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The early settlers of Waterloo County - Mennonites, Germans, and Scots - built enterprising communities in a land of rivers, rolling hills, and fields. Today the linked cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge are still surrounded by small towns with strong rural traditions.
This photographic history of the region contains 130 black and white images from as early as 1880, recording the cultural landscape, the buildings, parks, markets, fairs, and parades. Some of the photographs will tease your fancy with whispers of the pioneers’ spirit, while others capture the energy of events and dare us to interpret the past.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.3/44/00222
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- A Hounslow book Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-on
- ISBN
- 9781770701274 1550024116
- LCCN
- F1059.W32
- LCCN Item number
- W35 2002eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (165 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00603143 (OCoLC)244771095 (CaOOCEL)410686
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents 8
- Opening Thoughts 10
- Map 13
- Perpetual Change 14
- 1. Remembering the Pioneers 16
- 2. Waterloo County Photographers 20
- 3. The Lay of the Land 29
- 4. Living on the Land 36
- 5. From Early Towns to Main Streets 44
- 6. Plain and Fancy: Buildings of Consequence 54
- 7. At Home 64
- 8. Getting Around 73
- 9. To Market 88
- 10. What's To Do? 98
- 11. The Wars 105
- 12. Just This Once... 117
- 13. Again and Again 125
- 14. Gathering Together 130
- 15. Festivities: Saengerfest, Kirmess, and Marching Bands 135
- 16. The Pleasures of the Arts 139
- 17. Parks and Good Sports 144
- 18. Being Here 152
- A Moment of Radical Change 159
- Endnotes 161
- Selected Readings 163
- Acknowledgements 165
