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Industry: Unidentified.

Image of the exterior of an industrial building seen at a distance from across a parking lot filled with cars. The building has a smokestack with Sunshine painted vertically down the side.

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Store Fronts: Louise Store.

Copy negatives from old photographs, four images: 2 of exterior of Louise Store, I unidentified building, 1 interior view showing woman behind desk, two men in business suits, 2 men in uniform with hats, large room with central table and chairs lined up.

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Tyson Store, American Block.

Copy negative of a photo on Page 81 of "Berlin today Centennial number in celebration of the old boys' and girls' reunion August, 6th, 7th, 8th, 1906" of the American Hotel building block.

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Horse-Drawn Streetcars: Horse, Man, Small Car From Old Book.

Copy negative of a photograph on Page 78 of Berlin today Centennial number in celebration of the old boys' and girls' reunion August, 6th, 7th, 8th, 1906. Person looking toward the camera from where they are standing at the the front of a horse-drawn trolley. Caption under photo reads: "In the Days of the Horse-Car. Photo kindly loaned by Mr. H. F. Boehmer."

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Horse-Drawn Streetcar in Winter: Streetcar on Sleds with Horse, Berlin Train Station Behind, Woman Walking.

Copy negative of a photograph on Page 79 of Berlin today Centennial number in celebration of the old boys' and girls' reunion August, 6th, 7th, 8th, 1906. Person dressed for cold weather seen at side of snow covered road with horse drawn trolley and [rail station?]. Caption under photo reads: "When Col. Burt was King. Photo kindly loaned by Mr. V. McIntyre."

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Scene Outside Kitchener Market, ca. 1890's?

Copy print, taken on the other side of the building shown in GA92-9-73, showing what is possibly a weigh scale for wagons. The domed building is the town hall and the light coloured building in the background is the Kitchener Hotel.

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Mysterious Well Poses Problems.

Image of Waterloo Town Square construction site covered in snow with a Seagram Distillers building in the background. At bottom right is a pool of water seeping out of an old, capped artesian well, struck by construction workers.

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Calendar of Events.

A 1 volume (400 p.) calendar of historical international, national and local events, organized chronologically with one page for each day of the year. According to the donor, entries date from about 1886 (although events prior to this date are recorded) and are in the handwriting of W.J. Motz, J.E. Motz and Cully Schmidt. Newspaper clippings of "Today in History" are also pasted in. An alphabetical name and subject index is present. This volumes is a condensation of local information and forms an important, albeit selective, index to the Record. Title from the contents.

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Fire Hall, Berlin, Ont., Canada.

Copy negative of a postcard of the Berlin Fire Hall with two horse drawn wagons out front. File also includes caption notes for other photos in series titled BERLIN FIREHALL.

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American Hotel, [Tyson's Store, American Block] Corner of King & Queen Streets, ca. 1861 and later..

Copy negatives of American Hotel building block. Two negatives are of a photograph of the exterior of A. Tyson's Grocery on Page 81 of "Berlin today Centennial number in celebration of the old boys' and girls' reunion August, 6th, 7th, 8th, 1906". The third is of a photograph of the exterior of the American Hotel on the page of an unidentified book.

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Parade From American Hotel.

Copy negative of an old photograph of three open top cars, carrying men and women in hats, driving past the Walper Hotel as crowds of people look on from the sidewalk. Caption accompanying negative reads: "3) Parade from American Hotel, 20s."

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Unknown home with outbuildings.

File consists of one photograph of Levi Carroll (seated at left) with is family outside of Waterloo's former log schoolhouse. Original Berlin High School building partially visible in background.

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Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.

  • SCA119-GA92
  • Fonds
  • 1878-1988

Fonds consists of material relating to the history and operations of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, from its beginnings in 1878 to 1988. Also consists of historical materials on the history of Waterloo County and the Region of Waterloo including newspaper articles, slides, photographs, and negatives. Includes legal documents, clippings, ephemera, publications, artifacts, office files, photographic materials, and films.

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118th battalion, Kitchener, Ontario.

Film features scenes of the Kitchener fire department equipment including cars and horse-drawn fire vehicles leaving the station and traveling down an unidentified street. Crowds on a street, a street car, automobiles. The 118th Battalion on parade with crowds lining either side of the street and the downtown Kitchener area. Soldiers leaving a building and exercising on a field, possibly Victoria Park.

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Kitchener-Waterloo and Area History: Slides

Series consists of slides showing the history of the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Slides have been sorted into basic subjects of:

  • Automotive Retailers;
  • Churches;
  • Education;
  • Entertainment;
  • Financial/Insurance;
  • Highways/Roads;
  • Housing;
  • Industry;
  • Miscellaneous;
  • Oktoberfest;
  • Public Buildings;
  • Restaurants;
  • Retailers.

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Waterloo County Council.

Copy prints from an old photograph, one including numbered identifications. John Motz is No. 18.

Includes identifications:

Front Row: Ward Bowlby; Hon. Oliver Mowat, 3rd Premier of Ontario; Ferdinand Walters; [unidentified]; [unidentified]; John King, father of W.L.M. King.

Next row: [unidentified]; [unidentified]; I.D. Bowman; Dan Hibner; Senator Springer; [unidentified]; [unidentified]

3rd row: [unidentified]; John Brown;

4th row: H.L. Janzen; Lawyer Weir, later Magistrate; Frank Pattinson, Preston; Fred Ackerknecht

Top left: John Cook, Jailer

Top right: Petter Itter, House of Refuge manager.

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Poplar tree in front of grist mill.

File consists of one photograph of a large poplar tree in front of the Snider grist Mill formerly on the west side of King Street south, Waterloo. The tree grew from a branch used as a whip by a pioneer on the 1806 trek from Pennsylvania to Waterloo. The grist mill was built in 1816 and demolished in 1927

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New Hamburg, Main Street.

Print photograph of Main Street in New Hamburg with shadow of photographer at bottom of frame. Storefronts for Fischer's Footwear and Luggage, Peel Variety Centre, Ecker's, and Valerie's Coiffures are visible along street.

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Old Advertising: H.A. Huber Calling Card.

Copy negative of three H.A. Huber calling cards, one with a tear in the bottom left corner, that read: "H.A. Huber. The Leading Photo Studio in Berlin. Artist." Cards include illustration of a photographer taking a photo under a cover.

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General history.

Contains notes, correspondence copies, clippings, ephemera, including Donald Williamson, "Attacked by Rioters, But Press Kept Rolling," London Free Press, Sat. July 4, 1964, leaflet entitled Daily Newspapers in Kitchener-Waterloo, a leaflet entitled Kitchener-Waterloo Record Centennial, and a facsimile of the first issue of the "Daily News," the first daily newspaper published in Kitchener-Waterloo. Includes also two display captions and contact sheets of photographs, probably intended for and used in anniversary displays.

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The Breithaupt Leather Co., April 1930.

Panorama group portrait of Breithaupt Leather Company employees standing in a row, on muddy terrain, outside of the tannery building and office entrance. Most are in caps and several are wearing rubber boots and ankle-length aprons. A building with a bell tower is visible in the background.

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Dunke Grocery Store, 35 King St. E. between Queen and Benton, Interior and Exterior views.

Copy negatives of photographs of the interior and exterior of Dunke Grocery Store that operated in Kitchener from ca. 1800s to 1936. Caption and envelope notes accompanying negative read: "DENKEL'S STORE - interior and exterior view of Dunke Grocery Store 35 King East between Queen and Benton. May 22/1979. Copies Dunke Store. Submitted by Bill Dunke, 187 Lydia St."

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Demolition of Buildings on Hall's Lane, Kitchener, April, 1958, to make way for Parking Lot.

Print photographs, with typed captions on verso, taken by the Kitchener-Waterloo Record of building demolition along Hall's Lane. File also includes April 5, 1958 newspaper clipping of published version of one of the photos [GA92-9-26_002].

Caption on verso of GA92-9-26_001 reads: "KITCHENER - Demolitions (April 3, 1958). Old home vanishes from Hall's Lane, together with three-story building used for some years by William Knell and Company. Purchased for city parking lot. (Walper Hotel in right background.)

Caption on verso of GA92-9-26_002: "KITCHENER - Demolitions. Two old buildings on Hall's lane east just off Queen street south are being demolished to make way for new Parking Authority car lot."

Caption on verso of GA92-9-26_003: "KITCHENER - Demolitions. April 5, 1958. Hall's Lane."

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Berlin Rescue and Hose Co.: Horse-drawn in front of Frederick St. Firehall.

Copy negative of a torn and taped photograph of members of the Rescue and Hose Co. on, and in front of, a horse drawn wagon. Corresponding caption from caption list in file 9 reads: "2) Berlin Rescue & Hose Co horse drawn in front of Fred St. firehall." Annotations on one of the reference prints in file read: "Scharlach, Charles [Loelu?], [Uhrig?], Timms, Dan Boettger, John Rhodes, Frank Seebert."

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Berlin Fire Brigade, Throwing Stream Over St. Paul's Church.

Copy negative of Page 78 of Twentieth Century Number of Busy Berlin showing fire brigade in action at St. Paul's Lutheran Church on Queen St. and a partial view of group portrait. Fire brigade caption reads: "Berlin Fire Brigade (Throwing steam over St. Paul's Church)". Group portrait caption reads: "Another Group of Travellers. W. G. Cleghorn, I. S. K. Weber, A. K. Dunke, J. Voelker, and L. Stuebing."

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