Auditorium, Cleanup Feature [Published]

Photo caption accompanying the four photos in article: "Patrons of the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium leave something to remember them by after each game. Boxes of litter left by 7,000 fans after a senior OHA playoff contest are pictured at top [see 53-4369_008 for closest version]. The litter totals approximately 1,000 pounds. The photo at left [53-4369_001] shows Walter Koebel (left) and Bernard Riley who have about three miles of seats to clean. The picture at right [53-4369_004] shows George Bartell (left) and Edward Perchaluk clearing debris in the corridors in between periods. Over 100 items of personal belongings are left behind in a week. In the lower photo [53-4369_005] Maureen Douglas of the office staff checks over the accumulation in the hope of finding some clue of ownership."

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Title: Auditorium, Cleanup Feature [Published]
Abstract: Photo caption accompanying the four photos in article: "Patrons of the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium leave something to remember them by after each game. Boxes of litter left by 7,000 fans after a senior OHA playoff contest are pictured at top [see 53-4369_008 for closest version]. The litter totals approximately 1,000 pounds. The photo at left [53-4369_001] shows Walter Koebel (left) and Bernard Riley who have about three miles of seats to clean. The picture at right [53-4369_004] shows George Bartell (left) and Edward Perchaluk clearing debris in the corridors in between periods. Over 100 items of personal belongings are left behind in a week. In the lower photo [53-4369_005] Maureen Douglas of the office staff checks over the accumulation in the hope of finding some clue of ownership."
Item description: Image of two staff members sweeping garbage from rows of auditorium seating.
General note: Title supplied by Kitchener-Waterloo Record staff.
53-4369_001, 53-4369_004, 53-4369_005 and a photo missing from enveloped appeared on Page 15 of the Saturday, March 28, 1953 edition of the newspaper as part of photo feature titled "After You've Gone..."
Collection: Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Location: 53-4369
Identifier: 53-4369_001
Date created: 1953-03-21
Date published: 1953-03-28
Extent: 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 10 x 8 cm
Genre: negatives
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. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection. Auditorium, Cleanup Feature [Published]. 53-4369_001.