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Children at party, Primrose Club, Toronto [graphic material] – 1930.

Level: Item

ID: Item 4200

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4200

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1930

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 55 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a panoramic photograph of children at the Primrose Club in Toronto at 41 Willcocks Street. Identified individuals include: Herbert Epstein, Bert Rosenberg, Boris Adelberg, Ruthetta Kaplan Reiss, Joseph Kronick, Cliff Solway, Gil Shully, Joel Freisman, Sheldon Kert, Selma Vise Lichtman, Martin Factor, Sid Schipper, Ken Rotenberg, Earl Rotenberg, Mandel Sprachman, Ira Pollock.

Notes: Please see accession record for locations of cited individuals.

Name Access: Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Children; Parties; Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Creator: The Panoramic Camera Company

Places: Willcocks Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1987-9-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Exterior of Beth Tikvah Synagogue, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1978].

Part Of: George Morrison fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 99; Item 69

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: George Morrison fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 99

Item: 69

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1978]

Physical Description: 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access: Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Architecture; Synagogues

Repro Restriction: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1980-6-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Beth Tikvah Synagogue sanctuary, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1978].

Part Of: George Morrison fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 99; Item 72

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: George Morrison fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 99

Item: 72

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1978]

Physical Description: 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access: Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Architecture; Synagogues

Repro Restriction: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1980-6-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Bialik Club, Farband Folks Shul, Toronto [graphic material] – 1931.

Level: Item

ID: Item 2556

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2556

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1931

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification notes, please see accession record.

Name Access: Bialik Club; Farband

Subjects: Clubs

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-3-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband picnic wear, Toronto [graphic material] – [before 1918].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1273

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1273

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [before 1918]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Identified in this photograph are: Mr Causen, Mr Frankel, Zalman Cohen, Dave Gold, Mr Mitchell, Lewis Freedman, Gittel Shapiro

Name Access: Farband

Subjects: Picnics

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-4-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband group in yard, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1920].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2463

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2463

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1920]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a group photograph of members of the Farband group, taken in a yard. Identified are Willie Silverberg; Abi Shatz; Benny Shatz; and Mr. Frankel.

Notes: From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.

Name Access: Farband; Frankel, Mr.; Shatz, Abi; Shatz, Benny; Silverberg, Willie

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1980-12-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband group in yard, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1920].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2462

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2462

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1920]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a group photograph of members of the Farband, taken in a yard. Identified are Joe Cash and Louis Shatz.

Notes: From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.

Name Access: Farband

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1980-12-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Students at Farband Folks Shule, 10th Anniversary celebration, Toronto [graphic material] – 1935.

Level: Item

ID: Item 2920

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2920

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1935

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access: Farband

Subjects: Anniversaries; Students

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-6-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

2nd Picnic, Borochov Branch 124, Farband, Toronto [graphic material] – [1920 or 1921].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2471

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2471

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1920 or 1921]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of members of the Farband, Borochov Branch 124 at a picnic in Toronto. Pictured back row sixth from left, [?] Krackover; [?] Freedman.; Pictured middle row, second from left: Joe Cash; Willie Silverberg.; Pictured middle row, third from right: [?] Hoffman; Jack Herzog; Benny Cohen.; Pictured first row, left: Benny Shatz; [?] Frankel; [?] Manson (third from right).

Notes: From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.

Name Access: Borochov; Cash, Joe; Cohen, Benny; Farband; Frankel; Freedman; Herzog, Jack; Hoffman; Krackover; Manson; Shatz, Benny; Silverberg, Willie

Subjects: Picnics

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1980-12-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

25th Anniversary, Borochov Branch, Farband, Toronto [graphic material] – 1942.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1268

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1268

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1942

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: This photograph was taken at the Borochov Branch's 25th anniversary banquet.

Name Access: Borochov; Farband; Jewish Organizations

Subjects: Anniversaries

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-4-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Borochov Branch 124 (Farband), Jewish National Workers' Alliance, picnic at Trafalgar, Toronto [graphic material] – 25 July 1926.

Level: Item

ID: Item 2477

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2477

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 25 July 1926

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Notes: See items #1271 and #2453 for similar image.

Name Access: Borochov; Jewish National Workers' Alliance; Farband; Trafalgar

Subjects: Picnics

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1980-12-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

First Ontario conference of The Jewish National Workers' Alliance (Farband), Toronto [graphic material] – July 1918.

Level: Item

ID: Item 2466

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2466

Material Format: graphic material

Date: July 1918

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a group photograph of delegates at the first Ontario conference of the Jewish National Workers' Alliance (Farband) in Toronto. Identified in the photograph are Steinhouse (George's father); Moshe [Kirshenbaum?]; Zalman Cohen; H. M. Kirshenbaum; Avrom Freiman; Benny Shatz; Louis Shatz; Abi Shatz.

Notes: From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.

Name Access: Jewish National Workers' Alliance; Farband

Subjects: Congresses and conventions

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1980-12-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband Folks Shule, Cecil St., Toronto [graphic material] – [between 1940 and 1945].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2918

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2918

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [between 1940 and 1945]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification notes, please see accession record.; Top row, far left: [?] Rigelhoff, choir master.

Name Access: Farband

Subjects: Students

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-6-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband Folks Shule, Toronto [graphic material] – [193-].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2917

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2917

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [193-]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification notes, please see accession record.

Name Access: Farband

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-6-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband Folks Shule group graduation, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1945].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2915

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2915

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1945]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification notes, please see accession record.

Name Access: Farband

Subjects: Students

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-4-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Graduation class, Farband Folks Shule, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1928].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2916

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2916

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1928]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Seated, left to right: Esther Walerstein; Bayla Lax; Alte Freiman.; Standing, left to right: Haim Noach Kirshenbaum; Yisroel Starr; E. Chaikes (teacher); Yosef Lubek; Shlomo Zuker.

Notes: Half-tone photograph from newspaper.; Original photo by Schlachter.

Name Access: Chaikes, E.; Farband; Freiman, Alte; Kirshenbaum, Haim Noach; Lax, Bayla; Lubek, Yosef; Starr, Yisroel; Walerstein, Esther; Zuker, Shlomo

Subjects: Students

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-6-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

"Borochovtses" picnic, (Borochov Branch Farband Ladies' Group), Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1920].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2468

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2468

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1920]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a group photograph of the Ladies' auxiliary of Farband Borochov Branch 124, at a picnic in Toronto. Identified are Lillian Edelstein, Max Hoffman, Charlie Krackover; Ida Krackover; Joe Cash; [?] Frankel; Fanny Herzog; [?] Herzog; Willie Silverberg; [Leiblele?] Monson; Max Monson; Florence Monson; Chaika Levinsky; [Loyke?] Freedman; Penny Shatz; Mr. Freedman; Nachman Levinsky.

Notes: From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.

Name Access: Borochov; Cash, Joe; Edelstein, Lillian; Farband; Frankel; Freedman, Loyke; Herzog, Fanny; Hoffman, Max; Krackover, Charlie; Krackover, Ida; Levinsky, Chaika; Levinsky, Nachman; Monson, Florence; Monson, Leiblele; Monson, Max; Shatz, Penny; Silverberg, Willie

Subjects: Picnics

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1980-12-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Borochov Branch 124, Jewish National Workers' Alliance, Toronto [graphic material] – 1918.

Level: Item

ID: Item 2473

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2473

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1918

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a copy print of the members composite of the Borochov Branc 124 of the Jewish National Workers' Alliance.

Notes: From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.

Name Access: Borochov; Farband; Jewish National Workers' Alliance

Subjects: Labor movement

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1980-12-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Borochov Branch 124 (Farband) picnic, Trafalgar [graphic material] – 25 July 1926.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1271

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1271

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 25 July 1926

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: This photograph shows a group of people at a picnic for the Borochov Branch 124.

Name Access: Farband; Borochov; Trafalgar; Jewish Organizations

Subjects: Picnics

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Physical Condition: Poor condition.

Related Material: See photo 2453 for a copy print and negative of this image.

Accession Number: 1977-4-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Sholom Aleichem Club, Farband Folks Shule, Toronto [graphic material] – 1927.

Level: Item

ID: Item 2561

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2561

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1927

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification notes, please see accession record.

Notes: Photo by Modern Studio, 452 Queen St. W., Toronto.

Name Access: Sholom Aleichem Club; Farband

Subjects: Clubs

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-3-7

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband, Independent Workers' Circle Joint Committee to arrange lecture for H. Leivick, Toronto [graphic material] – [1939 or 1940].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1617

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1617

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1939 or 1940]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes: Photo by Modern Studio

Name Access: Farband; Independent Workers' Circle Joint Committee; Leivick, H.; Jewish Organizations

Subjects: Committees; Lectures and lecturing

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto Islands (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1978-11-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Poalei Zion group, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1930].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2933

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2933

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1930]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Name Access: Farband; Poalei Zion

Subjects: Zionism

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-7-8

Source: Archival Descriptions

Toronto Poalei Zion group [graphic material] – [between 1915 and 1918].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1455

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1455

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [between 1915 and 1918]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of members of the Toronto Poalei Zion group in front of a house.; Individuals in the photograph include: Abraham Walerstein, Esther Walerstein (child), [?] Lapidus, [Gertler?], Matisyohu Kramer, Leibe Bograd, H. H. Kirshenbaum, Louie Coldoff, S. Shapiro, Minnie Shapiro, Florence Manson, [?] Mitchell, [?] Green, Ziskind Socol, Taibeh Socol, Harry Sher, Mr. & Mrs. Schwartzbaum, [?] Heller, Archie Edelstein, [Kalman?] Wagner, Harry Green, [Mrs. Green?], Dave Gold.

Notes: Photograph was copied by the archives in 1977 and the original was subsequently donated to the archives in 1992.; See accession form for information on the locations of these individuals in the photograph.

Name Access: Poalei Zion; Farband

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Accession Number: 1977-8-27; 1992-8-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Toronto Poalei Zion group, Queen's Park, Toronto [graphic material] – [between 1915 and 1918].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1454

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1454

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [between 1915 and 1918]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a group photograph of Toronto Poalei Zion members.

Notes: Photograph was copied by the archives in 1977 and the original was subsequently donated to the archives in 1992.

Name Access: Poalei Zion; Farband

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Queen's Park (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-8-27; 1992-8-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Toronto Poalei Zion group at foot of Queen Victoria's statue, Queen's Park, Toronto [graphic material] – [between 1915 and 1918].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1453

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1453

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [between 1915 and 1918]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of the Poalei Zion group standing in front of a statue at Queen's park in Toronto.

Notes: Photograph was copied by the archives in 1977 and the original was subsequently donated to the archives in 1992.

Name Access: Poalei Zion; Farband

Subjects: Statues

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Queen's Park (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-8-27; 1992-8-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Toronto Poalei Zion group en route by boat to their annual picnic at Queenston [graphic material] – [ca. 1926].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2538

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2538

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1926]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access: Poalei Zion; Farband

Subjects: Picnics

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Queenston (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-2-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Poalei Zion group, Toronto [graphic material] – [1918 or 1919].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2465

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2465

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1918 or 1919]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of members of the Poalei Zion assembled in front of an unidentified house in Toronto. Indentified in the photograph are: Archie Edelstein; Izzie Edelstein; Mr. and Mrs. Frankel; [?] Belke; Mr. Feldman; Zalman Cohen; Abie Shatz; David Gold; Abe Wolerstein; Esther Wolerstein (m. Grant); Sholom Katz; Chaim Langer; Mr. and Mrs. Sokol; Harry Sher; Louis Koldoff; H. M. Kirshenbaum; Leibe Bograd; Mr. Shapiro (Ben-Zion's father); Min Shapiro; Kalmen Wagner; David Lewis; Pesach Kates; Mr. Mitchell; Florence Monson; Max Monson.

Notes: From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.

Name Access: Farband; Poalei Zion

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1980-12-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Poalei Zion (Farband) group, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1925].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2914

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2914

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1925]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification notes, please see accession record.

Name Access: Farband; Poalei Zion

Subjects: Zionism

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-4-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Poalei Zion group with Ber Borochov, Toronto [graphic material] – 1913.

Level: Item

ID: Item 2913

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2913

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1913

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification notes, please see accession record.

Name Access: Borochov, Ber; Farband; Poalei Zion

Subjects: Zionism

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-4-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Toronto Poalei Zion group en route by boat to their annual picnic at Queenston [graphic material] – [ca. 1926].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2537

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2537

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1926]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access: Poalei Zion; Farband

Subjects: Picnics

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Queenston (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-2-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Yehoash Poalei Zion youth club, Toronto [graphic material] – March 1928.

Level: Item

ID: Item 2557

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2557

Material Format: graphic material

Date: March 1928

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access: Farband; Poalei Zion; Yehoash

Subjects: Clubs

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-3-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Moses Hess, Young Poalei Zion Club, Toronto [graphic material] – 1933.

Level: Item

ID: Item 2559

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2559

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1933

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a studio portrait of members of the Moses Hess, Young Poalei Zion Club.; Top row: Louis Lazoniek; Daniel Jessel; [?] Garber; Akiva Skidell, [unidentified]; Ben Harold.; Fourth row: Joshua Wohlgelenter; Hymie Kirshenbaum; Al Pearlstein; David Wise; Sam Greenbaum; Louis Sand.; Third row: Harrie Steiner; Sadie Sorosky (m. Roebuck); Lillian Dworkin (m. Singer); Sophie Chait; Esther Sorosky (m. Steinhouse); [unidentified]; [unidentified].; Second row: Sol Barkai (Borkofsky); Ben Taub; Jacob Katzman; Zalman Yonai (Yanofsky); [unidentified]; George Steinhouse.; Front row: Esther Wallerstein (m. Grant); Elsie Freeman (m. Harold); [Mucie?] Brick (m. Kaplansky); Pearl Tennenbaum (m. Boxenbaum); [unidentified].

Name Access: Chait, Sophie; Farband; Hess, Moses; Poalei Zion; Roebuck, Sadie; Sorosky, Sadie; Sorosky, Esther; Steinhouse, Esther

Subjects: Clubs; Labor Zionism; Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-3-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

30th Year Jubilee Banquet of M. Menachovsky, arranged by Left Poalei Zion, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1940].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2319

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2319

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1940]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access: Menachovsky, M.; Poalei Zion; Farband

Subjects: Anniversaries; Dinners and dining

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1980-9-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Class, Farband Folks Shule, Toronto [graphic material] – [1925 or 1926].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2562

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2562

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1925 or 1926]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification see accession record.

Notes: Photo by M. Schlochter, 452 Queen St. W., Toronto.

Name Access: Farband

Subjects: Students

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-3-8

Source: Archival Descriptions

Beth Tikvah Synagogue [textual record] – 2011-2012.

Accession Number: 2017-1-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2017-1-7

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 2011-2012

Scope and Content: Accession consists of two editions of Hakol bulletin published by Beth Tikvah and dated September/October 2011 and November/December 2011. Contents of the bulletins are messages from the Rabbi and President, Sisterhood and Men's Club, activities, programs, donations, bereavements, as well as paid advertisements. Inserted in the November/December edition is a letter from Maurice Kulik, President, addressed to the members, informing them of proposed amendments to their constitution for consideration at the AGM. Also included is a flyer promoting their Pre-Hanukkah Choral concert on December 11, 2011.

Subjects: Synagogue bulletins

Name Access: Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Montague Raisman - 11 July 1982

Name: Montague Raisman

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 11 July 1982

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Montague Raisman

Number: AC 064

Subject: Nonprofit organizations; Human rights; Antisemitism; World War, 1939-1945

Interview Date: 11 July 1982

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Jack Lipinsky

Total Running Time: 064: 39 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

Notes: Low sound quality

Use Restrictions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Montague Raisman came to Canada from England in 1926. He was actively involved in B'nai Brith Toronto Lodge and held positions of office. He served as the Commanding Officer for the B'nai Brith Air Cadet Squadron in Toronto during the Second World War. He was instrumental in the formation of the Joint Public Relations Committee, a united Jewish voice in response to pro-Nazi activity.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Raisman, Montague; B'nai Brith; Lipinsky, Jack; Canadian Jewish Congress

Geographic Access: Toronto

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Montague describes the formation of the B'nai Brith Air Cadet Squadron during the Second World War. He discusses the recruitment and training of the officers and cadets. He explains how this squadron was instrumental in changing recruitment qualifications to allow entry of new immigrants and black cadets.

In this clip, Montague Raisman discusses the events leading up to an association between B

Ben Kayfetz - March 4, 1984

Name: Ben Kayfetz

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: March 4, 1984

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Ben Kayfetz

Number: AC 210

Subject: Antisemitism; Human rights; Law; Nonprofit organizations

Interview Date: March 4, 1984

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Phyllis Platnick

Total Running Time: 46 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

Notes: Christie Pits riot at approximately minute 16:00

Use Restrictions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Benjamin Gershon Kayfetz was born on December 24, 1916 in Toronto. He married Eva Silver and had two children. Ben graduated from the University of Toronto in 1939, with a B.A. in modern languages. He worked as a high school teacher in Huntsville and Niagara Falls between 1941 and 1943. In 1943, he joined the war effort, working for the Department of National Defense in Postal Censorship and was responsible for reviewing prisoner of war mail. After the war, Kayfetz traveled to British Occupied Germany where he worked as a censor of telecommunications with the Control Commission until 1947. Upon returning to Toronto, he was hired as the National Director of Community Relations by the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC), and as the Executive (National) Director of the Joint Community Relations Committee (JCRC), a CJC - B'nai B'rith cooperative organization. He also served as the Central Region Executive Director of the CJC between 1973 and 1978. He worked to develop anti-discrimination laws and for the protection of minority and religious rights. Kayfetz was also actively involved in promoting the welfare of Jewish Communities worldwide. He was awarded the Samuel Bronfman Medal by the Canadian Jewish Congress in 1985 and the Order of Canada in 1986. In addition to his professional activities, Kayfetz wrote articles for various Jewish publications under both his own name and the pseudonym, Gershon B. Newman, and gave a weekly radio address on CHIN radio addressing various contemporary Jewish issues. He was also actively involved in the Toronto Jewish Historical Society (serving as its president), Canadian Jewish Historical Society and Yiddish Luncheon Circle. Ben Kayfetz died in 2002.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Balmy Beach Swastika Club; Canadian Jewish Congress; UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Geographic Access: Toronto; Kew Beach; Christie Pits

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\AC 210, Ben Kayfetz\AC 210 notes.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Ben Kayfetz describes the skirmish between antisemitic and Jewish youths at Kew Beach in July 1933.

In this clip, Ben Kayfetz discusses the laws that restricted “Jews or other objectionable races” from purchasing, owning or renting properties in Toronto and summer resort areas. He describes the steps taken to change the law.

Genya Intrator - November 26, 1990

Name: Genya Intrator

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: November 26, 1990

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Genya Intrator

Number: AC 223; AC 224

Subject: Antisemitism; Women; Human rights

Interview Date: November 26, 1990

Quantity: 2

Interviewer: Mindy A. Skapinker

AccessionNumber: 1993-9-1

Total Running Time: AC 223A: 46 minutes AC 223B: 46 minutes AC 224A: 16 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

Use Restrictions: Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Genya was born in Moscow and moved as a child to Palestine in the 1930's. She was a member of the Israeli underground and served in the Israeli army during the War of Independence. She played a central leadership role in the Soviet Jewry Movement in Canada. She founded "Women for Soviet Jewry" and served as chair of "National Soviet Jewry Committee". She helped with creation of the Toronto "Group of 35", a Soviet Jewry activist group. Genya had regular contact by phone with Soviet activists and relayed their information back to Israeli consuls. She was an advisor to B'nai Brith on Soviet Jewry. She started an Inter-religious Task Force for Soviet Jewry in Canada.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Intrator, Genya; Skapinker, Mindy A.; Canadian Jewish Congress

Geographic Access: Toronto

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Genya Intrator discusses the formation of the "Group of 35", a Soviet Jewry activist group.

In this clip, Genya Intrator describes how information about Soviet Jews was passed on to the Israeli consulate in New York who tracked all the data. She explains how she was appointed as a "secret agent" who would report information from her many phone calls to the Soviet Union.

Beth Tikvah, Toronto, Ontario [graphic material] – 1979.

Part Of: The Shuls Project fonds; Ontario synagogues series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 64; Series 2; File 56

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: The Shuls Project fonds; Ontario synagogues series

Level: File

Fonds: 64

Series: 2

File: 56

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1979

Physical Description: 29 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints and (1) negative ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Name Access: Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Synagogues

Repro Restriction: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Samuel Posluns fonds [cartographic material, graphic material, textual record] – 1925-1984.

Part Of: Samuel Posluns fonds

Level: Fonds

ID: Fonds 70

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Samuel Posluns fonds

Level: Fonds

Fonds: 70

Material Format: cartographic material; graphic material; textual record

Date: 1925-1984

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 91 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller; 1 map : 46 x 65 cm

Admin History/Bio: Samuel Posluns (1910-1994) was born in Toronto to Abraham Isaac Poslaniec (1870-1922) and Sheindel Saltzman (1872-1960). He had three brothers and three sisters: Joseph, Louis, Abe, Gertrude Miriam, Anne, and Sarah. His father Abraham established the family run clothing firm Superior Cloak Company in 1916. In 1934, it was bankrupted and closed after a lengthy strike. In 1936, Samuel opened his own business, Popular Cloak Company. In 1967, the Posluns family purchased Tip Top Tailors, in partnership with entrepreneur Jimmy Kay. A year later they incorporated their new venture under the name of Dylex as a holding company for the Tip Top chain of stores.; During the Second World War, Samuel Posluns served as a member of the air force reserves. After the war, he was elected president of the United Jewish Welfare Fund in 1947. That same year, in collaboration with the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Jewish Labour Committee, Posluns helped lead the Tailor Project along with Max E. Enkin, which was aimed at helping Jewish displaced persons immigrate to Canada by securing them employment as tailors. A commited advocate for Jewish education, Posluns also served as the first president and founding chair of the Board of Jewish Education (BJE) in 1949. He remained honorary president for life and continued to attend meetings until health problems held back his participation in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Posluns was also a founding board member of the North York General Hospital.; Samuel Posluns died in Toronto in 1994.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records related to the Posluns family and their clothing business, Popular Cloak Company. The records include correspondence, financial records, periodicals and newsletters, photographs, certificates and personal identification. The fonds also includes textual documents and photos documenting Samuel Posluns' involvement in the Tailor Project.

Name Access: Canadian Jewish Congress; Enkin, Max E.; Jewish Labour Committee; Popular Cloak Company; Posluns, Samuel, 1910-1994

Subjects: Clothing trade; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Immigrants--Canada

Access Restriction: Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Creator: Posluns, Samuel, 1910-1994

Accession Number: 1997-7/6; 2004-5/79

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Police Event at Primrose Club [graphic material] – May 1984.

Part Of: Philip Givens fonds; Metropolitan Toronto Police Commission series; Official engagements sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 51; Series 5-3; File 14

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Philip Givens fonds; Metropolitan Toronto Police Commission series; Official engagements sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 51

Series: 5-3

File: 14

Material Format: graphic material

Date: May 1984

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio: The Primrose Club was founded in Toronto in 1907 as the Cosmopolitan Club, an elite Jewish men's social club. In 1959, the club's building at 41 Willcocks Street was expropriated by the University of Toronto (and currently houses the university's Faculty Club), and the club subsequently moved to a new building at Russell Road & St. Clair, designed by Kaplan & Sprachman. It has since been demolished and a condominium has been put up in its place by Ken Rotenberg, a Toronto developer.

Scope and Content: File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens meeting with a group of Police Chiefs. Identified in the photograph are (left to right): James Mackie, Harold Adamson, Jack Ackroyd, Jack Marks, Phil Givens.

Name Access: Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Police

Places: Russell Hill Road (Toronto, Ont.); Saint Clair Avenue West (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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State of Israel Bonds Luncheon for Christian friends [graphic material] – 13 Sept. 1964.

Part Of: Philip Givens fonds; Jewish communal series; State of Israel Bonds sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 51; Series 9-6; File 1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Philip Givens fonds; Jewish communal series; State of Israel Bonds sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 51

Series: 9-6

File: 1

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 13 Sept. 1964

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 20 x 25 cm

Admin History/Bio: The Primrose Club was founded in Toronto in 1907 as the Cosmopolitan Club, an elite Jewish men's social club. In 1959, the club's building at 41 Willcocks Street was expropriated by the University of Toronto (and currently houses the university's Faculty Club), and the club subsequently moved to a new building at Russell Road & St. Clair, designed by Kaplan & Sprachman. It has since been demolished and a condominium has been put up in its place by Ken Rotenberg, a Toronto developer.

Scope and Content: File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens attending a luncheon at the Primrose Club. Identified in the photograph are (left to right): John Bassett, Phil Givens, and George Hees.

Notes: Photograph is by Willy Lobel

Name Access: Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Event at the Primrose Club [graphic material] – 27 Nov. 1965.

Part Of: Philip Givens fonds; Jewish communal series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 51; Series 9; File 4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Philip Givens fonds; Jewish communal series

Level: File

Fonds: 51

Series: 9

File: 4

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 27 Nov. 1965

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio: The Primrose Club was founded in Toronto in 1907 as the Cosmopolitan Club, an elite Jewish men's social club. In 1959, the club's building at 41 Willcocks Street was expropriated by the University of Toronto (and currently houses the university's Faculty Club), and the club subsequently moved to a new building at Russell Road & St. Clair, designed by Kaplan & Sprachman. It has since been demolished and a condominium has been put up in its place by Ken Rotenberg, a Toronto developer.

Scope and Content: File consists of one photograph of Phil and Min Givens attending an event at the Primrose Club.

Name Access: Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Physical Condition: Photograph has many stress and crease marks

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Community Activities [textual record] – 1957-1969.

Part Of: Hoffman family fonds; Community Activities series

Level: Series

ID: Fonds 6; Series 2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Hoffman family fonds; Community Activities series

Level: Series

Fonds: 6

Series: 2

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1957-1969

Physical Description: 10 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio: Max and Celia Hoffman were involved in many community activities including the synagogue and Jewish education. They raised funds on behalf of the community and also made financial contributions to a variety of Jewish organizations.

Scope and Content: Series consists of correspondence, financial reports and programme books relating to educational, religious and fraternal organizations and institutions in Hamilton. Series also contains material from local events such as the dedication of Adas Israel synagogue and regional events such as the convention of the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Ontario Region. In addition, there are correspondence and a certificate from Yeshiva University in regards to a scholarship established by Max and Celia Hoffman. Other material includes a calendar published by the Hamilton chapter of B’Nai Brith and the Hamilton District Jewish Community Telephone Directory.

Name Access: B'nai B'rith; Canadian Jewish Congress; Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Ontario Region; Central Fund for Traditional Institutions; Hamilton Talmud Torah; National Society for Hebrew Day Schools; Hamilton District Jewish Community Telephone Directory

Subjects: Education

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Harold S. Kaplan fonds [multiple media] – [ca.1910]-1968.

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds

Level: Fonds

ID: Fonds 27

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds

Level: Fonds

Fonds: 27

Material Format: multiple media

Date: [ca.1910]-1968

Physical Description: 345 architectural drawings and other material

Admin History/Bio: Harold Solomon Kaplan (1895-1973) was a Toronto-based architect who, in partnership with Abraham Sprachman in the firm Kaplan & Sprachman, was well-known for the design of Art deco and Art moderne movie theatres in the 1930s and 1940s and for designing buildings for Jewish communities across Canada from the 1930s to the 1960s.; Kaplan was born 10 Sept. 1895, in Bucharest, Romania. At the age of three, he and his widowed mother, Tillie Hohan, moved to London, England, and in 1902 they moved to Toronto where his mother subsequently married Frank Kaplan. While in his teens, Kaplan spent time in Philadelphia living with an uncle and studying draftsmanship. Upon returning to Toronto, Kaplan attended Toronto Technical School where he took courses in architecture and building construction. He also served an apprenticeship with the architect Henry Simpson. In 1919-1920, Kaplan worked for the firm of Page & Warrington, before establishing Kaplan & Sprachman with Abraham Sprachman in 1922. In 1923, he married Dorothy Spain. They had two daughters, Phyllis (Pepper) and Ruthetta (Reiss).; Kaplan & Sprachman were best known for their more than 300 movie theatre projects completed from the 1920s to the 1960s, designing and renovating theatres across Canada in progressive "modern" styles and using innovative building materials. In 1937, they were awarded the bronze medal in the Sixth Biennial Toronto Exhibition for their interiors to the Eglinton Theatre (400 Eglinton Ave. W.) in Toronto, considered to be the finest example of their Art deco design work.; Over the course of their careers, they designed many synagogues for the Jewish community, such as the Anshei Minsk and Shaarei Shomayim synagogues in Toronto, Beth Israel Synagogue, Edmonton, and Beth Israel Synagogue in Vancouver. They also designed the new Mount Sinai Hospital, the Oakdale Golf & Country Club, the Jewish Home for the Aged (Baycrest), and the Jewish Community Centres of Toronto and Hamilton. Their design for the Oakdale Golf & Country Club was chosen as a Canadian entrant in the Arts Competition of the 14th Olympic Games in London, 1948.; In addition to the projects already mentioned, Kaplan & Sprachman worked on retail stores, warehouses and factories, apartment buildings, and single family residences. Their partnership continued until 1965, when the firm of Kaplan & Sprachman was dissolved as of 30 October 1965. Kaplan continued to work as an architectural consultant for several years after this date. Harold Kaplan died 1 April 1973 in West Palm Beach, Florida.; Kaplan was a member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the Ontario Association of Architects, and the Province of Quebec Association of Architects. Kaplan & Sprachman's contribution to the architecture profession was recognized by the Ontario Association of Architects when both Kaplan's and Abraham Sprachman's names were entered on the Honor Roll for prominent members of the profession, established by the association in 1989.

Scope and Content: The fonds documents Kaplan's work as an architect from the 1930s to the 1960s with Kaplan & Sprachman and some of the consulting work he undertook after the dissolution of the partnership in 1965, primarily through architectural drawings and photographs. The preponderance of the materials relates to a series of renovations of Loew's Yonge Street Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto, now the Elgin Theatre) and the Uptown Theatre (764 Yonge St., Toronto, just South of Bloor St.) between the 1930s and 1960s, and Kaplan & Sprachman's design of the Primrose Club (Russell Hill Rd at St. Clair Ave., Toronto) in 1958-1959. There is also a large number of photographs by commercial photographers of movie theatres designed or renovated by Kaplan & Sprachman.; Project records are arranged chronologically, with sub-sub-series defined for successive projects at the same site. Some of the materials document project proposals which were not carried out (e.g., proposed renovations of the Winter Garden Theatre).; Other series in the fonds contain business correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning Kaplan & Sprachman projects, and a small amount of personal material such as family photographs, awards Kaplan received over the years for his design work and a colour photocopy of the invitation to Kaplan's stag party in 1923.

Notes: Includes: 132 photographs (131 b&w, including 8 negatives; 1 col.), 8 cm of textual records, and 1 bronze medal.

Name Access: Kaplan, Harold S., 1895-1973; Kaplan & Sprachman (Firm); Loew's Yonge Street Theatre (Toronto, Ont.); Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.); Uptown Theatre (Toronto, Ont.); Winter Garden Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)

Physical Condition: Some of the blueprints and drawings are torn or water-damaged. All of the architectural drawings are currently stored in rolls.

Related Material: Accession 2003-7-1 contains additional photographs of buildings designed or renovated by Kaplan & Sprachman, as well as a copy of a published inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman movie theatre projects, compiled by Mandel Sprachman from Kaplan & Sprachman records; Mina Sprachman, widow of Abraham Sprachman, discusses Kaplan & Sprachman in oral history recording AC-142; Kaplan & Sprachman records can also be found in the Mandel Sprachman fonds, at the City of Toronto Archives

Creator: Kaplan, Harold S., 1895-1973

Accession Number: 2003-6-1; 2004-3-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Drawing of the Primrose Club at 41 Willcocks St. [architectural drawing] – [ca.1921].

Part Of: Benjamin Brown fonds; Jewish community building plans and drawings series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 49; Series 1; File 9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Benjamin Brown fonds; Jewish community building plans and drawings series

Level: File

Fonds: 49

Series: 1

File: 9

Material Format: architectural drawing

Date: [ca.1921]

Physical Description: 1 architectural drawing : pencil and hand col. pencil crayon on cardboard ; 42 x 54 cm

Admin History/Bio: Originally named the Cosmopolitan Club, the Primrose Club was as an elite Jewish men's club (women were allowed to join in later years) that was founded in 1909 by prominent members of the Jewish Community. The building housing the club was located at 41 Willcocks Street, and was originally built in the 1880s as the residence of the Campbell family. In 1921, the home was redesigned by Benjamin Brown and Robert McConnell as the new home of the Primrose Club. In 1959, it was appropriated by the University of Toronto and is currently the home of the University of Toronto Faculty Club. It was designated as a heritage building in 1980.

Scope and Content: File consists of an elevation drawing of the Primrose Club at 41 Willcocks Street.

Notes: See - http://magazine.utoronto.ca/feature/history-of-faculty-club-u-of-t/ - for a more detailed history of the building.

Name Access: Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Clubs

Places: Willcocks Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Primrose Club exterior [graphic material] – [194-].

Part Of: Dora Till fonds; Other organizations series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 52; Series 7; Item 1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Dora Till fonds; Other organizations series

Level: Item

Fonds: 52

Series: 7

Item: 1

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [194-]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 18 cm on matte 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a photograph of the exterior of the Primrose Club on Willcocks Street in Toronto.

Name Access: Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Clubs

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.