Object Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2010.028.001 |
Object Name |
Puzzle, Jigsaw |
Description |
Jigsaw puzzle in original box. The box is beige cardboard and rectangular in shape. Hinged opening at either end. Printed along the upper portion of the top of the box in brown "Smiles n' Chuckles/Jig-Saw/Picture Puzzle/This Picture Bears No Advertisement". "25 C" in a circle in the centre of the lower portion. Printed to the left of the circle "The completed puzzle measures 10" x 13 1/4", nearly twice the size of this box. It contains more than 190 pieces". On the right of the circle is printed "Puzzle No. 4/of a series/"Evening"." Printed along the bottom edge "This 25 C Puzzle Can Be Bought for 10 C/With the Purchase of Any Size Box of Smiles n' Chuckles Candies". Printed on the left side "Hamblin-Metcalfe Limited/Kitchener, Ontario/Makers of the Famous Smiles n' Chuckles Candies". The reverse is blank. Puzzle pieces inside the box in a transparent plastic bag. Paper sticker with "190 pieces" printed on it in blue ink in the upper right corner. Puzzle pieces are made of a thick cardboard and have a colour image printed on them. |
Date |
1930 |
Date |
1945 |
Dimensions |
W-21 L-25.5 D-1.8 cm |
History |
Smiles 'n Chuckles candies/chocolates were made in Berlin/Kitchener beginning in 1916. The company was originally called the Metcalfe Candy Company, and it was founded by George R. Metcalfe (1865-1936). The company was located at 164 Weber Street East. George was a son of William Metcalfe (1823-1895) and Isabella Roy (1824-1903) who owned Wm. Metcalfe and Company, a grocery store at 43 King Street West in Berlin. William Henry Hamblin (1871-1953) began working for the candy company around 1918. By the early 1920s, William is listed as the president of the company. The company name was changed to Hamblin-Metcalfe Limited around 1927. William's son, Gordon Hamblin (1896-1979), joined the company in the late 1920s. He later becomes president of the company, followed by his son, Robert "Bob" Hamblin (1927-2010). The company was renamed Smiles 'n Chuckles around 1947, after their popular brand of chocolates. Smiles 'n Chuckles was purchased by Laura Secord in 1972 and production ceased in Kitchener. The factory at Cameron and Weber Street East in Kitchener was demolished in 1976. |
Search Terms |
Hamblin-Metcalfe Limited Smiles 'n Chuckles Limited |