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Irving Levine
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-9
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w (jpg)
- 4 documents (jpg)
- Date
- [195-?]-1979
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of six electronic copies of photographs of Irving Levine and the Levine family and electronic copies of three invitations to Irving Levine's birthday party, and one newspaper clipping. Included is Irving and Ruth's wedding portrait and wedding photo with their parents (Sept. 6, 1952), two photographs of Irving with his mother Anne at Crystal Beach, a photograph of the Irving brothers in Grimsby, and a photo of Irving with business partner Lionel Robins (ca. 1978). Identified individuals in the photographs include: Irving Levine, Lionel Robins, Harry Levine, David Levine, Anne Levine, Ruth Levine, Sam Levine, Abraham Feldman, and Jennie Feldman.
- Administrative History
- Irving Levine was born in 1929 to Sam and Anne Levine. He was born in Grimsby, Ontario, where his father owned a junior department store. They were members of Beth Jacob Synagogue in Hamilton. Irving moved to Toronto in 1953, he married Ruth Fern in 1952 and they had three children: Alan, born in 1953, Suzy, born in 1956 and Michael, born in 1961. He has six grandchildren. He purchased Braemar clothing store in the early 1960s, with the first location in Cloverdale Mall. He became the top vice-president of Dylex, Ltd.,one of Canada's largest retail clothing companies, and general manager of Fairweather's division. Lionel Robins became his business partner in 1964.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Further identification can be found with the accession record.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Levine, Irving, 1929-
- Places
- Crystal Beach (Fort Erie, Ont.)
- Grimsby (Ont.)
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions