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Kodak Canada Corporate Archives and Heritage Collection File Kodak Canada Ltd.--Kodak Heights
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Third Annual Kodak Minstrel Show - Crystal Theatre

The three duplicate, mounted-on-board photographs depict the minstrel troupe of 32 male participants, one not being blackface and another being a child in blackface on the Crystal Theatre stage with a dimensional painted backdrop. Accompanying them is a 7 member orchestra plus conductor. The Crystal Theatre was located on Dundas St. West, west of Keele St. (re-named the Apollo in 1934).

The performers were part of a Kodak Minstrel Show, performed by Canadian Kodak employees and held by the Kodak Athletics Association (KAA) during the 1920's.

Minstrel shows are a style of variety show, most popular during the late 19th and early 20th century, in which white performers use make-up and costumes to depict racist and stereotypical caricatures of Black people. The genre originated in the United States, but Canada had its own troupes and touring companies, and the format was popular with schools, community groups, and religious organizations.

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Miscellaneous records related to Kodak Heights construction and maintenance

File contains miscellaneous correspondence, specifications, orders, and contracts related to the construction, outfitting, and maintenance of Kodak Heights from 1913 to 1969. Correspondents include Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Eastman Kodak Company, Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd., and numerous contractors.

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Records related to laundry machines

File includes records pertaining to the purchase, installation, and maintenance of washers and dryers at Kodak Heights. Includes internal correspondence between Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd. and Eastman Kodak Company, as well as correspondence and orders with the Canadian Laundry Machine Co. Limited of Toronto.

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Records pertaining to door and window installation

File contains correspondence and contracts from 1914 to 1937 related to the installation of doors and windows in buildings at Kodak Heights. Also includes a detailed letter regarding paper drying systems at various Kodak plants, a discussion pertinent to the company's window installation schedule. Correspondents include Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Eastman Kodak Company, National Skylight and Ventilation Co. (Rochester), The A.B. Ormsby Company, Ltd. (Toronto), Steel & Radiation, Ltd. (Toronto), Architectural Bronze & Irons Works (Toronto), and Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies.

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Records pertaining to sewer construction

File contains correspondence, specifications, contracts, and technical drawings from 1913 to 1914 related to the construction of an outlet sewer at Kodak Heights. Correspondents include Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Eastman Kodak Company, and various construction companies, including F.F. Fry, General Contractors of Toronto, who were awarded the contract.

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Records pertaining to roof construction

File contains correspondence, specifications, tenders, contracts, and technical drawings from 1914 related to the construction of roofs on various buildings at Kodak Heights. Correspondents include Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Eastman Kodak Company, and various roofing companies. The contract appears to have been awarded to Douglas Bros., Ltd. of Toronto.

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Records pertaining to elevator construction

File includes correspondence, specifications, and contracts from 1915 to 1937 related to the construction and installation of elevators in various buildings at Kodak Heights. Correspondents include Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Eastman Kodak Co. and the Otis-Fensom Elevator Company, Ltd. of Toronto, who was contracted to perform the work.

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Records pertaining to inspections, insurance, and safety compliance

File includes correspondence, inspection reports, and technical drawings related to plant safety and risk assessment from 1913 to 1940. Correspondents include: Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Eastman Kodak Company, the Bureau of Explosives (Toronto), various contractors, the Mount Dennis Volunteer Fire Department, and the Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies. This latter company performed detailed inspections for insurance purposes on Kodak Heights buildings before and during construction. Topics include: outfitting Kodak Heights with sprinkler systems, fire alarms, water supplies and oxygen masks, storage and handling of magnesium and its alloys, and storage and transport of cellulose nitrate film. File also includes a preliminary inspector's report on the fire that occurred in Building #3 of Kodak Heights on November 17, 1914.

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Records pertaining to C.E. Deakin Company Ltd. contracts

File contains correspondents and construction schedules pertaining to contracts completed by the C.E. Deakin Company, Ltd. of Mount Dennis, Ontario from 1914 to 1916. The company was contracted to perform a number of tasks in the construction of Kodak Heights, including work on the Power house (building #1) and the railway trestle. File includes correspondence with the Canadian Inspection & Testing Laboratories, which performed testing on cement used by the C.E. Deakin, as well as with T. Pringle & Sons, which appears to have collaborated with C.E. Deakin on at least one contract.

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Records pertaining to water tank construction

File contains tenders, technical drawings, and inspection reports from 1914 to 1915 related to the construction of water tanks at Kodak Heights. Correspondents include Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Robert W. Hunt & Co., Ltd, Engineers, and Toronto Structual Steel Co., Ltd., who tendered a proposal to complete the work in conjunction with Toronto Iron Works, Ltd.

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Kodak Canada In Focus - Employees and facilities

File contains prints featuring images of the "York Mayor Alan Tonks (left) and Kodak Canada President Ron Morrison, breaking ground for the new distribution centre", of "Bert Barker measures dispersion material in basement of building #13", of the Itematic Dispenser used at Kodak, and of employees Eric Sibbald, Paul Oliver, Maureen MacGillivary, and Berenice Moore at work at Kodak Heights. Images featured in Vol. 1 No. 3 of In Focus. Subject info adhered to each.

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Kodak Heights and Kodak Brampton aerial views

File contains many duplicates of two views of Kodak Canada Inc. Brampton location that appear to be from the 1980s. Also, there are a number of views of Kodak Heights that appear to be from the 1960s. Additional prints feature views of the Kodak Processing Laboratory. One print, featuring a painted image by H.H. Angus & Associates Ltd. (engineers) and Allward & Gouinlock (architect) is housed with a caption that reads: Canadian Kodak's new processing laboratory will be the second major building at the company's new 200-acre property near Brampton, Ontario. A final print is a contact sheet featuring images of employees sitting around a computer monitor.

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Kodak people sports, lawn bowling party, golfing, hockey

File contains a portrait of two young men wearing matching sweaters with badges that red: "Weston Juvenile T.L.L. Champions 1930", two matching images of bleachers filled with men and women dressed in suits and hats (between 1930-1939), a group shot of the Sept 1937 Testing & Processing Depts "Lawn Bowling party", an image of "Bob and his girl's" at a golf course, and a portrait of the Kodak hockey team (ca. 1935).

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