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      In 1898 J. Letter and Son is listed as a contractor. The J. Letter and Son furniture store opened November 28, 1907, on what was later 38, now 40 King Street south, beside the railroad tracks. An attached undertaking business started a few months later on July 1, 1908. John's …

      Two cannons were loaned to the city in 1895 by A.R. Dickey, deputy-minister of Militia and Defence. They remain in the park today. See reverse for correspondence and postage stamp. Postmarked 1900.

      St. Louis congregation began in 1889 when Waterloo Catholics petitioned Reverend Louis Funcken of St. Mary's Church, Berlin (Kitchener) for a Catholic church in Waterloo. The church building was dedicated on January 6, 1891. In 1909, the church was struck by lightning and a fire broke out. This photo was …

      Plaque on front of building reads: "First School House in Waterloo, Built 1820". After 1842 building was moved to King Street West near where Kitchener Collegiate Institute and Grand River Hospital are now. The family of Levi and Margaret Carroll lived in it until Margaret's death in 1891. The Waterloo …

      Photo of the 1909 winners of the Seagram Cup for lawn bowling. Trophy on table at front and lawn bowling balls on floor at bottom. Left to right; Charles G. Moogk, Third; Ford S. Kumpf, Lead; Charles Boehm, Second; Edward F. Seagram, Skip.

      Photograph of several boys swimming in Silver Lake in Waterloo Park. Some are standing in front of and on the roof of a wooden structure. Some are dressed in swim suits and others in street dress.

      John Bruegeman was born in 1869 in Hanover, Ontario, owned a tailoring business in Waterloo from 1890 until shortly before his death in 1950. He was married to Sarah Anne Snyder and they had seven daughters, Vera, Adeen, Myrtle, Kathryn, Ruth (Kee), Lola (Cressman), and Margaret (Krueger).

      Names printed under the individual portraits.

      See also: II-3-8, 11, 17-22. Addison C. Moyer was a photographer in Waterloo between 1896 and his death in 1929.

      Annual Report for 1909 of the Waterloo Public Library.