Seven pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Anna Vetter, postmarked Bridgeport, Ont. and Carstairs, Alberta. Includes stamped envelopes.

File consists of 1 transparency of Waterloo plant exterior. Title taken from transparency's white envelope.

Photograph of Victoria Park lake taken from Roland Street bridge, including view of Swan Island. Smoke tower from old glue factory partially visible in background skyline.

Photograph of Swan Island taken from the west bank of the lake, looking toward pavilion area. A swan is visible in water at right of island.

Photography of snow covered glue factor ruins located just beyond Victoria Park.

Photograph of a skater, seen from behind, seated on a wooden barrel on a body of frozen water. In the background are other people skating and a large crowd of onlookers, positioned along the edge of the ice. Trees are visible behind the crowd and decorative bunting attached to a wooden pool in the centre of the shot is visible blowing in the wind.

Photograph of a stream pool in Victoria park surrounded by greenery and trees, some with visible root systems.

School exercise book filled with diary entries from Oct. 30, 1920 to April 1, 1923 written by Dorothy Russell recording her life at the normal school in Toronto, Ont. and the beginning of her teaching career in Kitchener, Ont.

Photograph of Chinese geese, chickens and other fowl in Victoria Park fowl pen that includes a small waterway and a barn-like shelter. The smoke tower from the old glue factory is faintly visible in background skyline.

Photograph of Chinese geese, ducks and chickens grazing in Victoria Park fowl pen. Enclosure includes barn-like shelter with dovecote on roof.

Photograph of Victoria Park lake taken near Roos Island bridge. An adult and child are visible canoeing in the background, as are others seated with their backs to the camera, on the bridge near Water Street kiosk.

Photograph of Schneider Avenue taken from stone gates at Victoria Park entrance. Leafy trees, wooden electrical poles and pedestrian sidewalks line the length of the residential street.

Photograph of Victoria Park lake taken from Roland Street bridge, including a view of a row of poplar trees along shoreline at right. Smoke tower from old glue factory visible in background skyline.

Photograph of Frank Schantz and Dorothy Russell standing apart on rear concrete bridge in Victoria Park. The pair, dressed for cool weather, is seen at a distance, slightly from above. Bare and evergreen trees and a view of snow covered park are included in shot. The bridge has lights on top of each corner and a bear cage is partially visible in the background at left.

Photograph of large chunks of ice and snow. Water and partially tree trunks are included in background.

Photograph of a cluster of tress on Swan Island, surrounded by snow. A residential building is partially visible at left in background.

Photograph of unidentified person standing with back to large tree trunk and holding a snowball in front of their face.

Photograph of snowy wetland surrounded by evergreen trees and bordered an eroded embankment.

Photograph of the west pathway and lake in Victoria Park, seen in winter, along a row of bare poplar trees at right. An automobile is visible in the distance, passing along the shore line, at left.

Unidentified person walking along construction site enclosed by white, crisscrossed wire fence. In the background a pile-driver with boom at a 45 degree angle is visible along a railway.

Winter view of rear channel in Victoria Park with snow covered trees reflected in water.

Photograph of rear island in Victoria Park surrounded by trees and a partially drained channel with litter on the sandbar. A car is visible driving by in the background.

Four pieces of joint correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her Aunt Florence and Grandmother Mary Schantz, Kitchener, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes.

Five pieces of joint correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her Aunts Florence and Sophie Schantz, Kitchener, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes.

Seven pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her aunt Sophie Schantz, Kitchener, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes.

File consists of one photograph of the Dominion Tire company in a parade on King Street in Kitchener.

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."

Photograph of A.R. Kaufman posed for the camera while seated at a large wooden desk in his office.

Informal group portrait of 10 men with fish and fishing gear. A.R. Kaufman standing at far right.

Photograph of trees, one with a stump seat, in Victoria Park. A wrought iron bench and lampposts are visible in the background.

Photograph of a scenic view of the rear island and bridge in Victoria Park surrounded by large trees. Two blurry figures are visible walking along a pathway at right.

Photograph of west pathway and lake in Victoria Park, including view of Swan Island and, in the distance, the Roos Island bridge. A white swan is in the water, at centre, and a couple is partially visible, at left, walking along the path.

Photograph of Roos Island bridge taken from Water Street side of lake bank. Swan Island partially visible at right.

Photograph of large, bare tree surrounded by water and ice during a flood along the Grand River.

Photograph of a construction site enclosed by a white, crisscrossed wire fence. A pile-drive with boom vertical is visible along rail tracks on a ridge behind two homes enclosed by fence.

Photograph of a tree lined dirt pathway through Victoria Park. Lamppost visible in background.

Tinted photograph of a stream pool in Victoria park surrounded by greenery and trees, some with visible root systems.

Four pieces of joint correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her Grandmother Mary Schantz, Kitchener, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes.

File consists of architectural drawings of the proposed municipal building for the city of Kitchener. Plans are unsigned but are probably by W.H.E. Schmalz. Sheet one shows the ground floor plan, elevation of comfort station, comfort station floor plan, mezzanine floor plan. Sheet two shows the basement floor plan and the comfort station basement floor plan.

File consists of one album of snapshots created and accumulated by Gerald Hagey. Includes snapshots of his time at Waterloo College, vacations to Port Burwell and Niagara Falls, and more. Snapshots have been removed from album whenever possible and are now in File 4b.

File consists of architectural drawings for the proposed Kitchener city hall, by W.H.E. Schmalz. The plans are dated Oct. 10, 1921. A small moon drawing is present where an architect's signature would usually be found. Sheet one shows two elevations and a cross section, sheet two shows four floor plans (ground floor, first floor and two small rooms), sheet three shows a basement floor plan and a block plan.

File consists of architectural plans for proposed alterations and additions to Suddaby School. Includes the floor plan, front elevation and perspective. Plans are dated November 3, 1921 and were drawn by W.H.E. Schmalz, architect.

File consists of ten plans by S. Sharpe (city engineer) showing property in downtown Kitchener acquired by the City of Kitchener in 1921. File also includes a plan by Chas Knechtel (architect) showing the subdivision of the Consolidated Rubber Co. Ltd. in Kitchener, locating semi-detached houses.

File consists of architectural drawings for the proposed Kitchener city hall, probably by W.H.E. Schmalz. The plans are dated Aug.4, 1921. Sheet one shows two elevations and one cross section. Sheet two shows six floor plans. The plans are unsigned, but thought to be by W.H.E. Schmalz based on similarity to other signed plans. A small beehive drawing is present where an architect's signature would usually be found.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Vera, postmarked Kitchener, Ont. Includes stamped envelope.

File consists of architectural drawings of the proposed municipal building for the city of Kitchener. Plans are unsigned and are dated Aug. 3, 1921. Sheet one shows a presentation drawing and side elevation as well as a data sheet; sheet two shows longitudal section, transverse section, section thru fire hall, elevation waiting room, King st elevation, rear elevation and market elevation; sheet three shows first floor plan, second floor plan and basement plan as well as three smaller room plans.

A promotional notebook published in 1912 by the Alaska Feather & Down Co., Montreal, used by Dorothy Russell to record movies, plays and concerts she attended in Kitchener, Ont., Toronto, Sarnia, Chatham and Chicago, 1921-1928. Included are the names of actors and actresses, the theatre and the date.

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?)."

File consists of photographs of the Strange Street pump house and reservoir. Includes photographs taken during construction, photographs of the equipment inside the plant, and photographs of the water commissioners outside the pump house. Some photographs include a description and/or Kitchener Water Commission stamp on verso. Duplicate photographs may be present.

Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Mildred, postmarked London and Waterloo, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes.

Photograph of employees, some seen wearing white aprons, standing beside machinery inside the C.H. Doerr & Company building, likely the the biscuit manufacturing section of the plant.

Photograph of employees women standing beside machinery in the interior of the C.H. Doerr & Company building, likely the candy manufacturing section of the plant.

Photograph of employees posed for the camera with sweet cream sodas boxes and biscuits inside the C.H. Doerr & Company building.

File consists of one photograph of a group of students sitting on the steps of Victoria Public School, Kitchener. One student is holding a sign that reads, in part "Victoria School...1923..."

File consists of a mounted photograph of six men (including some or all of the Kitchener water commissioners) standing outside the Strange Street pumping station, constructed in 1922. Includes Marcel Pequegnat, second from right.

File consists of one fire insurance plan from the Plan Department of Associated Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, showing Dominion Tire and Rubber Machinery Shops. Map was surveyed and drawn by F.A. Lougee on October 9, 1923 and traced by W.G. Harlow. The map shows 3D renderings of the buildings on the property along with descriptions of each building.

One photograph of a section of King Street, Waterloo, Ont. showing recently completed paving work by Standardite Paving. Also visible in the photograph are streetcar tracks, early street lights and automobiles.

Consists of one group photograph of a construction crew, purportedly for Bridgeport School. They are posed with a sign: "John V. Gray Construction Co. Ltd, General Contractors, head office Toronto ...."

File consists of one photograph of Dominion Tire office staff at work. Includes identifications based on placement in photo.

First post:

• Fry, Cordellia (1)
• Becker, Erma (Cress) (2)

Between posts:

• Cress, Clarence (3)
• Parks, Ernie (4)
• Petch, Ralph (5)
• Miller, Florence ([Ewen?]) (6)
• Heldman, Irene (7)
• Hainsworth, George (8)

Last post:

• Schlichter, Eva (Sievenpiper) (9)
• Voelker, Ed (10)
• Smith, Wellington (11)
• Bauman, Leona (12)
• Poales, Henry (back) (13)

Postcard of the King Edward School, Kitchener, Ont., Canada.

File consists of one reprint photograph showing a group of women in the front hall of the YWCA building wearing winter hiking clothes.

File consists of 1 photograph of 2 women posing for the camera while working on bottling line.

File consists of a wedding portrait of Arthur Gauerke and Talma (May) Rieder, a photograph of their daughter Joyce Evelyn at 6 months old, and a later family portrait (with three daughters).

Photograph of a small body of water inside of an enclosure next to tree-lined railway. A duck, two chickens and a coop are included in shot.

Group portrait of Suddaby School kindergarten class on the steps of the school taken by Denton.

Two identical photographs of channels around the rear island in Victoria Park. The shapes of bare and evergreen trees surrounding the area are reflected in the water.

Group portrait of Suddaby School kindergarten class on the steps of the school taken by Denton.

File consists of one photograph of a composite photo of the members of the Dominion Rubber club Beavers softball team who were the twin city intermediate softball champions for 1926.

Included in the photo, along with views of Carling's Tropy and the Daily Record Trophy, are: J. Zehr; W. Steinke; K. Gies; J. Morrow; W. Nelson; O Hannenberg; H. Whitney; H. Sosnoki; A.O. Ruppel; A. Schlachter; W. Booth; P. Olinski; W. Lobsinger; M. Brigman; H. Lauber; A. Dahmer; C.H. Stumph.

File consists of two photographs (plus duplicates) of the water tower on St. George Street in Kitchener, one taken during construction, and one upon completion.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Beatrice in Preston, Ont.

File consists of 7 photographs and 2 negatives of men and women working on Seagram's V.O. bottling line at Waterloo plant.

File consists of 5 photographs and 4 negatives of women working on Seagram's V.O bottling line at Waterloo plant.

Group photographs of the Chicopee Tennis Club, probably at annual club events. John Alexander Martin is present in most of the photographs. Three of the photographs are incorporated in two Christmas cards. One photograph was taken at a 1928 Rotary Club picnic at Chicopee.

File consists of four snapshots taken on the street outside of the Rieder home at 58 Roy Street in Kitchener in the winter. A duplicate photograph is present.

File consists of one photograph showing junior school girls in the gym of the YWCA.

File consists of one fire insurance plan of Dominion Rubber Company Ltd. Dominion Tire Factory and Rubber Machinery Shop. Plan was originally surveyed by Johnson and Higgins, N.Y. June 18, 1926 and was revised September 25, 1930. Plan also includes architectural details about the buildings.

File consists of photographs of artesian wells. Includes three photographs of Roberts well at the Shoemaker Avenue pumping station; two photographs of well 30A, or the Hartley well, also at Shoemaker Avenue; one photograph of #20 well (location not identified); and one photograph of two boys at the Kelly well (location not identified). The boys are identified on a modern handwritten note as Robert and James Pequegnat.

Snapshot of A.R. Kaufman on his horse prince.

Contains two original photographs and two reproduction photographs of two different informal group portraits of eight unidentified women. Caption on envelope states that these are "pictures of a trip Mr. Kaufman and others went on when trouble with the car, Irvin was along".

A snapshot of Mary Eidt Kaufman and her three sisters quilting outside 22 Margaret Avenue in Kitchener, Ontario.

Left to right: Emma Sutter, Clara?, Mary Kaufman, Adeline Hill.

Group portrait of the Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited hockey team, seen in uniform.

Back row: ?, ?, ?, ?, W. Plomske, ?, ?

Front row: M. Kowalski, ?, ?, [W. Wildfong], Harold Current, ?, C. Steppler

File consists of one upper body studio portrait of Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement at Christmas 1930.

File consists of photographs of tire stores in Waterloo. Includes Waterloo garage with proprietors Charlie Heppler and Alec Sehl and taxi driver Joe Kienapple as well as Bauman and Clemmers garage with proprietors Vern Bauman and Allan Clemmers.

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.

File consists of one head and shoulders studio portrait of William Pope Clement.

Ephemera related to Mary Ham (nee Augustine) from the Zion Evangelical Church in Kitchener, Onario. Includes a cradle roll certificate, and promotion certificates.

File consists of 4 photographs and 4 negatives of women sitting while working on Seagram's V. O. Canadian whiskey bottling line.

File consists of one photograph showing Margaret (Peggy) Chellew Adams Clement Forbes and sister Elizabeth (Betty) Clement Stewart on their lawn at 71 Heins Ave., Kitchener, Ont.

File consists of 1 photograph of women working in the bottling room with Seagram's V. O. Canadian whiskey.

File consists of 1 negative of men and women working in the bottling room with Seagram's V. O. Canadian whiskey.

File consists of 1 photograph of quality control laboratory interior. Room perimeter lined with tables and cabinets covered in bottles, flasks, and distillation apparatus. Verso reads: taken May of 1932 or 1938 for record purposes. No extra prints.

File consists of 1 photograph of Mr. Alger and 2 women working at large desks. Corner shelf filled with various alcohol bottles. Additional bottles on other shelves and furniture pieces across the room. Verso reads: taken 1933 for record purposes. No extra prints.

File consists of miscellaneous photographs relating to the Kitchener Water Commission. Includes two photographs of the water commissioners and their wives at a dinner (1960), a photograph of flooding in Bridgeport after Hurricane Hazel (1954), two photographs of Kitchener City Hall taken from the rear (1933), a photograph of [water main construction?] on Queen Street outside of J. E. Wiegand & Co (1937), and a retouched photograph of the Shoemaker Avenue pump house (1935).

Two handbills for a free C.C.F. Crusaders program presentation at the Regent Theatre in Elmira on October 11, 1933 featuring the Crusading Choristers and talks by Varden Latsch and John Walter.

Three copies of a group portraits of the Kaufman hockey team, seen in uniform.

Back row, left to right: A. Shaefer, M. Kowalski, H. Schaefer, M. Wannamaker, C. Schlote, W. Plomski, E. Wannamaker, J. Frank, C. Steppler, J. Loth.

Middle row, left to right: E. Good, A. Bernhardt, H. Current.

Front row, left to right: I. Weber.

File consists of a photograph of the exterior of the Lancaster Street pump house.

Image of Phoebe Watson and Jenny Pincock standing together, under a sign, at the front entrance of the Watson Art Gallery. The sign reads: "The Watson Art Gallery."

Informal group portrait and snapshot of a cornerstone laying at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Included in the group portrait are Charles Ahrens, Catherine Joachim, and J.M. Schneider.

Series consists of film reels and DVD copies of home movies shot by the Guy family. Includes films showing family members and friends participating in various activities both on vacation and at home in Waterloo. Many of the films show 110 John Boulevard and the early development of the Westmount region of Waterloo.

File consists of photographs of the test wells at Bridgeport (now northeast part of Kitchener).