Waterloo Cenotaph
Description
- Creator
- Kitchener Waterloo Record, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Dedication ceremony of the Waterloo cenotaph on Erb Street. Left to right; Sgt. Lou Anderson, Mrs. A.J. Robinson, Mrs. Peter Hergott, James Martin, D.L. Burgess, Lt.-Col. J.A. Martin, Sgt. Bernard Baetz.
- Notes
- On June 15, 1933, a six foot high wooden cross dedicated to the Waterloo men who died in World War I was erected on the grounds of the Central School. In 1938, the bandshell donated by Joseph E. Seagram, which stood in front of the town hall at the corner of Albert and Erb streets, was moved to the Civic Park farther west on Erb Street. It was torn down in 1938, and at this time the wooden cross was moved to this vacated area, and the parcel of land became known as Memorial Park. In 1957, money was raised for the purchase and erection of an eighteen foot high granite cenotaph which replaced the wooden cross. In 1992, the cenotaph was moved near City Hall on Regina Street.
- Date of Original
- 3 November 1957
- Date Of Event
- 3 November 1957
- Dimensions
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Width: 13 cm
Height: 18 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 13cm
Image Height: 18cm
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Anderson, Lou ; Robinson, A.J. ; Hergott, Peter ; Martin, James ; Burgess, D.L. ; Martin, J.A. ; Baetz, Bernard
- Local identifier
- C-2-18; C-2-19 and LH Slides
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4668 Longitude: -80.51639
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- Copyright Statement
- Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Date
- 1957
- Copyright Holder
- Dana Porter Library, University of Waterloo
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
Website:
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