Aesthetic Award Presented to Brantford Business SC Johnson, 1982
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- Creator
- Brantford Regional Chamber of Commerce, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Photograph shows Brantford City representatives shaking hands with representatives of Brantford business SC Johnson in what appears to be the lobby of their business [from the large metal lettering on the wall reading "Johnson"]. SC Johnson is likely one of the Aesthetic Award winners in the "Industrial A" category for 1982.
- Notes
- ABOUT THE AESTHETIC AWARDS:
The Brantford Aesthetic Awards were awards distributed by the Brantford Regional Chamber of Commerce from 1974 until at least 1998, though it is unclear when the awards stopped being given out.
The Aesthetic Awards are described in an accompanying note as, "[An] Award program... based on area businesses being judged on the aesthetic appeal of their operation. The Aesthetic Awards are sponsored by the Brantford Regional Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Economic Development Board and Parks and Recreation, with 1998 being the 24th year of the awards. A panel of judges visit each nominated business and evaluates their business on numerous criteria. Nominees are divided into three categories: Industrial A - over 100 employees, Industrial B - under 100 employees and Non Manufacturing/ Service. Winners are presented with their award, a framed photograph of their location at City Council in September."
- Brantford Regional Chamber of Commerce, 1998
ABOUT SC JOHNSON:
SC Johnson is an American manufacturing company whose Canadian arm was founded in Brantford, Ontario. Its first Canadian plant opened in the City of Brantford in 1920 and has remained at the same location of 1 Webster Street ever since. The Brantford facility manufactures soaps and Glade wax products, and as of 2024 employed approximately 250 people.
The story of SC Johnson's original Brantford Location began on a train ride from Chicago to Toronto in 1919, when SC Johnson owner Herbert Fisk Johnson Sr. had a chance meeting with the charismatic former mayor of Brantford, Morrison MacBride. Johnson, who had been searching for a Canadian city in which to establish a branch of his successful business, was sold on the idea of Brantford Ontario by MacBride over the course of their journey.
The company still operates its headquarters out of Brantford to date and now features two other locations in Canada [in Montreal and Varennes, QC]. In March of 2024, SC Johnson pledged an investment of approximately fifty million dollars to its Brantford facility, meaning the addition of new production lines and dozens of new jobs.
To learn more about SC Johnson, visit the "About Us" page of the official SC Johnson website by searching for "SC Johnson" in your preferred internet browser or access the site via the link provided at the bottom of this webpage under "Other Web sites/External links". - Inscriptions
- Reverse of photograph reads,
"L-R / - Ted Goold/ - Dave Gregory/ - Gord Ferrell
Aesthetic Awards '82" - Date of Publication
- 1982
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Goold, Ted ; Gregory, Dave ; Ferrell, Gord
- Corporate Name(s)
- SC Johnson & Son Ltd.
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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SC Johnson Brantford Location
Latitude: 43.1453 Longitude: -80.29479
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SC Johnson Brantford Location
- Donor
- Brantford Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Date
- 1982
- Copyright Holder
- Brantford Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Contact
- Brantford Public LibraryEmail:b4@brantfordlibrary.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:173 Colborne St.
Brantford, ON N3T 2G8
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