- SCA131-GA104A-3-237-201
- File
- 1978
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of Mr. A.W. Downe shaking hands with Mr. D. Trump while accepting farewell gift.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of Mr. A.W. Downe shaking hands with Mr. D. Trump while accepting farewell gift.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Waterloo plant, July 1978, aerial view : showing creek covered over.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 aerial photograph of Waterloo plant and surrounding area.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
The Seagram's V.O. Bandwagon in parade.
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File consists of 1 photograph of parade with horse-drawn red float containing band. Named 'The Seagram's V.O. Bandwagon'. Recto reads: 79/002-C 2.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
13 images, b&w and col., including negatives and col. prints. Includes Russell Theil with horses at firehall; Bowman House, which became the Waterloo Hotel; an early depiction of Waterloo in 1857; bandstand; negatives of a Berlin and Waterloo Electric Railway car; 2 prints and a sheet of contacts of the 1966 UW Homecoming Parade, which featured a float entitled "Coming Thru the Rye," with a birthday cake constructed with Seagram 5 Star bottles. These last were by Colurychrome.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Waterloo: 125th Anniversary Photographs.
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14 images, b&w prints taken from old photographs. Includes list of identifications; not all images listed are present. Includes Seagram home built ca. 1860, and other prints with a Seagram connection.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
4 b&w images of bar interiors in Kitchener and Waterloo, of which one is original.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Randall & Co. : correspondence.
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Letter from J.E. Seagram to "Massey" concerning trade in spirits.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Seagram & Roos, Joseph E. Seagram: Correspondence.
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Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Abstracts of Title from the Registry Office, County of Waterloo.
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Gives instrument numbers for transactions from the 1850's to the 1920's. Includes references to water use.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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This agreement concerns sale of assets by Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Limited as incorporated 1911, to Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Limited as incorporated 1926.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
By-Law Number 19, November 22, 1926.
Part of Seagram collection
This by-law concerns sale of assets by Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Limited as incorporated 1911, to Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Limited as incorporated 1926.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Letters Patent Incorporating Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Limited, 2nd March, 1928.
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Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
Microfiche of plans of Calvert Distillers Ltd., Amherstberg, Dec. 1955, of B.C. Distillery Co. Ltd., March, 1957, and of United Distillers Ltd., Marpole, March 1957.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.: Operations: Waterloo Plant
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Series consists of originals and photocopies, mostly "dept. files," detailing various operations in the Waterloo plant relating primarily to the production of alcohol. Includes applications, correspondence, declarations, ephemera, legal instruments, licenses, newsletters, permits, and photographs which document commercial feed stuffs registration from 1928-1953, distilling licenses, information about exports from the plant between 1887 to 1959, imports for re-distillation 1897-1942, label approval and registration doumentation from 1927-1941, also product evidence files all dating from ca. 1960, possibly used in a legal case, documenting the brands produced and exported in the early years of the twentierth century, accompanied by declarations by former employees.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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2 letters.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
Correspondence, invoice for and sample of Seagram's V.O. export booklet.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Exports, 1890-1959: Excise Documents.
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Correspondence and statements from Canada. Dept of National Revenue. Customs and Exise, Excise Division, consisting of statements of yearly exports from the District of Guelph from 1890-1920 and other information re Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd. Also includes a chart of "Sales to the Provincial Liquor Commission," 1929-1934, by brand name, a chart "Seagram (Trade Mark) Sales in Canada," 1929-1959, and "Registered Canadian Trade Marks of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Limited," [1959?].
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Imports of Spirits: Correspondence.
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The items in this file are from a company letter book and consist of letter copies to and from the Dept. of Inland Revenue as well as forms, with regard to spirits brought in to the distillery.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Imports of Spirits: Correspondence.
Part of Seagram collection
The items in this file are from a company letter book and consist of letter copies to and from Customs and Excise Canada, as well as forms, with regard to spirits brought in to the distillery.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Imports of Spirits: Correspondence.
Part of Seagram collection
The items in this file are from a company letter book and consist of letter copies to the Collector of Customs and Excise, Kitchener, re authority to sign papers, as of June 1926 and as of Nov. 1926. Includes "Appointment of an Attorney or Agent" forms.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Imports of Spirits: Correspondence.
Part of Seagram collection
The items in this file are from a company letter book and consist of letter copies to and from Customs and Excise Canada, well as forms, with regard to spirits brought in to the distillery.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Imports of Spirits: Correspondence.
Part of Seagram collection
The items in this file are from a company letter book and consist of letter copies as well as forms, with regard to spirits brought in to the distillery.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Imports of Spirits: Correspondence.
Part of Seagram collection
The items in this file are from a company letter book and consist of forms, with regard to spirits brought in to the distillery.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Label Approvals and Product Registration.
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Example of a label sample approved by Customs and Excise, and later the Department of National Revenue from a company letter book.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Label Approvals and Product Registration.
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Example of a label sample approved by Customs and Excise, and later the Department of National Revenue from a company letter book. Includes accompanying correspondence.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Product evidence files : Schlosser, Edgar : declaration.
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Declaration by Edgar Schlosser, employee of Seagrams in the early 20th century regarding knowledge of the brands produced, bottling procedures and exports to the United States during his period of employment. Also includes evidence files refered to in the documentation.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Product evidence files : Feik, Louis : declaration.
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Copy of declaration by Louis Feik employee of Seagrams in the early 20th century regarding knowledge of the brands produced, bottling procedures and exports to the United States during his period of employment. Also includes evidence files refered to in the documentation, as well as pages of sales and export records.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Product evidence files : photographs : No. 83 Pure Rye Whiskey.
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One photograph and one negative of bottles of No. 38 Pure Rye Whiskey.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Product evidence files : photographs : labels.
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Two photographs of various labels of Seagram's products.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Product evidence files : photographs : labels.
Part of Seagram collection
Three photographs of various labels of Seagram's products.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Product evidence files : photographs : labels.
Part of Seagram collection
Two photographs of various labels of Seagram's products.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Product evidence files : photographs : labels.
Part of Seagram collection
One photograph and one negatibe of bottles of Pure Rye Whiskey. Photographs have been notarized.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Product evidence files : photographs : labels.
Part of Seagram collection
One photograph of a bottle of Pure Rye Whiskey.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Product evidence files : photographs : labels.
Part of Seagram collection
Six photographs and two drawings of bottles of Seagram's 52 Years Old Whiskey.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Product evidence files : photographs : labels.
Part of Seagram collection
One photograph and one negative of a bottle of Seagers Special London Dry Gin. Also includes one label.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Product evidence files : photographs : labels.
Part of Seagram collection
Eighteen photographs showing labels of various Segram products. Note that there are also three pieces of a photograph that has been torn up.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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1 item: "Laurel Creek Channel Improvements, Stage 1, Silver Lake to Caroline Street, a Water Conservation Project of Grand River Conservation Authority." 2. p., photocopy, mostly images.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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"Profile of Waterloo Plant, Waterloo, Ontario,: prepared by D. Pashleigh, 1978. This document contains, as well as a compendium of facts about the plant's operation, personal information relating to plant employees. The file also includes information from tax assessment rolls [?], which contain facts about each building.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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One aerial photograph which includes the distillery site, 60 x 84 cm.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.: Topical
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This series consists of originals and photocopies of correspondence, clippings, ephemera, essays, newspapers, photographs, etc. relating to all aspects of the history of the Seagram Company and distilling in general, to other business interests such as CanBar and Hopewell Farms, to the history of the plant site itself and the place of Seagram's in the larger context of Waterloo and the industrial history of the area from the 1850's to the plant's closing in 1990.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Amherstburg Plant: "Calvert of Canada: Forty Years to Fulfillment."
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1 ts. (photocopy) essay, annotated by W.H. Timmis [?] on the history of Amherst Distillers, purchased in 1941 by Distillers Corporation.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Distilling: "Whiskey Losses During Aging." / Gallagher, M., P. Kolachov and H.F. Willkie.
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Article re a study of whiskey losses undertaken by the Seagram Company.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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Correspondence, notes from a speech made by J.E. Frowde Seagram at the Ontario Division Sales Meeting of Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Limited, held on Wednesday May 18, 1960, on the history of the company and of the whiskey known as "Seagram's '83" in particular.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Products: Tanqueray, Gordon and Company.
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Clippings, original and photocopied, re production of Tanqueray gin and vodka at the Waterloo plant.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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Originals and photocopies of company-produced documents, ephemera, etc.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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Photocopies of company-produced documents, ephemera, photographs, etc. relating to early 20th century history of the company and its products, particularly V.O.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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Photocopy of an unattributed essay with title: "The Distillery Site," which includes plans, images and bibliographical references.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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Photographic prints and negatives of ms. bylaw passed in 1863.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Waterloo: History: "Story of Waterloo's First Hundred Years."
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"Story of Waterloo's First Hundred Years," Kitchener Waterloo Record, June 25, 1957, Section 2, 25-44. Includes Seagram references.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.: Ephemera
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Series consists of ephemera including advertisements, business cards, calendars, labels, signs, stationery, trade cards, etc. which illustrate some aspect of Seagram history.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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Advertisement on p. 18 of the Supplement to the Mail and Empire, Christmas 1897.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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Advertisement on p. 28 of The Wine and Spirit Journal and Brewers Review 7, no. 7 (July 1905).
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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One issue of Canada Kalendar, 1906, with advertisement on p. 69.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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Advertisement on p. 25 of The Wine and Spirit Journal of Canada 14 no. 1 (Jan. 1912).
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Business Card: Joseph E. Seagram, Distiller.
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Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Business Card: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd.
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Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Catalogue: Canbar Products Limited.
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One catalogue of products.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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Contains photocopies of early Seagram labels.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Labels: Seagram's Extra Special Rye.
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Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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Originals and photocopies of envelopes with pictorial engravings of the plant.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Trade Cards: Joseph E. Seagram.
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Three trade cards which could be exchanged for a whiskey sample: Hiram Walker, [1893] and 1897, Joseph E. Seagram, 1900.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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Certificates and awards.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Miscellaneous: Evening Telegram, April 1, 1914.
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Seagram connection unknown.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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22 images, b&w and col. snapshots and negatives of employees in the plant, at a Christmas party, visitors to the plant, etc., including two photographs of Alf Busch.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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2 images, one a photocopy. Includes copy photographs and photocopies of a panoramic group portrait "Staff and Employees at Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Distillery, July 6, 1929 and a photocopy only of "Office Staff and Excise Officers," 1929, each with partial identification lists. Photographer unknown.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Hopewell Farms: Construction of B-15 Warehouse, May-August, 1965.
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20 images, b&w photographs by Personal Studio and Murray's Studio.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Seagram Distillery and Other Seagram Plants.
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Images feature Seagram plants at Waterloo, Ontario; Marpole, British Columbia; Beaupre, Quebec; Hopewell Farms, Breslau, Ontario; and Richilbucto, New Brunswick.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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3 images, b&w and col., 2 by Herb Nott dated 1957, showing footbridge over Laurel Creek and streetscape with parked cars. Also includes 26 b&w snapshots of the grounds, including images of work being done on the creek bed.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Seagram Distillery: Exterior: Aerial Views
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15 separate oblique aerial images: b&w and col. prints with contacts and negatives, one slide. Photographers include Arnott, Rogers Batten Ltd., Montreal; Ron Nelson Photography, London, Ont.; Colurychrome Photography System, Kitchener, Ont.; Personal Studio, Waterloo, Ont.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Seagram Distillery: Exterior: Case Bond Building Construction, 1965 / Personal Studio, Waterloo.
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7 images of the Case Bond Building construction, original prints by Personal Studio with some duplicates.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Seagram Distillery: Exterior: Stillhouse.
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4 separate images of the Stillhouse, 3 with copy negatives, contacts and additional prints. The oldest is of the stillhouse ca. 1900 with cattle pens in the foreground. One is taken from a printed source, also ca. 1900, one is ca. 1925, and the fourth is a colour imapge from ca. 1980.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Seagram Distillery: Laurel Creek
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8 snapshots, b&w and col., of the start of construction to "cover up" Laurel Creek.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
3 images, b&w, also copy negatives. Two of the images are by Belair Studio and Colurychrome.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
Ca. 50 images, b&w and col., photographs, negatives, transparency and slides of the exterior of Seagram Museum and the Seagram site. Includes two interior views during construction of the Museum.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
View of Joseph E. Seagram, general merchant, miller and distiller.
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File consists of 1 illustration of Seagram distillery and surrounding area.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 aerial view photograph of Seagram plant and surrounding area illustration.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Seagram's "83" pure rye whiskey package size 25 oz., circular seal on neck.
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File consists of 1 photograph of the front of empty, capless Seagram's No. 83 Pure Rye whiskey bottle.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 Polaroid photograph of Seagram distillery front.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Limited, distillers since 1857.
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File consists of 1 photograph of Seagram distillery in field.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Bottling line of Seagram's V.O. in Waterloo plant, Ontario, 1928.
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File consists of 5 photographs and 4 negatives of women working on Seagram's V.O bottling line at Waterloo plant.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Waterloo plant, Ontario, early view of bottling room.
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File consists of 3 photographs of men and women working in the bottling room with Seagram's V. O. Canadian whiskey.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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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.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Plant: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, looking west: machine shop bldg. no. 25.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of plant's brick windowed machine shop building. Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Plant: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, looking south : warehouse 9.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of street-level view of plant warehouse with 'Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Limited, Distillers since 1857' sign. Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Plant: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, looking southwest.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of street-level view of 2 plant warehouses behind fire pumping station. Recto: photograph labelled 'B'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of street-level view of plant's bottling building and warehouses in front of reservoir. Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Plant: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, south along Erb St. West.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of a street-level view of brick warehouse and office building.
Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Plant: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, view looking north: excise bldg. no. 18.
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File consists of 1 photograph of street-level side view of brick office building. Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Mr. Samuel Bronfman (right) and Mr. Victor Fischel (left) kneeling with barrel between them.
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File consists of 1 photograph of Mr. Samuel Bronfman and Mr. Victor Fischel kneeling on either side of whiskey barrel. Photograph dated 4.21.1952. Photograph numbered '4'. File verso reads: group of photos showing Mr. Samuel Bronfman at the Seagram family achievement association meeting and dinner in 1952.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Aerial view of Joseph E. Seagram Plant in Waterloo, Ontario.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 aerial photograph of the Joseph E. Seagram Plant and surrounding area. Verso reads: taken for record purposes. Used in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of Gold Cup trophy with Seagram crest on front and beaver figure on side. Beside trophy is open Royal Canadian Golf Association Open Championship Record scroll. Trophy reads: "Canadian Open Golf Championship for Annual Competition".
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Aerial view of cattle barns at Hopewell Farms in Waterloo around 1960.
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File consists of 1 aerial photograph of four white cattle barns and surrounding area. Verso reads: taken in 1960 for record purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Close-up view of cattle barns at Hopewell Farms in Waterloo around 1960.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 aerial photograph of four white cattle barns and surrounding area. Verso reads: taken in 1960 for record purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
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File consists of 1 photograph of sealed Seagram's imported V.O. Canadian whiskey bottle beside two full glasses of whiskey. Verso reads: taken in 1961 for reproduction purposes for the Export V.O. brochure. Print no. 63060. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Aerial view of Waterloo plant : front.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 aerial photograph of front of Waterloo plant and surrounding area. Verso reads: taken in 1963. 10 extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Seagram's V.O. Imported counter display using fishing scene : U.S.A. promotion.
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File consists of 1 photograph of promotional display for Seagram's V.O. Imported Canadian whisky with Seagram's logo, cut-out of whisky bottle and two glasses, and fishing scene with three vertically hanging fish pictures of a steelhead trout, a brook trout, and a small mouth black bass. Displays slogan: "Known by the Company it Keeps". Verso reads: taken in 1963 for record purposes.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.
Part of Seagram collection
File consists of 1 photograph of warehouse construction site. Foundation visible. Verso reads: print no. 918. Taken May 25, 1965 for record purposes. No extra prints.
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.