Victoria Park: Roland St. Bridge ca. 1960 and Back Channel View.
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Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negatives of old photographs.
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Victoria Park: Roland St. Bridge ca. 1960 and Back Channel View.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negatives of old photographs.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Victoria Park: Dredging the Lake, 1895-1896, and Park St. Culvert.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negatives from old photographs.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Victoria Park: Main Lake With Boats and Bandstand and Rear Channel.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negatives from old photographs.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Victoria Park: Bust of Kaiser Wilhelm Recovered From the Lake, 1916, Also David Street Overview.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negatives from old photographs.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Victoria Park: Swan Trapped in Ice, Nov. 11, 1957 MR.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Parks Dept. personnel free swans trapped in ice by quick freeze. In boat: front, Stu Tschirhart, in back, Ken Shiry. On island: Clarence Grass, Park Superintendent, hands in pockets and cap on. Station Wagon belonged to Ellroy Lippert, Park Administrator.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Victoria Park Pavilion of Fire, 1916.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negatives from old photographs belonging to Laurie Lippert, grandaughter of Ellroy Lippert, Parks Adminstrator in 1950's and 1960's.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Boys fish in the original Schneider Creek bed after the lake had been drained.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Fire Hall, Berlin, Canada, ca. 1910?
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of a postcard of the Berlin Fire Hall with tower.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Berlin Council With Mayor Aaron Bricker.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of Page 28 "Berlin today Centennial number in celebration of the old boys' and girls' reunion August, 6th, 7th, 8th, 1906" of the 1906 Berlin city council. Caption under photo reads: "Berlin Council 1906. / W. V. Uttley; C.C. Harn; Mayor Aaron Bricker; J.M. Schneider; Dr. Gross, Jr. / A. W. Feick; V. F. Weber; H. Aletter, Clerk & Treasurer; L. McBrine; C. B. Dunke."
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Town Officials: Council, Police Chief, Fire Chief, etc.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of an old group portrait of municipal officials and figures from pre-1900 Berlin.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Council Posed With Mayor Hahn.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of an old group portrait.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Reference print of old photograph of band group portrait with the Benton Street post office visible in background. Corresponding caption from caption list in file 9 reads: "Berlin Firemens band posed on Fred st with instruments & equipment p/o in b.g., old times."
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
First Postmen in Kitchener on Steps of Old Post Office.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of an old photograph of Kitchener's first postmen taken on the steps of the old post office and a typed list of identifications:
Top: William Witzel and Harry Halliwell
Middle: A. L. Fraser and Alf Kaufman
Bottom: Ira Underwood and Nathan Smith
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Post Office, ca. 1890's, Also View From King. St. E., Looking West.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negatives of photographs of the exterior of the Benton Street post office from different angles on pages in Souvenir of Berlin, Ontario : photo-gravures [E1283]. The first is captioned "Post Office" and the second "King Street, Looking West."
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Post Office, Decorated With Confederation 1867-1927 Banner.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of an old photograph of the Benton Street post office building with a Confederation 1867-1927 banner hanging on one side.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Kitchener Post Office, Duke St., 1956.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Image of the exterior of the Kitchener post office building on Duke Street seen from across the screen at a slight distance.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Demolition of Post Office at King and Benton St.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Two of these negatives appeared in Kitchener 125 years, p. 50.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Kitchener Post Office, June 1, 1962.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Photograph of a car driving by the post office formerly located on Benton Street in downtown Kitchener.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Berlin and Kitchener Coats of Arms.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy prints.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of two old photographs, one a posed group portrait in front of the Fire Hall, the other an informal group portrait taken in the country.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational Institute.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Image of the exterior of the Kitchener-Waterloo Vocational Institute seen at an angle from across the street.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Mennonite Church, King St. E., Kitchener.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
King St. E., just past the end of the trolley line.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Hibner Park, Young St. , Kitchener.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Freeport Bridge, Highway 8, between Kitchener and Preston.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Victoria park, Kitchener, Ont.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ont.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Fire Hall with Firemen and Horse-drawn Vehicles.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Reference print of old photograph of a fire brigade outside of a two door fire hall with horse-drawn wagons.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Queen St. North, Kitchener, Ont. near Ahrens, 1871.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy print from an old photograph, appeared in K-W Record, Canada's Centennial ed., June 27, 1967, p. 56. Street very muddy and rutted.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
College St. N., from King, 1896.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy print from an old photograph. Printed in Kitchener's First 100 Years, June 22, 1954, p. 33.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
The Breithaupt Leather Co., April 1930.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
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.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Granite Club fire, Kitchener, Ont., May 9, 1955.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Berlin Public Library, Berlin, Ont., Canada, ca. 1905.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negatives of old postcard and photograph of the Berlin Carnegie Public Library.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Roma Theatre at King and College St., ca. 1914, also L. Longo Fruit Store.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Image of four adults looking toward the camera from where they are standing outside of L. Longo Fruit Co. and the Roma Theatre. The theatre is covered in posters advertisements for The War of the Wars and two adults, with their back toward the camera, are visible outside reading the posters.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Berlin Public Library, ca. 1907?
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of unknown book page featuring the Berlin Carnegie Public Library.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
File consists of one photograph of the Kitchener market with the city hall and post office buildings visible.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
King and Queen St., Berlin Ont., ca. 1863.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy prints showing the intersection of King and Queen St., taken from Queen St. S. looking North. Shows sign for Berliner Journal Printing office and Ayton's grocer.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Santa Claus at Kitchener, Xmas.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of a mounted Denton photograph of Santa Claus visiting Kitchener in a horse drawn sleigh in 1921. Caption accompanying negative reads: "2) Santa at Kitchener 1921 (on Frederick?)."
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
The First Saengerfest in Berlin, 1876.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of old photograph printed in a book showing a decorated building with a large crowd of people at front. The caption under the reads: "The First Saengerfest in Berlin, 1876. Photograph kindly lent by Mr. Aug. Schmiedel." Typed caption included in file reads: "SAENGERFEST HALL 1876. photo from old book. located where present-day Woodside athletic field area is... large group of people."
King St. West, looking east from Breithaupt St.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy print of a photograph showing Jacob Kaufman Ltd., Sunoco and Cities Service service stations.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Knollwood Park : new recruits receive uniforms.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
One copy print. Appeared in Centennial Souvenir, 1978, p. 21.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Rittinger and Motz building, Queen St. S., Kitchener, Ont.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy print photograph of the exterior the Rittinger and Motz building on Queen Street South.
Sugar Refinery, Berlin, Canada, ca. 1902?
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negatives of old postcard of Berlin sugar refinery. Typed caption included in file reads: "SUGAR REFINERY BERLIN CANADA. "First in Canada." View from old pic or postcard. Longrange view."
Sugar Refinery, Berlin, Canada, ca. 1902?
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of old photograph of Berlin sugar refinery.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Mr. J.M. Donaldson, Manager, in Front of Kitchener's Telephone Exchange in 1894.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of old photograph of J. M. Donaldson standing outside of Bell Telephone Co. Central Office building in Berlin.
Berlin Gas Co. And Electric Works, 1896.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of old photograph Berlin gas and electric works with caption that reads: "BERLIN GAS CO.: gas and electric works, 1896."
Demolition of Buildings on Hall's Lane, Kitchener, April, 1958, to make way for Parking Lot.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
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."
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Kitchener: Demolitions, Feb. 1, 1960.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Print photograph taken by the Kitchener-Waterloo Record of the Zeller-Loblaw Ltd. building demolition following a fire.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Building at Corner of King and Water St., ca. 1900.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Photographs of a commercial building at the corner of King and Water taken decades apart. The first, from the 1900s, is a copy of a photo of the building when occuped The Berlin Granite & Marble Works. The second, taken in 1947, should the building occupied by TNT. Surplus Ltd.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Print photograph taken by the Kitchener-Waterloo Record of the exterior of a residential building at 81 Duke Street West.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
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."
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
John Roat's Commercial Hotel After Fire, Site of the Walper Hotel, ca. 1892.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negatives from an old photograph ang Page 255 of W. V. Uttley's book "A history of Kitchener, Ontario" (1975). Taken by Sebastian Fischer, the photo is of John Roat's Commercial Hotel, at the corner of Queen and King, following a fire. One of the negatives includes a photograph of the first ambulance with nurses. Also included in the file are typed captions about the hotel and the ambulance that read:
"John Roat's Commercial Hotel after fire
site of Walper
destroyed 1892, after the fire, site bought
by Abel Walper of Zurich, Ont
sign says Livery Stable
(see Uttley History of Kit ..page 255)
2) same pic from book
3) same pic /with first ambulance
& nurses..."
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
American Hotel, [Tyson's Store, American Block] Corner of King & Queen Streets, ca. 1861 and later..
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
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.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Nine shots of various pages from bound editions of the Daily Record featuring advertisements from the 1930s for: Ford, Schreiter, Victor Radio, Dominion Stores, Goodric, Kabels, Lockhart Buick, TipTop Tailor, and Goudies.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Dunke Grocery Store, 35 King St. E. between Queen and Benton, Interior and Exterior views.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
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."
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Stores: Sattler's Interior, 1898.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative from old photograph., appeared in K-W Record Supplement, Kitchener, a Busy City, June 9, 1962, p. 61. L-R: George Seiler, a neighbour, Irvin Durst, H. Bender, Louis Sattler.
Store Fronts: Paul Pequenat's Jewellery Store.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of a photo of the interior of Paul Pequegant's Jewelry Store taken from Page 9 of an unidentified book.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Store Fronts: L. Sattler Harness, 1898.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negatives from old photograph. Appeared in Kitchener's First 100 Years, June 22, 1954, p. 5. L-R: Unidentified customer, Louis Sattler, Ed Foerster, A. Heller, H. Bender, as well as a small boy, the future owner.
Circus Parade, King. St. near Water.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Two copy negatives of old photographs. One shows elephants walking double file down a dirt road beside [electric railway?] tracks headed by two single elephants with ladies riding on top. The negative is annotated: "Circus Parade. King St. near Water St. 1904." The other, taken from the same position, shows uniform wearing [firemen?] horseback riding a double file down a dirt road while carrying flags that read: "Fighting the Flames".
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Bank of Nova Scotia, King and Ontario : Scroll Painted on Wall Years Ago, April 25, 1963.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Photograph of a hand painted scroll with writing in German revealed during construction work at the Bank of Nova Scotia building at King and Ontario in Kitchener. The scroll reads: "Hopfen und Malz Gott erhalts". A worker in a construction hat is visible at left.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
118th Parade at King and Queen from old film, turning onto King.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of clip from film of the 118th Battalion marching band traveling down a city street while playing instruments. Hanging signs for Staebler Insurance, Lockhart's Garage and Dominion Cafe are visible in the background. Caption accompanying negative reads: "6) 118th parade at King and Queen from old film turning onto King."
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Biplane: Cecil Peoli of New York Landed his Bi-plane on a Grass Strip on Kingsway Drive.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy print, appears in 125th Edition, p. 32.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Women's Barracks, Knollwood Park?, ca. 1940's.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Print photograph of women in uniform walking down a stone road lined with barracks in what is likely Knollwood Park.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
HRH The Duke of Connaught, Governor General of Canada and Princess Patricia in Berlin, May 9, 1914.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of old mounted photograph of old Kitchener City Hall draped with bunting and crowds of on lookers around the front steps, facing a podium during a visit by HRH The Duke of Connaught, Governor General of Canada and Princess Patricia.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Scene outside Kitchener Market
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Direct print photograph of film still of people shopping and walking around outdoors at the Kitchener market.
Market Place, Berlin Ontario, ca. 1890's?
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy print, outside market?
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Scene Outside Kitchener Market, 1890's?
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy print, Frederick and Duke looking toward King St. In Canada's Centennial, 27 June 1967, p. 27
Scene Outside Kitchener Market, ca. 1890's?
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
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.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Fire Destroys Windsor Hotel at King and Young St., Kitchener.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Print photograph of fire fighters out front of a smoke engulfed Windsor Hotel as bystanders look on from the street. Signs for IDA, Coca-Cola, Lynn's Restaurant, the Canadian Bowling Club, Hotel Mayfair, and the Lyric are visible in the shot.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
The Royal Train Passing Through Kitchener, Ont., Oct. 20, 1919.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative and smaller safety negative of old Denton photograph of large crowd of people lined up along rail station platform next to passenger train. Industrial buildings and parked cars are visible in background.
E. Vogelsang & Co., Canadian Ivory Button Works.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Print photograph of the exterior of the E. Vogelsagn & Co. button factory.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of a photograph of an electric streetcar, No. 10, travelling west along King West, passing in front of the front of Canada Block. A conductor is visible standing at front, at top of vehicle steps.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Fire Hall, Berlin, Ont., Canada.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
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.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Schools: Courtland Ave. School and Agnes St. School.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of Page 87 of Twentieth century number of "Busy Berlin" featuring photos of the Agnes Street School, later King Edward, and the Courtland Avenue School.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Schools: Old Central, or Suddaby School.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of a print photograph of the exterior view of Old Central School, later renamed Suddaby School.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Copy negative of a photograph of the exterior of Victoria Public School.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Schools: St. Mary's High School, Weber St., 1956.
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of Mr. A.W. Downe shaking hands with Mr. D. Trump while accepting farewell gift.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Six family portraits of of Dr. S.F. Leavine, his wife Desta, and their two daughers, Desta and Pauline taken on separate occasions, likely at the family resident, by Kitchener-Waterloo Record photographers.
Leavine, Stanley Francis
Three undated photographs of Dr. S.F. Leavine from his time in office with the City of Kitchener or in his capacity as M.P.P. for Waterloo North. Two of the photos, taken by the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, show Leavine in his office and at awards ceremony in honour of George W. Quick's service to the Kitchener Fire Department. The third photo, taken by Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Ont., shows Leavine as part of a group in the offices of the Minister of Planning and Development of the Province of Ontario, Hon. William McAdam Nickle.
Leavine, Stanley Francis
Berlin Collegiate and Technical School.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of the Berlin Collegiate and Technical School.
Warwick Bro's & Rutter Limited
Central School, Berlin, Canada.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of Central School, Berlin, Canada.
S.H. Knox & Co
Courtland Avenue School, Berlin, Ontario.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of Courtland Avenue School, Berlin, Ontario.
Valentine & Sons
King Edward School Kitchener, Ont., Canada.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of the King Edward School, Kitchener, Ont., Canada.
Valentine & Sons
Margaret Avenue School, Berlin, Canada.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of Margaret Avenue School, Berlin, Canada.
Valentine & Sons
On Grand River, near Kitchener, On., Canada.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of the Grand River, near Kitchener.
Sackett & Wilhelms Corp.
Presbyterian Church, Berlin, Ont., Canada.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of Presbyterian Church, Berlin, Ont., Canada.
Valentine & Sons
Labour day parade, 1905, King St. between Benton & Queen St., Berlin, Ont. (Kitchener).
Part of Company of Neighbours fonds.
Company of Neighbours
Confirmation certificate of Edward Bechler.
Part of Bechler family fonds.
Confirmation certificate granted to Edward Bechler. Certificate signed by Reverend E. von Pirch from the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Berlin (later Kitchener) recognizing confirmation on March 25, 1888.
Bechler family
Marriage certificate of Edward Bechler and Anna Schmidt.
Part of Bechler family fonds.
Marriage certificate of Edward Bechler and Anna Schmidt, married by Reverend Reinhold von Pirch on April 18, 1899 in Berlin (later Kitchener). Gustave Bechler and Minnie Schmidt are listed as witnesses to the marriage on the certificate.
Bechler family
Ahrens, Charles August and family.
Part of Schneider family collection.
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.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
One photograph of the Ahrens family home at the corner of Benton St. and Courtland Ave. while under construction. Two unidentified people are standing next to the house with piles of wood and debris visible in the foreground.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Studio portrait of the Ahrens sisters seen standing and seated in front of a decorative backdrop.
Back row, left to right: Carrie, Laura, Emma.
Middle row, left to right: Helena, Louise, Minnie.
Front row: Mary.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Envelope of snapshots labelled "Miss Ahrens". The photographs include: Mabel and Bill Pickard wedding (4 snapshots, Mabel and Bill Pickard, Norman Schneider, Florence Ahrens); Emma Ahrens and Walter Siegner wedding,1920 (2 snapshots); "Mac" Macdonald and Edith Ahrens wedding (1 snapshot); Ahrens cottage at Grand Bend called "Berlin" (1 snapshot); Church of the Good Shepherd interior (1 snapshot); grape farm near St. David's (2 snapshots); many unidentified friends (15 snapshots); Hebert J. Schneider (1 snapshot). The negatives are of an unidentified golfer and an unidentified family group.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
One group portrait of Ahrens Shoe Co. staff taken outside at the factory on Queen St. S., Berlin, Ont. Includes 28 people, men and women, some holding shoes. There are also shoes displayed in front of the group. The three men in the centre of the front row are identified as Henry Ahrens, Mr. Bornhold, and Charles Ahrens. The boy on the end is identified as Fred Ahrens.
Schneider family
Charles A. Ahrens & Company souvenir card.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Souvenir card with a photograph of Victoria Park, which includes a view of Kaiser Wilhelm's bust, on one side. Produced as a souvenir for the "Made in Berlin Exhibition" held Oct. 16-21, 1905.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Head and torso studio portrait of an unidentified Ahrens family member seen looking off camera, seated next to a table, with left hand on top of closed book.
Schneider family