Postcard of Margaret Avenue School, Berlin, Canada.
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Postcard of Margaret Avenue School, Berlin, Canada.
Valentine & SonsFile consists of a booklet of 12 photochrom prints as postcards containing views of the city and lake of Lucerne.
Keffer, Ivan WilburAlbums contains photographs and postcards recording a trip to Europe made by Louis Jacob Breithaupt in 1900. Some items have manuscript identifications. One photograph is a photomontage of images of Berlin, Ontario., including an aerial view, industries, homes, etc., as well as an inserted portrait of Louis Jacob. The album begins with images of ships and progresses with images of England, France, Germany, Switzerland, etc.
Breithaupt Hewetson Clark familyFile consists of 212 loose postcards, including black and white and sepia-toned photographs, black and white and sepia-toned rotogravures, photochroms, and other colour prints. Postcards contain views of numerous European cities and landforms (including Binz, Potsdam, Oberammergau, Berlin, Wittenberg, Lucerne, the Rhine, and the Alps), as well as views along the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia and Alberta (photographed by Byron Harmon) and the Columbia River Highway in Oregon (photographed by Cross & Dimmitt), and views of Banff, the Rocky Mountains, Stratford (Ontario), and other places and scenes. Some duplicates are present. Six postcards contain a stamp (four German, one Canadian, and one Czechoslovakian). Two postcards were sent through the mail; one from Keffer to his wife, and one from Max [last name illegible] to Keffer (in German). Six of the postcards were published by Valentine & Sons.
Keffer, Ivan WilburFile consists of one envelope of 3 black-and-white souvenir postcards (originally contained 24 postcards.
Breithaupt, Albert LiboriusFile consists of four picture postcards, col.
Breithaupt, Albert LiboriusOne postcard showing a scene from the Boston Majestic Theatre production of Little Women.
Correspondence primarily between Ulrich Sommer and Lina Neumeyer Raatz. Lina Neumeyer Raatz was Ulrich Sommer’s aunt and she lived in Germany. Includes letters interspersed with details about family life such as Lina’s death on January 21, 1969. Records include letters, postcards, poems, amateur drawings, and photographs of family members and friends.
File consists of 118 pieces of correspondence (handwritten and typed originals) to Stan Johannesen from family, friends, academic colleagues and others, including 33 letter copies from Stan in reply. Includes greeting cards, postcards, and memoranda. Also in the folder are ephemera and unattributed original pencil sketches of furniture and landscapes.
Johannesen, S.K.Letters, cards, and postcards written to Betty Forbes and Bill Land from Millicent Lyall Forbes, Helene, Isabelle Alexandra Burt (Aunt Diddy), and Uncle Art. File also includes letters from Ray McMurphy to Betty Forbes, an account with Smuck's China and Gift Shop in Kitchener, and a wedding program for Thomas Land and Sylvia Wink.
Forbes, BettyLetters and postcards from Peg and Betty Forbes to their mother, Millicent Lyall Forbes. Letters from Betty Forbes during her time as a nurse in Vancouver are included.
Letters from Peg and Betty Forbes to their mother, Millicent Lyall Forbes. Correspondence also includes press clippings of Betty and Bill Land's wedding and a postcard to Millicent Lyall Forbes from Bill Land.
Personal correspondence received by Joan Hollobon from her father (Ernest Frederick "Tony" Hollobon), her step-mother, and other family members and friends in the United Kingdom. Also contains correspondence between Joan Hollobon and doctors requesting information about her father's health, and a letter written by her father to his Officer Commanding.
Includes postcards and sections of the publication Eastbourne Paris Church monthly news from March 1973. Also includes photographs of Joan Hollobon's father.
Letters and postcards from Betty and Peg Forbes to their parents, Millicent Lyall Forbes and George Alexander Forbes, during their time as students at Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, Ontario.
Letters to Betty and Peg Forbes from their mother, Millicent Lyall Forbes. Also includes letters to Betty Forbes from Jack, Lois, and Sally and a postcard addressed to Betty Forbes with a photograph of Central Park, Calgary, Alberta from Helena Williams.
Forbes, BettyLetters and postcards from Peg and Betty Forbes to their parents, Millicent Lyall Forbes and George Alexander Forbes, and Isabelle Alexandra Burt (Aunt Diddy). Letters are predominantly from Camp Wapomeo in Algonquin Park with some letters from the Lake of Bays.
Letters and postcards from Betty and Peg Forbes to their mother, Millicent Lyall Forbes.
Letters and postcards from Betty and Peg Forbes to their parents, Millicent Lyall Forbes and George Alexander Forbes. Postcards feature illustrations and photographs of the Bigwin Inn in Lake of Bays, Ontario and Huntsville, Ontario.
Letters and postcards from Betty and Peg Forbes to their parents, Millicent Lyall Forbes and George Alexander Forbes, during their time at Camp Wapomeo in Algonquin Park. Includes a postcard photograph of Taylor Statten, founder of Camp Ahmek in Algonquin Provincial Park.
Illustrated postcard of "the last man" jumping into a boat from the shoreline where an angry mob of women are seen yelling. Caption below illustration reads: "The last man or the result of the suffragettes."
Featuring a cartoon by Harry Quinton, the post card was published by H.Q., 92, Burrows Road, N.W. Copyright No. 43.
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.
Schneider familyPostcard of the King Edward School, Kitchener, Ont., Canada.
Valentine & SonsThree photographs of Norman C. Schnedier's trip to Berlin in 1934. Consists of one snapshot of Schneider on board a ship, one of him at the Keffer's piano in Berlin, and one of the Keffer family and guests, including Schneider, at their home in Berlin, Germany. File also includes one postcard of Norman C. Schneider taken in front of Köln Cathedral while on a visit to Ivan W. Keffer. On the verso is a note addressed to his mother and father dated Nov. 9, 1934.
Schneider, Norman ChristophPostcard photograph of Emma Kaufman (right) and Miss Kawai in Japanese dress outdoors at Elgin House during the Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) conference in June 1916.
Augustine, Ham, Kaufman familySeven postcards featuring various facilities and properties of the Tokyo Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.).
Augustine, Ham, Kaufman familySix postcards from Japan and Switzerland.
Augustine, Ham, Kaufman familyPostcard featuring a Japanese woman in traditional dress sent to Emma Kaufman by Mary Eleanor (surname unknown), likely her niece Mary Eleanor Kaufman Merritt.
Message reads: Nov. 23. Dear Aunt Emma - Received your card. This week is out + I don't see my way clear until after Christmas. I apologize for seeming so ungrateful. I'm really not, but these next weeks are so full of activities. If I may, perhaps in January. Love Mary Eleanor.
Augustine, Ham, Kaufman familyA postcard showing a boy and two horses, compliments of D.W. Karn & Co. Karn was based in Woodstock and manufactured organs.
Schantz Russell FamilyCorrespondents include Bob Kay and L. Keyzer. Bob Kay, an old friend of Harvey Sims, lived in Hartford, CT and Florida, and was acquainted with Harvey's sister Rella and her husband John Ross Stewart. The correspondence concerns mostly the scrapbooks about curling and football that Kay had assembled and their eventual disposition.
Postcard in this file: "RMS Ausonia, White Star Line" from L. Keyzer, a fellow Rotarian, postmarked Brussels.
Material relating to the 100th anniversary of J.M. Schneider Inc. Includes photocopied articles, 100th anniversary advertising, planning materials and a history of Schneider's by Dorcas Williams in English and French.
Schneider familyFile consists of one picture postcard, col.
Breithaupt, Albert LiboriusFile consists of seven cards, col., printed on the verso, probably used in North America for mission or church purposes.
Breithaupt, Albert LiboriusFile consist of two postcards with the poem I'm thinking of you everyday, by W. Springett.
Postcard with photograph of Christobel Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence seen looking at camera and wearing "Votes of Women" sashes taken of at Hyde Park demonstration. The pair is standing in front of a display with a "Votes for Women" banner and other demonstration attendees are visible in background. Caption at bottom of postcard reads: "Hyde Park Demonstration, June 21, 1908: Miss Christobel Pankhurst, LL.B. & Mrs. Pethick Lawrence."
The post card was published by Sandle Brothers, Empire House, Paternoster Row, London EC and identified as No. 101, Photo, Half Tones.
Postcard of historic stone bridge in Jackson Park, Galt, Ont.
Johnston, MaryHamilton Ohio: postcard with colour illustration of the American flag.
Sims familyFile consists of two picture postcard, col.
Breithaupt, Albert LiboriusFile consists of seven items: clippings, postcards, photocopies.
Clark, Clara Evelyn25 postcards (20 real photos and 5 printed) of scenery in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The photographs were taken by Orpheus Moyer Schantz and are captioned.
Schantz Russell FamilyBingen, Germany: postcard of the Burg Rheinstein. It is a Thiele postcard, illustration by Carl Jander
Sims familyFile consists of one picture postcard, b&w.
Breithaupt, Albert LiboriusGroup portrait of Alf Gofton (back row, far right) and unidentified friends, partially in uniform, standing on a muddy wooden staircase.
Schneider, Norman ChristophPhotograph of (left to right) C. Sutherland, M. McDonald, S. Smith, J. MacKenzie and Alf Gofton seated on and standing next to two Kelly Trucks.
Schneider, Norman ChristophFile consists of 16 photochrom prints as postcards containing views from the Glenwood Mission Inn in Riverside, California.
Keffer, Ivan WilburFile consists of one picture postcard, col.
Breithaupt, Albert LiboriusFile consists of 11 picture postcards, b&w and col. of Hanover, Hanstein, Karlsruhe, Mainz and Rudesheim.
Breithaupt, Albert LiboriusFile consists of three postcards, b&w and col. One, a view of Bayview Cottage, the summer home of the Breithaupts, appears to be a hand coloured photographic card. One by J.W. Bald is a b&w photograph labelled "Evergreen Isles, Georgian Bay." One is published by Valentine-Black Co. Ltd. and is labelled "Tourist camp, Honey Harbor, near Penetanguishene, Ont."
Breithaupt, Albert LiboriusCorrespondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters discussing Gallery House Sol, an art gallery opened by Ulrich Sommer on Saturday, July 21, 1962. The gallery was located inside Ulrich Sommer’s home at 45 Charles Street in Georgetown, Ontario. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, press clippings, children’s drawings, a matinee program and a photograph possibly of Elisabeth Höpken reading on a ship in 1961.
File consists of 8 picture postcards, b&w, of Calais, Cherbourg and Paris.
Breithaupt, Albert LiboriusReproduction postcard of "Forest, British Columbia" by Emily Carr [1931
Ontario Institute for Studies in EducationReproduction postcard of "Flood", printed by Louis H Frohman, Bronxville, N.Y.
Ontario Institute for Studies in EducationPostcard of the first school house in Waterloo, now located in Waterloo Park.
Johnston, MaryPostcard of a photograph of the first brick schoolhouse in Conestogo, taken in 1900.
Johnston, MaryFile consists of five postcards written to Fred Breithaupt's children. One may be to a daughter of W.H. Breithaupt.
Breithaupt, Frederick AlbertCorrespondence primarily between members of the Sommer family and Wilhelm and Helga Höpken. Wilhelm and Helga Höpken are Gisela Sommer’s brother and sister-in-law. Of special interest is a programme for an exhibit presented by the University of Guelph from January 12, 2001 to March 17, 2001 titled, The John & Gisela Sommer Collection: 40 years of collections at Gallery House Sol. The exhibit featured 111 items, mostly books and prints, collected by Ulrich and Gisela Sommer for their art gallery, Gallery House Sol. All of the items featured in the exhibit were subsequently donated to the University of Guelph. Records include letters, greeting cards, post cards, a programme, press clippings and, photographs of family members, friends, plants, art, and animals.
Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters interspersed with details about family life such as information about Angelika Sommer’s partner Gunther (surname unknown) and Angelika’s concern for Isle Stein’s well-being. Isle Stein was a friend of the Sommer family and she lived in Germany. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, press clippings and, photographs of family members, flowers, buildings, Christmas decorations, and art.
Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters interspersed with details about family life such as Angelika Sommer’s training and participation in a local choir and Cornelius Sommer’s trip to Hamburg, Germany in 1993. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, press clippings, and photographs of family members, events, pets, and a choir.
Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters sent between Gisela Sommer and Ulrich Sommer that were written while Gisela visited her parents in Germany. Of special interest is a letter by Ulrich to Gisela that describes his experience attending Barker Fairley’s birthday celebration at University College in Toronto, Ontario on May 21, 1986. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, funeral invitations, and photographs of family members.
Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters interspersed with details about family life such as information related to Angelika Sommer’s partner Gunther (surname unknown) and Cornelius Sommer’s request to his grandmother, Elisabeth Höpken, for a loan of money to buy a house near Toronto, Ontario. Records include letters, greeting cards, and postcards.
Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters sent between Gisela Sommer and Ulrich Sommer that were written while Gisela visited her parents in Germany. Also contains a copy of the last will and testament of Friederich Höpken. Friederich Höpken was Eduard Höpken’s brother and he lived in Brazil. Records include letters, greeting cards, and postcards.
Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters interspersed with details about family life such as Cornelius Sommer’s university graduation and his plans to open his own law firm as well as Angelika Sommer’s move to Hamburg, Germany. Also contains letters describing Isle Stein’s upcoming visit with Ulrich Sommer and Gisela Sommer in Canada. Records include letters, greeting cards, and postcards.
Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters expressing concern for Angelika Sommer because she was increasingly committed to Communist ideologies and involved in politics in Germany during the 1970s. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, and a press clipping.
Correspondence between various members of the Sommer family including letters that describe Cornelius Sommer’s European vacation and Angelika Sommer’s political involvement in Germany, her Marxist beliefs and her plans to pursue post-secondary education in Germany. Some letters also indicate that Angelika Sommer met and was dating Uwe Schriever, who later becomes her husband. Also includes greeting cards, postcards, a pamphlet, and photographs of Uwe Schriever, and the wedding of Friedemann and Petra (surnames unknown) in March 1970.
Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters interspersed with details about family life such as Ulrich Sommer and Cornelius Sommer’s studies in university, Angelika Sommer’s pending visit with her grandparents, and Lina Neumeyer Raatz’s declining health. Lina Neumeyer Raatz was Ulrich Sommer’s aunt and she lived in Germany. Also contains correspondence between the Sommer family and the Altenmueller family from Cooksville, Ontario. Records include letters, postcards, and pamphlets.
Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Of special interest is a letter written by Eduard Höpken on May 29, 1965 revealing that he was a dedicated member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany since 1930. Eduard claimed that he reinstated his support for the political party after 1945. In this letter, Eduard wrote about the development of laws to provide the state increased control during emergencies. Also contains correspondence between the Sommer family and Friederich Joachim. Friederich Joachim adopted Ulrich Sommer as an adult and he lived in Germany. Records include letters, post cards, birth announcements, and a funeral invitation.
Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters describing Eduard and Elisabeth Höpken’s impending trip to Canada and letters discussing Ulrich Sommer’s adult adoption by a man named Friedrich Joachim who lived in Germany. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, floor plans, and a wedding invitation.
Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters interspersed with details about family life such as Ulrich Sommer and his wife Gisela Sommer’s immigration to Canada with their two children Cornelius Sommer and Angelika Sommer in 1954. Also contains letters confirming Ulrich and Gisela Sommer passed an exam designed for new Canadians that was established by the Government of Ontario’s Department of Education Information Branch. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, children’s drawings, pamphlets, hand-drawn floor plans, wallpaper samples, a cross-stitch sampler, and photographs of family members.
Correspondence primarily between members of the Höpken and Sommer families. Includes several candid letters from Eduard Höpken that describe his experiences during and after World War II as well as the political climate in Germany during the 1950s. Of special interest is a family newsletter written on January 6, 1971 by Eduard and his wife Elisabeth Höpken that provides biographical information about their children including Gisela Sommer and her husband Ulrich Sommer, Johann Höpken, Walter Höpken, Karl Höpken, Wilhelm Höpken, and Peter Höpken. Records include letters and postcards.
Snapshots, postcards and tourist information relating to Eschwege, Germany, home of the Roth family (Reichen Sachsen on the Werre, Hesse). Henrietta Charlotte Roth was the wife of Charles Andrew Ahrens.
Schneider family39 postcards, 1 pamphlet with views of locations in England.
Montgomery, Frances KathleenOne packet of 20 souvenir photographs of Montreal and six packets of souvenir postcards, including the Canadian Rockies, Lookout Mountain in Colorado, Washington D.C., Canadian National Exhibition and Chatham, Ont.
Schantz Russell FamilySeries consists of unused picture postcards retained by A.L. Breithaupt.
Breithaupt, Albert LiboriusEphemera and other material probably collected and kept by Jessie Gartshore Martin. Includes an invitation and program for a banquet in honour of Rev. William M. Martin; a ts./ms. list of people who contacted John and Jessie Martin upon Jamie's death; a postcard depicting a tank in Caen, France; a clipping of a photograph of John Alexander Martin; and other material.
Martin, John GartshoreFile consists of three picture postcards, col.
Breithaupt, Albert LiboriusOne photograph printed on a postcard of the Duke of Connaught reading a reply to Mayor William Daum Euler's address during his visit to Berlin, Ontario on May 9, 1914. This photograph was found with Hervey Bowman's belongings. The photograph was originally housed in an envelope, which is included in the file.
Schantz Russell FamilyPostcard of Courtland Avenue School, Berlin, Ontario.
Valentine & SonsSeries consists of 52 postcards received by A.L. Breithaupt and family.
Breithaupt, Albert LiboriusFile consists of thirteen pieces of correspondence from family members and others, including one from brother Ezra Carl, three postcards from brother John C. on European trip, seven letters and postcards from sister Melvina, some while on a European trip (letter July 4, 1888 describes "Turnfest"), one letter from S. Umbach from Naperville, Illinois where Albert went to school in 1888, and one postcard from an unidentified writer.
Breithaupt, Albert LiboriusFile consists of twenty-eight pieces of correspondence and ephemera sent as correspondence. Includes two postcards in German from brother Louis, letters from S.L. Umbach in Naperville, Illinois, John and Carrie in Cuba. Includes as well empty envelopes.
Breithaupt, Albert LiboriusFile consists of seventeen picture postcards and greeting postcards received by Louisa Breithaupt from family and friends. Includes a colour view of Zion Evangelical Church, Berlin, Ontario, dated 1908.
Breithaupt, Lydia LouisaFile consists of miscellaneous prose, postcards and photographs of sculptures and copies of artwork by Virgil Burnett.
Burnett, VirgilFile consists of 12 pieces of correspondence including portions of letters, and postcards which are part of multiple page correspondence.
Burnett, VirgilPostcard featuring photo of Frederick H. and Ella Schneider's home addressed to daughter Jean from her father, sent while she was in Rockcliffe, Ottawa in Royal Canadian Air Force (women's division).
Schneider familyFile consists of 147 pieces of correspondence (handwritten and typed originals) to Stan Johannesen from family, friends, academic colleagues, publishers, and other, including 27 original letters from Stan in reply. Includes greeting cards, postcards, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photographs and other memoranda. Also included in the file are:
There are also copies of the following essays and papers:
File consists of two postcards from Donald Innis from Miami Florida. One is addressed to Mary Quayle Innis and the other to Hugh Innis.
Innis familyFile consists of one postcard addressed to Dana Porter from Bill [?] featuring a photo of an Atomic Detonation in Nevada.
Porter, Dana HarrisFile consists of three postcards, two in German and one in English. One postcard is unsigned and postmarked Waterloo; one postcard is from Henry Wagner and postmarked Winnipeg & Moose Jaw; and one postcard is postmarked from Stratford, Ontario, written in English and is signed "Florence".
Breithaupt, Catharine HailerFile consists of one postcard in German, dated [November 11, 1908], signed "Harriet".
Breithaupt, Catharine HailerFile consists of 13 letters, some in German, one from an unidentified correspondent, one from Cath. Bates, two postcards and a letter from Henry Wagner, and a postcard and letter signed "Harriet". Letters in English consist of an invitation, a postcard, a letter from Mrs. A.H. Hellerone, one from the Burckleys, and one from granddaughter Laurine Catherine Augustine, writing from Racine, Wisconsin.
Breithaupt, Catharine HailerFile consists of six items of correspondence sent to Catherine Breithaupt: two postcards, undated, from Bremen and Venice and one letter in English, undated, from her daughter-in-law "Mattie", William Henry's wife. Also included is one postcard from Harriet in Sanger, California; a letter in German and a letter from son-in-law and daughter Albert and Caroline Augustine.
Breithaupt, Catharine HailerFile consists of four business postcards addressed to Louis Breithaupt, who died in 1880.
Breithaupt, Philip Ludwig (Louis)Twenty six postcards sent between Montgomery and her family while she was studying in Paris at the Sorbonne. Also includes one postcard sent to Kay Rex by her mother, and Montgomery's sister, Grace Montgomery Rex.
Montgomery, Frances KathleenTwenty-seven postcards featuring handwritten messages and drawings by constituents sent to Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament. The postcards document the opinions of constituents regarding co-operative housing and the potential transfer of operating agreements between housing co-ops and the federal government to the Ontario provincial government.
Telegdi, Andrew PeterReproduction postcard of "Confedspread" printed in Canada.
Ontario Institute for Studies in EducationTwo pieces of currency: a German hundred million mark note, a note for one million dollars in gold from "The Bank of the United States". File also includes postcards and clippings from The Rotarian.
Schneider, Norman ChristophPostcard featuring Church of the New Jerusalem building at the corner of King and Water St. in Kitchener.
Schneider, Norman ChristophFile consists of one picture postcard, b&w
Breithaupt, Albert Liborius