Studio portrait of Adah Montgomery Forrest seen wearing a high-collared, lace-trimmed top.

Three copies of studio portrait of Norman C. Schneider seen looking off camera dressed in suit and tie.

Full body studio portrait of Alfred Ahrens looking at camera while casually seated on a fabric covered stool with left hand in jacket pocket.

Studio portrait of Florence Ahrens seen in profile.

File consists of four advertisement trade cards featuring women and girls working in the kitchen.

One photograph showing J.M. Schneider and Charles Schneider standing on the outside front steps of the "first shop". A free-standing sign is visible with "J.M. Schneider" painted on it; J.M. Schneider is leaning against a large lantern on a pole.

Informal portrait of George and Elizabeth Seiler, taken outdoors with house and yard in background.

Modern copy of a photograph showing Johann Christoph Schneider's farm in the Highland Rd-Lawrence Ave. area of Kitchener, ca. 1900.

Copy print, showing the intersection of King and Queen St., looking east. Two decorated arches cross over the street; tracks run up the centre, two groups of men stand in front of the first arch. Left to right: W.R. Travers (manager, Merchants Bank); Fred Boehmer (bank manager); [A.B. Miller?]; unidentified, unidentified , [Major Heath?]; H.L. Janzen; Conrad Bitzer; L.J. Breithaupt. The latter three are former mayors.

File consist of clippings relating to cooking utensils.

Image of a group, like a family standing in front of a board and batten home where three horses and a buggy are visible at right. One of the children is standing at far left next to a seated dog and the other is standing in the buggy next to a seated adult. The second adult is seen standing in the middle of the shot near the front entrance of the home.

Group portrait of adults and children seated and standing while posed for the camera outdoors in front of trees and greenery. They are seen dressed in formal wear and some are holding small American flags on sticks.

Small glass bottle with measurement markers up the sides.

One glass bottle of Certified Mercuro Chrome created by Drug Trading Company, Toronto, Ontario.

File consists of a deed of land for Lot 36 in the Town of Waterloo as shown on the survey by Herbert J. Bowman.

Studio portrait of Mary Eidt Kaufman and her daughters (left to right) Emma Ratz Kaufman and Edna Louise Augustine.

The May 20, 1900 issue of the Toronto Sunday World, with headline "Jos. Seagram's 'Slaughter' Wins King's Plate by Five Lengths."

4 images, b&w photographs and negatives, copies and originals. Two portraits are original cabinet photographs by Lancefield's Studio, Ottawa.

File consists of one trip diary kept by Alice Riggs Hunt detailing her trip overseas in 1900. The first few pages of the diary were kept by her grandmother [Anna Livingston Hunt?] on her overseas trip in 1895.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Oliver St. John seen looking off camera.

Photograph of Franklin Schantz on the back of a horse posed for the camera in from of a row of trees.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Amanda Schiedel seen looking off camera and dressed in a high-collared top.

One photograph of a portion of the lake or creek at Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ontario.

Studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz and Cornelia "Carrie" Flagler Schantz, with their daughter Ruth Schantz. Ruth is seen standing at centre with bow in hair arms on her parents' backs.

Hand coloured photograph of Orpheus Moyer Schantz's home at 4215 West 24th St., Cicero, Illinois. Carrie Flagler Schantz and Ruth Schantz are shown on the porch while Worth Schantz plays on the lawn.

Two Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Calendars, both colour, for 1898 and 1900. The 1898 calendar is illustrated with the heads of four children singing while the 1900 calendar features four children, one in a chef's hat and apron, having tea.

Business and advertising cards, some for nurserymen. Also contains two reciepts, one for coal and one for dry goods.

Twenty-seven letters received by Austin Tobias Schantz.

Date and Place from: April 13, 1891 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: May 14, 1894 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Postcard.

Date and Place from: September 21, 1894 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: September 26, 1894 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Postcard.

Date and Place from: September 28, 1894 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Postcard.

Date and Place from: October 8, 1894 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: October 17, 1894 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Unknown Attachments: Envelope only, includes stamp.

Date and Place from: December 31, 1894 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: May 17, 1895 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: May 18, 1895 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: July 9, 1895 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: November 30, 1895 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: May 21, 1896 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Postcard.

Date and Place from: July 9, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: August 18, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: January 12, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: January 21, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Notes: Written on North American Transportation & Trading Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: September 20, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: December 21, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Notes: Written on North American Transportation & Trading Co. Letterhead. Includes note from mother.

Date and Place from: January 1899 San Francisco, Calif. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Vroom, R.D.H. Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: February 4, 1899 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Unknown Notes: Empty envelope only, includes stamp.

Date and Place from: April 20, 1900 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: May 13, 1890 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: n.d. Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Includes note from Sophie.

Date and Place from: April 19, 1891 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 Notes: Partial letter, no closing.

Date and Place from: Dec. 5, 1894 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 Notes: Written on R. D. Lang & Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: July 12, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Includes note from Florence.

Twenty-three letters received by Sophie Emma Schantz.

Date and Place from: 1899 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Notes: Ephemeral items re. Sophie's kindergarten training, exam in Chicago.

Date and Place from: July 25, ? Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Blodgett, Mary M.

Date and Place from: March 2, 1900 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Bright, Orville Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: Jan. 24, 1893 Columbia, Pa. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Ellenberger, C.A. Notes: Written on Hotel Columbia letterhead.

Date and Place from: May 13, 1893 Blyth, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Austin, Alf.

Date and Place from: May 13, 1893 Blyth, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Austin, Alf.

Date and Place from: Jan. 4, 1894 Blyth, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Austin, Alf Notes: Includes note to Etta.

Date and Place from: Feb. 19, 1894 Blyth To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Austin, Alf.

Date and Place from: Oct. 5, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Aggie.

Date and Place from: Feb. 24, 1898 Hartford To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Ella.

Date and Place from: June 9, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Aggie.

Date and Place from: Oct. 27, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. Attachments: Envelope, no stamp.

Date and Place from: Oct. 30, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Aggie.

Date and Place from: Jan. 4, 1899 Port Elgin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Annie.

Date and Place from: Aug. 24, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Becker, W.H. Notes: Includes letter of recommendation.

Date and Place from: Dec. 20, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Aggie.

Date and Place from: July 9, 1900 Varna, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Austin, Alf.

Date and Place from: Dec. 1878 s.l. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From ? Notes: Poem "Compliments of Santa Claus ..."

Date and Place from: Jan. 10, 1900 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Aunt ? Notes: Includes envelope.

Date and Place from: Dec. 27, 1897 To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Notes: Envelope only, with stamp.

To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Casey, Mary.

To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Becker, Mary S.

To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Bowman, J.B.

File consists of four copies of a group portrait of the Zion church choir at a picnic at Lexington. Verso of one copy contains identification of each person in the photograph. Members of the choir include Talmon Henry Rieder, his sisters Maude and Idella Rieder, Louisa Breithaupt, and Albert Breithaupt.

Long poem of 22 stanzas by Harvey J. Sims on the occasion of travelling to the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. in 1900 with "Mrs. Roos, 3 girls."

Membership cards signed by Harvey J. Sims for the Rangers Football Club dated 1890 and 1899, listing officers and executive, club grounds and colours. In 1890, Harvey J. Sims is listed as on the Committee of Management; in 1899, he is on the executive committee. The 1899 card includes the W.F.A (Western Football Association) schedule for the spring season. These cards are in addition to a copy of the Western Football Association Annual for 1900, edited by D. Forsyth, Secretary Western Football Association and printed in Berlin. This volume contains the constitution and rules, hints for referees and players, as well as detailed lists of champion teams from 1880 to 1899. The pages for 1900, printed in red, appear to have been pasted in at the front and end of the 1899.

Upper body studio portrait of an unidentified individual seen looking at camera, dressed in a white lace top and with a ribbon in hair.

Contains a group portrait of members of The Record staff. Includes identifications on verso:
Left to right: Wayne Macdonald (Publisher), Carolyne Rittinger (Editor).

Mounted photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crocker of Stratford, "1st owner", ca. 1900 [according to other material he was the second owner].

File consists of two advertisement trade cards for sweeping.

Photograph of Emma Louise Schneider (left) and Floss Ahrens in winter clothing and fancy hats, sitting on the porch with a dog between them.

Studio portrait of John Herbert Schneider seen in partial profile, dressed in collared shirt and tie.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Alfred Gofton seen looking at the camera, dressed in a suit and tie.

Head and torso studio portrait of Florence Ahrens seen standing next to a floral chair and looking at the camera.

Studio portrait of the Louis Henry Wagner family. From left to right at Sarah Moyer Wagner, Ida Wagner, Florence Wagner, Louis Jacob Gordon Wagner, Carl Henry Wagner, and Louis Henry Wagner.

Full length studio portrait of Edwin Perry Clement seen looking at the camera and seated in a chair, legs crossed, with left hand in vest pocket.

Upper body studio portrait of Evelyn Breithaupt, Aida [Yentles?], and Blanche Mildred Clement Kelly taken when they were attending Ontario Ladies College. The group is looking at camera and wearing similar hats.

File consists of one studio portrait of, left to right, Emma Kaufman, Blanche Mildred Clement Kelly, and Evelyn Breithaupt taken when they were attending Ontario Ladies College. The group is posed identically, seen wearing similar hats and black ribbons tied around the necks of their high-collared blouses.

Mounted family portrait of Rev. William M. Martin, his wife Christena (Jamieson), and their children, identified on verso as Melville Martin, Beattie Martin, Alex Martin (John Alexander), Anna Gunn, and Nettie Cranston.

Copy print, Frederick and Duke looking toward King St. In Canada's Centennial, 27 June 1967, p. 27

File consists of one prospectus for notes sue l'Americanisme, published by J. Maisonneuve.

File consists of stationary with John Motz's letterhead primarily from his time as sheriff. Includes an envelope from Rittinger and Motz, and letterhead and a ledger sheet from John Motz, sheriff.

A short essay on Mary Stuart and the murder of Lord Danley written by A.Y. Haist.

Image of a woman standing outdoors wearing a naval style hat and pointing a rifle off camera.

Image of a corner in the interior of a home. Included in the shot are plant in front of a window, a rocking chair, artwork, and family photos.

Image of a group of people group of people, one of whom has a bicycle, posed for the camera at various points along the length of a large brick home.

Group portrait of adults and children seen in formal dress and posed for the camera in front of the door to a brick home.

Image of three people, one seated and two standing, posed for the camera in the yard of a board and batten home. A large tree is visible in the background at right and buggy is partially visible parked behind a wood fence.

Image of a group of schoolchildren standing in two rows with their teacher in front of a brick school house.

Image of a group of people having a picnic in the woods. Most of the group is seen looking toward the camera from seated or standing positions with one adult visible at left gripping and hanging from a tree branch.

Image of an a person holding standing and looking at a horse outside in a grassy enclosure. Trees and possibly an orchard are visible in the background.

Glass measuring cup from Shoemaker's Corner Drug Store.

One glass bottle of iodine created by the Drug Trading Company Ltd., Toronto, Ontario.

One cardboard box of three stainless steel needles.

One metal tube of Paggett and Ramsdell's perfect cold cream in a small box labelled as a chemists sample.

File consists of one advertisement trade card for mopping.

File consists of seven advertisement trade cards for scouring showing women and girls.

Snapshot of Florence Grace Clement and Esther Williams sailing on Georgian Bay.

One image of an ox and cart in front of a barn, with an unidentified man forking hay into the loft.

File consists of a leaflet advertising Racycle bicycles from the Berlin and Racycle Manufacturing Company Limited.

Postcard of Courtland Avenue School, Berlin, Ontario.

Postcard of the first school house in Waterloo, now located in Waterloo Park.

One school slate with a wooden frame.

Contents: file consists of a clipping and an invitation relating to the debut of Alice Riggs Hunt.

File consists of 1 aerial photograph of Seagram plant and surrounding area illustration.

A note in this album indicates that it belonged to Stephanie Seagram, wife of Joseph Emm Seagram. It contains studio portraits of family and friends, including Seagram, Warnock and Bland families. Many are unidentified. Photographers include Notman & Fraser, Toronto.

A scrapbook containing coloured cuttings, some printed for the purpose, with the majority being floral items cut from seed catalogues. The burgundy leather cover is heavily tooled in a thistle pattern, and includes a coloured pictorial card of a bluebird pasted on.

Head and torso studio portrait of Jesse Gross Moyer dressed in suit and tie, looking off camera.

Upper body studio portrait of Theodore Moyer seen looking off camera.

Snapshots of Arthur Schantz's life in Alberta. The images range in date from ca. 1900 to ca. 1920 and show Arthur and Austin Schantz as well as Jean Beddome (Braithwaite). Included are images of Arthur's summer job as a fire warden and a trip by wagon to Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park. Also of interest are images of a group of youths who came to visit Arthur while he was a warden. Of particular interest is the dress of the women who are wearing jeans. Most of the images are unidentified.

Cyanotype photograph of Orpheus Moyer Schantz and Ruth Schantz. Orpheus is seated on a swing out front of their home at Morton Park with arm around Ruth who is standing at his side.

Twenty drawings and sketches by Orpheus Moyer Schantz. Included are portraits, studies of animals, technical drawings for a boat, one ink drawing of the back of a woman in a gown, two drawings after C.D. Gibson- "When Doctors Disagree" and "Mr. Pipp just after dinner steps our for a few moments with a change acquaintance. He returns at 2 A.M.", and two with leaf varieties and poetry. Smaller drawings were originally found in an old men's silk handkerchief box with other ephemera.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Clara White seen looking off camera. Photograph has been altered to show Clara in a flower adorned scroll.

File consists of snapshots taken inside the Ontario legislative building at Queen's Park in Toronto, probably by Martha Rieder.

Library and lecture cards, sketch, Literary Society items, print of building, YMCA card.

File consists of a piece of birch bark with inscriptions on both sides.

Recto: "Our party left Penetang July 23, 1900 on Str "Maud" - went to Moon River, 12-mile Channel, Black Rock Lake. Visted several Lumber Camps etc. Spent night at Pittsburg House in Georgena Island. Had a most delightful trip - weather fine and fishing good. Got this bark at Squaw Point Lumber Camp, Perry Sound District. Returned Tues. evening, July 24, 1900."

Verso: "Mr. J.C. Breithaupt + Mrs. J.C.B., Mr. A.L. B., Miss M.E.B., Edward B. Rev. S.L. Umbach, Miss Madge Gibson, Ella E. Anthes."

File consists of mounted snapshots taken at Bayview, the cottage of Louis Jacob Breithaupt, near Penetanguishene. Includes snapshots of the cottage and people on the lawn of the cottage, people canoeing, and a boat house labelled as "the ark." File also includes a group photograph taken on the lawn outside the cottage. Some photographs probably taken by Martha Rieder.

One photograph. Includes identifications as follows:
Back row, left to right: Carrie Ahrens (unmarried), Louise Ahrens (unmarried), Emma Ahrens (unmarried), Charles August Ahrens (married Emma Hirshey), Henry Ahrens.

Middle row, left to right: Albert Ahrens, Helena Ahrens (Norman C. Schneider's mother).

Front row, left to right: Minnie Ahrens (oldest, married F. VonEnde), Laura/Lolie Ahrens (married Geo. Hachborn), Charles Andrew Ahrens, Mary Ahrens (married Harry Hallliwell), Herman Ahrens.

Undated poem cut from a Rotary Club Bulletin called "Ponder."

Negatives of Harry Schmidt and Irmengarde Hagen at the J.M. Schneider office. Also includes one negative of the fountain at the J.M. Schneider home, mentioned elsewhere.

One group portrait, possibly Schneider employees, taken outdoors under a pavilion or picnic shelter. Includes a clergyman.

Photographs of a portrait hanging at the Concordia Club in Kitchener. Includes 1 photograph of the caption on the portrait, 1 photograph of a close up of the portrait, with Wilhelm Rohleder, his daughter Emma, and Conrad Bitzer identified on the verso of the photograph.

Copy print from an old photograph.

File consists of a circular to school inspectors regarding planning events for Empire Day (May 23rd).

File consist of clippings relating to Red River.

File consists of one manuscript essay on United Empire Loyalist settlement at Long Point, Lake Erie.

Image of the Newbridge, Ontario post office and store. People standing on the steps of the store, and horse and buggies are parked out front. The post office has a Bell Telephone sign hanging out front and visible items for sale include boots, a coat, a wash basin and rugs.

Image of a person seated in a horse-drawn buggy in front of a house holding reins and looking toward the camera.

Image of three people, possibly teenagers, boiling maple syrup in the woods. Two are holding metal buckets and the third, partially obscured by smoke, appears to be tending to a fire.

Image of a group of adults and children posing for the camera along the front and side of a board and batten house with a small front porch.