Victoria Park, Berlin, Ontario
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Postcards
- Description
- Postcard of Victoria Park from the main road. A bust of Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany (1797-1888) can be seen in the background.
- Notes
- In 1894 a Board of Park Commissioners was established and land purchased which was improved and construction of a 5 acre lake in a creek took place. It was officially opened on August 27, 1896.
The bust of Kaiser Wilhelm I placed in the park in 1897, was thrown into the lake in Victoria Park in 1914 at the start of World War I. It was moved to the Concordia Club and in 1916 it was stolen and paraded through the streets of the city and finally disappeared while in the possession of a drunken mob.
Berlin was changed to Kitchener in 1916.
- Inscriptions
- Printed at top; "Victoria Park, Berlin, Ontario"
- Publisher
- James J. MacCallum, Kitchener, Ontario
- Date of Original
- [between 1897 and 1914]
- Date Of Event
- [between 1897 and 1914]
- 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
- PC82
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.447045 Longitude: -80.494364
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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
