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Cemetery

Image of an older adult kneeling next to and looking at a cemetery headstone for Morris Wohansky (1882-1934) with the slogan "Workers of the world unite" at top. Between the "Workers of the world unite" words is a space left behind from the removal of a Soviet hammer and sickle emblem.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record

Canoe Race and demonstration, Victoria Lake.

Film of adults standing in canoes racing and demonstrating various stunts as crowds of people watch from the shoreline in Victoria Park. Includes a view of the boathouse.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Canoe race + demo Victoria Park Kit".

Schneider family

Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. Limited Dominion Tire Factory & Rubber Machinery Shops Kitchener, Ont.

File consists of one fire insurance plan from the Plan Department of Associated Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, showing Dominion Tire and Rubber Machinery Shops. Map was surveyed and drawn by F.A. Lougee on October 9, 1923 and traced by W.G. Harlow. The map shows 3D renderings of the buildings on the property along with descriptions of each building.

Dominion Rubber Company

Canadian Consolidated Rubber buildings.

File consists of a leather bound photograph album of buildings owned by the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company. The photographs are mounted in linen and include images of:

  • Dominion Tire, Berlin [Kitchener];
  • The Kimmel Felt Co. Limited, Berlin [Kitchener];
  • Berlin Felt Boot Co. Limited, Berlin [Kitchener];
  • The Elmira Felt Co. Limited, Elmira;
  • The Canadian Rubber Company of Montreal Limited, Montreal;
  • The Granby Rubber Company Limited, Granby;
  • The Maple Leaf Rubber Company Limited, Port Dalhousie;
  • The Merchant's Rubber Company Limited, Berlin [Kitchener];
  • Dominion Rubber Company Limited. St. Jerome.

Dominion Rubber Company

Busy Berlin map poster.

File consists of one reprint of the Busy Berlin map of 1912. The map was reprinted in 1989 at 69% of the original size by the Kitchener Public Library.

Kaufman Family

Bullas Brothers, Front of Store.

Two images of the storefront and building of Bullas Brothers Ltd. in Kitchener, Ontario. One image includes a line of cars parked on the street. Both images include the fountain outside the store. The store windows display furniture and appliances.

Belair, Charles

Building at Corner of King and Water St., ca. 1900.

Photographs of a commercial building at the corner of King and Water taken decades apart. The first, from the 1900s, is a copy of a photo of the building when occuped The Berlin Granite & Marble Works. The second, taken in 1947, should the building occupied by TNT. Surplus Ltd.

Buena Vista : Schneider home.

Snapshots of the Schneider home, called "Buena Vista," at 145 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Ontario. Includes one shot of the exterior of the home and one of the dining room.

Schneider family

Buena Vista : Schneider home.

Pages from a 1982 calendar titled "The heritage homes of Kitchener," featuring paintings of homes including the Schneider home, called "Buena Vista," at 145 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Ont.

Schneider family

Buena Vista : Schneider home.

Clippings from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record regarding the history of the Schneider home, called "Buena Vista," at 145 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Ontario.

  • "Let's reminisce," by Alex O. Potter from the December 12, 1964 edition of the newspaper detailing the history of the home, its purchase from Eph Erb in 1911 and later sale to Irvin Erb. Potter includes other Schneider information discovered in a 1906 album issued to celebrate an old boys' reunion and the 100th anniversary of the settlement of the community.
  • "Reviving a piece of history" by Andy Schoenhofer from page F5 of the November 18, 1989 edition of the newspaper
  • "Heritage home helps give firm a higher profile," from the June 18, 1997 edition of the newspaper

Schneider family

Brita May birthday, Herbert and Howard closeup, Mount Forest trout.

Film of Brita Schneider's first birthday party that beings with the view of a sign board that reads: "Britay May / "Sweet Gal" / Age 1 Year Mar. 21 1932". Includes footage of children in party hats seated around a candle lit table drinking from tea cups; Brita in a high chair reacting excitedly and in front of a cake with one candle on top; children seated on a floor with Brita among them. Footage then cuts to a close up Herbert and Howard seated beside each other playing and smiling at the camera. Footage cuts once more to the grounds surrounding a trout pond in Mount Forest, including Alf Gofton, Norman Schneider and an unidentified man showing off fish laid along the length of a piece of wood.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Herb + Howie close up. Mount Forest trout pond. Brita birthday party 76 Schneider Ave. Close up Herb + Howie. Trout pond property. Alf Gofton on right + NCS at right."

Schneider family

Bridgeport well.

File consists of photographs of the test wells at Bridgeport (now northeast part of Kitchener).

Pequegnat, Marcel

Bridgeport School

Images of the exterior of the a stone school building seen from the front and behind. The front view of the building is obscured by several trees and bicycles are visible parked outside of what appears to be the building entrance.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record

Braun family plot.

Contains 2 snapshots of the Braun family plot in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener Ontario. Alfred Schneider Gofton's wife was Charlotte Braun. Includes a photocopy of an obituary for Heinrich Braun in German, and translated into English.

Schneider family

Boys with football, Howie, Herb, Don Daub, Mickey Braun, ?, and Pal.

Film of Howard and Herbert Schneider tossing a football around with Don Daub, Mikey Braun and an identified friend with their dog, a Boston Terrier named Pal, running between everyone, chasing the ball.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Howie, Herb, Don Daub, Mikey Braun, Unknown boy white sweater + Pal in Victoria Park."

Schneider family

Boyd, Emma Allen Bowlby.

Full body studio portrait of Emma Allen Bowlby Boyd seen in profile. Boyd is standing, looking down, and holding a book in her right hand. She is wearing a lace and embroidery adorned dress.

Clement Bowlby Family

Boyd, Emma Allen Bowlby.

File consists of three identical upper body studio portraits of Emma Allen Bowlby Boyd. The portraits have been taken from a larger photograph of Emma, her sisters, and her mother.

Bowlby Boyd Family

Bowman, Nancy.

One upper body studio portrait of Nancy Bowman, friend of the Schantz family. Identification from album.

Schantz Russell Family

Bowman, Jacob Harold.

One full length studio portrait of Jacob Harold Bowman, son of Abram O. and Susannah Detweiler, as an infant. Harold is seen wearing a long, lace trimmed gown and sitting in a large chair.

Schantz Russell Family

Bowman, Hervey M. : home.

Exterior view of Hervey Bowman's home located at 60 Church Street, Kitchener, Ontario by an unidentified photographer. The house is somewhat obscured by trees and an adult, possibly Hervey Bowman, is seen standing at left, behind a row of shrubs.

Schantz Russell Family

Bowman, Hervey.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Hervey Bowman, seen looking at camera and dressed in a suit and tie, that was found with his belongings.

Schantz Russell Family

Bowman, Annie.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Annie Bowman, seen looking at camera, that was found with Hervey Bowman's belongings.

Schantz Russell Family

Bowman, Abram O. and Susannah.

One full length studio portrait of Abram O. Bowman and Susannah Detweiler Bowman. Abram is sitting in a chair wearing a suit and Susannah is standing next to him in a full length velvet dress with leg of mutton sleeves.

Schantz Russell Family

Bowman family.

Photographs of Hervey Bowman, a house on Church St., Kitchener, and a house on Roland St., Kitchener. Note that the photographs were found with correspondence between Franklin Abram Schantz and Franklin Bowman regarding Hervey Bowman's death.

Schantz Russell Family

Bowlby, George Herbert and dog Tippo Saib.

File consists of one full body studio portrait showing George Herbert Bowlby, about age 3, with dog Tippo Saib by the "Ontario" Photograph Gallery, Berlin, Ont. George and Tippo are shown in an outdoor setting in front of a wooden fence.

Clement Bowlby Family

Bowlby, David Sovereign : residence.

File consists of two identical photographs of David Sovereign Bowbly's home "Liberty Hall" in Kitchener, taken from the tennis courts in warm weather. The resident is seen from the rear, surrounded by trees, shrubs and garden beds.

Clement Bowlby Family

Bowlby, David Sovereign : residence.

Photograph of the exterior of "Liberty Hall", the 25 John Street residence of David Sovereign Bowlby in what was then Berlin, Ontario. The home is situated on a dirt road. A wrought-iron fence and two trees border the front of the house and ivy is visible growing up sections of the building. A sign over an entrance to a separate section of the home, at left, reads: "Dr. Bowlby".

Clement Bowlby Family

Bowlby, David Sovereign.

File consists of two identical upper body studio portraits of David Sovereign Bowlby, seen in partial profile looking off camera.

Clement Bowlby Family

Bowlby, David Sovereign.

File consists of two identical upper body studio portrait photographs of David Sovereign Bowbly in his graduation cap and gown.

Clement Bowlby Family

Bowlby, David Shannon

File consists of one three quarter length studio graduation portrait of David Shannon Bowlby. David is shown with legs crossed, wearing a gown and holding a graduation cap in his lap.

Clement Bowlby Family

Bowlby family.

File consists of one group portrait of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby (second from left) with daughters (from left to right) Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement, Grace Esther Bowlby Fennell, and Emma Allen Bowlby Boyd. All are seen in high-collared dresses with oversized leg of mutton sleeves.

Clement Bowlby Family

Bowlby family

File consists of one photograph showing members of the Bowlby family in front of "Liberty Hall", the family home. In the carriage are shown Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby and Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement, being pulled by mare Dolly. In front of the home are shown David Sovereign Bowlby, George Herbert Bowlby, Blanche Alexandrine (Adine) Seagram Bowlby, David Shannon Bowlby, and Grace Esther Bowlby Fennell. The photograph was used in "Busy Berlin" in 1897.

Clement Bowlby Family

Bowlby family.

File consists of one group portrait of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby (left) with daughters (from left to right) Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement, Grace Esther Bowlby Fennell and Emma Allen Bowlby Boyd. All are seen in high-collared dresses with oversized leg of mutton sleeves.

Clement Bowlby Family

Bowlathon information sheets.

Two copies of an information sheet for bowlers participating in the ninth annual bowlathon presented by Youth in Conflict with the Law and Community Justice Initiatives. The bowlathon was held at Victoria Bowlerama in Kitchener, Ontario and was intended to raise money for Youth in Conflict with the Law and Community Justice Initiatives. Money was collected through the cost for bowlers to participate and sponsors pledging money to support a particular bowler. Both copies of the information sheet contain handwritten notes on the verso.

Telegdi, Andrew

Board of Trade : Directors.

Group portrait of Board of Trade Directors taken in 1937 a the start of excavating for new Kitchener post office.

Left to right: Mr. Dahmer (City Treasurer), A.J. Cundick, N.C. Schneider, Tom Kay, Carl Web[er?], Bill Milner, L.O. Breithaupt, Hon. W.D. Euler, Art Kabel, Harold Ball, Bob Dietrich, Mayor Albert Smith, Norm Riffer (Secretary, Board of Trade).

Schneider, Norman Christoph

Board of Trade : Directors.

Two original group portraits and one copy taken of the Board of Trade Directors on the steps of a building at the opening of the new Kitchener post office on December 1938. Norman C. Schneider is in the back row at the far right. Louis O. Breithaupt is also in the photograph.

Schneider, Norman Christoph

Birthplace of Hon. Mackenzie King, Kitchener, Ont.

Postcard featuring photograph of Mackenzie King standing at the front of his childhood home. He is seen standing with right hand in suit pocket and left on the cope of a walking cane. Top of postcard reads: Birthplace of Hon. Mackenzie King, Kitchener, Ont.

Schneider family

Birth, marriage, will and cemetery papers.

Birth, Marriage, Will and Cemetery papers related to Alfred Gofton and family. They include:
1. Birth certificate for wife Charlotte Braun;
2. Marriage certificate for Alf Gofton and Charlotte Braun dated June 6, 1923;
3. Will of Elizabetha Schneider dated Jan. 10, 1905 naming John Metz and Albert B. Schneider as executors;
4. Receipts for perpetual care at Mount Hope Cemetery from the 1930s

Schneider family

Betty Forbes's photograph album.

An album containing photographs of the Forbes family and their friends including Betty Forbes, Millicent Lyall Forbes, Peg Forbes, George Alexander Forbes, Bill Land, Janet Land, Jennifer Land, Thomas Land, Pamela Wilson, Ross Wilson, members of the Kaufman family, and many others. Several photographs feature camping activities, Christmas celebrations, family pets, a trip to British Columbia, and images of the Land family home located at 187 Claremont Avenue in Kitchener, Ontario.

Forbes, Betty

Betty Forbes's photograph album.

An album containing photographs of Forbes, Land, Wilson, and Kaufman family members including Millicent Lyall Forbes, George Alexander Forbes, Peg Forbes, Betty Forbes, Bill Land, Thomas Land, Jennifer Land, Janet Land, Pamela Wilson, Ross Wilson, Elizabeth Kaufman, Alvin ("A.R.") Kaufman, Jane Helen "Jean" Kaufman (nee Hutton), Bill Kaufman, and others. Several photographs feature Christmas celebrations, family pets, Bill Kaufman’s cottage in Pointe au Baril, Ontario, the home of Betty Forbes and Bill Land located at 187 Claremont Ave in Kitchener, Ontario, and Glen Bernard Camp. This album was likely created by Betty Forbes.

Forbes, Betty

Berlin water works plans.

File consists of a plan of the Berlin water works at Shoemaker Avenue, showing the proposed outlet of the dam; and a plat of the land of the Berlin Water Works Company. Plat shows land owned by Alexander Shoemaker, Jane Ann Shoemaker, James Potter, Berlin Water Works Company, and Moffett, Hodgkins, & Clarke.

Pequegnat, Marcel

Berlin streetcar.

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.

Schneider, Norman Christoph

Berlin Street Railway.

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.

Schneider, Norman Christoph

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