Head and torso studio portrait of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz seen looking off camera.

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.

Studio portrait of an unidentified group of adults and children, likely a family.

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.

File consists of programmes for banquet to our overseas nurses, doctors and chaplains held by the Brantford Local Council of Women.

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.

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

Photograph album compiled by Mabel E. Neiley during her time working as a nurse in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Album reflects the life of a Canadian woman who emigrated to the United States in the early 20th Century and worked in the medical profession during the First World War and the 1918 Influenza pandemic.

Album includes photographs and postcards featuring photographs of the experiences of Mabel E. Neiley during her time as a U.S. Army nurse. Photographs capture nurses in uniform at the hospitals and barracks, nurses taking care of patients, nurses socializing with each other and with soldiers, and nursing posing in different areas of the hospital facilities. Album also contains photographs of soldiers by themselves and official visits (including one of possibly Edith and Woodrow Wilson).

According to annotations in some photographs, images were taken at Walter Reed hospital (Washinton DC, U.S.A), Camp Gordon (Georgia, U.S.A), and Columbus Barracks (Ohio, U.S.A).

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.

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

File contains an two envelopes with examples of German ration coupons from the 1920s and examples of scrips from Rochester, New York and Multnomah County in Oregon. The ration coupons include a pencil identification that reads: "Walter Johann".

Photograph of a school group of 37 children by a building entrance, possibly Margaret Avenue School.

According to annotations, one of the persons in photograph is possibly Helena Esther Duffield.

File consists of one photograph of female Dominion Tire staff on the front steps of the factory.

Photograph of Dominion Tire staff on the front steps of the factory. J.I Frank Anthes is seen standing at centre in back row, Talmon Rieder is seen standing at far left of the middle row, with moustache, and E.C. Kabel is seen standing at far left of the second row, holding hat in hand and looking off camera.

Two copies of a photograph of (second and third from left) Henry S. Poole, Robert Youdale Copland and two unidentified adults leaning on a [box?] outdoors. Construction material and residential homes are visible in the background.

Two copies of a photograph of electrical engineer Mr. Dickinson, from Montreal, seated at a desk with legs crossed.

Photograph of Dominion Tire employees standing on the factory floor around a large piece of machinery and looking at camera. Includes identifications (left to right): Fred Tremble, Bert Lavigne, Bert Pinnell, unidentified, and Stan Boyes.

File consists of one film reel showing the exterior and operations of the R. Forbes Co. woollen mill in Hespeler (Cambridge), Ontario. The mill would later become the Dominion Woollen and Worsted Mill.

File consists of a leather bound photograph album of buildings owned by the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company. The photographs are mounted in linen and include images of:

• Dominion Tire, Berlin [Kitchener];
• The Kimmel Felt Co. Limited, Berlin [Kitchener];
• Berlin Felt Boot Co. Limited, Berlin [Kitchener];
• The Elmira Felt Co. Limited, Elmira;
• The Canadian Rubber Company of Montreal Limited, Montreal;
• The Granby Rubber Company Limited, Granby;
• The Maple Leaf Rubber Company Limited, Port Dalhousie;
• The Merchant's Rubber Company Limited, Berlin [Kitchener];
• Dominion Rubber Company Limited. St. Jerome.

One snapshot of the Kaiser's bust in Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ont., and two snapshots of unidentified young men posing on the plinth after the bust has been removed and thrown into the lake.

File consists of one snapshot showing David Ward Clement preparing to 'shave' his brother Charles Bowlby Clement with an axe at Portage Point.

Photograph of Florence Grace Clement (left) and Blanche Mildred Clement Kelly smiling at the camera while standing on a train platform. Florence is holding a camera and Blanche a rolled up newspaper.

Photograph of Florence Grace Clement posed for a photo while standing on the side of pool of water that is surrounded by palm branches.

File consists of one head and shoulders studio portrait of Florence Grace Clement.

Re-print photograph of A.Y. Jackson looking at the camera while seated in a row boat on Georgian Bay.

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.

File consists of a sketch of an unidentified area, with Wellesley and Galt being identified as nearby location. Sketch is signed W.H.E. Schmalz.

File consists of a set of photographs of the dam built at the Dominion Rubber Company in St. Jerome, Quebec.

One undated photograph showing a Breithaupt Leather Co. truck in front of the Shipping Dept. at the tannery, which was located in Kitchener, Ont.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Eva, Toronto, Ont.

File consists of three photographs showing Florence Grace Clement, Blanche Mildred Clement Kelly and Geneva Jackson on a trip to California.

Snapshot of Florence Grace Clement (left) and Geneva Jackson standing on a sandy beach, next to the ocean.

File consists of one head and shoulders studio portrait of Florence Grace Clement.

File consists of one re-print photograph showing members of the extended Clement family sailing on Georgian Bay. Included in the image are: David Ward Clement, Elinor Williams, John Birnie and an unidentified man.

Three quarter length portrait of Emily Murphy seen standing in partial profile and looking off camera. A medal is visible pinned to her chest.

File consists of an album compiled by Ella Anthes Cook, and including some additions probably by Martha Rieder. Includes snapshots of family members and friends and snapshots taken on Ella's trip to Europe, around Ontario, at Felsheim, and on her honeymoon. Includes a family photograph taken at Talmon Henry Rieder's 40th birthday, a snapshot taken when Earl Grey visited Berlin, a snapshot taken at the unveiling of Queen Victoria's monument at Victoria Park, and a photograph by Denton of the interior of Zion Evangelical Church.

File consists of photographs (possibly progress photographs) of the construction of additions to the the Dominion Tire Company manufacturing plant in Kitchener. File also includes some photographs of the Elmira Rubber factory.

Photograph of (left to right) Floss and Lottie Ahrens in bathing costumes, seated in sand. Likely taken at beach at Grand Bend.

Negative taken by Norman C. Schneider of a rail car from the Berlin Street Railway full of passengers stopped along a tree-lined street with a crowd of people waiting to board. Adult in street looking toward camera with hand at waist possibly Charles Alexander Schneider.

Photograph of Victoria Park with view of the tree lined lake and the bust of Kaiser Wilhelm I.

Postcard with aerial photograph of Kitchener, possibly, south of train station at Victoria and Weber, taken in 1919 and produced by the Canadian Post Card Co., Toronto.

File consists of one photograph of a drawing of the front elevation of the Dominion Tire factory's Rubber Machinery Shops.

Photo shows interior of Strum Brother's Tobacco and Barber, with five men, a spittoon, a stuffed raccoon, and a moose head. John Simpson is on the far right in his firefighter uniform. As well, a print of Seagram's King's Plate winners is visible in the top right corner. John Simpson is listed as a member of the Waterloo Fire Department in the 1913 Vernon Directory, but does not appear in the 1927 directory.
Strum Brothers Tobacco and Barber shop located on King Street in Waterloo just south of the railway tracks in 1913 Vernon Directory.

File consists of mounted photographs of the interior of the Greb Shoes factory, showing employees at work on footwear production lines. File also includes a photograph of Erwin Greb in the Greb Shoes office, adjoining the factory on Queen Street in Kitchener.

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 one photograph of night staff men who served their country on land, sea and in the Dominion Tire factory in the First World War. Photograph was taken on the first armistice anniversary [Remembrance Day] November 11, 1919 on the front steps of the Dominion Tire factory.

File consists of one photograph of four female employees laying on the ground at a company picnic in Waterloo Park. A car can be seen in the background.

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.

File consists of a mounted photograph of an artesian well at Strange Street in Kitchener. Three men, one of which is J.C. Breithaupt, are standing behind the well.

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.

One volume of household accounts, 1911-1919, kept by an unidentified female, probably from the Port Elgin, Ont. area.

Studio portrait of John Christian Breithaupt, seen looking off-camera.

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.

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.

Typed letter from Charles August Ahrens to C.A. Gibbbs in Parkhill, Ontario regarding the surveying of land at Grand Bend. Includes handwritten postscript regarding the placement of a stake.

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.

File consists of a portion of a photograph that shows Edwin Perry Clement standing outside in California. An unidentified women is visible in the background, smiling at camera.

Photograph of Blanche Mildred Clement Kelly in Santa Monica standing among cacti and other flora.

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.

Postcard of the Grand River, near Kitchener.

Photograph of the Schantz family taken in front of the Schantz home at 43 Schneider Avenue in Kitchener, Ontario. Left to right: Walter Spelman (holding Dorothy Spelman), Ruth Schantz (with Walter Bishop Spelman and Margery Ruth Spelman), Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Carrie Flagler Schantz, Sophie Schantz, Florence Schantz, Mary Moyer Schantz, Dorothy White, Worth Schantz.

Group portrait of Edna Louise Augustine (nee Kaufman) and Albert William Augustine along with their wedding party on their wedding day on August 22, 1918. They were married at Zion Evangelical Church in Kitchener, Ontario. The group is seen in formal dress wearing boutonnieres and holding bouquets of flowers.

Left to right: Louis O. Breithaupt (1st cousin), Walter T. Barrie (friend), Edward J. Breithaupt (1st cousin), Albert William Augustine, Helen Kaufman (flower girl, daughter of Jean and Alvin R. Kaufman), Edna Louise Kaufman, Laurine C. Augustine (sister of Albert William Augustine), unidentified bridesmaid (likely Eloise Noecker).

File consists of one panoramic photograph of the Western Ontario Regiment doing training at Carling Heights in London, Ontario.

File consists of three photographs of the Kitchener Natatorium and its locker rooms. Talmon Henry Rieder played a role in the construction of the natatorium, which opened July 21, 1917 at at 121 King Street West in the Rieder Block.

File consists of material relating to the purchase of the property and construction of the house at 610 Belmont Avenue in Montreal (City of Westmount), as well as the related mortgage and insurance. Includes correspondence, specifications for the house, receipts, manuscript notes, a deed of mortgage (copy), an agreement regarding a loan and repayment (copy), and by-law no. 229 regarding construction in the City of Westmount (copy).

File consists of one photograph of Dominion Tire sales staff on the front steps of the factory.

Group portrait of Edna Louise Augustine (nee Kaufman) and Albert William Augustine along with their wedding party on their wedding day on August 22, 1918. They were married at Zion Evangelical Church in Kitchener, Ontario. The group is seen in formal dress wearing boutonnieres and holding bouquets of flowers.

Left to right: Louis O. Breithaupt (1st cousin), Walter T. Barrie (friend), Edward J. Breithaupt (1st cousin), Albert William Augustine, Helen Kaufman (flower girl, daughter of Jean and Alvin R. Kaufman), Edna Louise Kaufman, Laurine C. Augustine (sister of Albert William Augustine), unidentified bridesmaid (likely Eloise Noecker).

File consists of programmes for Brantford's reception to her returned veterans.

Map of Southern Ontario showing railroad lines.

Contains one black leather bound notebook used by Frederick Arthur Edmonds as a diary. The notebook is ruled, contains some numbered pages, and opens lengthwise. Entries are dated and sporadic, are written in pencil, and include a chart of the names of soldiers from the 16th Platoon, with their identification number, rank, age, marital status, date of arrival in France, religion, next of kin, trade, and courses. Includes a loose leaf of paper in the front pocket of the notebook, and several blank pages. The diary entries are titled "My diary since leaving the 'Ypres Salient'", and detail the movement of troops, destinations, times leaving and arriving places, encampments, training progress, weather, distances from place to place in kilometres, locations of battles, places billeted, conditions in the trenches, descriptions of battles, objectives, conditions, attacks, general notes about casualties, tanks, mines, and descriptions of Edmonds' stay in the Paris Plaz hospital and Le Havre hospital. The diary goes up until just before Vimy Ridge, when Edmonds is invalided home.

Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Mabel, Yale, Mich.

One snapshot photograph of an unidentified woman with Dorothy White and Anna Moyer at Victoria Park, Kitchener. The women are shown standing in front of the water and the photograph is in a large paper frame with a pipe cleaner for hanging. The frame reads "With best wishes: Days of the year" in an Eastern style font. Location identified from verso.

Postcard photograph of Emma and Charles August Ahrens standing outdoors on September 21, 1917, their 35th wedding anniversary. Both are seen looking off camera in opposite directions and are dressed in wedding attire. Emma is holding a bouquet of flowers.

File consists of a poster for a monster pageant depecting scenes of Confederation for the semi-centennial celebration in Brantford.

File consists of a photograph of the exterior of the F.W. Woolworth Co. Ltd. store at 69-71 Downie Street in Stratford, Ontario where Keffer worked as store manager.

Copy print photograph of cadets standing at attention in a field. Typed annotation on verso reads: "Cadet corp in Waterloo park 1917".

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.

Snapshot of Harry Byers, Helen Bawman (nee Byers) and an infant named Robbie Urie standing in front of house porch. Caption on verso reads: "Harry & Helen and Robbie Urie, July 25/1917. My home address 2505 Park Ave Kansas City Mo."

Album containing photographs of the construction of the Dominion Tire Company manufacturing plant in what was then Berlin, Ontario. Includes photographs of the construction process, the surrounding land, the interior and exterior of the building during construction, equipment used the tire manufacturing process and employees on the factory floor, etc. Although the majority of the people are unidentified the following people appear in the album: Talmon Henry Rieder (page 1), [Ed Cable?] and Irene Bain (page 3), Dr. Wood (page 6), and J.I. Franklin Anthes (page 9 and 53).

One postcard identified by Norman C. Schneider as the 118th Battalion in Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ont., 1916. Also in this image is a photographer with camera and tripod, preparing to take a picture. This postcard was sent to Floss Ahrens in Kansas City by E. Maude Garner and is stamped and postmarked Kitchener, Oct. 16, 1916.