Object Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2008.009.001 |
Object Name |
Sign, Trade |
Description |
Large, wooden trade sign. "Carriage Maker/Horse Shoeing & Repair" in black lettering. Carriage maker letters have a faint orangish-red shadow outline. Wood was originally painted white. Reverse has a black finish. Large knot hole in the upper right corner and a large knot above the "H" in shoe. Two new, metal hangers have been screw nailed into the upper edge of the sign. Two square-headed, iron nails and several nail remnants are visible along the upper edge. |
Date |
1937 |
Date |
1948 |
Dimensions |
W-39 L-166.5 D-2.5 cm |
History |
Harry Koehler (1893-1983) was the village carriage maker from as early as 1937 when he built a shop on Lobsinger Line (part of the current Heidelberg Metals factory). This sign hung on the shop. Harry specialized in fitting pneumatic tires to existing wood wheeled farm wagons, fitting new roof panels to Model T and A Fords, and in general farm and home wooden requirements. In 1948, he joined Frank Gray (1910-2006) and Edward Snyder (founder of Hostess-Frito-Lay Canada in Hespeler) in the production of the G&S potato picker of which 3000 were built. |
People |
Koehler, Harry |