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Senior fourth class, manual training, King Edward [Public] School, boys of 1918-19

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w., mounted on backing board ; 16 x 21 cm on backing board 25 x 30 cm

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a photograph of the senior fourth class of King Edward Public School taken on April 11, 1919 and mounted on a backing board. Written on the back of the backing board is the following:; April 11th 1919; Senior Fourth Class; Manual Training; King Edward School; Boys of 1918-1919; Jolly Good Fellows; Left to Right.; (1) Alex Mosoff (Mozes); (2) Sam Rosenbloom ([Liprosy?]); (3) Harry Isaacson (Eggs); (4) Morris Heller (Heller ["Moishe" in Yiddish]); (5) John Burton (Farmer); (6) Max Goldberg (Truck-Horse [illegible]); (7) Murray Cooper (Tony); (8) Leo Friedman (Longzy); (9) Sol Luxenberg ([Chalk?]); (10) Max Lexchin (Lexshit); (11) Jacob Kaplan; (12) [Morris?] Stulberg (Koony); (13) Coo-Coo Jessel; (14) Izzie Shapiro (Knowledge); (15) Abie Soltz (Epson Saltz); (16) Harry Bied[illegible]vitz (Bugsy); (17) Alex Mosoff (Mozas); (18) Leonard Stein (Shtinker); (19) Max Mandel; Photo caption (001): Senior fourth class, manual training, King Edward [Public] School, boys of 1918-19, 11 Apr. 1919. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-10-6.

Custodial History: Gloria Roden (née Mosoff), the daughter of Alex Mosoff (pictured in photograph), donated the photograph.

Administrative History: Alexander Elliott "Alex" Mosoff (1904-1998) was born in Szydlowiec, Poland on 12 April 1904. Mosoff came to Toronto in 1906. It was there that he married his wife, Fay Layefsky, on 23 March 1924; the two would stay married for 74 years, during which time they had two children: a son, Harold, and a daughter, Gloria.; Mosoff worked for a wholesale groceteria for a time before joining Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1924, eventually becoming a manager at a time when it was unusual for a Jewish person to go beyond the position of salesperson. In all, Mosoff spent 44 years at MetLife, retiring in 1968.; Mosoff passed away on 27 April 1998. He was 94 years old.

Use Conditions: 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.

Name Access: Burton, John; Cooper, Murray; Friedman, Leo; Goldberg, Max; Heller, Morris; Isaacson, Harry; Jessel, Coo-Coo; Kaplan, Jacob; King Edward Public School (Toronto, Ont.); Lexchin, Max; Luxenberg, Sol; Mandel, Max; Mosoff, Alex, 1904-1998; Rosenbloom, Sam; Shapiro, Izzie; Soltz, Abie; Stein, Leonard