Richard Roschman House, Kitchener, Ontario
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Home belonging to Richard Roschman located at 385 King Street west, Kitchener.
- Notes
- Richard Roschman was born in 1848 in Germany and immigrated to Canada in 1870. The Roschman and Brother Button Company started in 1878 as Roschman and Bowman, by Richard Roschman and Daniel Bowman. In 1884 Richard's brother Rudolph became part owner and company name changed to Roschman and Brother. The factory was located at 25 Queen Street South (later Regina). Changes in the button industry led to the closing of the factory in the mid 1940s.
Brother Rudolph lived at 375 King street west.
1899 Vernon directory lists address as 179 King west, subsequent directories used 385. - Date of Original
- [ca. 1900]
- Date Of Event
- [ca. 1900]
- Dimensions
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Width: 13 cm
Height: 9 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 13cm
Image Height: 9cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- P121
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.456237 Longitude: -80.509658
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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:
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