Overview
Step back into Kitchener, Ontario, at the height of the First World War with Cairnes' Official Directory Of The City Of Kitchener 1918, a meticulous historic city directory capturing the people, streets and enterprises of a rapidly changing community. The city comes alive here. Compiled by W. Cairnes, this Kitchener Ontario directory gathers Kitchener household listings 1918 and Kitchener business listings into an indispensable Kitchener street address guide, preserving the fabric of everyday life in early 20th century Ontario. This Canadian city directory reprint records residents, trades and institutions in careful detail, revealing the texture of world war i era Kitchener life as names and addresses unfold across its pages. For genealogists, family historians and local history researchers Canada, the directory serves as a rich genealogy research reference, ideal for tracing ancestors, confirming addresses, mapping neighbourhoods or deepening studies of Canadian urban development. Collectors of the Ontario city directories collection will value the authenticity and narrative density of the Cairnes Kitchener directory 1918, a primary source that illuminates class, commerce and community ties in a growing industrial centre. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Whether consulted at a desk or browsed in an armchair, it rewards both casual curiosity and serious archival work, anchoring modern readers in the everyday reality of a vanished Canadian city.
- | Author: W Cairnes
- | Publisher: Alpha Edition
- | Publication Date: March 15, 2021
- | Number of Pages: 370 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 9354482570
- | ISBN-13: 9789354482571
