Postcards

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10 ansichten von Berlin.

File consists of a booklet of 10 black and white postcards [rotogravure prints?] containing views of Berlin.

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

118th Battalion trooping the colours.

One postcard identified by Norman C. Schneider as the 118th Battalion in Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ont., 1916. Also in this image is a photographer with camera and tripod, preparing to take a picture. This postcard was sent to Floss Ahrens in Kansas City by E. Maude Garner and is stamped and postmarked Kitchener, Oct. 16, 1916.

Schneider, Norman Christoph

1937 Royal visit.

Material relating to the 1937 Royal visit to Canada of Queen Elizabeth and King George VI. Includes two postcards and one photograph.

Bolender Ball Family

Ahrens, Henrietta Charlotte: birthplace in Germany.

Six photographs and one postcard from Anna Evers, Eschwege, Germany. One is a photograph of the birthplace of Henrietta Charlotte Roth, who married Charles Andrew Ahrens (2 copies). Her daughter Helena married J.M. Schneider. A postcard depicts the town of Eschwege and also included is an Evers family wedding photograph. Two snapshots of the Roth home show the plaque with the date 1835 and the name Carl Roth. Also included is a postcard of Reichensachsen, near Eschwege.

Schneider family

Albert Liborius Breithaupt fonds.

Fonds consists of material relating to the life and activities, both business and personal, of Albert L. Breithaupt from his 18th year on. Includes correspondence in German from his mother, Catharine Hailer Breithaupt. Includes correspondence, diaries, legal and financial documents, ephemera and photographs.

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

Album von Berlin.

File consists of a booklet containing 16 black and white postcards [rotogravure prints?] with views of Berlin.

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

Album von Leipzig.

File consists of a booklet of 12 photochrom prints as postcards containing views of Leipzig.

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

Alguire, Mabel to Dr. D.O. Alguire.

Postcard from Mabel Cameron Alguire to her grandfather Dr. D.O. Alguire, Cornwall, Ontario. The postcard is watercolour picture of a seashore, with boat, lighthouse, and rocks constructed from cut-up coloured postal stamps.

Sims family

Allendorf a Werra.

File consists of 17 separate picture postcards, b&w and col. of Allendorf a Werra, birthplace of Louis Breithaupt, d. 1880. Duplicates also present.

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

B.

Includes invitation to the Cook family reunion, correspondence about peafowl and other wild stock available, and a postcard showing Hialeah Park Race Track, Florida.

Sims family

Berlin.

File consists of a booklet containing 12 black and white postcards [rotogravure prints?] with views of Berlin.

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

Betty Forbes's photograph album pages.

Loose album pages containing photographs of the Forbes family and their friends including Betty Forbes, Peg Forbes, Evelyn Alice Foster Ferguson (nee Buck), Millicent Lyall Forbes, George Houlding, Marie Swan, Ruth Beynon, Caroline Spencer, Marion Hanneford, George Alexander Forbes, and many others. Several of the photographs feature scenes taken outside in Brantford and Hespeler, Ontario, King’s farm, family pets, and camping activities particularly at Camp Wapomeo in Algonquin Provincial Park. Also includes a postcard photograph of Taylor Statten, founder of Camp Ahmek in Algonquin Provincial Park.

Forbes, Betty

Betty Forbes's scrapbook.

A scrapbook containing press clippings, cards, postcards, telegrams, tickets, programs, report cards, certificates, a diploma, invitations, correspondence including notes of congratulations to Betty Forbes on her engagement to Bill Land, the birth certificates of Millicent Lyall Forbes and Betty Forbes, and other textual material. Also includes three watercolour paintings by Willie Winklemann and photographs of the Forbes family featuring Peg Forbes and Joe Wilson's wedding and other family events.

Forbes, Betty

Birthplace of Hon. Mackenzie King, Kitchener, Ont.

Postcard featuring photograph of Mackenzie King standing at the front of his childhood home. He is seen standing with right hand in suit pocket and left on the cope of a walking cane. Top of postcard reads: Birthplace of Hon. Mackenzie King, Kitchener, Ont.

Schneider family

Bowlby, Ward Hamilton : residence.

File consists of two snapshot photographs (on postcards) showing the residence of Ward Hamilton Bowlby. The home has been photographed from the street, during winter, and is partially obscured by trees and snow.

Clement Bowlby Family

Breithaupt children : postcards received.

File consists of twenty-four picture postcards and greeting postcards received by Albert and Louisa's children, other than Fred. They are addressed to Marie, Rudolph, Arthur and "Baby Anna." Includes "Typical Canadian Indians on parade," May 7, 1914.

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

Breithaupt, Albert : postcards received.

File consists of twenty-seven picture postcards received by A.L. Breithaupt between 1907 and 1920 from family and friends. Two of note: Hope Mission, Berlin Ont. and a card from Albert to Mrs. L.H. Wagner of A.L. Breithaupt's children in a sleigh, dated Feb. 1912.

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius : family.

File consists of photographs of the Albert Liborius Breithaupt family reproduced as postcards. Includes images of the children, playing outside and inside, as well as Breithaupt and larger family groups. Includes images of a horse and sleigh. Also includes one image of a large group of schoolgirls on a playing field, demonstrating physical training and surrounded by onlookers, Victoria School in the background. This is identified as Victoria Park, dated 1913.

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius : trips.

File consists of 22 photographs, possibly taken during a trip to the Pacific Coast, reproduced as postcards. These are largely unidentified, except for one labelled "Nipissing." Included are images of Indigenous people and a tepee, dwellings on the prairie[?], images of buildings and towns, mountains, and an unidentified harbour. Includes an additional six photographs not reproduced as postcards.

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

Breithaupt, Frederick Albert.

Accrual consists of correspondence, postcards, ephemera and photographs. The bulk of this accrual consists of 187 postcards received by Fred as a child, from his parents and grandmother Catharine, some written in German.

Breithaupt Hewetson Clark family

Breslau.

File consists of a booklet originally containing 10 black and white postcards [rotogravure prints?] with views of Breslau (Poland). Five postcards remain; one has been separated from the booklet.

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

Briefe von Annemarie Boden, Max Boden, Axel and Sibylle Boden, 1954 mit einige briefe von John und Gisela Sommer an Annemarie Boden.

Correspondence primarily between the Sommer family and the Boden family. The Boden family lived in Bonn, Germany and included Annemarie Boden, Max Boden, Axel Boden and Sibylle Boden. Of special interest are letters commenting on social and political matters such as issues of ethnicity, Quebec separatism, and World War II. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, press clippings, a funeral invitation, and photographs of a family home and the University of Bonn in Germany.

Briefwechsel mit Ilse Stein: 1954-1969.

  • SCA344-GA393-4
  • File
  • June 21, 1954-December 1, 1980, predominant 1954-1969
  • Part of Sommer family fonds.

Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family and Isle Stein. Isle Stein was a friend of the Sommer family and she lived in Germany. Records include letters, a postcard and photographs of Isle Stein, her family, and the Sommer family.

Briefwechsel mit Ilse Stein: 1970-1982.

Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family and Isle Stein. Isle Stein was a friend of the Sommer family and she lived in Germany. Includes letters that discuss Angelika Sommer’s impending divorce from her husband Uwe Schriever. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, and photographs of Christmas decorations.

Briefwechsel mit Ilse Stein: 1983.

Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family and Isle Stein. Includes letters indicating that Isle Stein moved from Essen, Germany to Reutlingen, Germany. Isle Stein was a friend of the Sommer family. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, and photographs of Christmas decorations, animals, buildings, and landscapes.

Canadian prairies.

File consists of three postcards, b&w and col. One, a view of Medicine Hat, Alta., appears to be a hand coloured photographic card, one is a b&w photograph labelled "Ranching, horse round-up in Alberta," The third is labeled "Reaping, Western Canada C.P.R."

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

Clippings and ephemera.

Two 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 Christoph

Co-operative housing.

Twenty-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 Peter

Correspondence.

File 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 Hailer

Correspondence.

File 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 Catherine Augustine.

Breithaupt, Catharine Hailer

Correspondence.

File 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 Hailer

Correspondence.

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 Kathleen

Correspondence : Bill.

File consists of one postcard addressed to Dana Porter from Bill [?] featuring a photo of an Atomic Detonation in Nevada.

Porter, Dana Harris

Correspondence 1973-2010 (file 1 of 4).

File 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:

  • ca.46 pages of notes (handwritten and typed originals) by Stan related to his works;
  • two books reviews by Stan;
  • four unattributed ink sketches with colour of furniture;
  • two unattributed sketches of the female form;
  • two unattributed poems;
  • promotional posters for Stan's book releases and book talks;
  • two editions of The Gazette newspaper;
  • Historical Reflections Summer 1975; and
  • other ephemera.

There are also copies of the following essays and papers:

  • "Material Shapes and Collective Memory: A Norwegian Pentecostal Congregation in Brooklyn";
  • "Holy Ghost";
  • "Republicanism as Piety: The Self and the Sacred in America";
  • "John Turnbull's Declaration of Independence: The Minimalist Society of the American Enlightenment";
  • "Dickinson's 'Farmer' in American Revolutionary Consciousness";
  • "Collective Perception and American Design: Large Case Furniture in the Chippendale Style"; and
  • a screenplay for "Sister Patsy".

Johannesen, S.K.

Correspondence received.

File 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 Liborius

Correspondence received.

File 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 Liborius

Correspondence received

File 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 Louisa

Duke of Connaught reading reply to Mayor William Daum Euler's address.

One 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 Family

Ephemera: postcards.

One 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 Family

Eschwege, Germany.

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 family

Familienbriefe: 1947-1957.

  • SCA344-GA393-2
  • File
  • June 16, 1946-December 2003, predominant 1947-1958
  • Part of Sommer family fonds.

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.

Familienbriefe: 1954-1958.

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.

Familienbriefe: 1958-1962.

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.

Familienbriefe: 1962-1966.

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.

Familienbriefe: 1967-1969.

  • SCA344-GA393-9
  • File
  • February 6, 1966-[January 8, 1970?], predominant 1967-1969
  • Part of Sommer family fonds.

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.

Familienbriefe: 1969-1971.

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.

Familienbriefe: 1971-1973.

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.

Familienbriefe: 1976-1978.

  • SCA344-GA393-14
  • File
  • [January 6, 1976?]-November 19, 1980, predominant 1976-1978
  • Part of Sommer family fonds.

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.

Familienbriefe: 1979-1980.

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.

Familienbriefe: 1983-1985.

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.

Familienbriefe: 1985-1987.

  • SCA344-GA393-19
  • File
  • November 22, 1979-June 8, 1996, predominant 1985-1987
  • Part of Sommer family fonds.

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.

Familienbriefe: 1988-1992.

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.

Familienbriefe: 1993-1999.

  • SCA344-GA393-21
  • File
  • [August 1977?]-[December 14, 1999?], predominant 1993-1999
  • Part of Sommer family fonds.

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.

Family Letters: 1952-2008.

Correspondence 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.

Gallery House Sol: correspondence, press clippings and related material.

  • SCA344-GA393-7
  • File
  • March 21, 1945-December 21, 1964, predominant 1959-1963
  • Part of Sommer family fonds.

Correspondence 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.

Georgian Bay.

File 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 Liborius

Germany.

File consists of 11 picture postcards, b&w and col. of Hanover, Hanstein, Karlsruhe, Mainz and Rudesheim.

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

Hyde Park demonstration.

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.

Japan.

File consists of seven cards, col., printed on the verso, probably used in North America for mission or church purposes.

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

K.

Correspondents 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.

Sims family

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