Photo Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2012.031.001.149 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
[Employee filling a mold] |
Description |
Black and white print with a white border. Unidentified male employee standing with his back to the camera. He is filling a mold that is on a wheeled metal cart. There are oil drums on either side of him with hoods attached to ducts on the ceiling. There are additional molds on the left on a track in the floor. There are two signs hanging from the ceiling with "Caution/Eye/Protection/Area". There are additional molds and machines in the background. Handwritten in pencil on the reverse is "Pour #8". No photographer's mark. |
Date |
1960 |
Date |
1975 |
Copyright |
Waterloo Region Museum |
History |
The Merchant's Rubber Company was formed in 1903 by Talmon Henry Rieder and Jacob Kaufman. Both men had been shareholders in the Berlin Rubber Manufacturing Company and formed their own company after a disagreement with the other shareholders. In 1907, both the Merchant's Rubber Company and the Berlin Rubber Manufacturing Company were acquired by Canadian Consolidated Rubber of Montreal. T.H. Rieder became a Director of Consolidated Rubber and General Manger of all its Canadian footwear factories. This company was later referred to as Dominion Rubber Systems but the factory at 51 Breithaupt Street was still known as the Merchants Rubber Factory. In 1966, Dominion Rubber changed its name to Uniroyal. Uniroyal and BF Goodrich merged in 1986, and the Merchant's factory was then owned by a succession of companies that manufactured automotive parts and accessories. As of 2013, the building is part of a redevelopment known as the Breithaupt Block. |
Search Terms |
Uniroyal Limited |