Object Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2012.053.002 |
Object Name |
Package, Product |
Description |
Circular metal tin with a removable lid. Both the lid and the body of the tin are orange. Printed twice on the body is "Smiles' n Chuckles/Butter-Milk/Butter-Scotch, Milk Chocolate Covered/Wafers" in black and cream coloured lettering. In between the lettering is an oval with an image of a dairy cow standing in a field. There is a circle on the left with "Produced/by/Hamblin Metcalfe/Limited/Kitchener/Ont./Canada" printed in it. There is a second circle on the right with "Made with/Table/Creamery/Butter/and/Cane Sugar" printed in it. There is a seam along the back of the tin. Printed to the right of the seam is "MacDonald Mfg. Co. Limited Toronto". |
Date |
1927 |
Date |
1935 |
Dimensions |
H-17 Dia-26.5 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 MacDonald Manufacturing Company Limited |