E. Vogelsang & Co., Canadian Ivory Button Works

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Title: E. Vogelsang & Co., Canadian Ivory Button Works
Abstract: Caption from published 1979 version of photo: "Emil Vogelsang, Canada's first button manufacturer, erected the plant on Queen Street South in 1866."
Item description: Print photograph of the exterior of the E. Vogelsagn & Co. button factory.
General note: Reproduced on Page 25 of the June 21, 1979 anniversary edition of the newspaper, titled Kitchener 125 Years, as part of the article: "Buttons once biggest industry."
Fonds: Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds
Location: GA92-9-82
Identifier: GA92-9-82_001
Date created: [ca. 1866-1871]
Date published: 1979-06-21
Extent: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Genre: photographs
Corporate creator name: Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Continent: North America
Country: Canada
Province: Ontario
Region: Waterloo (Ont. : Regional municipality)
City: Kitchener (Ont.)
Usage rights: Public Domain
Preferred citation: University of Waterloo Library. Special Collections & Archives. E. Vogelsang & Co., Canadian Ivory Button Works. GA92-9-82_001.