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Portrait of Henry Dworkin
- Part Of
- Dorothy Dworkin fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 10
- Item
- 32
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1925]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Henry (Harry) Dworkin, husband of Dorothy (Goldstick) Dworkin, was born in 1886 in Russia and came to Canada in 1905. In the early years, Henry dispersed food to the hungry and helped people from Poland, Rumania, and Latvia after they settled in Canada. Henry opened E. & H. Dworkin Steamship and Bankers in 1917 with his brother Edward. The business continued as Dworkin Travel at 525 Dundas West. Dworkin Travel was the oldest travel agency in Toronto which also carried a wholesale tobacco business at the rear. Henry was also the founder of the Labour Lyceum. Henry and Dorothy had one daughter, Ellen, whose nickname was Honey. He died in an auto accident in 1928 and 20,000 people attended the funeral.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Mr. Henry (Harry) Dworkin.
- Name Access
- Dworkin, Harry
- Dworkin, Henry
- Subjects
- Businesspeople
- Immigrants--Canada
- Portraits
- 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
- 2005-4-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions