File 22 - Kaufman Rubber Co. : parade float, street signs.

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Kaufman Rubber Co. : parade float, street signs.

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File

Reference code

SCA173-GA171-11-22

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Date(s)

  • [192-] (Photography)

Physical description area

Physical description

4 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Archival description area

Name of creator

(1907-2000)

Administrative history

Kaufman Footwear was founded as Kaufman Rubber Co. in Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener) in 1907 by Jacob Ratz Kaufman. The plant opened in 1908 with 350 employees and produced rubber footwear for both domestic and foreign markets. After Jacob Kaufman's ... »

Scope and content

Four snapshots of a truck bed decorated as a parade float advertising "Life Buoy"; two snapshots of a sign erected over King St. near the factory :"Welcome Home".

Notes area

Physical condition

Originally inserted in album.

Availability of other formats

Scanned as TIF files June 2024.

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