Snyder, Roos and Company, Upholsterers, Waterloo, Ontario
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Horse-drawn Labour Day parade float for Snyder, Roos and Company upholsterers.
In driver's seat are John Krueger and L. Bunsch. Standing, left to right: Simon Snyder; Henry Roos; John Schultz; Emil Schlerholtz; A.H. Snyder. Seated on float: William Castorf; Max Lorenz; Allan Early; Roly Weber. Standing are William Friederich; Ely Fry; William Shelley - 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 129 King Street South was opened in 1908. Company renamed James C. Snyder Limited and operations moved to Kitchener in 1966. This building was demolished and the site became part of Waterloo Town Square.
See Kitchener-Waterloo Record, January 2, 1948, page 8. - Date of Original
- 1895
- Date Of Event
- 1895
- Dimensions
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Width: 18 cm
Height: 13 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 18cm
Image Height: 13cm
- Subject(s)
- Parades & processions
Parades
Snyder Brothers Upholstering Company Limited (Waterloo, Ont.)
Snyder, Alfred H.
Snyder, Simon
Snyder, Roos and Company (Waterloo, Ont.)
Labour Day Parade
Snyder, Herbert M.
Roos, Henry W.
Krueger, John
Bunsch, L.
Schultz, John
Schlerholtz, Emil
Castorf, William
Lorenz, Max
Early, Allan
Weber, Roly
Friederich, William
Fry, Ely
Shelley, William - Local identifier
- C-2-13; J 6X; J-12-5; Negative No. 088; Slide Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.46344 Longitude: -80.522114
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
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Agency street/mail address:35 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 5E2
