Finding Aid
First accrual. – 1867-1975 – 1 folder of textual records. – 61 oversize items.
Box 1
F.1 Leaflets, pamphlets, trade cards and other smaller items
Amphi Motors Ltd., Toronto, Ont. re Amphicar, the car that swims, 1960s
Bank of Toronto, 1937; with images of the British Royal family
Bickle Fire Engines Ltd., Combination Chemical and Hose Truck in service in Point Edward. See also Hillcrest Motors
Blue Ribbon Tea Co. Ltd., Montreal, blank notebook distributed by Messrs Jackson & Sons, celluloid blotter, 1890s
Bricklin Vehicle Corp., Scottsdale, Arizona, 1975
Harmonica Distribution Corp. of America, New York, re Borrah Minevitch Harmonicas, 1934-5
Carhartt’s, “Railroad Time Book”, Detroit, 1941. Note: This pamphlet belonged to a man living in Gardenville, N.Y., who has filled out the tables.
Charles E. Frosst & Co., “Montreal, Ostoco Safety Book for Children by Dingbat”, 1960
Coca-Cola Bottling Company. “Our America: Oil is a Modern Necessity”, n.d.
Deering Harvester Company, Chicago, “An Explanation of the Union Jack”, n.d.
Dominion Organ and Piano Co., Bowmanville, Ont., distributed by George Rife & Son, Walkerton
Hillcrest Motors, Quebec, “Camion à combinaison for Eau Chimique et Boyaux”; photograph of a Niagara Falls fire truck.
Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, Mich., corn flakes box marked “ for display purposes only”, 1950s?
Laura Secord Candy Shops. “The History of Our Flag.” Coronation Year, 1937
Leggo &Co., leggotypers, Montreal, ca. 1875
Merchant’s Rubber Co., Berlin, Ont. n.d. but before 1916. Ribbon with rubber in the shape of boot attached
Peter Puppet Playthings Inc., Long Island City, N.Y., marionettes, 1952
Red and White Stores, distributed by H.J. Harrison, Fonthill and Welland, groceries, n.d.
Robinson Cartage and Storage Co., Orillia, Ont., n.d.; labels for fruit preserves
Robson Leather Company Limited, Oshawa, Ont., ca. 1935
St. Lawrence Starch Co. Ltd., Port Credit, Ont. re Ivorine Starch
Seitz & McEvenue Ltd., Insurance Brokers, Toronto, 1920
Sydney I. Robinson Fur Co., Fort William and Winnipeg, Nov. 1945 and Feb. 1946
Thomas Myers, Toronto, “Myers’ Royal Spice for Cattle”, endorsements from Sandringham Palace and Buffalo Bill. Distributed by William Donne, Newmarket, Ont.
Traders Bank of Canada, Ingersoll, blank notebook
W. Goldbloom Fur Store, Prince Rupert, B.C.; this store also sold slate and wood totem poles “made by Indians of this district”, n.d.
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., Toledo, Ohio re the Aero-Lark automobile, 1950s; two leaflets, one without a dealer’s identification.
OVERSIZE ITEMS
Calendars:
-Hamilton Automobile Club, calendars for 1947-1949
-James Dunlop Co. Ltd., Flour Feed and Grain, Hamilton, Ont. 1943, illustrated with artwork by Reylyea depicting a young girls with horses and a dog.
-John Tantardini, Guelph, Ont.; part of the Red and White chain, 1931, illustrated with a drawing of fruit
-Lake of the Woods Milling Company Ltd. 1937 calendar featuring Five Roses Flour; text is in French, illustrated with artwork by Frank Downey, “Frontenac en route à Cataraqui”
Display cards (meant to be stood in stores – those have fold out supports – or placed in windows):
-Eaton’s. “Give Our Best to the Chief. Father’s Day, Sunday, June 16”, features a father with a headdress of ties.
-Canadian Shredded Wheat Co. Ltd.; “The Home of Shredded Wheat Niagara Falls”; “The Vitally Different Food”, with illustrations of the Falls and the factory.
-Central Motor Company Ltd., 67 High St. West, “for Economical Transportation Chevrolet”, 1930s
-Cott Corporation, “Won’t you join me? Cott Quality Beverages”, features young woman in a bikini, 1950s.
-Imperial Oil Ltd., Toronto. “Cluny Mario, calved Mar. 26, 1934”. Stall display card,hand-lettered and painted, presumably for the Royal Winter Fair.
-Kinney Bros., Sweet Caporal cigarettes, features young woman in a two-piece bathing suit, 1940s
-Life Savers Ltd. “Everybody’s doing it .. chewing it! Life Savers Spearmint Chewing Gum”, n.d. Note: Life Savers are hard candies, nothing could be found on this company ever producing gum.
-Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., Granger Pipe Tobacco, features Jimmy Wilson, Manager of the Chicago Cubs smoking a pipe. ca. 1941-1944
-Parke-Davis & Co., London W.1, shaving cream, features army, air force, and navy uniformed men, 1940s
-Stanfield’s Ltd., underwear, 1940s, features two men wearing long underwear
-Trans Canada Air Lines. “Use Air mail for speed”; has drawing of a TCA plane. 1964 or earlier
-Waterman Pen Company, “Smart people know … the smartest gift’s [sic] a Waterman’s”, features a mother and daughter looking a pens at Christmas time. The card was lithographed in Canada.
-Winnipeg Free Press: “Imperial Conference Now in Session in London; read Grant Dexter’s Illuminating Despatches”. Note: The last Imperial Conference was held in 1937. “Has Germany Gone Mad? Read ‘The Truth about Hitler’”
Posters:
-Michael Asselstine, “Upper Canada Spinning and Carding Mill”, Mill Creek, Dundas county, 21 March 1867
-R. Barkley, Morrisburgh, Canada West. “Oxen for Sale!” for lumbering for farming. N.d. but 1841 to 1867
-John Chrysler, Wholesale & Retail. “Onondaga Salt” for sale at Spencer’s Wharf, Morrisburgh, Canada West. N.d. but 1841 to 1867.
-T.H. Estabrooks, St. John N.B. “Red Rose Tea Is Good Tea”, illustrated with roses and a mill pond scene. 1890s
-Libby’s. “Libby’s Comes Only from Hawaii”, re pineapple chunks and crushed pineapple. Features scenes from Hawaii.
-William Rennie Co. “Rennie’s Seeds are fresh, every package is dated”, illustrated with drawings of flowers and vegetables
-Wynola Corp. Ltd. Toronto, “Drink Wynola, Good Anytime”
Other:
-Eaton’s. Newspaper inserts, mainly 1969, the company’s centennial year. Twenty-six are printed on newsprint, in col. & b&w, for Ontario stores. In addition to ads for products, there is a Santa Claus Parade and Christmas inserts. Nine, all b&w, are printed on glossy paper. One has the Globe, Wed. 15 May printed on it.
-Montreal Cotton Co., Valleyfield, P.Q., fabric sample illustrating the factory
-Simpson’s Department Store, press proof from the Toronto Evening Telegram, 12 Dec. 1934
-Simpson’s Department Store, proof for children’s toys, [1938]
Second accrual. [186-?]-1971. – 63 cm of textual records and graphic material. – 93 oversize items.
Box 1
F.2 One-sheet items: “Klaas Tilly inventor [of the] … the remedy”; Maxwell House Coffee; White Rose coffee spoons available from dealers in Greater Toronto; “The Reliable Family Medicine. Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pills” available from W.H. Comstock Co. Ltd., Brockville, Ont.
F.3 Small paper items and cards: McCormick machines; Page Wire Fence Co. Ltd., Walkerville; Orillia Hardware Co. Ltd. – C.C.M. bikes; Rice Lake Furco., Toronto; Steele, Briggs Seed Co. Ltd., Toronto; Chas. Stevens, Hard Wood Ashes, Napanee, Ont., 1893; the 1900 Washer Co., Toronto; Saragen’s Head Family & Commercial Hotel (British); Derby Dry Ginger Ale, Jockey Club Brewery, Guelph, Ont.; T. Eaton Co. floor polishing brush and wax, 1928; T. Eaton Co. Ltd., crib, spring and mattress, 1925; Canadian Chewing Gum Co., Toronto, chiclets; America Dry Ginger Ale, KIK Beverages, Halifax, N.S.; Straiton & Storm’s pinnacle cigars illustrated with Mr. F. Federici as “The Mikado” on the front; British Woolen Mills, Owen, Sound, Ont., 1951; L.D. Sawyer & Co., Hamilton, Ont., engines, illustrated “A Portage in Muskoka”; Alfred J. Cammeyer, New York, illustrated price list for sporting shoes
F.4 Leaflets (1-4 pp in length): “Brant-Ford Chain Drive Ton-Unit for Ford Cars” – manufactured solely by R.O. Cumback, Brantford, Ont.; “Olson Extension for the Ford Truck” – manufactured by Swedish Crucible Steel Co., Windsor, Ont.; “Christmas Gifts … Walker Stores, Limited … Toronto; “Super Maple Leaf presents this dated events World War Map … Maple Leaf Super Anti-Freeze … Canadian Industrial Alcohol Company Limited”, 1942; Eaton’s, spring and summer 1935; Gaylord Telephone Co., Chicago , Ill., 1878; “The Coach and Sedan … Oldsmobile, Oshawa, Ont.
F.5 Pamphlets (5 pp. or longer): “Hudson’s Bay ‘Point’ Blankets”; “The Hand of the Potter Commemorating the Bicentenary of the Birth of Josiah Spode” Copeland & Duncan Ltd,. Toronto, “Text Book of Atkins Sterling Quality Saws”, Shurly-Dietrich-Atkins Co. Ltd., Galt Canada; “Flower Bulbs and Their Culture”, J.A. Simmers, Toronto; “Engins a Gazoline”, P.T. Legaré Limitée, Montreal; Dominion Truck Equipment Ltd., Kitchener, Ont., pages that used to be in a binder
F.6 Periodical: Fisher’s Machinery and Supply List, vol. 2, no .10 (October 1920): A.M. Fisher Publishing Co., Toronto
F.7 Postcards: 8 b&w postcards of Simpson’s Toronto Store with case titled “Souvenir of Simpson’s and Toronto the Queen City”
F.8 Photographs: 4 b& w photographs of Good Year Tires, Crosley Radios, Rolex watches. These four photographs appear to have come out of the same binder; one is stamped Rapid Grip and Batten Limited, Toronto. One b&w photograph of “White Rose salesmen’s Topnotchers Sales Progress Club”, 1949
F.9 Cloth Doll: Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Cloth Doll, with mailing envelope, 1948
F.10 Recipes: Grape-Nuts, Canadian Postum Co. Ltd., Toronto
F.11 Display card: “Belle Ewart Ice” (needs repair)
F.12 Display card: “Dingman’s Soap Sweeps the World”, electric soap, card is shaped like a broom, Toronto
F.13 Paper Hat: Nasmith’s Peter Pan Bread
F.14 Bookmark: Leonard Bros. Fish Dealers, Montreal; contains a calendar for 1902, plasticized
F.15 Correspondence: John Watson Manufacturing Co., Ayr, Ontario, 1956, with enclosure; Geo. W. Stout, Studebaker, Hamilton, Ont., 1915
F.16 Mailing envelope: Bankers’ and Manufacturers’ Liquidation Sale, Fall and Winter Catalogue, 1932-33, Regina, Sask.
Small Signs (with sticks):
F.17 Borden’s Milk Co. Ltd., Montreal; col. image of bucolic scene
F.18 “Nearly All In” – image of two cats in a hat; Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co. Ltd., London, Ont.
F.19 “Buy Only the New Williams Machine”, Williams Mfg. Co., Montreal, sewing machines; image of men fishing
Artwork
Box 2
- Men’s clothing collection: Five items, all on Whatman Drawing Board. Pencil sketches filled in with water-colours. Four of men in suits. There is also one drawing of the heads of young boys presumably for a different advertising campaign. They are grouped together here because they are all on Whatman boards.
- National Employment Office Jobs campaign in Toronto, 1965. Four items, all on Hi-Art Boards. Three pencil sketches with pasted up text. One charcoal pencil, pen and ink drawing of a building
Reaching goals campaign, 1953. Seven items. Drawings done in tempera, cut and pasted onto Banbridge Board. Not all items are pasted onto boards.
- Studebaker. One pencil sketch, “Low cost sells Studebaker to Value Wise America.”
- Young woman baking. Pencil sketch partly filled in with water-colour
- Notice that Archie the comic strip will be appearing in the London Free Press. Artist: Eric Charles Bradford, 20 January 1955. On H-Art Board. Tempera.
-Crane’s Fine Paper. Signed on verso: Pierre Langelier, Valentine Studio, no. 36, 1939. On Hi-Art Studio Board Brushed on india ink. (Needs repair)
Laura Second:
- Children’s labels, colour book, December 1928; various proofs with layers of colour added for “Wholesome Sweets for Children”
- Candyteria wrapper, black and colour book, November 1933; various proofs with layers of b&w and colour added
- “Blottes”, Oct. 30, 1946; written backwards on the images is “postcard” and the date “Aug. /46”
- Candy Box Covers; various proofs with layers of colour added “Wholesome Sweets for Children”; n.d. but using the same slogan as the 1928 material
- Buffalo Fertilizer Co. “Ideal Wheat & Corn”; gouache and ink portrait of a young woman with flowers – wheat & corn plants are in the background. Her arm is on a bag of the product. Pasted on the verso is a printed tag: “Sketch from the Art Dept. of Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul & Toronto”.
OVERSIZE MATERIALS
Calendars
Large calendars:
Note: Some calendar have metal strips on their tops and bottoms. Some are on card stock. Banks have been grouped together.
Banks:
- Bank of Nova Scotia, 1954; painting of Girl Guides by A. Sheriff Scott.
- Bank of Nova Scotia, 1955; painting titled “Royal Canadian Sea Cadets in Training”, by H.J. Simpkins
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 1963; painting by Yen Chin of Chang Kuo-Lao
- Merchants Bank of Canada, 1900 and the first four months of 1901; drawing of the head office in Montreal
- Royal Bank of Canada, 1941; paintings by A. Sheriff Scott illustrate each month
- Hudson’s Bay Company, December 1941; painting titled “John Rowand Halts the Blackfoot Charge” by Henry Simpkins
- John Labatt Limitée, Montreal, 1947 and 1948; painting by W. Book; text is in French
- Lannin’s Garage, Winchester, Ont. and Chesterville, Ont.; Feb.-Dec. 1940; painting titled “The Old-Time Country Doctor” by J.D. Kelly and A.H. Hider. This calendar is advertising a Ford Motor Car; the painting depicts a horse and buggy.
- Old Chum Tobacco, Aug.-Dec. 1942; painting titled “Pioneers” depicts two men with pipes – through the window H.M.S. Victory can be seen. On the verso are some notes from “The Institute Program” including clothing, food, home crafts and housing.
- Ottawa Paint Works Ltd. (O.P.W.), 1938; painting of “Champlain Building a Wall on the Island of Montreal”, by A. Sherriff Scott
- Ottawa Paint Works Ltd. (O.P.W.), Dec. 1942; painting titled “Canada’s Victory Torch Ceremony at Ottawa, also two inserts of the torch in London with Churchill. Medlyns Hardware, St. Thomas, Ont.
- People’s Gas Supply Co. Ltd., 1960; Ottawa, Cornwall, Brockville and Pembroke, all in Ontario; painting of a Goldeneye duck
- Robertson, Stark & Holland Ltd., Toronto, Oct.-Dec. 1952; bird painting by Herb Chidley, col. photograph by Robert P. Holland
- Rock City Tobacco Ltd., 1922; Master Mason Cut Plug tobacco
- Rolph Clark Stone, Lithographers and Color Printers, Nov. 1940; “Simplicity” engraving
- Rolph Clark Stone, Lithographers and Printers, 1949; “York from Gibraltar Point”, drawn by J. Gray. York is now Toronto.
Smaller calendars:
- J. Bruce Payne, Ltd., Pharaoh Cigars, Granby, Que.; display card allowing the user to set the day and month; with b&w photograph of a woman in and oval frame
- Frank Hawkins Grocery, 1934; painting of rapids; Kellogg’s cereals
- General Accident Assurance Company, Toronto, 1926; drawings and cartoons illustrate each month; on the verso is text about “When Accidents Occur”. This calendar is water-damaged and in fragile condition.
-Howard Smith Paper Mills Ltd., Montreal, 1930; paintings of birds by Major Allan Brooks illustrate each month; ends April 1931
-Howard Smith Paper Mills Ltd., Montreal, 1932; drawings and etching of dogs by Morgan Dennis illustrate each month; ends April 1933
- Producers Dairy, [Ottawa], 1940; daily order forms are attached
- Scott Mission, Toronto, 1959
- St. Remy Motor Service Ltd., Kingston, Ontario 1948; illustrated with a wedding photograph of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh
- Toronto Humane Society calendars for 1927, 1939 and 1942, illustrated with photographs of wild animals (1927), pets (1939) and animals in war (1942). The month of February is missing from the 1942 calendar. The 1927 calendar has information on the animals printed on the verso.
- Watkins, 80th Anniversary, 1948, Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver; illustrated with a painting of a stage coach under siege. Calendar includes a list of the many household products sold.
- Watkins, December 1960; illustrated with a painting of a family on a merry-go-round. . Calendar includes a list of the many household products sold. Stamped “E.D. Kruger, R.R.3, Caledon”
Posters
- Brading’s Breweries Limited: “Brading’s Beerdrinker’s Map, a Guide to Good Times in Ontario”
- Bull-Durrant Limited, Oshawa, Ont.: “The Bull Shock Absorber for All Cars”, the verso is covered in penciled notes. List of cars includes the McLaughlin.
- D.C. Co. Ltd.: “Dominion Shot Shells for Field and Trap Shooting, Dominion Metallics for Game and Target Shooting”, Canada, 1915. Illustrated with two bullets and the letter “D”.
- Dominion Rubber Company, Canadian Rubber Company of Montreal Limited, Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. Ltd.: “Claques Jacques Cartier”; illustrated with a portrait of Jacques Cartier on a ship
- Kellogg’s: “Start the Day Right! Kellogg’s All-Bran … for Constipation”. This poster is shaped like a circle; illustrated with a young woman holding a bran muffin – also a maple leaf where the price was to be written
- McCormick-Deering Line, Hamilton, Ont.: Farm machines; copyright International Harvester Co. of Canada Ltd. Illustrated with a young woman picking cherries; farm machinery is barely seen in the background
- Northern Wine Company, Limited, Edmonton, Alberta: “$50,000, we are forced to sacrifice”; Liquor sale price list, ca. 1920
- Oxford County Clerk’s Office. Call for tenders for supplies for the gaol (jail), Woodstock, Ont. 4 Nov. 1912
- Pugsley, Dingman & Co., Toronto, Ont., makers of Dingman’s Electric Soap. “Kitty’s Bath” depicts a young girl giving her kitten a bath using Dingman’s Soap. Printed by Toronto Lithograph Co., “entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year 1886 [written in full] by Messrs. Pugsly, Dingman & Co. Toronto, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture.”
- Rennie Seeds. “Rennie’s Seeds Are Fresh . Every Package Is Dated”. Illustrated with flowers.
- Robin Hood Flour Mills Ltd. “Robin Hood Flour Present ‘On Parade’ featuring the Band of H.M. Canadian Grenadier Guards, Coast to Coast Thursday Evening C.B.C. Network”; illustrated by the Guards marching band
- Samuel Rogers Oil Co., Ottawa: Streetscape of Ottawa, includes Rogers sign. Artwork by W.H. Sadd. [1894?]. Condition is fragile.
- Shamrock Smoking Tobacco: “Good Luck”; illustrated with a couple in green looking for four-leaf clover. (Needs repair)
- Stanley Rule and Level Co., New Britain, Conn.: “Woodworker’s Companion”; illustrated with an image of the factory and carpenters’ tools made by the company
- W. Bell & Co’s: “Prize Medal Organs, Guelph, Ont. for sale by A.J. James, Enfield”; illustrated with a drawing of an organ
- W.R. Webster & Co., Sherbrooke: “Smoke the Famous Cigar”, El Presidente Cigar; illustrated with gold medals, crests, flowers, and ribbon
Peel and Stick Posters for Vehicles
Bell Telephone Company of Canada: Eleven posters, all concerning Bell products. Instruction on the back indicate where on the vehicles the posters should be placed
Display cards (heavy and lighter card stock; some with stands
- Bayer: “Flavoured Children’s Size Aspirin”; image of young boy and girl
- CJBC: “Hear Them Tuesdays, CJBC 1010 Key Station of the Dominion Network CBC Radio Canada”; printed photographs of Clary Settell, Ronald Colman, Sir Ernest MacMillan, Rob Hope, 1944
- Cadbury, Bournville, England” “Cadbury’s Chocolates”; image of young woman dressed in 1920s style with the product
- Cadbury: “Whole Nut Milk Bars”; image of product
- Coca-Cola: “Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox”; image of the rabbit on a horse
- Foley Bros., Larson & Co., Winnipeg: “Foley’s Superb Chocolates & Bon Bons”; image of young woman with a hat of maple leaves
- “Grapette Soda: “Thirsty or Not”; image of Grapette Girl with dog, Pearl Frush
- “Green Spot, Made from Ripe Fruit, Orange-ade”; image of young woman with the product
- Johann Faber: “‘Apollo’, Finest Drawing Pencil in 15 Degrees”; image of the Greek God Apollo
- Kayo: “Buvez Kayo, le breuvage au chocolate chaud [drink Kayo, the hot chocolate drink]; image of Kayo from “Moon Mullens”, ca 1940s
Kellogg’s:
- “Servez-vous vous-même” [help yourself]; image of little girl Rice Krispies
- “Délicieuses avec des fruits”; image of fruit
Kodak:
- “Kodaks as low as $5.00”; image of mother and daughter skating
- “Get Good Snaps with a Kodak Camera or a Brownie Camera; images of both cameras
- Moirs: “From Sunrise to Sunrise Chocolates”; image of Middle Eastern man on horseback, signed Z. Tomasso
- Moirs: “Moirs Chocolates Halifax”; image of young woman with the product
- Neilson’s: “Nuts & Hard Centres”
- Old Chum: “Fragrant … Satisfying … Canada’s Favourite Tobacco”; images of a fish, a pipe, and a man fishing
- Ovaltine: “Drink Delicious Ovaltine”, image of farm woman, carrying a milking stool and a tin of the product
- Robin Hood Oats: “Canada’s Favourite Breakfast; image of little girl with doll
- “Smiles ’n Chuckes Candies”; image of beach scene
- Toronto Sun (newspaper): “Now Available Weekends; text only, 1971 or later
- Wrigley’s: “Ride Refreshed Work Refreshed”; image of two men, transportation vehicles, a factory, and a pack of the chewing gum
- Wynola: “Good Any Time”, image of stacked Wynola bottles; “Your Daily Double”, image of young woman pouring a glass of soda – double sided card, ca. 1930s
- Wm Lech U Sons, 413 George Street, Peterborough, manufacturers of fine furs: Hand-lettered one of a kind card with 4 images of women in coats and one of a leopard from American Fashion Co. N.Y.
Unknown display cards:
- “Flavor Mellowed in Wood 4 Years”; only part of the display; information on name of product not available
- “Succulent”; in two pieces; image of a young woman with fruit and cereal, probably Kellogg’s
Metal Signs
- [Cadbury]. “Ask for Sweet Marie”; illustrated with the silhouette of a young man wearing a hat. St. Thomas Metal Signs, Ltd., St. Thomas, Ont. Sign is dented.
- Railway Assurance Passengers Company, Toronto, Ont. The Oldest Accident Office in the World; Accident Insurance all Kinds”. Text only. Part of the sign is damaged.
- Steel Company of Canada, Ltd., Hamilton, Ont. “Bundling Table, Stelcoat, … Galvanized Sheets.” Contains table listing different weights and thicknesses available.
Other oversize items
- G. E. Barbour Co. Ltd., Saint John, N.B.: Two sheets of printed labels for “King Cole Tea” – one is colour, the other b&w.
- Bellville, Ont., various businesses of: Printed sheet contains maps of the townships of Huntingdon and Hungerford surrounded by small ads for Belleville businesses. Printed by Roberts & Reinhold, Montreal [1860s or 1870s? – gold was discovered in Madoc in 1866]
- Coca-Cola Co. of Canada Ltd.: Board Game, “Steps to Health”, 1934; currently framed in glass which cannot be removed. The board display looks completely different from the 1938 game. Includes slogan: “Made in Canada for Over 28 Years” printed on a maple leaf
- Coca-Cola Co. of Canada Ltd.: Board Game, “Steps to Health”, 1938, based on the Malden Health Series; includes a message “To the Children of Canada”
- J.S. Fry & Sons, Bristol and Montreal: Paper shopping bag with printed information on chocolate bars and baking chocolate
- General Foods: Grape-Nuts cereal. “Authorized Map of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition” with an accompanying note, 1934
Kellogg’s
- “Colourful Cloth Dolls” includes Dinkey the Dog, Crinkle the Cat, and Freckles the Frog. The original set as issued by Kellogg’s also included Dandy the Duck. The patterns are printed on cloth and have not been cut. 1935.
- 3-D face masks, printed on paper, both sides. One is a pirate, the other a pig. Advertising Corn Flakes and Rice Krispies
- S.S. Bremen steamship model printed on paper; parts 2 and 11 are missing. Lithographed in Canada
- “Howie Wing Moving Picture Machine”, 2 models printed on paper and card stock, with reel 1 for use in the machine, printed in English on paper. One is in English (card stock), the other in French (paper). Lithographed in Canada
- Corn Flakes, oversize display box
- Metropolitan Bank, Toronto, Ont.: This is a leaflet for the Guelph, Ont. branch; it contains a map of the county of Wellington. The leaflet has been flattened and encased.
- Quaker Oats Company, Peterborough, Ont.: “Jake’s Glider” – a wooden kit to make a flying gilder toy. With envelope and mailing box
Third accrual (48-2011). – 1877-1991. – 20 cm of textual records and graphic material. – 13 oversize items. – 3 photographs.
Box 1
F.20 Almanacs
- T. Milburn and Co., Toronto, “Burdock Blood Bitters Almanac”, 1895. The back cover contains a printed message from J.A.Loucks, Campbellford, Ont.
- Wells, Richardson and Co, Montreal, “The Diamond Dye Almanac”, 1885. The front cover has an image of Queen Victoria; the back cover is stamped “G.G. Eakins, Chemist and Druggist, Campbellford, Ont.”
- Henry, Johnson and Lord, Burlington, Vermont and Montreal, Quebec, “The Household Almanac”, 1888. The col. cover illustration is of Cedar Beach near Burlington, Vt.; the back cover is stamped “P.D. Goldsmith, druggist, Campbellford.”
Calendars
F.21 Monthly calendars printed on card stock (blotters):
- Canada Printing Ink Co. Ltd., Winnipeg: four items, February, March, May, June 1943
- W.L. Donnelly, Electrical Supplies, Ottawa, April 1921
- A.S. Kennedy, Toronto, November 1947
- Robin Hood Mills, Montreal, Toronto, Moose Jaw, Calgary, Saskatoon: three items, May 1931; April 1932; May 1932
F.22 Dominion Bank, Toronto, Ont., June-December 1948. Small desk calendar
F.23 Exclusive Fish Market, Fort William, Ont., 1923; illustrated with printed image of two fishermen in a stream
F.24 Masco Company Ltd., Toronto, Ont; 2 leaves (June and July) from 1918; three leaves (March, June, October) from 1920
F.25 Stone Church, Davenport at Bay, and CKEY, Good News Broadcast every Sunday, 1946; illustrated with an image of Pastor H.J. McAlister as well as members of the congregation in the CKEY studio.
Note: Larger calendars are unboxed.
Cards (small printed card stock)
F.26
- Athlete Straight Cut Cigarettes; col. image of cricket
- Barrett, Seguin & Co., Toronto, Ont., “Trading Department Jasper Porcupine” mines, 11 May 1946
- Brigdens Ltd., Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Artists, Photographers, Engravers, Printers, “The Right Angle”, tips for firms both exhibiting and not exhibiting at the C.N.E.
- Coca-Cola Ltd., “Coke knows no season”; col. image of two skiers in winter
- Canadian Bank of Commerce
- G.R. Carmichael, Kenora, Ont., insurance
- Smith Transport Ltd., Toronto, Ont.
- Trudeau Motors Ltd., Belleville, Ont.
F.27 Canada Printing Ink Co. Ltd., Toronto, Ontario; 13 items printed on card stock, one is dated 1925; various images including birds. Three cards with addresses in Montreal and Winnipeg in addition to Toronto. One card with a Montreal address. Four cards with a Winnipeg address.
Games
F.28 Nabisco Shredded Wheat: Sound-Jet Space-Ship Glider: 3 cards, instructions, motor, glider; the latter two can be punched out of the cards
Post cards
F.29
- Anthony Fence, Walkerville, Ont.
- Canadian Department Stores, Ottawa, Ont.; B&w image of the store
- Dodge Dart, 1961; col. image of Lawrence Welk with the automobile
- Lipton’s Teas Coffees; illustrated with col. drawings of plants
- Selkirk Fence Co., Hamilton, Ont., pmk., Feb. 1908
Restaurant Menus
F.30
- Denny’s, “Grand Slam Menu”, double sided, 1991
- Olympia Restaurant, Owen Sound, Ont., [1950s?]
Leaflets, pamphlets, tear-sheets and other printed items
F.31 Beatty Bros Ltd., Electric Washer, cover col. illustration of a woman with an electric washer, The back cover notes that the company has been in business for over 53 years. Although it has been dated by hand in pencil 1921; the correct date is ca. 1927. Stamped “A.J. Desand, St. Catharines” Ont.
F.32 Bentley Sporting Goods Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ont. In addition to products sold, it contains badminton and tennis rules. Stamped “Robertsham Book Store, Oshawa”, Ont., [ca. 1932]. The bottoms of some of the pages have been cut off.
F.33 Birks Jewellers, Toronto, leaflet containing facts on the Hope Diamond, Dudley Necklace and the Star of the East, as well as the new 1950 designs.
F.34 T.E. Bissell Company Ltd., Elora, Ont., “‘The King of the Disk Harrows’, The Bissell”
F.35 Boyle’s Drug Store, Brampton, Ont., “Children’s Pictures, Monthly Snapshot Contest”, 1936
F.36 Bradley-Garretson Co. Ltd., Brantford, Ont., “Farmer Harding’s Peculiar Predicament”, solved by the “Every-Ready” tool kit
Note: Box 2 contains oversize items from the first accrual.
Box 3
F.1 The Canada Life, Canada’s Oldest Life Assurance Company, “A Cavalcade of Canadian Events”, illustrated by Tom McLean, n.d.
F.2 Climax Baler Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Ont., 1 leaf re No. 124 Climax Electric Baler
F.3 Consumers Lumber Company Limited, Hamilton, Ont., two cards each one with a cartoon by Lou Skuce, [1930s?]
F.4 Copp, Clark Co. Ltd., Toronto, Ont., “America’s Best School Slates”
F.5 Colonial Motor Club Ltd., Toronto, [192-]
F.6 Dominion Soap Company, Hamilton, Ont. Letterhead created by Duncan Litho. Co. Ltd., Hamiton. Original artwork (text differs from finished product); Duncan interoffice envelope stamped 26 Mar 1908; circular letter using the letterhead to announce the firm will be the sole manufacturer and distributor for Andrew Jergens Co. The circular letter is on a sheet of paper folded in quarters; the remaining three contain the new letterhead only.
F.7 Dundas Drug. Co., Dundas, Ont., “Hard Nuts to Crack. Fifty Famous Puzzles”, complied by Prof. Wagner Haxton (Toronto: Specialty Co., 1897)
Eaton’s:
F.8 T. Eaton Co. Ltd., Montreal; two printed col. Christmas cards with messages in French from “Père Noël”; one contains cut-outs of Santa Claus, his sleigh, reindeer, sack, and gifts; the other has Santa Claus as well as a variety of nursery rhyme characters. One card is dated in ink 1930.
F.9 T. Eaton Co. Ltd., Canada, “Eaton’s Toyland, 1954”, includes sample b&w photograph of Santa with young girl, information on pricing and ordering.
F.10 T. Eaton Co. Ltd., Toronto, “Modern Wall Decorations”, col. illustrations, [192-]
F.11 Fisher Motor Co. Ltd., Orillia, Ont., manufacturers of automotive equipment and counter display cases; col. illustrations of a variety of cases, [ca.1916-1929]
F.12 E.W. Gillett Co. Ltd., Toronto, makers of Magic Baking Powder, “Frank in Fairyland”, 1926; image of the factory on the back cover
F.13 Hobbs Mfg. Co. Ltd., London, Ont., mailing card re its radio programme containing a b&w image of the “Hobbs Glass Melody Boys”, 1929
F.14 James Texts, Belleville, Ont., illustrations of fountain pens and pencils, 1931-1932
F.15 Kellogg Co. of Canada Ltd., London, Ont., “Mother Goose as told by Kellogg’s Singing Lady with pictures by Vernon Grant”, 1934
F.16 City of Kingston [Ont.] Business Directory, 1887
F.17 Kroehler Mfg. Co. Ltd., Stratford, Ont., “The Care of Upholstered Furniture”
F.18 Lamarre & Co. Ltd., St. Remi, Quebec, stove and heaters, blank blotter
F.19 Lou Skuce Studios, Toronto, “Lou Skuce Comic Jigaw Puzzles”. The cover, “Comic Jig-saw Puzzle”, has a Skuce cartoon featuring “Gold Metal Tea & Coffee” and “Red & White Tea & Coffee”; inside is a puzzle, “Monkey Business”
F.20 Hugh McKay & Co., St. Stephen, New Brunswick, “Royal Gift Soiree”, list of gift amounts, 28 Feb. 1879 (lottery)
F.21 McLary Mfg. Co., London, Ont., “‘Sunshine’ Furnace”
F.22 Renfrew Machinery Co. Ltd., Renfrew, Ont., illustration of the Renfrew Acorn stove
F.23 Robert Dean, Montreal and Toronto, “First Prize Trunk” [188-]
F.24 Rolland, “Paper Samples”; folder containing paper of different colours for use in business letters. The paper samples have a variety of different letterheads with a connection to Canada, e.g. Vancouver, B.C. and Hamilton, Ont. The folder is made from “‘Rolland de Luxe”, India. [193-]
F.25 Seaman Kent Co. Ltd., Toronto, Ont., “Se-Ke and the Beaver”, Beaver brand hardwood floors; family stamped on the front cover is “Arthur A. Sills, Hardwood Floors, Belleville, Ont.” [1920]
F.26 A. Schoenhut Co., Philadelphia, manufacturers of toys and novelties, toy piano instruction pamphlet with some printed sheet music; other items such as dolls are featured near the end; only half of the back cover remains.
F.27 Sharples Separator Co., West Chester, Pa., Sharples Salesman, 7 no. 9 (Sept. 1913).
F.28 Sherindale Farms, Woodbridge, Ont., breeders of chickens, order form. 1948
F.29 Swift Canadian Co. Ltd., Toronto, Ont., “Eat Right to Work and Win”, 1942. Comic characters donated by King Features Syndicate. “Contributed by Swift Canadian Co. Limited to Canada’s All-Out War Effort through the Canadian Nutrition program”.
F.30 Tippet-Richardson Limited, Toronto, Ont. contract bridge score pads (6), cover illustrations of flowers (4), reproduction of a painting by Frances Tipton Hunter of a boy and his dog, reproduction of unsigned painting of a clown with a dog, [1940s?]
F.31 Topps Company, New York, 3 bubble gum wrappers featuring hockey
F.32 Toronto Asphalt Roofing Manufactuirng Co. Ltd., Toronto, Ont., “Note Book”, cover illustration of a house, printed information on back cover about asphalt; the first page of the note book contains a list of materials.
F.33 Tudhope-Anderson Co. Ltd., Orillia, Ont. and Winnipeg, Manitoba, “Be Comfortable this Winter”, Hutchinson Gas Tight Furnace, [1950s?]
F.34 Vancouver Sun. Edith Adams , “Sun Prize Winners, 6th Annual Cook Book”
F.35 Visibile Systems Co., Toronto, Ont., “Wheeldex”, tear-sheet from Office Management, April 1934
Other:
F.36 James Stewart Mfg. Co., Windsor, Ontario, black and white photograph pasted on board, of some of their stoves at what appears to be a trade show
F.37 “Muskoka Foundry Limited, Engineers, Machinists, Iron and Brass founders, Bracebridge, Ontario”, small metal plate affixed to board.
F.38 Preston East Dome Mines Ltd., South Porcupine, Canada, “Souvenir of the Official Opening of the MILL, Saturday, April 29th 1939”; b&w image of the mill
Box 4
Note: Items similar to those found in Box 3 have been placed here because of their slightly larger size of some of them.
F.1 Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd., “Edison Mazda Lamps, Go to War”, World War II pamphlet
F.2 John B. Stetson Company , Stetson Hats, salesman presentation folio, “The Greatest Promotion Ever Given to a Single Hat-Name”, ca. 1940
F.3 “Transfer Wrightville Transfer”, Lucien Paquette, Prop. Hull Quebec, text in English and French, display card, dated in pencil 1944
Leaflets printed on one side only:
Stores in Simcoe, Ont., [187-]
F.4 Hendry’s Store, The Golden Bee-Hive, Simcoe, Ont., Oscar Hendry, “Semi-Annual Clearing Sale”
F.5 The Golden Bee-Hive, Simcoe, Ont., Oscar Hendry, “Be Glad O ye People!”
F.6 Sovereen’s, Simcoe, Ont., “The Great Special Spring Sale!”
F.7 S.M. Sovereen, Simcoe, Ont., “Selling Off!”, 18 May 1877
F.8 Paxton, Tate and Co., Manufactures, Port Perry, Ont., “Lane’s Improved Board Machines”
Leaflet printed on two sides:
F.9 Ellwood Epps, Clinton, Ont. “ Mammoth 20th Anniversary and 88th Sales Bulletin, “Let’s Go Hunting”, mailed to Burns McKay, St. Mary’s Ont.; includes fishing tackle
Coronation Souvenirs:
F.10 T. Eaton Co. Ltd., “A Souvenir of the Coronation of Their Most Gracious Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 12th, 1937”, leaflet with colour images.
F.11 International Harvester Co. of America, “Coronation Souvenir”, June 1911 of George V, pamphlet; illustrated by farm equipment and royalty.
Oversize Calendars (not boxed)
Tufts & Thomson, Madoc, Ont., furniture, January 1913; illustrated with two ladies and a young girl in an automobile
Waterloo Trust and Savings Company, Kitchener, Waterloo, Galt, Preston, 1952
Waterloo Trust and Savings Company, Kitchener, Waterloo, Galt, Preston, 1953
Note: These three calendars are in the same folder.
Robertson, Stark and Holland Ltd., Toronto, wholesalers and manufacturers, October-December 1952; Godfrey Wildfowl Pictorial; bottom left corner is torn (torn part is extant); contains many col. images of wildfowl; one reproduction image is by Robert P. Holland
Oversize Display Cards (not boxed)
Planters Edible Oil Co., New York City, Hi-Hat Peanut Oil, presents Sheindele the Chazente, every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, Radio Station WEVD. Some of the text is in Hebrew. [ca.1920]
Canadian National Institute for the Blind, “Give …”, yellow with image of woman’s head [late 1940s or 1950s]
Pepsi, “Toronto’s Time in ’89, Roof Raiser”, 1989. Folds into a megaphone
Note: The above three are in one folder.
“Red Cross Kidney Plaster Feels Good on the Back”, illustrated with a drawing of a couple at the beach facing the water and holding a sun umbrella. This item has holes to attach it to backing of some kind which is no longer extant.
Oversize Posters (not boxed)
Ontario Safety League, Toronto, Ont., “Relying on You... Be Prepared for Babysitting” [1974]
The Most Famous Face in Cigarettes Player’s Navy Cut”, illustrated by an image of a sailor with cap reading “Hero” inside a life buoy with ocean and ships
Winchester Shot Shells, New Mark 5, made in Canada. Illustrated with drawing of the shells box in red, gold and blue as well as a maple leaf.
“Wall Paper, Elegant New Designs and Colourings”. This is followed by “for sale by” with blank space left for the merchant’s name. Illustrated with a drawing of a young woman in red classical dress wearing a laurel wreath. She is holding a painter’s palette and sketchbook. Duncan Litho. Co. Ltd. Hamilton. [late 1890s or 1900].
Oversize Photograph (not boxed)
G. H. Waller & Son, Toronto, Ont., 16 x 20 b&w photograph pasted on board of cold cellar with meat (sheep, rabbit, poultry, venison, cow, possibly buffalo). The photograph was taken at an exhibition such as the CNE.
