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File consists of materials relating to the history and development of the Victoria School and Victoria Park neighbourhood of Kitchener.

Copy negatives from photographs, postcards.

Photograph of west pathway and lake in Victoria Park including view of Swan Island and, in the distance, the Roos Island bridge. Victoria School tower is faintly visible in background skyline.

Photograph of tree-lined west pathway, along lake's edge in Victoria Park. The crossed legs and feet of a seated man appear immediately at left, and a group walking toward Roos Island bridge are visible further down the path.

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.

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.

Copy negative of an old postcard featuring Water Street, Entrance to Victoria Park, Berlin, Ont.

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

Parks Dept. personnel free swans trapped in ice by quick freeze. In boat: front, Stu Tschirhart, in back, Ken Shiry. On island: Clarence Grass, Park Superintendent, hands in pockets and cap on. Station Wagon belonged to Ellroy Lippert, Park Administrator.

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

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

Copy negatives of old photographs.

Photograph of trees in Victoria Park with their reflections in still water. This photograph was published in many newspapers in 1946.

Optical illusion photograph. Published in many newspapers in Canada and the United States.

Two snapshots of trees in Victoria Park with their reflections in still water. One shows the bandshell and one the boathouse [or pavilion?].

Photograph of rear island and channel in Victoria Park, featuring a large leafy tree and a partial view of a wooden bridge. An automobile is visible in background, at left.

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.

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 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.

Photograph of Victoria Park back channel and island with trees reflected in water. Bear cages, cannon and pavilion visible in background.

Photograph of rear channel in Victoria Park. The area is surrounded by trees with lily pads in water and detritus on exposed sandbar. A bear cage and picnic shelter are partially visible at right.

Copy negative from an old photograph.

Copy negatives from old photographs.

Copy negatives from old photographs belonging to Laurie Lippert, grandaughter of Ellroy Lippert, Parks Adminstrator in 1950's and 1960's.

Copy negatives from postcards, includes copy print and news clipping. Kitchener's First 100 Years, p. 7.

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

Copy negatives from old photographs.

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.

Copy negatives from old photographs.

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 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.

Copy negative from an old photograph.

Image of Victoria Park bandstand seen covered and surrounded by snow.

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

Boys fish in the original Schneider Creek bed after the lake had been drained.

Copy negatives from old photographs.

Copy negative of an old postcard featuring Victoria Park, Berlin, Ontario with a view of the bust of Kaiser Wilhelm at right.

Copy negatives from old photographs.

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

File consists of clippings on Victoria Park and the Victoria Park School.

Programme, announcement regarding the 90th anniversary of Victoria Park

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.

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

Photograph of an unidentified young adult standing on top of the empty Kaiser Wilhelm I plinth in Victoria Park imitating a statue with one arm outstretched and the other at placed on hip.

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

Image of three adults and two children posing for the camera while standing in skates on a frozen body of water. The adults are standing in the back row and the children are standing at front, one of whom is holding a hockey stick horizontally.

Group portrait of four sets of triplets seated on and standing behind a bench in Victoria Park.

One photograph taken in Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ontario showing ice on trees, skaters behind.

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.

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

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.

Film of people skating and playing hockey in Victoria park. Includes crowds of people skating with views of the boathouse in view; a group playing pick-up hockey with the bandstand visible in background; and members of the Schneider family, including Norman C. Schneider, skating and walking together across the ice.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Skating at Victoria Park + Hockey, Fred, Herb, Jean, FHS, NCS?, John, Kay, Walter, [illegible], Kay, Walte Siegner, Fred P, [Herb?], Walter Siegner no skates, Kay, Jean, NCS, Bump Backwards."

Clipping from the April 20, 1946 edition of the Kitchener Daily Record titled "Guess again," about Norman C. Schneider's photograph of Victoria Park tree reflections in the water. Includes clippings and correspondence from other newspapers.

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.

Image of Harold Russell as an infant, wrapped in a blanket and wearing a hat, being held by an unidentified adult in [Victoria Park] along a shoreline. In the background trees, a foot bridge and a swan are visible.

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

Two copies of a photograph likely depicting a group of individuals gathered during a reception celebrating the opening of a new local Legion Hall that took place following the outdoor investiture ceremony at which Major John Gartshore Martin received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). From left to right, the individuals pictured are Jessie Gartshore Martin; Margaret Alexander, Countess Alexander of Tunis; Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis and 17th Governor General of Canada; Gerald E. Eastman, law partner of John Gartshore Martin; and an unknown individual.

File consists of twenty-one picture postcards received by Fred Breithaupt. Some are partially or wholly in German, most written by his parents and grandmother Catherine during a trip to the Pacific coast. Includes a scene of canoeing in Victoria Park, Berlin, Ontario, dated August 1905; a view of the steamer "City of Toronto" at Penetanguishene, dated September 14, 1905; Winnipeg main street, September 20, 1905; "Threshing," Regina, September 27, 1905; "Group cowboys, Canadian Northwest," October 7, 1905.

Clipping "Remembering Kitchener's colourful past," illustrated with a photograph identified as the 118th Battalion at parade in Victoria Park, 1917.