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 a programme for “Two hours of merriment with Mr. J.W. Bengough, the inimitable artist "Grip," at the Town Ball in Berlin on the evening of evening, February 21, 1895.
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 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.
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.
Kitchener-Waterloo Young Men's Christian Association
File consists of one notebook used as a diary by Albert L. Breithaupt from June 10 to August 29, 1896, while on a trip to England, Scotland and Germany, with family members. The first entries are written in Berlin, Ontario. Of note is the entry for June 10, 1894 that gives an account of the last Sabbath in the "old church". Albert paraphrases the speech given by his mother, Catharine, with her recollections of the Sunday School in Berlin.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Informal group portrait of Ontario Ladies' College students lying in three rows on and under a bed in a dorm room. Martha Rieder (top row at left), Emma Kaufman (middle row, second from right) and Ella Cook (bottom row, centre) appear in the photo.
Photograph of an Ontario Ladies' College students dorm room window with furniture in front of it. At left is a partially visible bed and at right is a dresser decorated with photographs and trinkets. Between the two pieces of furniture are two rocking chairs, one with a Union Jack pillow on the seat. An OLC pillow is visible on the bench along the length of the window.
Photograph of Ontario Ladies' College students seated together in a resident room listening to one of the group read from a book. Martha Rieder is seen in profile seated at 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.
Informal group portrait of five unidentified Ontario Ladies' College students seated vertically in a row on the steps of Trafalgar Castle, the school's main building. Lion sculptures that line the steps are included in frame.
Photograph of the grounds of the Ontario Ladies' College with Trafalgar Castle surrounded by trees partially visible in background. In the distance, at left, are two students, one of whom is holding a tennis racket.
Informal group portrait of Ontario Ladies' College students lying in three rows on and under a bed in a dorm room. Martha Rieder (top row at left), Emma Kaufman (middle row, second from right) and Ella Cook (bottom row, centre) appear in the photo.
Informal portrait of Ontario Ladies' College posed outdoors for the camera while standing in a row behind a cannon on the school grounds. From left to right: ?, Martha Rieder, [Lucie Edkins], Ella Cook, ?, ?.
Photograph of a group of Ontario Ladies' College students seated in a row and posed the same, with hands laced together on a crossed leg outside of the OLC school building. Ella Cook is seated fourth from left and Martha Rieder is seated at far right.
File consists of contains 34 snapshots. Some identifications are present. Includes images of Breithaupt gatherings, room interiors, portrait proofs of Albert Liborious Breithaupt, one snapshot of Catharine Breithaupt holding a string of fish. Also includes four snapshots of the 1901 visit of the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George V and Queen Mary. These were taken from the top of a streetcar: crowd in foreground, reception platform in middle ground, train behind.
Photograph of [Ella Cook] reclining against a pile of pillows, including one with OLC [Ontario Ladies' College] on the front, with arm behind head. Ella and the pillows are positioned on and around two chairs sitting underneath fabric hanging from the ceiling in a tent-like fashion. Three flags including a Union Jack and the American flag are visible in frame.
Informal group portrait of Ontario Ladies' College students posed for the camera around a ladder in a dorm room. Several of the group are positioned so that their heads are poking through the spaces between the ladder rungs. Emma Kaufman is at left, second row from front, and Martha Rieder is at the opposite end of the same row. Ella Cook is possible the student at right in the front row.
Photograph of four Ontario Ladies' College students seated together in a dorm room, two on top of the laps of the others, all looking happily mischievous. The student at far right is likely Ella Cook.
Photograph of a group of Ontario Ladies' College students posed in short rows a difference heights so that they are in the shape of a loose pyramid. The group is seen in a dorm room, some looking away from the camera in profile and some holding flags (Royal Union and American). Martha Reider is seen lying on her side at the front of the group, holding hands with an unidentified friend. Emma Kaufman is partially visible looking off camera in between two rows of people.
File consists of a mounted photograph of 12 men (probably including the water commissioners) standing around an artesian well and drilling rig at Shoemaker's Lake.
File consists of delegate ribbons in two sizes (two of each) from the Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical Association : Canada Conference Convention held in Chesley, Ontario, September 27-28, 1899.
Informal group portrait of Ontario Ladies' College students posed for the camera around a ladder in a dorm room. Several of the group are positioned so that their heads are poking through the spaces between the ladder rungs. Emma Kaufman is at left, second row from front, and Martha Rieder is at the opposite end of the same row. Ella Cook is possible the student at right in the front row.
Photograph of fabric hanging from the ceiling in a tent-like fashion in the corner of a dorm room with a pile of pillows, including one with OLC [Ontario Ladies' College], underneath. Three flags including a Union Jack and the American flag are visible handing from the tent and rocking chairs are positioned at either side of the structure.
Photograph of two unidentified Ontario Ladies' College students seated in a dorm room with chairs turned toward each other and doing something with their hands. The pair are seated in from of a tall window partially covered by fabric draped from the top and a dresser, decorated with photos and trinkets, at right. Two beds are partially visible at either side of the room.
Informal portrait of Ontario Ladies' College posed outdoors for the camera with tennis rackets while standing around a cannon on the school grounds. Martha Rieder and Ella Cook are seen as part of the group wearing hats trimmed with black ribbon. Lucy Edkins may be the other student in a hat, trimmed with white ribbon.
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.
Exterior view of Hervey Bowman's home located at 60 Church Street, Kitchener, Ontario by an unidentified photographer. The house is somewhat obscured by trees and an adult, possibly Hervey Bowman, is seen standing at left, behind a row of shrubs.
Photograph of Ruth Schantz seated in a wooden chair holding and looking down at infant cousin Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White). An organ and baby carriage are visible in background.
One studio portrait of Annie Nash Fry (wife of Samuel Fry) seen looking at camera. Annie is shown late in life wearing a bonnet which ties at her neck, and glasses. Also includes one print of the identical portrait with a poem. Item may be a funeral card. Identification from verso with birth date as 1819 and death as 1903. Identification is uncertain however, as a print with a poem about the woman identifies the woman as Nancy Fry (possibly familiar form of Anna).
Poem reads:
We meet, in thankfulness to-day, For blessings showered on our way. May all our hearts with love abound As once again we gather round The heartstone of Aunt Nancy. Vineland, August 9th, 1905.
File consists of two transparencies and a photograph of the electric sign and clock located on the roof of the Electrohme plant at 809 Wellington Street North in Kitchener, taken at night.
Postcard featuring a photograph of a group of six adults and one child on a dock holding a fishing catch and fishing rod. There is a house and vegetation in the background, taken at Felsheim (also known as Woods Bay), John Christian Breithaupt's summer home in Georgian Bay.
People in photograph are: Lydia Louisa Breithaupt, possibly Irene Anthes Locke, Ella Elmina Cook, Carrie Breithaupt, and possibly Talmon Henry Rieder.
Postcard featuring a photograph of a bird view of a bulding on an island in a lake. According to annotations, building is the Anthes Cottage on Munnohannit Island, Sans Souci Island (The Archipelago, Georgian Bay, Ontario).
