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Schantz family : 1913 family reunion.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Two identical outdoor group portraits taken at the 1913 Schantz family reunion. Over 880 people attended the reunion; this portrait shows only a few of them. Florence Schantz is seen, second row from the back, sixth from right and the person standing at centre, at the very back of the group, is likely Franklin Abram Schantz.
Schantz Russell Family
Correspondence : Schantz, Franklin Abram from Schantz, Austin Tobias.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Date and Place from: September 12, 1892 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram. From Schantz, Austin Tobias. Notes: Written on Chas. Gossage & Co. Letterhead.
Date and Place from: March 10, 1893 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram. From Schantz, Austin Tobias. Attachments: Letter to Mary Schantz.
Date and Place from: September 13, 1898 [?] To Schantz, Franklin Abram. From Schantz, Austin Tobias.
Date and Place from: Feb. 27, 1912 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram. From Schantz, Austin Tobias. Includes sketch map.
Date and Place from: June 11, 1912 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram. From Schantz, Austin Tobias.
Date and Place from: Aug. 00, 1912 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram. From Schantz, Austin Tobias.
Date and Place from: Aug. 2, 1912 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram. From Schantz, Austin Tobias.
Schantz Russell Family
Schantz, Franklin Abram : correspondence received.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Nineteen letters received by Franklin Abram Schantz.
Date and Place from: July 18, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead.
Date and Place from: Dec. 20, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead.
Date and Place from: Dec. 28, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead.
Date and Place from: Aug. 21, 1906 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.
Date and Place from: Aug. 29, 1906 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.
Date and Place from: Aug. 30, 1906 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Branstetter Motor Co. Letterhead.
Date and Place from: Sept. 5, 1906 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.
Date and Place from: Oct. 10, 1906 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Includes family tree by Orpheus.
Date and Place from: Oct. 24, 1906 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.
Date and Place from: Nov. 5, 1906 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.
Date and Place from: Nov. 15, 1906 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.
Date and Place from: Feb. 14, 1907 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.
Date and Place from: April 17, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead; includes copy of letter from Benj. T. Gault.
Date and Place from: May 10, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead.
Date and Place from: Sept. 17, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead.
Date and Place from: July 20, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead.
Date and Place from: March 5, 1907 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.
Date and Place from: Aug. 8, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead, includes envelope with stamp.
Date and Place from: Aug. 14, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead.
Schantz Russell Family
Photograph Album #3 : "Frank's Album, 1900-1918."
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills. Some photographs identified. Identified photographs include:
Schantz home, 43 Schneider Ave., Berlin, Ont.
Group and individual posed portraits of Austin Tobias Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Dorothy Etta Russell, Ruth Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Mary Schantz, Worth Flagler Schantz, Tobias Schantz, Carrie, Mrs. Flagler, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, September 1910.
Dec. 1910 at Morton Park, Ill. : good photo of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Ruth Schantz.
1907: Victoria Park Pavilion, Victoria park.
1910: snapshots taken during visit of Orpheus Moyer Schantz family from Chicago to Berlin: unidentified view of farmhouse and river, probably Kolb farm at Breslau, group including Mr. & Mrs. Jake Kolb, snapshot of farm from across river; snapshots taken at the Steckle farm including a view of the Steckle farmhouse, views of "Henry Steckle's farm, Strasburg", snapshots of farm animals, picking elderberries, etc.
Orpheus Moyer Schantz home in Morton Park, Illinois and Orpheus Moyer Schantz family members. Includes one interior, several of yard.
Portrait of Jacob Kolb (1895-) in uniform.
Freeport: p. 45, includes farmhouse, view of bridge, Jacob Bauman Farm, Freeport 1911 with barns, stone house, Freeport church.
Small prints of horses, dogs, animal sheds on Prairie, possibly taken in Alberta? Also snapshots of mountainous territory with water, bridge over river with logs, horses being driven, large haystacks, homestead, Florence[?] and others eating outside, woman fishing, goats and pigs.
Groups portraits taken at the Schantz Family Reunion, 1913.
Rockwood, Ont., 1915: groups and scenic snapshots.
Unidentified farmhouse, family groups. These include Tobias Schantz.
Arthur Benjamin Schantz or Austin Tobias Schantz on horseback camp cooking.
Elora, Ont.: snapshots of groups, at mill, bridge, flowerpot island.
Schantz Russell Family
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Group portrait possibly of a meeting of officials of the of Alma Street United Brethren in Christ Church taken outside. Identified on the verso are Rev. S.H. Swartz (centre in front of doors), President Bangs of Huntington College Indiana (front row, 3rd from right), Rev. Stanton, Lautenschlager, Rev. Howe, and Rev. Burton.
Schantz Russell Family
Russell, Dorothy Etta and Franklin Abram Schantz.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Outdoor portrait of Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) with uncle Franklin Abram Schantz taken when Russell was about ten years of age.
Schantz Russell Family
Correspondence : Schantz, Tobias Kolb from Schantz, Franklin Abram.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Date and Place from: March 25, 1908 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962.
Schantz Russell Family
Correspondence : Schantz, Franklin Abram from Schantz, Tobias Kolb.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Date and Place from: July 29, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.
Schantz Russell Family
Schantz, Franklin Abram : correspondence received.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Thirty-five letters received by Franklin Abram Schantz.
Date and Place from: June 4, 1902 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Jan. 10, 1899 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: Includes letter written to Herbert, envelope, no stamp.
Date and Place from: March 28, 1900 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: March 30, 1890 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: April 19, 1890 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Jan. 5, 1893 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Notes: Written on Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Wholesale Dry Goods letterhead.
Date and Place from: April 27, 1890 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Feb. 21, 1891 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: May 24, 1892 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Dec. 17, 1898 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Oct. 14, 1902 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Dec. 15, 1902 Rifle, Colo. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: March 27, 1903 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: May 28, 1903 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Notes: Partial letter (from Austin?).
Date and Place from: June 30, 1902 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Aug. 11, 1903 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Oct. 8, 1903 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Jan. 23, 1904 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: June 28, 1904 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: March 14, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: April 30, 1905 Alberta To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: April 24, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Oct. 3, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Oct. 23, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Oct. 30, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Nov. 7, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Nov. 22, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Dec. 1, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Dec. 5, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Dec. 22, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: Sept. 12, 1901 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Date and Place from: March 7, 1903 Pocatello, Idaho To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Notes: Postcard.
Date and Place from: Oct. 23, 1902 Rifle, CO To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Notes: Postcard.
Date and Place from: Nov. 24, 1902 Rifle, Colo. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Notes: Postcard.
Date and Place from: December 18, 1901 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.
Schantz Russell Family
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Photograph of Franklin Schantz on the back of a horse posed for the camera in from of a row of trees.
Schantz Russell Family
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Nine dry glass plate negatives showing various images. Five of the plates show images of Arthur Schantz, Eli Brubacher and Herbert Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz and Edgar Clemens that are recognizable from positives elsewhere in the fonds. They are possibly from when Arthur was working for Schneuker photography studio. The remaining images are of unidentified portraits. Images were originally housed in a box of "Stanley" brand dry plate negatives.
Schantz Russell Family
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Two copybooks and one exercise book from Franklin Abram Schantz's school days.
Schantz Russell Family
Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
5 letters. Correspondents include brothers Arthur, Austin, Frank, and Orpheus.
Schantz Russell Family
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
One upper body studio group portrait of the four youngest children of Tobias Schantz and Mary Moyer: Florence Annie Catherine, Franklin Abram, Herbert Cecil Palmer, and Arthur Benjamin. Portrait belonged to Sophie Emma Schantz. Identification from verso.
Schantz Russell Family
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Head and torso studio portrait of siblings Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer and Arthur Benjamin Schantz.
Schantz Russell Family
Correspondence : Schantz, Sophie Emma from Schantz, Franklin Abram.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Date and Place from: June 21, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962.
Schantz Russell Family
Alma St. United Brethren in Christ Church choir.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Group portrait of the Alma St. United Brethren in Christ Church choir, which was led by A.O. Bowman.
Back row: Ed Clemens, Frank Schantz, Arthur Schantz, Eli Brubacher.
Middle row: Aggie Brubacher, Lizzie Groh, A.O. Bowman, Lizzie Musselman.
Front row: Sophie Schantz, Susanna Musselman, Rosetta Lautenschlager, Ella Weaver.
Schantz Russell Family
Alma St. United Brethren in Christ Church choir.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Group portrait of the Alma St. United Brethren in Christ Church choir, which was led by A.O. Bowman.
Back row: Ed Clemens, Frank Schantz, Arthur Schantz, Eli Brubacher.
Middle row: Aggie Brubacher, Lizzie Groh, A.O. Bowman, Lizzie Musselman.
Front row: Sophie Schantz, Susanna Musselman, Rosetta Lautenschlager, Ella Weaver.
Schantz Russell Family
Alma St. United Brethren in Christ Church choir.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Group portrait of the Alma St. United Brethren in Christ Church choir, which was led by A.O. Bowman.
Back row: Ed Clemens, Frank Schantz, Arthur Schantz, Eli Brubacher.
Middle row: Aggie Brubacher, Lizzie Groh, A.O. Bowman, Lizzie Musselman.
Front row: Sophie Schantz, Susanna Musselman, Rosetta Lautenschlager, Ella Weaver.
Schantz Russell Family
Schantz, Franklin Abram : correspondence received.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Twenty-one letters received by Franklin Abram Schantz.
Date and Place from: April 30, 1882 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.
Date and Place from: Oct. 6, 1886 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Cobb & Moyer Dry Goods, Carpets & Millinery letterhead.
Date and Place from: May 13, 1887 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Wilson & Moyer, Dry Goods, Carpets and Millinery letterhead.
Date and Place from: Feb. 4, 1890 s.l. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.
Date and Place from: Jan. 13, 1891 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: partial letter, closing missing.
Date and Place from: Sept. 16, 1891 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.
Date and Place from: Jan. 4, 1893 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Letterhead.
Date and Place from: Sept. 24, 1886 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.
Date and Place from: Aug. 18, 1890 Ottumwa, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Patriarchal Circle of America letterhead.
Date and Place from: March 17, 1892 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Letterhead.
Date and Place from: Sept. 19, 1892 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Letterhead.
Date and Place from: Nov. 27, 1892 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.
Date and Place from: May 2, 1893 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Letterhead.
Date and Place from: March 20, 1898 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.
Date and Place from: Jan. 7, 1883 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.
Date and Place from: March 8, 1890 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.
Date and Place from: Nov. 22, 1891 Ottumwa, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: partial letter, no salutation; written on Ottumwa Cal Palace letterhead.
Date and Place from: Nov. 22, 1891 Morton Park, Ill To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: partial letter, no closing.
Date and Place from: Sept. 6, 1898 s.l. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912.
Date and Place from: October 10, 1907 Didsbury To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.
Date and Place from: Sept. 13, 1892 Chicago, IL To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Letterhead.
Schantz Russell Family
United Brethren Church group outing to Elora Gorge.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Group portrait taken during an outing to Elora, Ontario of members of a United Brethren Church group from Berlin, Ontario. The group is seen posed for the camera against a rocky backdrop.
Back row standing: ?, [Aggie Brubacher], Franklin Abram Schantz, Edgar Clemens, ?, ?
Seated middle row: Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Eli Brubacher, ?, [Amos Musselman], Ella Weaver, ?
Seated front row: Sophie Emma Schantz, [Lizzie Musselman]
Schantz Russell Family
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
A notebook belonging to Franklin Abram Schantz containing school notes, letters to friends and family, and poems. Also includes a newspaper clipping that was found on the notebook about Franklin Abram Schantz from 1949.
Schantz Russell Family
Correspondence to Frank Schantz from M.B. Martin.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
1 letter.
Date and Place from: November 5, 1892 Guelph To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From Martin, M.B. Attachments: No envelope.
Schantz Russell Family
Schantz cousins : Austin, Etta, Franklin, Sophie and Theodore Schantz.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
A group studio portrait of some of the Schantz cousins, from left to right: Austin, Etta, Franklin, Sophie, and Theodore.
Schantz Russell Family
Schantz cousins : Austin, Etta, Franklin, Sophie and Theodore Schantz.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
A group studio portrait of some of the Schantz cousins, from left to right: Austin, Etta, Franklin, Sophie, and Theodore.
Schantz Russell Family
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, both loose and pasted in, poetry and illustrations, a brochure for the Niagara and Lewiston Railroad, and a one-leaf printed advertisement for "Sapolio," this last in both English and German and printed on silver-backed paper. The name Franklin A. Schantz is written on the front cover of the scrapbook. The scrapbook was found in Florence Annie Catherine's trunk.
The scrapbook occupies the first twenty-five pages of a volume entitled, "Business Diary Containing General Information, With Daily Calendar for 1881, Compiled by Ogilvy & Co., Toronto, And Presented to Each of their Customers With Best Respects and Cordial Good Wishes." Ogilvy & Co. were importers of British and foreign dry goods, and wholesale dealers in Canadian cottons, woolens, etc.
Schantz Russell Family