Photo Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
1985.050.011 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
[Three boys] |
Description |
Black and white photograph with a white border. Photograph shows three boys posed outside in the backyard of the Wellesley Post Office. Each boy appears to be eating a freshly picked carrot. The two older boys are wearing matching outfits, possibly baseball uniforms, consisting of a ball cap, long-sleeved shirt with collar, long shorts, black stockings, and leather boots. The younger boy in the centre is wearing a similar outside but is barefoot and wearing a straw cap. There is a wooden garden swing seat to the left. The Wellesley Post Office building is in the background on the left. The side of a brick house is in the background on the right. Handwritten in pencil on the reverse is "Aug 23rd 1926". "Velox" is printed in a repeating pattern on the reverse. |
Date |
1926 |
Photographer |
Forler, Ida (Grenzebach) |
Copyright |
Expired |
History |
Photograph is attributed to Ida Grenzebach (1890-1967), a daughter of William Grenzebach (1858-?) and Emma Wegenast (1863-?) of Hickson, Oxford County. When Ida was a young woman she went to live with her aunt, Laura/Louise Wegenast (1865-1919) and her husband in Wellesley, ON. Laura/Louise was married to Henry Forler (1870-1931) had a shoe store in the village. They had no children but Henry's parents lived with them. Ida most likely helped with the housework and may have helped in the store. The store Henry rented in Wellesley was moved to Doon Heritage Village in 1969, and is currently interpreted as the Post Office/Tailor Shop. Ida married Henry in 1927. What happened to Ida after Henry's death is unknown. Both Ida and Henry are buried in Waterloo's Mount Hope Cemetery. |
Search Terms |
Wellesley Post Office Wellesley Village |
People |
Forler, Ida (Grenzebach) |