One photograph of Christian K. Schantz, wife Mary (Hutchinson) Schantz, five of their children and two dogs in front of their homestead south of Wetaskiwin, Alberta.

Card photograph possibly of the exterior of the Schantz house in Port Elgin, Ontario. Shows a wood frame house with a porch and a wooden fence. Standing out front are one adult and five children, one of whom is holding a bicycle.

One full length studio portrait of Mable Grant seen standing in a long lace and velvet dress in front of lace curtains.

A group studio portrait of some of the Schantz cousins, from left to right: Austin, Etta, Franklin, Sophie, and Theodore.

One image of an unidentified man sitting on a rocky beach at the north end of old Fort Island[s], with Cedar Lake behind him, Manitoba. Caption also reads: "From a Geological Survey of Canada photograph in the Public Archives of Canada."

Full body cabinet card studio portrait of an unidentified man, seen looking at camera with right arm propped on back of chair, from the Bechler family photo album.

Cabinet card studio portrait of three unidentified children and an infant, seen looking at the camera, from the Bechler family photo album.

Upper body studio portrait of John S. Anthes seen in profile.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Carrie Briethaupt seen looking slightly off camera that likely belonged to Martha Rieder.

Studio portrait of Louis Jacob Gordon Wagner as a child standing in a row boat holding an oar.

Map shows: township boundaries, sectional survey and railways. On verso: Manitoba farming information.

Studio portrait of an unidentified woman seen looking off camera in partial profile, wearing wire-framed glasses and a high-collar top with large leg of mutton sleeves

Mounted photograph of employees casually standing at the front and side of the Anthes Manufacturing Company factory. Looking at the camera, most are wearing hats, some with hands at hips or in pockets.

File consists of mounted snapshots taken in Penetanguishene, probably by Martha and Ella Anthes. Includes snapshots of people on a beach, a cottage, loads of bark on a dock and a boat, people resting from travelling, hiking, etc.

File consists of one trip diary kept by Florence Bray. The diary details trips to Europe (1926), California (1938 & 1939), New York and Atlantic City (1932), Virginia (1950), Florida (1930 & 1938), Scotland (1892), Gaspe (1946), Muskoka (1946). Also included in the diary are addresses of people met while on trips, a list of hotels stayed in and a fold out map of the United States and Mexico. The 1926 trip to Europe is of particular interest, with descriptions of major European cities and First World War battlefields.

Photograph of employees standing outside of C.H. Doerr & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery Works looking at camera. They are seen standing on the front steps of the building and next to horse-drawn delivery buggies parked along the side.

One image of an unidentified man on the platform at the Canadian Pacific Railway station in Savanne, Ontario. The caption also reads: "From a Geological Survey of Canada photograph in the Public Archives of Canada."

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..."

Mounted photograph of employees standing in a row, posed for the camera, at the side front of the Anthes Manufacturing Company building under a painted sign that reads: "The Anthes Mfg. Co. of Berlin. Limited." J.I. Frank Anthes is visible standing in a doorway behind the employees at right.

Photograph of a group of nine adults and children standing or sitting down on the porch of a summer house, one person approaching the group, two children on the balcony above, and a dog on the side, taken at the family "Bay View Cottage" in Penetanguishene (Ontario).

People in photograph are: on the balcony, left to right, Martha Melvina Rieder and Ella Elmina Cook. On the porch are possibly Lydia Catherine Anthes standing on the left, followed by Carrie Breithaupt, and Frank Anthes seated on the right with legs crossed.

Photograph of a group of nine adults and two children sitting down or standing for the photograph, taken at the family "Bay View Cottage" in Penetanguishene (Ontario). There is a body of water behind the group.

According to annotations, people in photograph are: Oscar Buhler, Frank Anthes, and Franey K.

Studio portrait of (left to right) John Edward Breithaupt, John Christian Breithaupt, and Carrie Breithaupt seen looking off-camera.

One upper body studio portrait of Nancy Bowman, friend of the Schantz family. Identification from album.

Photograph of a rocky beach in Penetanguishene (Ontario) with two people sitting down on top of a boulder and a ship in the background.

File consists of mounted photographs relating to Martha Rieder's involvement at her church. Includes a group portrait of the first officers of the Junior Young People's Alliance (including Rev. J.G. Litt, and Martha as secretary), a snapshot of Martha's Sunday School class at the Grand River, snapshots of picnics of the Junior Young People's Alliance, and snapshots of Martha with her sisters and friends dressed in costume for church play, "In want of a servant."

Letters written to and from Alice Egan Hagen. Correspondents include Woman's Art Association of Canada, and the Nova Scotia College of Art.

• Date and Place From: 1893.04.29 Halifax, Nova Scotia To Hagen, Alice Mary From ?
• Date and Place From: 1896.11.06 Toronto, Ont. To Hagen, Alice Mary From Thompson, E.J. Notes: Partial letter
• Date and Place From: 1896.12.05 Toronto, Ont. To Hagen, Alice Mary From Thompson, E.J.
• Date and Place From: 1897.07.08 Toronto, Ont. To Hagen, Alice Mary From Thompson, E.J.
• Date and Place From: 1897.12.06 Toronto, Ont. To Egan, Thomas J. From Maughan, J. Notes: Re his daughter's work.
• Date and Place From: 1898.07.07 Toronto, Ont. To Hagen, Alice Mary From Morson, Jessie D. [?]
• Date and Place From: 1940.03.30 Halifax, Nova Scotia To Hagen, Alice Mary From Mulcahy, Mary
• Date and Place From: 1940.04.10 Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia To Mulcahy, Mary From Hagen, Alice Mary
• Date and Place From: 1940.04.13 Halifax, Nova Scotia To Hagen, Alice Mary From Nutt, Elizabeth S.
• Date and Place From: 1940.04.23 Halifax, Nova Scotia To Hagen, Alice Mary From Nutt, Elizabeth S.
• Date and Place From: 1946.08.07 Ottawa, Ont. To Hagen, Alice Mary From Smart, J.
• Date and Place From: 1947.08.05 Falmouth, Nova Scotia To Hagen, Alice Mary From Emelie
• Date and Place From: 1948.10.08 Saskatoon, Sask. To Hagen, Alice Mary From McNaughton, Violet
• Date and Place From: 1948.10.25 Falmouth, Nova Scotia To Hagen, Alice Mary From Emelie
• Date and Place From: 1953.04.29 Oakville, Ont. To Hagen, Alice Mary From Satterly, M.F.
• Date and Place From: 1958.08.05 Cambridge, ? To Hagen, Alice Mary From ?
• Date and Place From: 1961.08.07 Halifax, Nova Scotia To Hagen, Alice Mary From Rita and Bill
• Date and Place From: 1961.08.15 Halifax, Nova Scotia To Hagen, Alice Mary From Balcom, S.R.
• Date and Place From: 1961.08.16 Halifax, Nova Scotia To Hagen, Alice Mary From Roche, Gertrude
• Date and Place From: 1961.08.16 West Bay, Nova Scotia To Hagen, Alice Mary From Urquhart, Earl W.
• Date and Place From: n.d. S.l., To Hagen, Alice Mary From Emelie Notes: Top of letter torn off.
• Date and Place From: n.d..09.10 Falmouth, Nova Scotia To Hagen, Alice Mary From Emelie

One snapshot of the Clement family and friends at Wees Beach in Sarnia, Ontario. People are shown in the water, in a boat and on the shore.

Four copies of a head and torso studio portrait of J.I. Frank Anthes dressed in a suit and seen looking off camera.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of J.M. Schneider seen looking off camera.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of J.M. Schneider seen in partial profile looking off camera.

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]

Clippings, primarily relating to both the [1894?] Lacrosse championship and the 1959 Kitchener downtown fire.

Photograph of a group of twelve adults sitting down in a circle having a picnic and one adult and one child standing up as part of the group, taken in Penetanguishene (Ontario). Trees and a partially obscured horse drawn carriage are visible in the background.

People in the photograph are: Carrie Breithaupt is seated at right looking toward camera, Ella Elmina Cook is seated at left wearing a white tam, looking over at Martha Melvina Rieder, also wearing a white tame, and seated at right, next to Carrie.

Photograph of a group of nine adults and three children sitting down and standing on a house porch, possibly taken at the family "Bay View Cottage" in Penetanguishene (Ontario).

According to annotations, people on photograph are Lydia Anthes, John Anthes, John Christian Breithaupt, Carrie Breithaupt, Catherine Hailer Breithaupt, Frances Marian Bean, Ella Elmina Cook, Martha Melvina Rieder, Adeline Staebler, Albert Liborius Breithaupt and John Edward Breithaupt.

One full length studio portrait of Jacob Harold Bowman, son of Abram O. and Susannah Detweiler, as an infant. Harold is seen wearing a long, lace trimmed gown and sitting in a large chair.

Copy negative of old photograph of J. M. Donaldson standing outside of Bell Telephone Co. Central Office building in Berlin.

Three copies of a studio portrait of (left to right) John S. Anthes, Sally [Salome] Anthes Strasser, and Henry William Anthes as older adults.

Full body studio portrait of an unidentified adult seated in a chair with left arm resting on side table and wearing a dress with leg of mutton sleeves.

Article "C.W.A. Meet, Waterloo, July 1st and 2nd," Saturday Globe, June 22, 1895: [1]. This article concerns the annual meet of the C.W.A. [Canadian Wheelman's Association?] to be held in Waterloo, Ont. in 1895. Joseph E. Seagram was Honorary President of the Waterloo Bicycle Club and donated a horse as a prize for this meet. The article also includes two images of the Waterloo Bicycle Club Track, as well as portraits of local individuals: D. Hybner, Mayor, Berlin; Simon Snyder, Mayor, Waterloo; Waterloo Bicycle Club officers J.W. Fear, J.M. Scully, Geo. Wegenast, F.G. Hughes, A.H. Snyder, C.W. Wells; also W.G. Roos, C.H. Froelich.

Photograph of a camp on a board scow on a body of water by a shore with trees in the background and foreground and a Union Jack flag by the camp. There is a person on a canoe leaving the camp.

File consists of one three quarter length studio graduation portrait of David Shannon Bowlby. David is shown with legs crossed, wearing a gown and holding a graduation cap in his lap.

Photograph of employees and a horse drawn delivery sleigh, stacked with boxes, outside of the C.H. Doerr & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery Works buildings.

File consists of one upper body studio portrait of David Shannon Bowlby seen in partial profile looking of camera in graduation cap and gown.

Studio portrait of Louis Henry Wagner seen looking off camera.

Full length studio portrait of two unidentified adults seen looking at camera. One is wearing a floor length white dress and the other is seated in a high-based armchair at right.

Full body studio portrait of Elmer Ratz and sister Ruth E. Ratz both seen looking at camera. Ruth is seated on a wicker chair dressed in a lace bonnet and dress. Elmer is standing next to the chair wearing a sun hat and dressed in a romper.

Two copies of a studio portrait of Helena Schneider seated, holding Emma Louise Schneider upright on lap.

File consists of one three quarter length wedding portrait of Isabel and Peter Mackay in their wedding clothing. Peter is standing by a seated Isabel who is holding a branch of leaves.

File consists of two identical group portraits (one mounted) showing the Clement family by Green & Co, Berlin, Ont.

Back row: William Pope, Charles Bowlby, Blanche Mildred Clement Kelly.

Front row: Florence Grace, Janie Elizabeth Bowlby, Edwin Perry, Edwin Oliver.

Studio portrait of Louis Henry Wagner with son Louis Jacob Gordon Wagner, and wife Sarah Moyer Wagner.

File consists of one head and shoulders studio portrait of Isabel Mackay in her wedding dress. The upper part of her dress can be seen, and she is holding a bouquet of ferns and carnations and wearing a snake upper arm cuff.

Group portrait of Christian Schantz (brother of Tobias), Mary Hutchinson, and all of their children that lived into adulthood: Benjamin Schantz, Jacob Arthur Schantz, Susanna Ann Schantz, Lydia Elizabeth Schantz, James Robert Shantz, Josiah Orphus Schantz, Christian Reid Shantz, William Andrew Schantz, George Washington Shantz and Walter Dickson Schantz. All members of the family are seen seated in front of a home, likely Christian's homestead in Wetaskiwin, Alta.

File consists of three architectural drawings of the building of the Berlin [Kitchener] Y.M.C.A. at 22 Queen Street North. Includes a side elevation, main and upper floor plans, and details of the locker room.

Head and torso studio portrait of Sophie Emma Schantz seen looking off camera.

Head and torso studio portrait of Ward Malott White seen in profile and wearing a Salvation Army uniform.

One full body studio portrait of Inez Muriel Martin, aged one year. Inez is showing standing on a chair, wearing a long white gown with lace.

Photograph of a group of four children and one adult sitting down in the garden by the porch of a house, taken at 172 Margaret Avenue (Kitchener) in 1896.

According to annotations, people in the photograph are Lillian Breithaupt (with Louise Catherine Geil on her lap), Laurine Catherine Augustine, Rosa Melvina Breithaupt Hewetson Clark, and John Edward Breithaupt.

One upper body studio portrait, possibly of Faith Gribble. Photograph is in an embossed green enclosure with a purple interior and reads "With the Compliments of the Season."

Head and shoulder studio portrait of Jennie Hall seen looking at camera and wearing a high-collar top with leg of mutton sleeves.

Studio portrait of Lizzie and Jack Schweitzer seen looking off camera with slight smiles.

File consists of one studio portrait of William John Motz. The photograph shows five different angles of William John seated around a table playing cards and smoking.

Small notebook with household accounts, expenses associated with Etta's death and burial, lists of expenses associated with "Baby" and "Dorothy", also "North West Accounts" listing expenses for Tobias and Austin in Alberta.

File consists of mounted miscellaneous snapshots accumulated by Martha Rieder, most of them also probably taken by her. Includes snapshots of Martha and her family and friends, including her daughter Margaret and nieces and nephews; Talmon Henry Rieder is also present in some photographs. Includes snapshots taken at Penetanguishene, at picnics, at a factory, part of a May 24 procession, and other subjects.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of an unidentified adult seen looking at the camera with a slight smile on face.

Fully length studio portrait of an unidentified child looking toward camera with right hand resting on the arm of a chair positioned at back. Their right ankle is crossed in front of the left and they are holding a rolled up document in their left hand.

Upper body studio portrait of Urban Snyder seen looking toward camera.

Studio portrait of Louis Henry Wagner seen looking off camera.

File consists of three photographs of the John S. Anthes home at 44 Weber Street in Berlin (Kitchener). Two photographs are mounted. Includes one duplicate photograph.

Scenic view of a tree-lined Grand River.

Photograph of (left to right) May Wing, Martha Rieder, Emma Ratz Kaufman, and Ella Cook posed for the camera wearing hats and holding picnic baskets. The group is seen in front of a vine covered backdrop.

Series consists of material relating to the history of Kitchener, Ontario and the Region of Waterloo. Includes clippings, photographs, publications and special issues of newspapers. Some of these contain references to the Schneider family and company.

File consist of The Diamond Jubilee, Toronto, published specially for the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Elisabeth Schantz (nee Snyder) seen looking at camera.

Studio portrait of the Anthes siblings. Carrie and Martha are seen standing behind Lydia, Ella and Frank seated.

File consists of five snapshots of Martha Rieder with friends on a picnic on the Grand River.

Scenic view of the Grand River with cows crossing through the water to a partially submerged patch of land in the middle of the water.

Scenic view of a tree-lined Grand River with marsh grass in the water included in foreground.

Photograph of (left to right) May Wing, Martha Rieder, Emma Ratz Kaufman, and Ella Cook posed for the camera wearing hats and holding picnic baskets. The group is seen seated in front of a vine covered backdrop.

File consists of one photograph showing members of the Bowlby family in front of "Liberty Hall", the family home. In the carriage are shown Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby and Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement, being pulled by mare Dolly. In front of the home are shown David Sovereign Bowlby, George Herbert Bowlby, Blanche Alexandrine (Adine) Seagram Bowlby, David Shannon Bowlby, and Grace Esther Bowlby Fennell. The photograph was used in "Busy Berlin" in 1897.

One copy of Busy Berlin, Jubilee Souvenir, 1897, owned by Charles A. Ahrens.

Photograph of five adults and two children by a wooden bridge taken in Penetanguishene on the way to Tiny Beach (Ontario). Three adults are standing on the bridge, and two adults with two children are closer to the edge of the water.

People in photograph are: Carrie Breithaupt is standing at front left and looking at the camera, John Edward Breithaupt is possibly the child seated on the right, John Christian Breithaupt is standing at right and Lydia Anthes is seated at right on wooden railing.

Photograph of a group of 23 adults standing and a child sitting down in the centre, group is standing on and by a house porch, and there is a dog on the side, taken at the Halls' home in Penetanguishene (Ontario) during their silver wedding anniversary. Carrie Breithaupt is seen standing in the back row, third from the left and Erastus Kells Hall is seated in the chair at centre.

Photograph of an adult holding a baby and two children standing in a greenhouse surrounded by plants and flowers, possibly taken at the Breithaupt family home in Kitchener (Ontario). Carrie Breithaupt is standing at left, holding Carl Louis Breithaupt, and John Edward Breithaupt and Louise Catherine Geil are standing at right.

Photograph of adults and children (including members of the Clement family) on board a steamboat, possibly The Seguin, and standing along boarding dock in Muskoka.

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.

File consists of one group portrait showing sisters Florence Grace Clement and Blanche Mildred Clement seen looking at camera. Both are dressed in fur winter coats and hats.

Upper body studio portrait of Edna Louise Augustine seen looking off camera.

File consists of snapshots probably taken by Martha Rieder on a trip she took to Niagara on September 1, 1898 from Toronto on the S.S. Chippewa with her uncle and aunt [Anthes?], Irene [cousin?] and Ella Anthes Cook. Includes snapshots of Niagara Falls, Brock's monument, some of the party having a picnic, and other scenes from the trip.

Head and torso studio portrait of siblings Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer and Arthur Benjamin Schantz.

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.

File consist of clippings relating to Ontario history.

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.

Studio portrait of Leona Hoffman seen looking at the camera and seated in a wicker chair. She is wearing a hat and a high-collar dress with slight leg of mutton sleeves.

Full body studio portrait of James Robert Shantz (nephew of Tobias Schantz) and wife Elisabeth seen looking at camera. James is seated in a wicker chair with Elisabeth standing at side.

Photograph of six people by a wooden bridge. Photograph shows two adults in a two-horse cart entering the bridge and one adult with three children closer to the edge of the water, taken in Penetanguishene on the way to Tiny Beach (Ontario).

Photograph of six people by a wooden bridge. Photograph shows one adult in a two-horse cart entering the bridge and two adults with three children closer to the edge of the water, taken in Penetanguishene on the way to Tiny Beach (Ontario).

Photograph of a group of fifteen adults and seven children on the porch and stairs of a house with a horse and a cart, taken at the Ouse Club (near the Grand River).

According to annotations, and some people in photograph are uncle Fritz Goetze, aunty Goetze, Louis Buhler, aunty Bean. Horse is named Lucy. Also in photograph are: John Edward Breithaupt in a cap seated on the stairs and looking at the camera, child behind him with white lace bonnet is likely Laurine Catherine Augustine, child behind her in the same lace bonnet is likely Grace Melvina Augustine, Carrie Breithaupt is seated on the porch at centre of group and looking at an infant on her lap. Other adults are possibly Albert Benjamin Augustine and Carrie Augustine.

Studio portrait of four children seen looking at camera.

People in photograph are: John Edward Breithaupt second from right.

File consists of four mounted photographs (plus duplicates) of artesian wells, probably located near the pumping station at Shoemaker's Lake. Two of the photographs show two men near the wells, and one photograph shows 10 men gathered around a well and the drilling rig.

Map of Southern Ontario showing railroad lines and marine shipping lines. The borders of the map list rail stops.