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Innovations

Well-Baby Clinics

Well-baby clinics spread throughout North America and Sarah was awarded the Jubilee Medal by King George V in 1935.

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Restorative Justice

The Elmira Case represents the beginning of a social movement to change the way in which Canadians deal with crime.

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1940s & 1950s – A Changing World

With the end of World War II, a new society emerged.

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Marvel Grain Thower

The Ferguson “The Marvel Grain Thrower” represents the shift in the early twentieth century to all-metal construction

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Remington Typewriter

Did James Paris Lee of Galt (Cambridge) have a role in inventing the Remington typewriter?

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Improvements to Rubber

William Wiegand was a pioneer in developing the furnace method for producing carbon black

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Preston Car Company

The Preston Car Company was a Canadian manufacturer of streetcars and other railway equipment. The company was located in the town of Preston, Ontario (Now Cambridge).

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Ski Buoys

The water shoe was first created by Larry V. Crabtree of Kitchener, ON.

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1970s & 1980s - Local Ideas Become Global Ideas

Waterloo Region emerged on the world stage in the 1970s. It was an era marked by global ideas.

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D. McKay Manufacturing

D. McKay's washing machine helped take some of bending and scrubbing out of the job, back in the 1850s.