Item Name	W. and A. Snyder General Merchants	Image1
Owner(s)	Snyder, William Henry Snyder, Alfred
Category	Photos
Year	Early: 1897 - Late: 1897
Description	A photograph of the St. Jacobs town block with the store operated by William and Albert Snyder. A newspaper article printed in the December 9, 1897 issue of the Waterloo County Chronicle titled "Historic St. Jacobs" says: "Their store is a large two-storey building and is filled from top to bottom with general merchandise. The lower floor contains the dry goods, dress goods, groceries, etc. The display is of the latest styles in dress fabrics and ladies specialties in general. The upper floor contains the largest and finest display of crockery and glassware I have seen for a long time. Their large stock of hats and caps and boots and shoes is also in this department." The quote and two photographs of the store are printed in Virgil Emerson Martin's The early history of Jakobstettel, p. 91.
Collection	Kitchener Public Library Contact : 85 Queen St. N. Kitchener 519-743-0271 x248 www.kpl.org
Accession No.	N1465
References	Martin, Virgil Emerson. The early history of Jakobstettel. (St. Jacobs, 1979).

Fraktur design based on Family Register by Jacob Shoemacher in Joseph Schneider Bible, 1821.