Snyder, Roos and Company, Upholsterers, Waterloo, Ontario
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Prints
- Description
- Print of a photograph of the first factory building of Snyder, Roos and Company, upholsterers, located on King Street, south of Erb Street.
- Notes
- Company began as Snyder, Roos Upholstering Company in 1885 on King Street just south of Erb Street. In 1903 the founders, Herbert M. Snyder and his brother Alfred H., and their two sisters and Henry W. Roos formed Snyder Brothers Upholstering Company Limited. Plant at 97-101 King Street South was opened in 1908. Snyder's purchased the Snider Furniture Company at 129 King Street south in 1916. In 1960 the plant was moved to Weber Street in Waterloo, this building was demolished and became part of the site of Waterloo Town Square. In 1966 James C. Snyder acquired the upholstering part of the company calling it James C. Snyder Limited with operations in Kitchener. This company closed in 2004.
- Date of Original
- [between 1885 and 1903]
- Date Of Event
- [between 1885 and 1903]
- Dimensions
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Width: 8 cm
Height: 5 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 8cm
Image Height: 5cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- P9
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.463316 Longitude: -80.522146
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:35 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 5E2
