PRINT, PHOTOGRAPHIC
Object Name: | PRINT, PHOTOGRAPHIC |
Title: | Airport Collection |
Object Type: | DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT |
Classification: | COMMUNICATION ARTIFACTS |
Accession Number: | 2003.510.003.1 |
Description: | Part of a group of ninety-eight photographs of two airfields in the Waterloo Region: (a) the Kitchener Waterloo Airport (a.k.a. the Lexington Airfield), ca. 1935 to 1950, and (b) the Waterloo-Wellington Airport, later known as the Waterloo-Guelph Regional Airport, and currently known as the Waterloo Regional Airport. Photographs are listed in groups, or individually, as appropriate:.1-.6 - Four b&w snapshots of the Kitchener-Waterloo (Lexington) Airport, and 2 larger-sized photos (.5 & .6) of an event at this airfield, with photographer's mark embossed on lower corners: DENTON PHOTO/KITCHENER ONT. N.C. Schneider photos. Ca. 1935. 5.7 x 13.4 cm., 15.4 x 20.3 cm..7 - b&w photo: children and bikes watching a plane, ca. 1945. 12.6 x 17.7 cm..8 - B&w photo: Frank Jessop / Rae Reid / Len Fitton and a man who looks like a mechanic, ca. 1935. 12.8 x 17.7 cm..9-.10 - Two b&w photos: Visit by Hawker Furies (and photocopy of a newspaper clipping, uncatalogued), 1934. 16.5 x 21.5 cm..11 - B&w photo: W-W Airport site prior to construction, 1948. N.C. Schneider photo. 20.5 x 25.6 cm..12 - B&w photo: Garf's Airservice "Record Carrier", 1950s. 12.7 x 17.8 cm..13 - B&w photo: Airport nearing completion, 1950. 12.7 x 17.8 cm..14 - B&w photo: Aerial view of construction site (?) ca. 1950. 17.5 x 25.5 cm..15 - B&w photo: Airplane on skis beside a barn, probably at K-W Airport (Lexington), 1940s. 20.2 x 25.4 cm..16 - B&w photo: Aerial view of K-W Airport, ca. 1935. Norm Schneider photo. 20.5 x 25.3 cm..17-.28 Personal Studio (Waterloo) photographs of the Waterloo-Wellington Airport, 1962 to ca. 1975. Various views, some colour, some b&w, some aerial. (.20 to .24 are duplicates) 20.4 x 25.3 cm..29 - Sepia and white aerial view of W-W Airport, ca. 1955. 20.3 x 25.3 cm..30 - B&w photo of an "observation truck" and a small plane landing (looks like the Lexington area, not Breslau). Stamped Canadair. 20.4 x 25.3 cm..31 - B&w aerial photo of three planes in the air. Written on back: WWFC / Returning from / flying 1975. 20.2 x 25.3 cm..32 - B&w photo of small place CF-FEJ, backed with cardboard. 20.1 x 25.2 cm..33-.50 - 18 colour photos of Hangar 4 Relocation, stamped Nov. 23, 1975 (label with this group says Nov. 1976). Photos are numbered on the back in ball-point ink, with captions. 8.8 x 12.6 cm..51-.53 - Three colour photos of a group of people at the W-W airport dining room. 8.8 x 12.3 cm..54 - B&w snapshot of W-W Airport hangar, with printed date on edge: Aug 61. 8.8 x 12.7 cm..55-.56 - Two colour photos of an upside-down place, ca. 1975. 8.8 x 11 cm..57 - A small colour snapshot (blurred) of the W-W Airport hangar. 8.9 x 8.9 cm..58-.63 - Six colour 5"x7" in. photos: various views of the W-W Airport (1979?), one titled Apron Expansion July 1979. 12.6 x 17.7 cm.64-.69 - Six colour photos of the W-W Flight Center and W-W Flying Club. Exteriors, ca. 1985. 10 x 12.6 cm..70-.75 - Five b&w photos of upside-down planes. 10.1 x 14.9 cm..76 - Colour postcard: Aerial view of the Waterloo Regional Airport, ca. 1998. 10.1 x 15.3 cm..77-.89 - Thirteen colour photos of the W-W Airport, various views (2 interiors). 10.1 x 15.1 cm..90 - One colour photo showing tarmac/hangar/two small planes. 10.6 x 12.6 cm..91 - One colour photo (looks like a colour photocopier print or colour printer output) with writing on back: June 3/92 / Don Nurse / Club Pres....92-.98 - Seven colour prints taken at the Great War Flying Museum (Cheltenham, near Brampton, Ont.) 10.1 x 15.3 cm. 5.7 x 13.4 cm. |
Narrative: | N.C. Schneider collection. |
Institution: | Doon Heritage Crossroads Facebook-Doon Heritage Crossroads Twitter-Doon Heritage Crossroads YouTube-Doon Heritage Crossroads |
Institution City: | Kitchener |
Institution Province: | Ontario |
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