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Metadata
Accession # |
A2007.62 |
Title |
Beatty Bros., Fergus, Series 08, Photographs: Subseries 01, Factory and office, ca.1920-ca.1960. |
Date |
1920-1960 |
Description |
Beatty Bros., Fergus, Series 08, Photographs: Subseries 01, Factory and office, ca.1920-ca.1960. Mainly 8" x 10" b&w, some mounted on card; description derived from handwritten notes on materials; written on the front, in pencil, on some "Scrap / cellar". Includes loose photos removed from files with labels: "No.42. Store & Warehouses - Exterior View"; "No.45 - Factory and Office Exterior Views"; Factory and Office Interior Views": - ph 25849a: [5217] Miscellaneous. Group of salesmen and office staff of Winnipeg and Edmonton Branch [with names]. Photo: W.W. Robson, Winnipeg. [STORED STACKS OVERSIZED] - ph 25849b: [9748] Factory and Office. Jubilee celebration party at Niagara Falls, June 23rd 1934. [STORED STACKS OVERSIZED]. - ph 25850a / ph 25850b: [8367] Factory and Office. Beatty washer display - "The Old way of Washing", 30 Oct. 1935. [MC68]. - ph 25850c / ph 25850d: [Factory and Office] The Nineteen Hundred Washer Store Picnic / Island Park, 3 Aug. 1925. Panoramic photo: Brightling Studios, Toronto. [STORED E1053]. - ph 25851a / ph 25851b: [8373] Factory and Office. Beatty washer store annual picnic Centre Island, 6 Aug. 1928. Photo #3190: Panoramic Camera Co., Toronto, 30 Oct. 1935. [MC68?]. - ph 25851c: [9753] Stores. Breakfast meeting, Toronto Section of Lovell Group, 25 Feb 1935; 18 Feb. 1938. [MC68?]. - ph 25851d: [14016] Factory and Office. Pencil sketch of Penetang plant. 17 Sept. 1948. [STORED OVERSIZED CABINET]. - ph 25851e: 6 images, Beatty washer stores, one identified as Regina, Sask. Photo: Capital Studio, Regina. - ph 25851f: Group taken at Hill Street plant, Fergus. 3 rows with names; [awaiting match with image; IMAGE NOT INCLUDED]; Albert Flood, tinsmith; E.H. Gurley, shipper; Wilfred Tott, shipper; Alex. Simpson, First Aid and driller; Dave Vrooman, horse stalls; Wm. Dick, receiving clerk; Chas Collins, foreman, machine shop; Tom McLean, machine shop; James McQuarrie, horse stalls; Ben Cody, shipper, Griffin Hill. shipping office; David Lankin, foreman tinsmith; Ed. Langdon, forge and press; Simeon Holman Sr., oil furnace. ca.1940. EDMONTON - ph 25852: Edmonton Branch Warehouse; 3-story brick[?]. Removed from: "Correspondence, Box 59, file 25, Edmonton Warehouse". 4 images of building under construction; Photos #C1638: McDermid Studios Ltd., June-Aug. 1949; 3 images of pipe storage rack, Jan. 1950. - ph 25853: Edmonton Branch Warehouse; 3-story brick[?]. Removed from: "Correspondence, Box 59, file 25A, Edmonton Branch Warehouse". 3-storey brick building 2 images. Photos: Long's Studios, Edmonton. - ph 25854: Edmonton warehouse; 2-storey, brick. Removed from: "Correspondence, Box 58, file 25B, Edmonton Warehouse" Photo: #C-1638-10: McDermid Studios Ltd., 2 Feb. 1950. - ph 25854a: Carload sale, Beatty White Cap and Cataract electric washers; truckload in front of Edmonton branch[?]. Photo: Gillis, 1925[?]. FERGUS - ph 25855a: Wash drawing of the first Beatty plant, originally a Temperance Hall, built in 1852; used on page 62, "Beatty / 75 Years of Service". - ph 25855b: Wash drawing of store, church and horse-drawn wagon; used on page 3, "Beatty / 75 Years of Service". - ph 25855c: Wash drawing of two portraits; used on page 45, "Beatty / 75 Years of Service". - ph 25855: Chas. Johnston instructing welders June 1942 / August 1943. - ph 25856: Oil fire in (town) dump, south of CNR [Canadian National Railway] siding, running downtown; caused by fuel oil leak from Beatty underground oil pipe from storage tank to Main Plant [handwriting of Wm. G. Beatty]. Removed from "Correspondence, Box 63, file 301, Oddities". 3 images, one showing Fergus Railroad station, 1944. - ph 25857: Two images, women at desk. Removed from binder "Photo-prints #8", ca.1960. - ph 25858: Stylized aerial view, Hill Street plant. Removed from binder; "Photo-prints #8", ca.1960. - ph 25858a: Stylized aerial view, Hill Street plant. - ph 25858b: Classroom, Hill Street plant[?]. - ph 25859: Plaque. "Beatty / GSW / 1874-1974 / Centennial Greetings / From the Town of Fergus". - ph 25860: Aerial view, Hill Street plant in Fergus, showing buildings of Experimental farm in background, ca. 1920; on reverse, montage of five Beatty Bros. manufacturing plants, Hill Street in centre. - ph 25861: "Saw-tooth" portion for Hill Street plant. - ph 25862: Beatty water tower, smokestack, Hill Street plant with railway tanker car on siding in front. - ph 25863: The experimental department, at Hill Street plant. - ph 25864: 2 related images. Worker with pallets of "Dominion" hand pumps. - ph 25865: 5 related images; workers at lathes. - ph 25866: Man at forge [identified as Ted Ecclestone [Sr.] at talk by Steve Thorning, 14 May 2008]. - ph 25867: Adam Reeves, machining 1860 cases / drilling pump heads. - ph 25868: 4 images, washing machine line. - ph 25869: Bottles of milk; insulated door in front. - ph 25870: Grand River plant, Fergus, 3 images. - ph 25871: Hill Street plant, Fergus, 6 images; sign: "BT Barn & Stable Equipment". - ph 25872: Cafeteria, Fergus. - ph 25873: Men at drafting tables. - ph 25874: Six men, around photographic equipment. - ph 25875: Nurse taking woman's pulse. - ph 25876: 2 men at drafting tables. - ph 25877: 2 related images, unidentified office. GALT - ph 25878: Generator[?] with identification plate Goldie & McCulloch Ltd., Galt. LONDON, ONTARIO - ph 25879: [12727] Factory and Office. Beatty Bros. Ltd., Chelsea Green foundry [workers on shop floor], March 1940; 22 Oct. 1945. [STORED STACKS OVERSIZED]. - ph 25880: Chelsea Green Moulding Shop / Foundry, London, Ontario, ca. 1930. - ph 25881: Beatty Bros. factory on York Street, London, Ontario, ca. 1925. - ph 25882: London Foundry, grinders at work. M. Dobros (front) and J. Coyle (rear). Jack Coyle is also in chipping department, Feb. 1943. - ph 25883: Chelsea Green Foundry, London, Stanley Sadlouski and Charles Skutovitch placing a gear case mold into place, ready to have the metals poured into it. - ph 25884: London Foundry, Geo. Page ramming up a pump mold ready to add the core standards, Feb. 1944. MONTREAL [see also QUEBEC] - ph 25885 Montreal warehouse; 3-storey brick. Removed from: "Correspondence, Box 58, file 21B, Montreal Warehouse"; 21 images in total; most are dated and show building under construction, 1 Oct. 1929 - 21 Dec. 1929; images of office and shop floor. Photos: K.G. MacDonald / MacDonald & Meaco, Montreal. - ph 25886 Montreal Branch warehouse. - ph 25887 Sales room at Montreal; room filled with men, seated. - ph 25888: Montreal Branch: D. Lalonde; H. Pilon; G. Renaud; P. Fortier; A.S. Walbrigde / Walbridge[?]; Fontaine; G. Brown; O. Barriere; H.P. Renaud; W.L. Smith; Pat Seguin; Achille Renaud. Removed from "Correspondence (Tait), Box 70, file xx, [History] Montreal Branch". - ph 25889: Visitors from Montreal stores: L.A. Marcaurelle; H. Desmarais; J.P. Bourgeois; O. Proulx; W. McD. Tait; G. Racicot; D. Gloutney; W.J. Martin; G.O. Hart; T.D. McGuire; H. Therriault; J.A.P. McGee. [job titles included] Removed from "Correspondence (Tait), Box 70, file xx, [History] Montreal Division"; 11 June 1937. - ph 25890: Montreal Warehouse; sign (faded) "Le magasin Beatty"; 3 images, front and rear. WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - ph 25891: Kiawarra Factory Building, Wellington , New Zealand. Removed from: "Correspondence, Box 59, file 30, New Zealand Warehouse"; 3 images, received 7 June 1939. QUEBEC [see also Montreal] - ph 25892: Storefront, Le Magasin Beatty [Quebec?]. - ph 25893: Beatty Washer Store; men with suits standing in front; signs in store window are in French [Quebec?]. ENGLAND - ph 25894: 2 images, building marked "Hoover Limited". Removed from "Correspondence, Box 59, file 32, London, England". Photo #62793- G, #62853: Wakefields Ltd., Chiswick, Dec. 1938. - ph 25895: Aerial view of building marked "Hoover Limited". Removed from "Correspondence, Box 59, file 32, London, England". Photo: The Aerial Photographic Co., London, Dec. 1938. - ph 25896 G. Odlum with hose, Manningford Estates, Manningford, Wiltshire. Photo: F. Sharp, Greenwich. Removed from "Correspondence, Box 59, file 32, London, England". - ph 25897 Portrait, Kenneth Windes in military uniform. Removed from "Correspondence (Tait), Box 70, file xx, [History] London, England Branch". - ph 25898: Beatty [Tenbury?] plant, ca. 1935; 2 images, photo #C1068, #C1069: Aerofilms Limited, London [England]. Removed from "Correspondence (Tait), Box 70, file xx, [History] London, England Branch". - ph 25899: [5639?] 2 images, Workers in warehouse at Greenwich. Removed from "Correspondence, Box 59, file 32, London, England". Photo: F. Sharp, Greenwich. UNCERTAIN LOCATION - ph 25900: Ladder side, storage building. - ph 25901: [4083?] Ferracute press. Photo: Ferracute Machine Co., Bridgeton, NJ, USA - ph 25902: 2 related images; workers at "Cincinnati" press. - ph 25903: Dry pipe valves, made by Star Sprinkler Corp., Philadelphia, PA, USA. - ph 25904: Colburn press. - ph 25905: Unidentified 1 story brick building, [newly constructed?]. - ph 25906: Unidentified 2-storey Beatty building; Beatty sign on fence. - ph 25907: Unidentified 2 storey brick building. - ph 25908: Unidentified 2 storey brick building. - ph 25909: Unidentified barn[?] and premises. - ph 25910: Storefront, Mc & Mc Hardware and Furniture. [Mac & Mac?] - ph 25911: Storefront, Beatty Washer Store. - ph 25912: XX images, workers on shop floor; awaiting identification. VANCOUVER / VICTORIA - ph 25913: Vancouver Warehouse; 3-storey brick. Removed from: "Correspondence, Box 59, file 26, Vancouver Warehouse". 2 images, front and rear showing signage. Photos #6577, #6587: W.J. Moore, Vancouver, BC. - ph 25914: Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Weaver, Edmonton, Alta. Removed from "Correspondence (Tait), Box 69, [History] Vancouver Branch". [R.H. Weaver was the first salesman to see Beatty goods delivered direct to users on Pacific coast]. - ph 25915: Vancouver Branch picnic, summer 1921; includes NAMES [add], one of whom W. McD. Tait. Removed from "Correspondence (Tait), Box 69, [History] Vancouver Branch". - ph 25915a: Stelck's Hillside Hardware, Quadra St., [Victoria BC?]. - ph 25915b: Beatty washer store. Photo #6565: W.J. Moore Photo Co., Vancouver, BC. WINNIPEG - ph 25916: Winnipeg Branch Warehouse. Removed from: "Correspondence, Box 58, file 23A, Winnipeg Branch". 1-story building, corner of Notre Dame and Midland Streets; purchased from the Wortman & Ward Mfg. Co., London, Ont., in the fall of 1913; sold to the Alpha Mfg. Co, Winnipeg, March 1942. 4 images. Photos: Brigdens, Winnipeg, May 1942. - ph 25917: Warehouse on Princess Street. Removed from: "Correspondence, Box 58, file 23A, Winnipeg Branch". M.J. Beatty and W.J. Calvert, Winnipeg Branch Manager, at front corner of building, ca.1939; building leased by Canada Cycle and Motor Co., Mar. 1942. - ph 25918: Warehouse on Princess Street. Removed from: "Correspondence, Box 58, file 23B, Winnipeg Branch". 3-storey brick building. - ph 25919: Reconstruction, Branch Office and Warehouse on NW corner of Princess and Ross Streets. Removed from: "Correspondence, Box 58, file 23D, Winnipeg Branch". 3-storey brick building with sign: "Beatty / Factory / Branch". 8 images, interior and exterior. Photos: Brigdens, Winnipeg. March, Nov, 1942. - ph 25919a: Unidentified Beatty washer store. Photo: Robson Studio, Winnipeg. - ph 25919b: [8634 / neg.5052] Beatty washer store, 220 Osborne Ave, Winnipeg; next to Fort Rouge Bicycle Store. Photo: Eastman Kodak Stores Ltd., Winnipeg. |
Creator \ Maker |
Beatty Brothers [MAKER] |
Creator \ Maker |
Robson, W. W. [PHOTOGRAPHER] Brightling Studios [PHOTOGRAPHER] Panoramic Camera Company [PHOTOGRAPHER] Capital Studio [PHOTOGRAPHER] McDermid Studios Limited [PHOTOGRAPHER] Long's Studios [PHOTOGRAPHER] Gillis [PHOTOGRAPHER] MacDonald, K. G. [PHOTOGRAPHER] MacDonald and Meaco [PHOTOGRAPHER] Wakefields Limited [PHOTOGRAPHER] Aerial Photographic Company [PHOTOGRAPHER] Sharp, F. [PHOTOGRAPHER] Aerofilms Limited [PHOTOGRAPHER] Ferracute Machine Company [PHOTOGRAPHER] Moore, W. J. [PHOTOGRAPHER] Brigdens Limited [PHOTOGRAPHER] Robson Studio [PHOTOGRAPHER] Eastman Kodak Stores Limited [PHOTOGRAPHER] |
Item Name |
Prints |
Person \ Organization |
Beatty Brothers 1900 Washer Company Nineteen Hundred Washer Company Incorporated Spencer Foundry Company Limited Temperance Hall Canadian National Railway Corporation of the Town of Fergus Beatty Brothers Limited Experimental Farm Dominion Appliance Company Goldie and McCulloch Company Limited Hoover Limited Ferracute Machine Company Star Sprinkler Corp. Colburn Mac and Mac Stelck's Hillside Hardware Wortman and Ward Alpha Manufacturing Company Canada Cycle and Motor Company Fort Rouge Bicycle Store Lovell Johnston, Charles Beatty, William George Reeves, Adam Dobros, M. Coyle, Jack Sadlouski, Stanley Skutovitch, Charles Page, George Lalonde, D. Pilon, H. Renaud, Girard Fortier, P. Walbridge, Alexander Solomon Fontaine Brown, G. Barriere, O. Renaud, Herve Paul Smith, W. L. Seguin, Pat Renaud, Achille Marcaurelle, L. A. Desmarais, Hermas Ecclestone, Teddy Bourgeois, J. Paul Proulx, O. Tait, William McD. Racicot, Gerald (Jerry) Gloutney, D. Martin, W. J. Hart, G. O. McGuire, T. D. Therriault, H. McGee, J. A. P. Windes, Kenneth Lloyd, Mr. Weaver, R. H. (Mr.) Beatty, M. J. Calvert, W. J. |
Place |
Fergus Winnipeg Edmonton Manitoba Alberta Toronto Island Niagara Falls Penetang Hill Street Galt Chelsea Green London England Montreal Quebec Greenwich Wellington New Zealand Manningford Wiltshire Tenbury Wells Vancouver Victoria British Columbia Princess Street Midland Ross Street |
Subject |
Manufacturing And Trades Commercial Plaque |
Photo, Map # |
ph 25849 ph 25849 - ph 25919 ph 25850 ph 25851 ph 25852 ph 25853 ph 25854 ph 25855 ph 25856 ph 25857 ph 25858 ph 25859 ph 25860 ph 25861 ph 25862 ph 25863 ph 25864 ph 25865 ph 25866 ph 25867 ph 25868 ph 25869 ph 25870 ph 25871 ph 25872 ph 25873 ph 25874 ph 25875 ph 25876 ph 25877 ph 25878 ph 25879 ph 25880 ph 25881 ph 25882 ph 25883 ph 25884 ph 25885 ph 25886 ph 25887 ph 25888 ph 25889 ph 25890 ph 25891 ph 25892 ph 25893 ph 25894 ph 25895 ph 25896 ph 25897 ph 25898 ph 25899 ph 25900 ph 25901 ph 25902 ph 25903 ph 25904 ph 25905 ph 25906 ph 25907 ph 25908 ph 25909 ph 25910 ph 25911 ph 25912 ph 25913 ph 25914 ph 25915 ph 25916 ph 25917 ph 25918 ph 25919 |
Year Range from |
1920 |
Year Range to |
1960 |
Accession # |
A2007.62 |
Containers |
E1053 MC68 STACKS STACKS-OVERSIZED |