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Shoe Clinic Ltd.

CA ON00131 00766-3-10
File
1937

Part of Superior Engravers collection

File consists of photographs of the Shoe Clinic Ltd. at 55 King Street East.

Shoe Clinic Ltd.

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Item
1937

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is a photograph of the storefront of the Shoe Clinic Ltd. at 55 King Street East.

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Shoe Clinic Ltd.

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Item
1937

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is a photograph of the interior of the Shoe Clinic Limited at 55 King Street East.

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Showroom of Crowley Plumbing & Heating Company

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Item

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is a photograph of the showroom of Crowley Plumbing & Heating Company, 1 Bond Street, Dundas.

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Sovereign Potters Ltd.

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Item
1936

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is a photograph of Sovereign Potters Limited (1933-1973), located at 282 Sherman Avenue North. Sovereign Potters Limited was formed in 1933 by W. G. Pulkingham and Alfred Etherington with the financial support of a group of local businessmen, and was one of Canada's largest manufacturers of fine porcelain and earthenware. Operations began on a modest scale; however, with the outbreak of war the company boomed, supplying army china. At its peak in 1946 and 1947, it employed about 450 people. On July 1, 1947, the company was purchased by British dinnerware manufacturer Johnson Brothers (Hanley) Ltd. In 1952, W. H. Hall was sent by the parent company to become president of its Canadian operations. It continued to manufacture dinnerware until 1958 when it concentrated on the production of ceramic wall tiles and decorated blanks sent out from England. The company underwent a name change (H. & R. Johnson (Canada) Ltd.) and a new address at 15 Biggar Avenue.

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Staff of Goodale Transport Limited in front of one of their trucks

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Item
1937

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is a photograph of staff of Goodale Transport in front of one of their trucks at 503 Cannon Street East where the company was located. Also on the same building is a sign for Crawford Cartage Company.

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Superior Engravers collection

CA ON00131 00766
Collection
1930-1953

The collection consists of approximately 10,000 photographic negatives of varying sizes, the majority of which are small format, as well as a selection of approximately 800 photographic prints produced by the Hamilton Public Library Local History and Archives from Superior Engravers negatives. This collection documents commerce and industry in Hamilton, and elsewhere in Ontario, from the 1930s-1950s, particularly during the years of World War II and immediately afterwards. The collection is comprised primarily of images of employees, products, facilities, and activities of Hamilton and surrounding-area businesses, including the Hamilton Bridge Works Company; Adam's Furniture Company; Wright Fruit Company; Dundas Clay Products Limited; Thomson Motors in Burlington; Steel Company of Canada (Stelco); and City Chevrolet Sales Limited. Many images document wartime activity in the various industrial plants, such as the Miss War Worker Contest of 1942. The collection also contains aerial photographs of Hamilton, as well as images of local churches and schools. In the 1980s, approximately 600 nitrate negatives were discovered and subsequently removed from the collection. Prints of many of the nitrate negatives were made and added to the Black Mount collection.

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Superior Engravers Limited

CA ON00131 00766-3-14
File

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Files consists of a photograph from Superior Engravers used in the production of etchings for printing posters, or newspaper and magazine advertisements.

Superior Engravers Limited

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Item
1942

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is an image from Superior Engravers used in the production of etchings for printing posters or newspaper and magazine advertisements.

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Taits Optometrists, Ltd.

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Item
1936

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is a photograph of a room in Taits Optometrists, Ltd., 44 James Street North, office of Dr. Joseph George Tait (-1963).

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Tree Line Navigation Co. Limited

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Item
[193-?]

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is an image of the Tree Line Navigation Co. Limited warehouse building.

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Trucks, equipment, and buildings

CA ON00131 00766-3-11
File
1931-1948

Part of Superior Engravers collection

File consists of photographs of trucks, equipment and buildings of businesses in the Hamilton area.

Watson's Gas Station, Burlington Beach

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Item
ca. 1946-1947

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is an image that depicts a street view of Watson's Gas Station, located at 49 Beach Road, Burlington Beach, circa 1946-1947.

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Weaver Coal Co.

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Item
1953-03-10

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is a photograph of a worker filling a Gillies-Guy Fuel Oil truck at the Weaver Coal and Oil Company storage dock at the foot of Victoria Ave. The headquarters for Gillies-Guy was located at 65 James Street South.

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Wentworth Radio & Auto Supply Co. Ltd

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Item
1938

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is a photograph of the east end branch of Wentworth Radio & Auto Supply Co. Ltd., founded by Herbert Slack, located at 179 Ottawa Street North, Hamilton.

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White Motor Co. of Canada Ltd.

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Item
1948

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is a photograph of the exterior of White Motor Company of Canada Limited at 165 York Street, with a truck exiting through the garage door.

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White Motor Co. of Canada Ltd.

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Item
1948

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is a photograph of the exterior of The White Motor Co. of Canada Ltd., located at 165 York Street, Hamilton.

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White Motor Company of Canada Limited

CA ON00131 00766-2-9
File
1948

Part of Superior Engravers collection

File consists of photographs of the exterior of White Motor Company of Canada Limited at 165 York Street, Hamilton.

William B. Neilson Ltd.

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Item

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is an image of William Neilson Limited ice cream trucks at 987 King Street East, circa 1946.

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Woodhall's Dairy Limited

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Item

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is a photograph of a delivery man delivering milk for Woodhall's Dairy Limited.

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Wright Fruit Company

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Item
1936

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is a photograph of a Wright Fruit Company storage facility.

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Wright Fruit Company

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Item

Part of Superior Engravers collection

Item is a photograph of employees inside the Wright Fruit Company building.

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Wright Fruit Company

CA ON00131 00766-3-1
File
1936

Part of Superior Engravers collection

File consists of photographs of Wright Fruit Company, established in April 1927 by chief shareholders, Solomon Wright and Percy Wright. Wright Fruit Company carried on a wholesale and commission business originally from 25 York Street, with other facilities at 77 MacNab Street North and 31 York Street in Hamilton. Facilities included climate-controlled ripening rooms for items such as tomatoes that arrived green and took up to two weeks to ripen enough for sale.