Canada Geese as icons!

Canada Geese are popular icons in Canada. This is an ashtray my parents had, it was to mark the anniversary of a company (1902 – 1962). Dad got lots of swag, back in the day. He worked as an Architectural Hardware Consultant for Canada Hardware Company, which went bankrupt around 1980. He would read blueprints, make hardware lists from that, then the firm he worked for would bid on projects. All this with Gr. 10 education. He was meticulous.

I did some research into this brass company, and found the generations. The business was established in 1892 and is the first and only one in Canada to manufacture brass trimmings for furniture.

Mr. Lewis W. Hahn, president of Hahn Brass Ltd., announced this week that the former Brass Company building on Waterloo St. has been sold to Acton Home builders’ Supplies of Hamilton, Jan. 1960. Amalgamated intoTHE STANLEY WORKS LIMITED.  Hahn Brass factory site was taken over in 1969 by Riverside Brass.

UPDATE: I sent an email to the current owners of the Hahn building:
 Riverside Brass & Aluminum Foundry Limited 

Thanks for the info Jennifer.  We build an addition onto the 1892 Hahn Brass building in 1985—a new 6500 square foot foundry.  We currently operate two shifts out of it and likewise the same in our Hamilton Road foundry.

Thanks for the info—the foundry history continues in New Hamburg.

David

David N. Seyler President 

I love the geese, I miss seeing them on the lake. I would sit on the dock and watch them. The babies have grown, and all are flying. Here are some old lake photos I wanted to see again, followed by a new video from Carleton Place. Gotta love that sound!



This video gives you an idea of how many geese gather in one spot. There were hundreds. I love the sound. They will fly south in huge flocks, as in the last photo, above.
Canada Geese from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.