File consists of photographs of the products, facilities, and people of RMS from the 1930's until the late 1960's or early 1970's. Includes photographs of the products manufactured at RMS; photographs of the RMS facilities, including interior and exterior shots; and photographs of employees in various departments, receiving awards, at work, and so on.

Some photographs were taken for use in company publications and sales and marketing material, and some of these have been touched-up. Some of the photographs are reproductions of earlier photographs. Some photographs include ms. annotations on verso; some photographs have ts. captions attached to them. Some duplicate photographs are present.

File consists of photographs of the products, facilities, and people of RMS, mainly from the 1940's through the early 1970's. Includes photographs of the products manufactured at RMS; photographs of the RMS facilities, including interior and exterior shots; and photographs of employees in various departments, receiving awards, at work, and so on.

File also includes some contact prints, negatives, a news release and a memorandum. Some of the photographs are reproductions of earlier photographs. Some photographs include ms. annotations on verso; some have ts. captions taped to them. Some duplicate photographs are present.

File consists of an album possibly compiled by Paul Rieder [?]. Includes snapshots and group photographs of family and friends and snapshots taken on trips. Includes photographs taken in Timmins, Larder Lake, Temagami, Sauble Beach, and at the Grand River. Some photographs include Martha Rieder and her children and possibly grandchildren. Some photographs appear to be missing.

One modern print of a photograph taken by Norman Schneider ca. 1910. The photograph shows the exterior of the "Ice House" with a horse-drawn ice wagon being loaded with ice by three unidentified people.

One negative of an informal group portrait taken outside the shop of a group of men, some holding sausages, taken by Norman C. Schneider.

Two snapshots [by Norman C. Schneider] of workmen at the plant, one taken outside in summer and one outside in winter.

Two copies of a studio portrait of Frederick H. Schneider with different mounts. Schneider is seen looking off camera, dressed in collared shirt and tie.

Photograph of two unidentified adults standing on the factory floor and looking at camera with faces partially obscured by sun. Person at right may be R.Y. Copland.

Two copies of a photograph of the Dominion Tire factory office with E.C. Kabel and Irene Bain seated at desks and looking off camera. Kabel's desk has a variety of rubber tread samples on top.

Two copies of a photograph of Robert Youdale Copland and Henry S. Poole leaning and seated on a [box?] outdoors. Construction material and residential homes are visible in the background.

Two copies of a photograph of Dominion Tire employees standing outdoors in a row and looking at camera. The group is seen dressed in coveralls. Includes identifications (left to right): Norm Peacey, Harold W. Knechtel, Byers, and Harry Coakley.

Two copies of a photograph of two unidentified Dominion Tire employees standing next to and leaning on a [box?] outdoors. Construction material and residential homes are visible in the background.

File consists of three photographs showing life at Portage Point, Georgian Bay. Two identical photographs show the "Portage Point Farewell", a snapshot of extended Clement family members holding hands and jumping in the air. The third photograph is on the verso side of a page to which one farewell photograph is glued. This shows a sailboat on Georgian Bay. Family members shown in the image include: A.Y. Jackson, David Ward Clement, Florence Grace Clement, Ed Whyte, Esther Williams, Elinor Williams, Marial Birnie.

Snapshot portrait of Geneva Jackson shown holding a spray of leaves, with right hand at head, standing at the edge of a body of water, possibly Georgian Bay.

Three copies of a photograph of a group of fifteen people (six adults and nine children) posing for the photograph by a lake, taken at Felsheim (also known as Woods Bay), John Christian Breithaupt's summer home in Georgian Bay.

People in photograph are: Carrie Breithaupt standing on the far right and Louise Catherine Geil standing fourth from right.

Full body studio portrait of Marjorie Bricker seen kneeling on a wicker arm chair with a doll and looking off camera.

File consists of eight photographs of the Electrohome plant at 480 Victoria Street North in Kitchener (Plant 2). Includes aerial photographs, and a photograph of the construction of an addition to the plant.

File consists of photographs of the exterior of the Dominion Tire building on Strange Street in Kitchener, and the surrounding area. Surrounding area photographs seem to be taken from the top of the factory.

Two copies of a photograph of Dominion Tire staff posed for the camera while standing on factory floor. Everyone in the group is seen wearing a hat and dressed in a full suits, some without jackets. Includes identifications (left to right): unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, W. A. Gruenawald, E.C. Kabel, George Seikliering [?], unidentified and R.Y. Copland.

Two copies of a photograph of electrical engineer Henry S. Poole seated at a desk with legs crossed.

Two copies of a photograph of E.C. Kable and J.I. Frank Anthes standing on the front steps of the Dominion Tired factory building. Left corner of frame obscured by unknown source.

Two copies of a photograph of F. W. Harding seen looking at camera while seated and leaning back in a chair with right arm on desk.

Photograph of the Dominion Tire factory office with E.C. Kabel and Irene Bain seated at desks. Kabel is seen looking off camera and his desk has a variety of rubber tread samples on top. Bain is seen looking toward camera from a desk behind and to the right of Kabel.

Two copies of a photograph of Fred Tremble seated in factory office and looking off camera.

Two copies of a photograph of Fred Tremble outdoors with a cigar in mouth. Tremble is seen looking off camera, posed with one arm on hip and the other propped on a wall.

Photograph of a child sitting down on a suit jacket placed on a rocky area by a wooden dock in a lake and surrounded by vegetation, taken at Felsheim (also known as Woods Bay), John Christian Breithaupt's summer home in Georgian Bay. There is a wooden building and canoe in the background.

According to annotations, the child is Helena Esther Duffield.

Photograph of a school group of 42 children and an adult by the entrance of Margaret Avenue School.

According to annotations, one of the persons in photograph is Frieda Caroline Harris, and the class was Class Senior 3D with teacher Teacher J.F. Carmichael.

Two copies of a postcard featuring a photograph of a house by a dock with two adults and three children posing for the photograph on the dock, four adults and one child on the dock, and six children walking down the stairs or dock, taken at Felsheim (also known as Woods Bay), John Christian Breithaupt's summer home in Georgian Bay.

People in photograph are: possibly Laurine Catherine Augustine standing top of stairs standing second from left.

Photograph of a streetscape of Sedgewick, Alberta showing a Meat Martket, Clemens Bros. store and Sedgewick Realty Co. A group of unidentified men and a child are standing outside of storefronts and a horse is visible hitched to a post.

Ten pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her uncle Frank Schantz, Kitchener, Ont. Three are joint letters and include messages from Sophie and Florence. Includes stamped envelopes.

Snapshots of Ahrens cousins and friends in the water and on the beach, in bathing costumes, likely at the Ahrens cottage at Grand Bend.

Group portrait of the Ahrens and extended family members posed for a photo in front of the Ahrens cottage at Grand Bend with a "Berlin" sign above the porch. J.M. Schneider is seated in front row at left. Floss and Charles August Ahrens seated in front row at right. Emma (Hirschy) and Helena Ahrens are in back row at right with Emma Ahrens seated directly in front of them.

Studio portrait of Mrs. Riener holding her son Earl with her face next to his cheek.

Studio portrait of Ethel Lapsley seen looking at camera.

File consists of seven snapshots of Martha's life in the Yukon. Included are three images of a fishing trip with George, one of a flower panel, one of a mail truck and car, one of Yukon grown vegetables and one of Martha and George in the garden. All but one include handwritten annotations from Martha on the verso.

Two copies of an informal group portrait taken at Grand Bend or Southampton, with cottage visible in background.
Back row, left to right: Lotte (Ahrens) Shupe, Emma (Hirshey) Ahrens, J.M. Schneider, Charles A. Ahrens, Norman C. Schneider.
front row, left to right: Stella Daniels, Emma Schneider, Ella Daniels, Floss Ahrens.

This photograph shows a group of Waterloo merchants/businessmen picnicking at Lexington Flats. Wooden table and benches can be seen and dishes and bottles on the table.
Left to right; (?), Albert Hergott, (?), (?), (?), (?), David Kuntz, (?), (?), (?), John Koehler, Edward F. Seagram, Daniel "Biddle" Bohlender.

Copy negative of a torn and taped photograph of members of the Rescue and Hose Co. on, and in front of, a horse drawn wagon. Corresponding caption from caption list in file 9 reads: "2) Berlin Rescue & Hose Co horse drawn in front of Fred St. firehall." Annotations on one of the reference prints in file read: "Scharlach, Charles [Loelu?], [Uhrig?], Timms, Dan Boettger, John Rhodes, Frank Seebert."

Photograph of a group of eleven adults and twelve children standing or sitting down outside during a picnic at Bridgeport on the occasion of John Schmitt Anthes and Lydia Catherine Herlan Anthes' 42nd wedding anniversary. There is a wooden fence with a sign reading "Bowling Alley" and vegetation behind the group.

People in photograph in back row are (left to right) are: Cyrena Harriet Anthes, Frank Anthes holding an unidentified infant, Carrie Breithaupt holding an unidentified infant, John Schmitt Anthes, Lydia Catherine Anthes, Emeline Merner Rieder, Talmon Henry Rieder, Peter Rieder, Ella Elmina Cook, Martha Melvina Rieder, and Lydia Louisa Breithaupt. Children in front row are (left to right): Unidentified with the exception of Walter Hailer Breithaupt, second to right.

Five copies of a photograph of a baby in a crib, baby is Helena Esther Breithaupt Duffield, born on September 23, 1908, in Berlin (today Kitchener).

Photograph of a group of nineteen people (eight adults and eleven children) posing for the photograph in front of the side of a house. Some of the adults and children hold books or magazines in their hands and some are reading. House is possibly Felsheim (also known as Woods Bay), John Christian Breithaupt's summer home in Georgian Bay.

People in photograph are: Laurine Catherine Augustine standing and fourth from the left, Carrie Breithaupt seated in the middle row on the left, and Louise Catherine Geil seated in the middle row on the right.

Photograph of a group of people by the Moon river falls in Ontario.

One photograph of the J.M. Schneider addition built in 1909 with four adults in white aprons standing on the front porch and steps. From left to right: [Charles Alexander], [?], [?] and Norman.

One photograph mounted on cardboard of the Municipal Council of the town of Berlin, dated 1909. The black and white photograph shows 15 adults dressed in suits and posed seated or standing in front of an ornately painted backdrop.

• Back row, from left to right is Edwin Whyte Clement, F. W. Sheppard, Joseph Roman Winterhalt, and Frederich “Frederick” Bornhold.
• Middle row from left to right is Charles Boehmer Dunke, William Daum Euler, William Robert Wilkinson, Alexander Hugh Millar, H. Martin, and John R. Schilling.
• Front row from left to right is reeve David Gross Jr. (George “David" Gross), third deputy reeve Henry Anthony Dietrich, Mayor Charles Casper Hahn who served from 1909 to 1910, second deputy reeve John F. McKay, and first deputy reeve Nicholas Asmussen.

Among the subjects are three individuals who would later serve as mayor of Berlin or Kitchener following its 1916 name change: William Daum Euler (1914-1917), David Gross Jr. (1917-1919), and Nicholas Asmussen (1925 -1926). William Daum Euler was also elected to the House of Commons of Canada (1917) and Nicholas Asmussen to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1919-1926). Both represented Waterloo North, Ontario in their Federal political office.

Photograph of Ahrens, Daniels and Schneider family members standing outdoors at Grand Bend. From left to right: Stella Daniels, Lottie Ahrens, Emma Schneider, Emma Ahrens, Ella Daniels, J.M. Schneider, Floss Ahrens, [Chales August Ahrens] and Norman C. Schneider.

File consists of one full length studio portrait of Patricia Grace Fennell, aged 21 months.

File consists of one head and shoulders studio portrait of William Pope Clement upon his graduation from Victoria College, University of Toronto. William is shown wearing his graduation robe and hood.

File consists of one upper body studio portrait of William Pope Clement upon his graduation from Victoria College, University of Toronto. William is shown wearing his graduation robe and fur-trimmed hood.

File consists of one upper body studio portrait of William Pope Clement upon his graduation from Victoria College, University of Toronto. William is shown wearing his graduation robe.

Photograph of the extended Anthes family outdoors during a picnic at Bridgeport on the occasion of John and Lydia Catherine Anthes' 42nd wedding anniversary. The group is seen standing and seated along the length of a bench and "Bowling Alley" sign is visible in the background at right.

Adults in back row: Cyrena Anthes, John Isaac Anthes holding an unidentified infant, Carrie Breithaupt holding an unidentified infant, John S. Anthes, Lydia Catherine Anthes, Emeline Rieder, Talmon Rieder, Peter Rieder, Ella Anthes, Martha Rieder, and Louisa Breithaupt.

Children in front row: ?, John Edward Breithaupt, ?, Frieda Breithaupt, Louise Breithaupt with possibly Esther Breithaupt, Walter Breithaupt and Fred Breithaupt (likely incorrect).

Head and torso studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz (center back) with (left to right) Ruth, Worth Flagler and Carrie Schantz.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Hervey Bowman, seen looking at camera and dressed in a suit and tie, that was found with his belongings.

Photograph of Ralph Doerr and William Kettleborne standing next to a horse-drawn C.H. Doerr & Co. sales wagon outside of the H. K. Forler storefront in Wellesley.

File consists of three photographs and six negatives showing the residence of Edwin Perry Clement at 51 Benton St., Kitchener. The photographs show the house before and after a sunroom was added, as well as the belvedere. As well, the file consists of four miscellaneous negatives showing a sailboat, a woman in a fur coat and a child in a box.

One image of the Cherry Valley School, built ca. 1863. The picture is a copy of one that was taken ca. 1908 and the caption on the verso reads: "School was built in 1863. Lot 5, Concession 9. Township of Townsend County of Norfolk Ont. Picture taken 1908." The image is not pictured in the books, but it is listed and described in the revised edition.

Postcard featuring a photograph of two adults sitting down on a tree branch, taken in Berlin (today Kitchener), Ontario.

People in photograph are: H. Milton Cook.

A notebook kept by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz. The cover is dated Feb. 28, 1908, Didsbury, Alberta and contains hymns transcribed from memory.

Four photographs and one news story about the Schneider family's Pope Hartford car. One photograph shows Norman and Fred Schneider, Alf Gofton, Walter Zeller and Carl Ahrens in the car, with Norman Schneider's note : "Our first car, a fifth hand Pope-Hartford". One shot shows Freeport Bridge in background.

File consists of two photographs of Ralph Doerr and William Kittleborne with a C.H. Doerr horse-drawn sales wagon Wellesley, Ontario. One photograph shows the two in front of H.K. Forler's grocery and the other shows them in the wagon, along a dirt road.

Postcard of Central School, Galt, Ontario.

Photograph of a group of six adults and six children standing or sitting down by a lake with vegetation in the background, possibly taken in Georgian Bay (Ontario).

People in photograph are: Lydia Louisa Breithaupt standing second from left, Ella Elmina Cook standing near her, Carrie Breithaupt sitting down at the far right, and possibly Irene Locke seated the second from the left.

Postcard of historic stone bridge in Jackson Park, Galt, Ont.

Upper body studio portrait of Carrie Flagler Schantz and Worth Schantz.

Photograph of a group of six adults and six children by the Moon river falls in Ontario mid-walk.

Photograph of a group of six adults and six children by the Moon river falls in Ontario mid-walk.

One panoramic postcard showing portions of Victoria Park, Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario including the lake and Roos Island. Unidentified male and female walkers and canoeists are visible in the photograph. The background also depicts residences, churches and industrial buildings in an area of Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario surrounding the park.

File consists of one photograph of the exterior of the Kaufman Rubber Co. building taken from slightly down the street.

File consists of one photograph of the exterior of the Kaufman Rubber Co. building taken in winter. Identification from verso.

Photograph of a two-story house with vegetation and hung clothes by a lakeshore with a small wooden dock and a canoe, taken at Felsheim (also known as Woods Bay), John Christian Breithaupt's summer home in Georgian Bay. There is one person by the canoe.

Photograph of a group of six adults and nine children some sitting down and some standing posing for the photograph with vegetation and a building in the background, taken at Penetanguishene, Ontario.

People in photograph are: in the back row and second from left side possibly Albert William Augustine; in the second row and second from left Carrie Breithaupt, next to her Albert Benjamin Augustine possibly, and possibly John Edward Breithaupt standing on the far right; sitting down on the front row are Laurine Catherine Augustine seated far-right and possibly her sister Grace M. Augustine on the far left.

Studio portrait of [Mary Harriet Gribble] with grandchildren Elsie Snider and Ralph Snider, the children of Faith Gribble and William Snider. Gribble is shown looking down at newborn Elsie, held on her lap, while Ralph, about three years of age, stands next to them, looking over shoulder off camera.

Contains one photograph of the exterior of the Kaufman Rubber Co. building with a frame house in the foreground.

Group portrait of people gathered for an outdoors event. In the foreground are men and women sitting on makeshift benches, in the background are several individuals on a podium with a large lectern, surmounted by an arbour of branches. The whole group is in a wooded area. The photograph is annotated on the back: "Waterloo, Ont., Aug. 11/07" with a monogram, possibly CKR[itzer?]. It is possible the photograph commemorates an event connected to the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of the Village of Waterloo in 1857.

Photograph of a group of people by the Moon river falls in Ontario.

File consists of a studio portrait of Catherine Feick and family, seen looking at camera in two rows, standing and seated. Catherine and husband Menno Liebler are likely the couple seated at centre front.

File consists of one real photograph postcard showing the C.H. Doerr Christmas samples. A description on an accompanying paper reads "Jo. Kerr in Elmira Oct. 16, 1907 xmas samples R.B. Doerr."

Photograph of a group of eight adults and eight children standing or sitting down by a lake, taken at the Moon river channel, Ontario.

People in photograph are: in the centre back to back Lydia Catherine Anthes and Carrie Breithaupt, third from the right Martha Melvina Rieder, and second from the right Lydia Louisa Breithaupt.

Postcard of the Berlin Collegiate and Technical School.

File consists of two wedding portraits of Talmon Henry Rieder and Martha Anthes.

Full length studio portrait of Martha Anthes and Talmon Henry Rieder standing side by side in their wedding attire. Martha, dressed in a white gown adorned with a veil and arm length gloves, is seen holding the back of a wicker chair. Talmon, dressed in suit with a three-quarter length jacket, is seen standing next to Martha with right hand behind back and holding a glove in his left hand.

Note on photograph: Ice packed in sawdust for dairy.

Studio portrait of members of the Wagner and Bean families. Front from left to right are Alma Bean, Louis Henry Wagner, Florence Wagner, Margaret Hailer Wagner Bean. Back left to right are Sarah Moyer Wagner, Florence [Euphemia?] Bean, and Wesley Bean.

Studio portrait of John C. and Carrie Breithaupt and their five children seated and standing in a row. All but John, who is seen seated and in profile, are looking at the camera.

From left to right: Carl, John Edward, Walter (in white) Carrie, Frieda, John and Louise.

File consists of one upper body studio portrait of Talmon H. Rieder, first manager of Dominion Tire, by W.D. Best, Berlin. Verso reads "T.H. Rieder Berlin manager, July 10th 1906."

Hand-coloured photograph sent as a postcard to Miss Alberta Ritzer, Waterloo, postmarked Buffalo Sept. 20, 1906.

Full length studio portrait of Martha Anthes and Talmon Henry Reider in their wedding attire. Martha, dressed in a white gown, is seen seated in a wooden chair. Talmon, dressed in suit with a three-quarter length jacket, is seen standing at Martha's side with left arm at back.

File consists of two identical photographs of David Sovereign Bowbly's home "Liberty Hall" in Kitchener, taken from the tennis courts in warm weather. The resident is seen from the rear, surrounded by trees, shrubs and garden beds.

Photograph of the exterior of "Liberty Hall", the 25 John Street residence of David Sovereign Bowlby in what was then Berlin, Ontario. The home is situated on a dirt road. A wrought-iron fence and two trees border the front of the house and ivy is visible growing up sections of the building. A sign over an entrance to a separate section of the home, at left, reads: "Dr. Bowlby".

This photograph shows two people, a man and a woman, in a boat on some part of Silver Lake in Waterloo Park.

Photo of a postcard depicting members of the Waterloo Fire Department with horse-drawn vehicles in front of fire station. John Simpson seated on fire wagon on left.
The first automotive pumper fire truck was acquired on June 11, 1927. The fire hall was demolished in 1967.

Four photographs of John Alexander Martin. Three of the photographs are of John and others in a car at the base of a tree in Vancouver, BC. One photograph (linen-backed) is of John and another man holding up a railway inspection car.

Three-quarter length studio portrait of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz seen standing behind a chair, with arms at back, and looking at the camera. The photo was taken on Florence's 26th birthday on December 28, 1905.

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.

Studio portrait of Frederick H. Schneider seen looking off camera, dressed in collared shirt and tie.

Three snapshots of the "Hungry Seven", a musical group composed of Norman and Fred Schneider, Walter Zeller, Alf Gofton, Gordon and Fred Bowman at camp at Freeport.