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Rhinewine family photographs
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 59 photographs : b&w and sepia ; 18 x 13 cm or smaller
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [189-]-1928
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of photographs from London and Warsaw of the Rhinewine family and friends.In addition there are two Jewish New Year cards written in Polish.
- Administrative History
- Abraham Rhinewine (1887-1932) was born in Poland and immigrated to London, England in 1902, at the age of 15. There he met his wife, Annie and together they immigrated to Toronto in 1907. They had two (possibley three) children, Shulamith and Avivah (Bakerspigel). Abraham had a sister named Sarah, who was involved with UNRAA after the Second World War and was the Assistant Director of Jewish Family and Child Services for many years. Abraham was a prominent scholar and the editor of the Toronto Daily Hebrew Journal.
- Source
- Archival Accessions