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Oelbaum family portrait
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 37; Series 4; Item 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- J. Irving Oelbaum was born in New York City to Mary Jacoby and Morris Oelbaum. He married Sadie Marulies, and they had two daughters. J. Irving was educated in social work and worked in the profession for ten years, after which he left the profession to enter the family business, Acme Paper Products Company Limited. He was very active within the Jewish community and held posts at numerous organizations including: president of B'nai B'rith, Toronto Lodge; president of United Jewish Welfare Fund; president, Jewish Family Welfare Bureau; and moreover, he was an officer for: Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association; Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association; Jewish Immigrant Aid Services; Jewish Camp Council; United Jewish Refugee War Relief Agencies; Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home; Mount Sinai; and Hillel.
- In 1954, J. Irving Oelbaum was honoured with a Negev Testimonial dinner and a Nachla in his name.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a group portrait of the Oelbaum family in formal attire.
- J. Irving Oelbaum is standing in the centre of the back row with Leonard Simpson on the left and Jack Koven on the right. In the centre front row is Sadie Oelbaum with Helen Simpson (née Oelbaum) on the left and Dorothy Koven (née Oelbaum) on the right.
- Name Access
- Oelbaum (family)
- Oelbaum, J. Irving, 1899-1966
- Subjects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Related Material
- See also photo #'s: 3709, 5005, 37-S1-1-Item-1, 37-S5-2-Item-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions