- SCA98-GA68-1945-45-242
- File
- December 1945
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
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Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Victoria Park children feeding swans
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Image of swimmers in Silver Lake of Waterloo Park.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Cameron Clare Hill fonds.
An embarkation card issued to Cameron Hill on May 11, 1945 for travel from a holding camp in Germany to England. Also includes a supplementary document titled, Appendix B, certifying that Cameron underwent a medical examination on May 13, 1945 in Bournemouth and is fit to proceed on leave and be repatriated to Canada.
Hill, Cameron Clare
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Central Aircraft Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one aerial photograph of Central Aircraft Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in London Ontario. The buildings in the photograph are numbered and identified.
Kaufman Family
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.
File consists of one photograph showing members of George Drew's cabinet from 1945. Includes: Percy Vivian, Dana Porter, Charles Daley Arthur Welsh, Bill Goodfellow, Roland Mitchener, Bill Gresinger, Scott, George Dunbar, George Doucette, Leslie Frost, George Drew, Tom Kennedy, Les Blackwell, George Challies.
Porter, Dana Harris
Martin, Jamie : grave and memorial stone.
Photographs relating to Jamie Martin's grave and memorial stone. Includes snapshots of the grave and cemetery at Beny-sur-mer near Caen, France, including some with John Alexander and Jessie Martin; a snapshot of a memorial stone for Jamie at the Grove Cemetery in Dundas, Ontario; and a photograph of cenotaph in Waterloo, Ontario.
Martin, John Gartshore
Map of Kitchener and Waterloo with business directory.
Part of Gordon Good fonds.
File consists of a map of Kitchener and Waterloo surrounded by a business directory and year long calendars for 1945 and 1946.
Good, Gordon
Scots Fusiliers at Waterloo Park
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Image of large crowd gathered.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Forbes family fonds.
A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1945 during her time as a student at the School for Nurses at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. Several entries describe Betty’s work at the hospital, student exams, patient care, and school dances. The diary includes press clippings, a convocation program, letters, telegrams, notes, pressed flowers, restaurant menus, business cards, event programs, and a photograph likely of Betty and an unknown individual. In addition, numerous entries describe events and activities related to the Second World War including an entry written on Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) on May 8, 1945, an entry written on Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) on August 15, 1945 as well as entries describing food rationing, and the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States (1933–45). Also includes one United States Army Anti-Aircraft Command sleeve insignia. The insignia is circular with an embroidered white background, blue border, and two red capital letter A's in the centre.
Forbes, Betty
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.
File consists of one reprint photograph showing members of George Drew's cabinet from 1945. Includes: Percy Vivian, Dana Porter, Charles Daley Arthur Welsh, Bill Goodfellow, Roland Mitchener, Bill Gresinger, Scott, George Dunbar, George Doucette, Leslie Frost, George Drew, Tom Kennedy, Les Blackwell, George Challies.
Porter, Dana Harris
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.
File consists of one portrait of Dana Porter.
Porter, Dana Harris
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Kitchener firemen remaking toys
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Krupp, Cas. 25,000 blood donor
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Kitchener city hall being bombarded
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Augustine, Edna Louise and Mary Ham.
A photograph of Edna Louise Augustine and Mary Ham in front of the fireplace. The photograph was taken in the living room of the house at 22 Margaret Avenue, Kitchener.
Augustine, Ham, Kaufman family
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 street-view photograph of plant's windowed brick carpenter shop. Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of street-level view of 3 plant warehouses. Recto: photograph labelled 'B'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Plant: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, view looking north.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of a street-level view of brick buildings. Recto: photograph labelled 'B'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Plant: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, view looking south along Erb Street.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of street-level view of plant, including railway tracks. Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Plant: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, looking west: machine shop bldg. no. 25.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of plant's brick windowed machine shop building. Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Plant: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, looking south : warehouse 9.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of street-level view of plant warehouse with 'Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Limited, Distillers since 1857' sign. Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Plant: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, looking southwest.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of street-level view of 2 plant warehouses behind fire pumping station. Recto: photograph labelled 'B'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of street-level view of plant's bottling building and warehouses in front of reservoir. Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Plant: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, south along Erb St. West.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of a street-level view of brick warehouse and office building.
Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Plant: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, view looking north: excise bldg. no. 18.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of street-level side view of brick office building. Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Kitchener post office Christmas help
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Schneider family collection.
Photograph of Howard Schneider ice fishing lake trout at Limberlost.
Schneider, Norman Christoph
Part of Schneider family collection.
Two photographs of a group of skiers cooking lunch while skiing at St. Sauveur. Some identifications included.
Schneider, Norman Christoph
Part of Schneider family collection.
Film of blooming flower beds at Rockway Gardens. Taken on a sunny day the footage includes intermittent views of the what are likely the Janzen memorial water fountains. Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Everything blooming! Fantastic".
Schneider family
Part of Dare Foods Limited.
File consists of one photograph of employees of the Kitchener office of Dare Foods. Some employees are identified on a separate piece of paper.
Included in the photo:
Bloomin, Joan
Brubacher, Dorothy
Dargell, Carl
Dunbar, Les
Farenbach, [?]
Gaeler, Vela
Haas, Harry
Hanamel, [?]
Heffesin, [?]
Hopp, Oscar
Katush, Bernice
Miller, Belle
Ringwald, [?]
Scanin, Stella
Schlitt, Marg
Schmitt, Cully
Schultz, Bernice
Schuster, [?]
Smiley, Dorothy
Smiley, Marjorie
West, Frank
[?], George
[?], Jenny
[?], Scuster
Dare Foods Limited
Freeport reforestation project.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Photographs of a Freeport reforestation project.
Schneider, Norman Christoph
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Forbes family fonds.
A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1944 during her time as a student at the School for Nurses at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. Several entries describe Betty’s work at the hospital, student exams and marks, school dances, class dinners, and capping ceremony. The diary includes press clippings, letters, notes, event programs, and a photograph of an adult and child. In addition, numerous entries describe events and activities related to the Second World War including an entry written on D-Day (June 6, 1944). Some of these entries contain attached items such as press clippings related to military personnel and banknotes including a 1 lire banknote issued by Italy in 1939, 5-francs Type 1942 issued by Banque de l'Algérie, a 10-AM lire banknote as well as a one shilling and a half shilling Japanese government-issued Oceanian Pound.
Forbes, Betty
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of plant's wooden bottle washing and storage building . Recto: photograph labelled 'B'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of a street-level view of plant's grain elevator, dryer and spray buildings. Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Plant: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, view looking north.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of a street-level view of plant warehouses. Recto: photograph labelled 'B'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of street-level view of plant. Recto: photograph labelled 'B'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Photos of the new (post-fire) Dare factory in Sunnyside, Kitchener, approx. 1944.
Part of Dare Foods Limited.
File consists of five photographs of employees at work in the Dare Company Limited biscuit plant in Sunnyside, Kitchener. Duplicates are present. Some photographs contain captions on verso: moving trays of cookies into/out of the reel oven; dough forming, near the entrance to the reel oven; filling tins of soda crackers; 1944 - production for Defense Dept.; behind the reel oven.
Dare Foods Limited
Howe Candy Company Christmas party Knight Hall, Hamilton.
Part of Dare Foods Limited.
File consists of one photograph of the Howe Candy Company Christmas party at Knight Hall in Hamilton in 1944. Some employees are identified on a separate piece of paper.
Identified in the photo:
Bloomin, Joan
Brubacher, Dorothy
Dunbar, Les
Miller, Belle
Nolan, Mary
Peters, Ben
Schultz, Bernice
Smiley, Dorothy
Smiley, [?]
[?], Jenny
Dare Foods Limited
Part of Dare Foods Limited.
File consists of four photographs of employees working on various stages of cookie production in the Dare factory.
Dare Foods Limited
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of plant's brick bottle storage building. Recto: photograph labelled 'B'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Plant: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, looking west: truck storage bldg. no. 24.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of plant's windowed brick truck storage building . Recto: photograph labelled 'B'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Plant: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, looking south : deep well pump house.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of plant's square, white pumping station. Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of street-level view of front of main office building. Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Plant: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, view looking northeast.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of street-level view of plant. Recto: photograph labelled 'B'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Schneider, Norman C. : biographical.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Clipping about the Freeport reforestation project dated May 1, 1944.
Schneider family
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Image depicts group of children standing around two boys holding a baseball bat with adult standing to the side.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Letters and postcards from Betty and Peg.
Part of Forbes family fonds.
Letters and postcards from Betty and Peg Forbes to their parents, Millicent Lyall Forbes and George Alexander Forbes, during their time as students at Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, Ontario.
Part of Forbes family fonds.
Letters from Betty and Peg Forbes to their mother, Millicent Lyall Forbes, during their time as students at Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, Ontario.
Part of Dare Foods Limited.
File consists of seven photographs taken at the Dare factory on the corner of Weber and Breithaupt Streets in Kitchener showing damage after a fire in February, 1943.
Dare Foods Limited
The Lang Tanning Co. Limited building.
Photograph of a drawing of the Lang Tanning Company Limited building on King St. West in Kitchener as it was in 1850.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of the refrigerated hide storage area at Lang Tanning Company Limited with two unidentified men stacking hides.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Handling sole leather from oil drums.
Photograph of an unidentified employee handling sole leather from oil drums next to equipment with leather hanging from racks.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Preparing sole leather for finishing.
Contains a photograph of two unidentified employees, one with back to camera, preparing sole leather for finishing.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of an unidentified employee, seen standing with back to camera, setting out harness leather on equipment.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Illig, Joseph in naval uniform.
Part of Illig family fonds.
File consists of one photograph of Joseph Illig in his naval uniform before shipping out. The photograph was taken in the backyard at 123 Roger Street in Waterloo, Ontario.
Illig Family
Photograph of two unidentified employees, a woman and a man, cutting and lining up soles.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of an unidentified employee rolling strap leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Splitting and gauging leather for men's waist belts.
Photograph of three unidentified employees gauging and splitting leather for belts on either side of a piece of equipment.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of an unidentified employee spray finishing leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Staking shoe upper leather to soften.
Photograph of an unidentified employee staking shoe upper leather to soften.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of two unidentified employees standing on either side of a suspended platform toggle drying a hide.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Colouring upper leather for shoes.
Photograph of 5 unidentified employees, four women and one man, standing around a machine used for colouring leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of material collected by Carl A. Pollock relating to his activities as president of Electrohome as well as other involvements, or collected for personal interest. Subjects of material include
Includes press clippings (some photocopies), including articles about Pollock clipped from magazines; incoming and outgoing correspondence; ephemera; ms. notes; news releases; issues of internal publications; and a typed address by Pollock.
File also includes photographs of Pollock at various events, sometimes with other senior managers; the Deilcraft plant in Stellarton, NS; a photograph of Edward B. Moogk with Governor General Jules Leger; and other snapshots.
Electrohome
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of material collected by Carl A. Pollock relating to his activities as president of Electrohome as well as other involvements, or collected for personal interest. Subjects of material include
Includes press clippings (some photocopies), including articles about Pollock clipped from magazines; incoming and outgoing correspondence; ephemera; ms. notes; news releases; issues of internal publications; and a typed address by Pollock. File also includes photographs of Pollock at various events, sometimes with other senior managers; the Deilcraft plant in Stellarton, NS; a photograph of Edward B. Moogk with Governor General Jules Leger; and other snapshots.
Electrohome
Part of Dare Foods Limited.
File consists of ten photographs showing the aftermath of the fire at the Dare factory on Breithaupt street in March of 1943.
Dare Foods Limited
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of material collected by Carl A. Pollock relating to his activities as president of Electrohome as well as other involvements, or collected for personal interest. Subjects of material include:
Includes press clippings (some photocopies), including articles about Pollock clipped from magazines; incoming and outgoing correspondence; ephemera; ms. notes; news releases; issues of internal publications; and a typed address by Pollock. File also includes photographs of Pollock at various events, sometimes with other senior managers; the Deilcraft plant in Stellarton, NS; a photograph of Edward B. Moogk with Governor General Jules Leger; and other snapshots.
Electrohome
Photograph of the chemical laboratory at the Lang Tanning Company Limited with employees, four women and one man, working along tables covered in glass jars and equipment.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Pack handling leather in tan yard.
Photograph of an unidentified employee in the Lang Tanning Company Limited tan yard moving a pack of leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of an unidentified employee setting out sole leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Contains a photograph of four unidentified employees standing around a wooden work bench grading sole leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Inspecting and sorting cut soles.
Photograph of an unidentified employee, seated on a stool with back to camera, inspecting and sorting cut soles.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Brushing and selecting harness leather.
Photograph of two unidentified employees brushing and selecting leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Finishing strap leather backs.
Photograph of two unidentified women workers, standing side by side along a work table, finishing strap leather backs. Both are wearing rubber gloves and using brushes on the leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of two unidentified employees, a woman and a man standing on either side of a large piece of equipment, embossing case leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Shaving Air Force shoe upper leather.
Photograph of an unidentified employee, standing with back to camera at a piece of equipment, shaving shoe upper leather for the Air Force shoe. Leather shavings are visible on the bottom of the equipment and on the floor next to it.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Machine buffing shoe upper leather.
Photograph of an unidentified employee feeding leather into a buffing machine.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Kitchener ornamental city hall
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Cameron Clare Hill fonds.
A log book published by the War Prisoners Aid of the Young Men's Christian Association in Geneva, Switzerland and given to Cameron Hill while he was a prisoner of war during the Second World War. Includes the original letter sent with the book to Cameron Hill by the Young Men's Christian Association.
Cameron filled the log book with poetry, diary entries, lists of rations, excerpts from correspondence, contact information for fellow prisoners of war that he met, and artwork completed by himself or other prisoners of war. In addition, Cameron pasted greeting cards, a photograph as well as Italian and German prisoner of war camp vouchers into the book.
Inside a pocket adhered to the back cover of the log book, Cameron stored additional items he accumulated before and after he was captured as a prisoner of war. This includes a Royal Canadian Air Force leave or pass form issued to Cameron in Halifax, Nova Scotia as well as cinema and opera house tickets for shows in England and a ticket from Iceland for an unknown event or activity. In addition, the pocket contains a Christmas card from the Vatican dated to 1942, an additional memorandum book filled with diary entries, Italian stamps, loose notes, a postal censorship slip, 1 Deutsche Mark, and a 10 Belgian franc banknote.
Hill, Cameron Clare
Correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Arthur Schantz.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from her uncle Arthur Schantz, Big Prairie, Alberta.
Schantz Russell Family
Freeport cottage : Mickey Braun.
Part of Schneider family collection.
One enlargement and 12 negatives of a mock "hunt".
Schneider, Norman Christoph
Photograph of the Lang Tanning Company Limited "Beam house".
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Equipment for waterproofing harness leather.
Photograph of two unidentified employees working with waterproofing equipment.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Glasgow Street conduit construction, 1943.
Part of Marcel Pequegnat fonds.
File consists of photographs of the laying of conduits on Glasgow Street in Kitchener (Waterloo?).
Pequegnat, Marcel
Part of Jim Rutherford and George Harrington Guy collection.
One film reel, a home movie showing members of the Guy family and friends. The film shows family activities in Waterloo and Big Bay including hockey, skiing, camps, swimming, fishing, sailing, and more. A scene list by Jim Guy is included.
Guy, James Rutherford and George Harrington