal brochures, and six colour photographs of store displays. Also included are six colour photographs advertising the new Dare tote bag and popular recloseable fan-top bag, and a price list for Halloween candy from 1970.

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Hudson, Sandy.

Contains one colour slide. The slide is an image of Sandy Hudson. The slide was made from a photograph of Sandy and his friends after a game of golf.

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C.H. Doerr and Company : staff.

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 : plant.

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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The Dare Company Limited : At Bremner.

Contains one colour slide of staff at Bremner. The slide is labelled left to right, Chelle Mollohan, Suzie Roser, Kate Bailey, Cathy Bacon and Teresa Farney.

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The Dare Company Limited : PTC Commercial Corporation slides.

Contains eight colour slides. The slides are images of products and products on store shelves. Correspondence attached to the slides is dated June 22, 1995 and is from Eliza U. Choi, Sales & Marketing Manager of PTC Commercial Corporation, Philippines.

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The Dare Company Limited : awards presentation and Christmas party.

Contains 23 colour photographs and 14 negatives. The photographs and negatives are images of the Dare Foods Limited Christmas staff party held annually at the Kitchener plant. Five of the photographs and negatives are images of an awards presentation held at the Holiday Inn in Kitchener.

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The Dare Company Limited : staff BBQ.

Contains 24 colour photographs and 26 negatives. The photographs and negatives are images of staff at the Kitchener plant annual BBQ. The images include staff eating, staff socializing, staff preparing food, staff receiving Dare t-shirts, and staff signing the Dare Quality Policy. File also includes three colour photographs of C.M. Dare signing the Dare Quality Policy.

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The Dare Company Limited : staff Christmas party.

Contains 69 colour photographs and 62 negatives of the 1992 staff Christmas party at the Kitchener plant. The file consists of photographs from film #1, #2 and #3, and negatives from film #1 and #2. The photographs are images of Graham, Bryan and C.M. Dare presenting gifts to employees and visiting with employees, staff saying speeches, food, and employees sitting around the luncheon tables.

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The Dare Company Limited : staff events.

Contains nine colour photographs and 25 negatives. The photographs and negatives are images of a staff Christmas party at a restaurant, taste testers at the plant, a baby shower at the plant, Mr. Dare receiving an award congratulating him on the centennial of the company from the US sales people.

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The Dare Company Limited : Kitchener people.

Contains 18 colour slides. The slides are images of staff at the Kitchener head office and plant, staff at the Kitchener Christmas luncheon, Christmas decorations on the lawn of the Kitchener head office and plant, and staff at special events.

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C.H. Dare & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery Works (file 1 of 2).

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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The Dare Company Limited : plant people, 1991.

Contains 29 colour slides. The slides are images of staff at the Kitchener plant; the exterior of the Hamilton plant; staff at the annual Christmas luncheon at the Kitchener plant; Graham, Bryan and Carl Dare at the head office; a Christmas display on the lawn of the Kitchener head office; and a flag pole.

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The Dare Company Limited : staff events.

Contains five colour slides. Slides are labelled and consist of: René Bois, Quebec Salesrep of the year; Christmas Luncheon, Kitchener; Linda Catrell - Kitchener Office helps Mr. Dare draw the winner of the 50/50 draw; Sanitation Department, winners of Festival of Lights.

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The Dare Company Limited : Kitchener office people.

Contains three colour photographs and 13 negatives of staff in their offices at the Kitchener head office between May and June, 1990. Includes two negatives of a California Raisins character beside a package of Sun Maid raisin oatmeal cookies.

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The Dare Company Limited : office people.

Contains 20 colour slides. The slides are images of staff from the Kitchener head office and plant in offices, in the plant, at special events, playing baseball, and at meetings.

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The Dare Company Limited : Dare logos.

Contains two colour photographs, 18 negatives of Dare logos and 9 slides. The file also consists of one slide of the Dare Centennial logo and two slides of the Pepperidge Farm logo.

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The Dare Company Limited : display.

Contains 12 colour negatives. The negatives are images of children playing in snow, people holding a baby, an image of a grocery store shelf, and an image of a display of Dare products.

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The Dare Company Limited : exterior of plant.

Contains 14 colour negatives. The negatives are images of the exterior and back of a manufacturing plant. A Dare Foods Limited truck is parked at a loading dock. One negative is an image of a rock.

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The Dare Company Limited : tin tie redesign.

Contains 64 colour slides. The slides are images of the new tin tie design, and slides of text explaining the new design. The slides were used in a show to explain the redesign of the tin tie packages.

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The Dare Company Limited : snapshots.

Contains 11 colour slides. The slides are images of Rick Harris and Dave Lippert playing baseball, the Dare Foods Limited logo, the interior of a candy plant, the exterior of a plant, and a man standing at a hotel reception desk.

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The Dare Company Limited : Atlantic store logos.

Contains 20 colour slides. The slides are images of the exterior of stores in the Atlantic region. The stores include Sobeys, Capitol, the real atlantic Superstore, Food for Less, Village, and Dewares.

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The Dare Company Limited : ATL.

Contains eight colour slides. The slides are images of staff, staff at the national sales meeting in Banff, a store display of Sun-Maid raisin cookies that was entered into a contest, and the exterior of a Sobeys store.

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The Dare Company Limited : outside of buildings.

Contains four colour slides. The slides are images of the exterior of Dare Foods Limited buildings. The buildings include the head office and plant in Kitchener, and the candy plant in Hamilton as well as two other buildings.

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The Dare Company Limited : Western Canada store logos.

Contains 27 colour slides. The slides are images of the exterior of stores in Western Canada including Safeway, Food City Superstore, Co-op, save-easy, agnew, Co-op Centre, and Village. File also includes images of staff, biscuit products, and staff working at the Kitchener head office and plant.

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The Dare Company Limited : staff.

Contains 18 colour slides. The slides are images of staff at special events. A slide of the exterior of a building, and a slide of a Dare Bears Back to School promotional sign are also included. Several of the slides are labelled.

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The Dare Company Limited : Edi Launch Day and staff.

Contains six colour photographs and 13 negatives. The photographs are images of an Edi Launch Day cake, staff, and Edi Launch cutting the cake. Photographs of six men in a warehouse are also included.

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The Dare Company Limited : Breton oven slides.

Contains 30 colour slides. The slides are images of the various stages of Breton cracker production at the Kitchener plant. The slides includes images of the oven in operation, staff working on the production line, detailed images of the oven, and finally images of the machine that packs the crackers into the shipping boxes. The slides are numbered in order.

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The Dare Company Limited : Ontario store logos.

Contains 20 colour slides. The slides are images of Ontario store logos including A&P, No Frills, National Grocers, LOEB IGA, Knechtel, Shoppers Drug Mart, Mr. Grocer, Zehrs, Food City, Dominion, Mann's EMA Foods, IGA Foods, and Loblaws.

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The Dare Company Limited : Kitchener people.

Contains 18 colour slides. The slides are images of people from the Kitchener head office. The people are sitting at desks in offices, at meetings, and a few slides include employees playing baseball for the Flying Angels baseball team.

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The Dare Company Limited : 1950's plant, people.

Contains 22 colour slides. The slides are images of staff at an awards ceremony, interior of a plant, groups of staff, staff at the Christmas luncheon, store displays, store logos, the exterior of the Surrey plant, the Dare Bears van.

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The Dare Company Limited : old photos.

Contains nine colour photographs, two colour slides, a list of the people and their positions in a photograph of the delegates to the first annual sales convention in 1948, a letter and story written by Orpha Kinzie, a copy of the song "King of the Shelf" written by Roy K. Downey and Tom Willoughby, a copy of the score for the song "Dare Cookies" written by Greg Adams and Peter Proudman and Eric Robertson. The photographs and negatives are images of the filming of a television commercial, biscuit products, store displays and the advertisement for the 1976 Pinto contest. The negatives are images of a staff convention.

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The Dare Company Limited : Morinaga and Company Limited visit and other events.

Contains 10 colour photographs and 13 negatives. The photographs and negatives are images of the Morinaga & Company Limited, Japan, visit to the Dare Foods Limited head office in Kitchener, to sign the Dare-Morinaga licensing agreement; Doug Reeves retirement party at the Kitchener plant; staff; and an awards presentation at a special event.

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Dare, Graham : birthday.

Contains five colour photographs and 25 negatives. The photographs are images of Graham Dare cutting a birthday cake and receiving a gift, and a woman with an award with C.M. Dare. The negatives also include images of a wedding, a dinner, and children playing in piles of leaves.

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Centennial display.

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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