Cast of "Hearts and Blossoms", St. John's Lutheran Church

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Photographs

Description

Black and white group photograph of the cast of "Hearts and Blossoms", an operetta performed by the St. John's Young People's Choir. The men and women are posed in costume on the stage at Waterloo Town Hall.

Notes

St. John's Lutheran Church (1837-2018) in Waterloo, Ontario was a member of the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. The congregation was formed in 1837, and a modest church was built in uptown Waterloo, at the modern-day intersection of King and Bridgeport Streets. The congregation eventually outgrew the building, and in 1883 a new church was constructed on the same plot of land. On October 31, 1959, a devastating fire destroyed the church. The congregation chose to rebuild at 22 Willow Street in Waterloo, and the new church was dedicated on October 14, 1962.

In 2018, St. John's Lutheran Church merged with St. Mark's Lutheran Church and Reformation Lutheran Church to form Trillium Lutheran Church, a worship community of the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Trillium Lutheran Church is located in the former St. John’s Lutheran Church building at 22 Willow Street in Waterloo, Ontario.

Inscriptions

Reverse, in ink: Operetta, "Hearts and Blossoms", by St. John's Young People's Choir / in Waterloo Town Hall, 1930's / Directed by Mrs. Gus Schmidt (Choir Leader)

Date of Original

Between 1930 and 1940

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