Photograph of Charles August Ahrens and family in front of their first home on Courtland Ave. in what was then Berlin, Ontario.

Left to right: Charles August Ahrens, his wife Emma, children Lottie and Fred, and Martin Nagel.

Studio portrait of Lizzie Schlier.

Studio portrait of Ethel and Maude Lapsley seen looking slightly off camera. Both are dressed in tartan dresses and Maude is holding a book.

Three copies of a studio portrait of J.M. Schneider with son Norman. Norman is seen with elbow on J.M's left shoulder with ringlets in his hair, wearing a plaid garment with a collar and bow.

Snapshot of women skiers at Chicopee Ski Club. Left to right: Unidentified, Dorothy Meyer, Kay Simpson, Unidentified.

File consists of one photograph of the management staff of the Dominion Tire factory. Photograph was taken October 1913 at Essex Studio in Preston, Ontario.

Includes:

• Anthes, John Isaac Franklin
• Kabel, E.C.
• Wellein, H.E.
• Gerbig, Julius
• Copland, R.Y.
• Voelker, Ed
• Wood, Dr
• Gruenawald, William A.

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

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.

One photograph printed on a postcard of the Duke of Connaught reading a reply to Mayor William Daum Euler's address during his visit to Berlin, Ontario on May 9, 1914. This photograph was found with Hervey Bowman's belongings. The photograph was originally housed in an envelope, which is included in the file.

Clipping of an article (ill.) from the October 4, 1966 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "Memento of Kaiser bust given to Pioneer Village" and an undated clipping with caption: "The dunked bust of German emperor was salvaged from mud of Victoria Park lake."

One postcard identified by Norman C. Schneider as the 118th Battalion in Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ont., 1916. Also in this image is a photographer with camera and tripod, preparing to take a picture. This postcard was sent to Floss Ahrens in Kansas City by E. Maude Garner and is stamped and postmarked Kitchener, Oct. 16, 1916.

Group portrait taken outside at the Sims home in Kitchener, Ont. Occasion not specified, possibly the visit by British Air Admiral Lord Trenchard.

Back row, left to right: Major Hal Ballantyne, A.E. Martin, Lieut. Ken Sims, Lieut. Norman C. Schneider.

Front row, left to right: Major Heather, Col. H.J. Sims Q.C., Lord Trenchard, British Air Admiral, Hon. W.D. Euler M.P., Louis Lang.

Clipping of photo with caption from the June 26, 1964 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record concerning a tea sponsored by the North Waterloo Liberal Women's Association.

Caption from photo: "TEA AND POLITICS - Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Schneider, RR 1, Preston, listen to folk singers at a tea held in their garden yesterday sponsored by the North Waterloo Liberal Women's Association."

Clipping of article (ill.) titled "Waterloo North has long loved the Liberals," from the Saturday, March 30, 1963 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record. Includes photos of Ivan Bowman, Hugo Kranz, Joseph E. Seagram, Mike Weichel and Norman Schneider, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Billy Weichel, Senator Euler, and L.O. Breithaupt.

Clipping of a captioned family portrait by Trussler from an unidentified and undated newspaper with the title "Every Waterloo North Candidate a Winner - If Vote is Counted Just in the Family."

Photo caption: "SCHNEIDER FAMILY CIRCLE - Norman Schneider, Liberal Candidate, poses with three generations of the family. Shown are (front, left to right) Gretchen Schneider, daughter of Herbert; Mrs. Howard Schneider, holding son, Gregory; Mrs. Norman Schneider, holding grandson, Michael, son of Herbert; Mr. Schneider, holding grand-daughter Nancy, daughter of Herbert; Eric Schneider, son of Herbert; (back) Howard George Schneider; Brita May and husband Robert White of Toronto; Mrs. Herbert (Betty) Schneider and her husband."

Clipping of photo with caption from undated and unidentified newspaper: "PARADE BEGINS - Mr. Schneider and wife smile happily as the Liberal victory parade to Waterloo, St. Jacobs and Elmira begins. The motorcade disbanded at Elmira." File includes clipping of vote count results for Emel, Isley, Janzen and Schneider.

Clipping of photo with caption from unidentified and undated newspaper: "SPEAKS IN WATERLOO - The prime minister [Louis St. Laurent] spoke from the City Hall steps in Waterloo this afternoon. Mayor Roberts (left) and N.C. Schneider, MP, are with him."

Clipping of photo with caption from the June 7, 1952 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record: "GREET DEFENCE MINISTER - Henry A. Hosking, MP for Wellington South (left), of Guelph, and Norman C. Schneider, MP elect for Waterloo North, welcomed Defence Minister Claxton (right) when he landed at the Waterloo-Wellington airport yesterday after a flight from Ottawa. Behind Mr. Claxton is Russell Daly, Guelph, president of the Western Ontario Liberal Association."

Clippings from an unidentified newspaper and an undated issue of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record relating to Norman C. Schneider's political career.

• "Norman C. Schneider in Liberal Race," April 18, 1952 (ill.)
• "Schneider Named Liberal Candidate; No Opposition" (ill.)

Caption from Record photo: "NOMINATE LIBERAL CANDIDATE - Norman Schneider (left) was nominated Liberal candidate in the May 26 by-election at a meeting last night in the Waterloo North Liberal Association. Left to right are Mr. Schneider, Justice Minister Garson, Bruce McCullough, president of the association, and Harold S. Wagner, secretary."

One clipping of a photo with caption from an undated edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record regarding Norman C. Schneider's nomination as a Liberal candidate in the federal election: "NOMINATE CANDIDATE - Norman C. Schneider (left), MP for Waterloo North, was nominated candidate for the Liberal Party in the next federal election last night. Clark Murray (centre), MP for Oxford, was the guest speaker at the rally and G. Bruce McCullough (right), president of the Liberal association, was chairman."

Clippings (ill) from an undated edition of the Waterloo Chronicle titled: "Schneider Retains Seat for Liberals; Miss Janzen Predicts New Election in 18 Months with P.C.'s Victorious." Includes table with vote counts for Janzen, Schneider, and Schroeder.

Special issue of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record to celebrate its 100th year of publication.

One group portrait of men and women employees of the George Pattinson Woollen Mill casually posed in several rows outside of a stone building. Two employees are sitting on top of the building with a flag and a blurry child is visible walking through frame at bottom left.

File consists of six photographs (plus duplicates) of the Electrohome plant at 283 Duke Street (formerly 39 Edward Street) in Kitchener (Plant 1). One of the photographs is mounted on board. Includes aerial photographs.

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.

File consists of one photograph of the employees of the head office of the Dominion Life Assurance Company in Waterloo, Ontario. The photograph was taken July 1939. The employees are standing in front of the building at 14 Erb Street West.

File consists of three architectural drawings of the building of the Berlin [Kitchener] Y.M.C.A. at 22 Queen Street North. Includes a side elevation, main and upper floor plans, and details of the locker room.

One undated photograph showing a Breithaupt Leather Co. truck in front of the Shipping Dept. at the tannery, which was located in Kitchener, Ont.

Consists of one group photograph of a construction crew, purportedly for Bridgeport School. They are posed with a sign: "John V. Gray Construction Co. Ltd, General Contractors, head office Toronto ...."

One photograph of students of the First Mennonite Church bible school. Students are shown outside in front of the church building.

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.

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

Photographs of the Schneider Memorial Fountain at Rockway Gardens, Kitchener, Ont. Two are of the fountain and include Norman C. and Frederick H. Schneider; the other is of the memorial inscription.

Informal family group portrait at a Schneider family reunion with identifications:

Back row, left to right: Ray Shantz, Dan Schneider, Fred P. Schneider, Herb Schneider.

Middle row, left to right: Joan Shantz, Betty Lou French, Jane Schneider, Marion Woeller.

Front row, left to right: Steve Sittler, Betty Schneider, Pam Sittler, Pam Sittler's children, Jennifer Dowsett, Lynne Dowsett.

Colour snapshot.

Informal group portrait and snapshot of a cornerstone laying at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Included in the group portrait are Charles Ahrens, Catherine Joachim, and J.M. Schneider.

Snapshot of the burial of Ethel Lapsley Schneider at Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener. Identified are Betty Schneider, Nancy, Chelsea, Bryce, and Reverend Eric Allison.

Identifications from verso of photograph: Herb Schneider, Steve [Staro?], Eric Schneider.

Snapshots of the Albert Carl Schneider family gravestone at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener Ontario.

Snapshots of George Alles' grave at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener Ontario.

Snapshots of the Heinrich Metz Schneider family gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario.

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.

Contains 1 snapshot of Roger Gofton's gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario.

1 snapshot of Lorna Gardner (daughter of John A. White Jr.) at a table with Marion Gofton and Edith MacPhail, and 1 snapshot of Lorna Gardner in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Kitchener.

Snapshot of Catherine Joachimi's gravestone, and Emma Joachimi Buck and her husband George Buck's gravestone, both in Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener.

One snapshot of [Clara] Lapsley's house, on Courtland Avenue [Kitchener].

Contains two snapshots of Clara Lapsley's house, on Courtland Avenue [Kitchener], with Clara Lapsley [?] standing on the steps, and a 1937 Buick outside of the house.

Snapshots from a birthday party for Ethel Lapsley Schneider, held at Betty and Herb Schneider's apartment in Waterloo. Includes identifications of the following people: Ethel Lapsley Schneider, Betty Schneider, Nancy McBride, Edith Schneider MacPhail, Irm Hagen, Emma Schneider Siegner, Edith Ahrens Macdonald, Grace Lasso, and Pearl Schneider.

Series consists of material relating to the history of Kitchener, Ontario and the Region of Waterloo. Includes clippings, photographs, publications and special issues of newspapers. Some of these contain references to the Schneider family and company.

Three modern prints given to Norman Schneider by Irvin Erb, showing King St. in the 1880's.

One copy of Busy Berlin, Jubilee Souvenir, 1897, owned by Charles A. Ahrens.

Clipping about Karl Knauff's photographs of early Berlin.

Clippings and commemorative publication published to mark the 75th anniversary of the birth of Ontario Hydro and its connection to Kitchener.

One calendar with colour photograph of Kitchener City Hall with Christmas lights, taken Jan. 1, 1973 by David's Photos.

Special issue of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record.

Tabloid entitled "The Citizens' Voice" regarding the Oxlea development.

Clipping titled "Local historians paint scholarly picture of Kitchener including barbs, bouquets" from the December 10, 1983 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record consisting of a review of Kitchener: an illustrated history by John English and Kenneth McLaughlin.

Official visitor's guide of Kitchener Waterloo sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.

Clipping "Remembering Kitchener's colourful past," illustrated with a photograph identified as the 118th Battalion at parade in Victoria Park, 1917.

Special issue of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record published to mark the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of Kitchener as a city.

Programme, announcement regarding the 90th anniversary of Victoria Park

Article from August 7, 1937 edition of Saturday Night about activities and amenities of Kitchener-Waterloo.

Waterloo, 1857-1957 : Centennial Jubilee Band and Folk Festival publication. Includes and aerial photograph of the J.M. Schneider Stock far

Anniversary issue in three sections of the Waterloo Chronicle, published December 4, 1936. Includes "Inside Story of a modern packing plant - J.M. Schneider Limited", p. 30.

One photograph taken in Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ontario showing ice on trees, skaters behind.

Photograph of trees in Victoria Park with their reflections in still water. This photograph was published in many newspapers in 1946.

Optical illusion photograph. Published in many newspapers in Canada and the United States.

Photograph of Howard and Herbert jumping into a swimming pool.

Two snapshots of trees in Victoria Park with their reflections in still water. One shows the bandshell and one the boathouse [or pavilion?].

Group portrait of Freeport Academy teachers and students taken about 1869.

Back row, left to right: Rev. John B. Schlichter, Ezra Weber, Mary Snyder (Mrs. Moses Weaver), Harriet Shupe, Mina Gonder, Miss Bergey, Samuel S. Moyer, Isaac L. Bowman (Principal).

Middle row, left to right: William Simmons, Ananias Eby, Ephraim A. Snyder, James Peterson, William Sherk, Saruch Eby, Charles Shupe, Abraham M. Snyder.

Front row, left to right: Benjamin M. Snyder, Moses Weaver, Abram O. Bowman, Titus Snyder, Horace Beam, Horace Smith, Jacob B. Weaver, Hiram Hewitt.

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.

Full body studio portrait of Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) as a teenager seen seated in a chair and looking off camera.

Photograph of a sculpted bust of Sir John Alexander Macdonald, seen in partial profile.