Level
Item
ID
Item 1499
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1499
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1970]
Physical Description
1 photograph
Name Access
Max Karry Dry Goods (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Dry-goods
Places
Augusta Avenue (Toronto. Ont.)
Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1977-8-28
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3188
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3188
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[194-]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of the interior of Zabrack Dry Goods.
Name Access
Zabrack's Dry Goods
Subjects
Dry-goods
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.
Places
College Street (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1982-2-8
Source
Archival Descriptions
Address
374 Spadina Avenue
Source
Landmarks

Gordon Melamed (6 Apr. 1927-16 Nov. 2004) was born to Morris and Zena Melamed. The Melamed family was originally from Russia. Morris Melamed served in the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese War. He was married to Zena Melamed and they had eleven children, Gordon being the only boy. Morris Melamed owned a dry goods store and the family were active members of the Toronto Jewish community.
Address
374 Spadina Avenue
Scope Note
Gordon Melamed (6 Apr. 1927-16 Nov. 2004) was born to Morris and Zena Melamed. The Melamed family was originally from Russia. Morris Melamed served in the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese War. He was married to Zena Melamed and they had eleven children, Gordon being the only boy. Morris Melamed owned a dry goods store and the family were active members of the Toronto Jewish community.
Category
Retail store
Source
Landmarks
Level
Item
ID
Item 693
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
693
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1922
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Admin History/Bio
The store was located on St. Clair Ave., west of Landsdowne.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Sylvia Kaplan inside the I. Rosenbaum Dry Goods store at 1651 St. Clair Avenue West in Toronto. I. Rosenbaum was Sylvia Kaplan's father.
Name Access
I. Rosenbaum Dry Goods
Kaplan, Sylvia
Subjects
Dry-goods
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.
Places
Saint Clair Avenue West (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3757
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3757
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[1918 or 1919]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
Notes
See also: photo # 3758, #3759, #3760.
Name Access
M. Sorosky Dry Goods Store
Subjects
Storefronts
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1985-5-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3758
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3758
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1918 or 1919
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
Notes
See also: photo # 3757, #3759, #3760.
Name Access
M. Sorosky Dry Goods Store
Subjects
Storefronts
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1985-5-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 679
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
679
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1926
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a family in front of Parliament Dry Goods.
Name Access
Parliament Dry Goods
Subjects
Storefronts
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.
Places
Parliament Street (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1877
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1877
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1918]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Identified in this photograph is Lena Gang in the store doorway. Her mother can be seen in the window. Remnants of a diphtheria quarantine notice can be seen on the door.
Name Access
Gang, Lena
Gang Dry Goods
Subjects
Storefronts
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.
Places
St. John's Ward (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1980-1-11
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3187
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3187
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[194-]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a woman standing in front of Zabrack Dry Goods.
Name Access
Zabrack's Dry Goods
Subjects
Storefronts
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.
Places
College Street (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1982-2-8
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Aug. 1978
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. slide (Kodachrome) ; 35 mm.
Scope and Content
This item is an original slide of Chez Myren, a secondhand, dry goods store in Belleville, Ontario. The store was owned by the former rabbi of Belleville.
Name Access
Myren, Chez
Subjects
Storefronts
Places
Belleville (Ont.)
Accession Number
1978-8-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2951
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2951
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1920]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Mrs. Toba (Taube) Gang in doorway.
Name Access
Gang's Dry Goods Shop
Subjects
Storefronts
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.
Places
Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1980-1-16
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1173
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1173
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1930
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Gurion Hyman standing in front of a kosher delicatessen on Spadina Avenue.
Name Access
Hyman, Gurion
Subjects
Delicatessens
Storefronts
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1977-1-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1312
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1312
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1913
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of the Wolfish family of Toronto standing in front of their store on Elizabeth Street.
Name Access
Wolfish family
Subjects
Families
Portraits, Group
Storefronts
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.
Places
Elizabeth Street (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1977-6-3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2439
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2439
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1915
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of members of the Gerston family front of their general dry goods store on Queen Street West in Toronto. Pictured in the doorway, left to right: Mrs. Gerston, Salesman, Mr. Gerston.
Children, left to right: Harold Gerston, (Dr.) Harry Gerston, Helen Gerston (m. Sturman).
Name Access
Gerston family
Gerston, Harold
Gerston, Dr. Harry
Gerston, Helen
Sturman, Helen
Subjects
Families
Storefronts
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.
Places
Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1980-12-11
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3036
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3036
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1925]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Name Access
Rosenblatt, Julius
Subjects
Storefronts
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.
Places
Chestnut Street (Toronto, Ont.)
Elizabeth Street (Toronto, Ont.)
Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1981-8-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1555
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1555
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1918]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Identified in this photograph are: Nathan (Nuchum) Hoffman and his wife Rivka with their three children. Standing from left to right are Anne, Samuel and Polly Hoffman.
Name Access
Hoffman family
Hoffman, Anne
Hoffman, Nathan
Hoffman, Nuchum
Hoffman, Polly
Hoffman, Rivka
Hoffman, Sam
Subjects
Families
Storefronts
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1978-9-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ladovsky family fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 83; File 9; Item 14
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ladovsky family fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
Fonds
83
File
9
Item
14
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1920
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Aaron and Sarah Ladovsky with their nephews in front of United Bakers Dairy Restaurant.
Notes
Originally cited as photo #1444.
Name Access
Ladovsky, Aaron
Ladovsky, Sarah
United Bakers
Subjects
Bakeries
Storefronts
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1977-7-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2533
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2533
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[between 1921 and 1923]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Esther Walerstein is pictured standing in front of A. Walerstein Ice Cream Parlour.
Name Access
Walerstein, Esther
Subjects
Ice cream parlors
Storefronts
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1981-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 273
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
273
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1974
Physical Description
1 slide
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic slide. The photograph was taken by Syd Shoub.
Name Access
Switzer's Delicatessen (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Delicatessens
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.
Places
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 272
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
272
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Jun. 1974
Physical Description
1 slide
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic slide. The photograph was taken by Syd Shoub.
Subjects
Delicatessens
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.
Places
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Benjamin Brown fonds
Commercial building plans and drawings series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 49; Series 3; File 40
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Benjamin Brown fonds
Commercial building plans and drawings series
Level
File
Fonds
49
Series
3
File
40
Material Format
architectural drawing
Date
[ca. 1930]
Physical Description
2 architectural drawings : 1 pencil and hand col. pencil crayon on verso of blueprint, 1 pencil on tracing paper ; 63 cm length or smaller and 5 cm diam.
Scope and Content
File consists of architectural drawings of alterations to The Spadina Building for Mr. H. Greisman. Floor plans and an elevation drawing are included.
Notes
One drawing is located on the verso of a discarded blueprint of a building for Power Investments Ltd. on 55 Charles St. West.
Places
Charles Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2534
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2534
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[1922 or 1923]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Pictured are Sarah Walerstein (left) and her mother Taube Walerstein (right) standing in front of the family's ice cream parlour.
Name Access
Walerstein, Sarah
Walerstein, Taube
Subjects
Ice cream parlors
Mothers and daughters
Storefronts
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1981-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ladovsky family fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 83; File 9; Item 16
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ladovsky family fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
Fonds
83
File
9
Item
16
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1920
Physical Description
5 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
Item is a copy print, two corresponding negatives, and two postcard photographs of Aaron and Sarah Ladovsky with their two staff members in front of United Bakers on Spadina.
Name Access
Hanford, Rose
Ladovsky, Aaron
Lieberman, Rose
Ladovsky, Sarah
United Bakers
Subjects
Bakeries
Storefronts
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1488
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1488
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1929]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of an unidentified man in front of a men's outfitters.
Name Access
Mr Brown Haberdashery
Subjects
Men's furnishing goods
Storefronts
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.
Places
Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1977-8-28
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 435
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
435
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1961
Physical Description
2 photographs : (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Located at 339 Spadina Ave.
Name Access
Coopersmith's Variety Store
Subjects
Variety stores
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4982
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4982
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[between 1900 and 1910]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Admin History/Bio
Alfred and Lewis Hart owned the grocery store until it closed in 1910. Alfred later had a cigar store at the southeast corner of Queen and Bathurst (1920-1926). He was later involved with Draimin Fur. Lewis became sales manager for Benson and Hedges Tobacco and later moved to Montreal.
Name Access
Hart, Alfred
Hart Bros. Grocers
Hart, Lewis
Subjects
Storefronts
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.
Places
Roncesvalles Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1989-12-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 923
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
923
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1929-1933
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 11 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Admin History/Bio
The Englehart Bargain Store was run by Louis Schwartz from Toronto. The Gurevitch family lived behind it and rented out the front to use on Shabbos when they were not on their farm.
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Min (née Gurevitch) and Hymie [Lebiman?] standing in front of the Englehart Bargain Store.
Name Access
Englehart Bargain Store
Subjects
Small business
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.
Places
Englehart (Ont.)
Accession Number
1976-7-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3287
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3287
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1911]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Name Access
Sprachman, Jacob
Subjects
Storefronts
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.
Places
Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1982-7-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3253
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3253
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1926
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Left to right: Morris Kleimetz, David Shadlesky, Isaac Lokash, Ben Lokash (founder and owner).
Name Access
Kleimetz, Morris
Lokash, Ben
Lokash, Isaac
Shadlesky, David
Sunlight Cloak
Subjects
Offices
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.
Places
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1982-6-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4339
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4339
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[193-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Left: Isaac (Isadore) Fox.
Right: Hymie (Chaim) Fox (brother).
Subjects
Employees
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.
Places
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1988-2-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2947
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2947
Material Format
graphic material
Date
May 1925
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Identified in this photograph from left to right are: Becky (Cooper) Trachter and her brother Art Cooper. Becky Cooper married Harry Trachter and had three children: Booky (Kwart), Sylvia (Consky) and Norman Trachter.
Name Access
Cooper, Art
Cooper, Becky
Trachter, Becky
Trachter's Milk Store
Subjects
Brothers and sisters
Storefronts
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.
Places
Kensington Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1979-8-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1888
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1888
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[between 1929 and 1930]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 22 cm
Admin History/Bio
Sophie Jubas was married to Harry Navis and was the aunt of Bernice Goldenberg.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Sophia Jubas standing in front of her Ossington Avenue store. The latter was located near the Astor Theatre on Ossington.
Name Access
Jubas, Sophie
Subjects
Storefronts
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.
Places
Ossington Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1980-1-12
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1910]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 17 x 24 cm and 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Identified from left to right are: Geshia & Joseph Abramsky and daughter Katherine.
Notes
Original photograph by J. W. Wilson Co., 169 Queen St. W, Toronto
Photograph is a copy.
Name Access
Abramsky, Geshia
Abramsky, Joseph
Abramsky, Katherine
Subjects
Families
Portraits, Group
Stores, Retail
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.
Places
Kingston (Ont.)
Accession Number
1982-7-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1504
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1504
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1919
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of the exterior of Hirsch Harold Achber Grocery in Toronto. Pictured left to right are: Miriam (Achber) Hurvitz, Robert Hurvitz, Freda Hurvitz, Jacob Hurvitz.
Name Access
Achber, Harold
Achber, Hirsch
Achber, Hurvitz
Hurvitz, Freda
Hurvitz, Jacob
Hurvitz, Miriam
Hurvitz, Robert
Subjects
Stores, Retail
Storefronts
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.
Places
Auburn Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1978-2-3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2551
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2551
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1940]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Zalman Cohen is pictured in the window.
Name Access
Cohen, Zalman
Subjects
Barbershops
Storefronts
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.
Places
Denison Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1981-2-3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1922
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1922
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[1917 or 1918]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Admin History/Bio
Walerstein's Ice Cream Parlour opened in 1917.
Scope and Content
Pictured in this photograph from left to right are: Taube Walerstein, Abraham Walerstein, Benzion Hyman.
Name Access
Hyman, Benzion
Walerstein, Abraham
Walerstein, Taube
Subjects
Ice cream parlors
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1980-2-12
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1171
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1171
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1926]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of the exterior of Hyman's Book and Art Shop.
Name Access
Hyman's Book and Art Shop (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Small business
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1977-1-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1174
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1174
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1930]
Physical Description
1 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of the interior of Hyman's Book and Art Shop.
Name Access
Hyman's Book and Art Shop (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Small business
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1977-1-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1172
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1172
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1926]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of the interior of Hyman's Book and Art Shop.
Name Access
Hyman's Book and Art Shop (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Small business
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1977-1-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1176
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1176
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1933]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a display in the window of Hyman's Book and Art Shop.
Name Access
Hyman's Book and Art Shop (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Small business
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1977-1-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1177
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1177
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1933]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a display in the window of Hyman's Book and Art Shop.
Name Access
Hyman's Book and Art Shop (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Bookstores
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1977-1-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4168
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4168
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Summer 1968
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Standing in front: Charles Brown, Shochet.
Name Access
Brown, Charles
Subjects
Shehitah
Storefronts
Places
Kensington Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1987-1-3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3663
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3663
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[192-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Notes
Metro Toronto Library Board.
Name Access
Rutherford's Cut Rate Drug Store
Subjects
Drugstores
Storefronts
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Nassau Street (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 5023
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
5023
Material Format
graphic material
Date
26 Oct. 1961
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Dick Shatto and Lou Agasee seated at a table with two deli sandwiches.
Name Access
Agasee, Lou
Shatto, Dick
Shopsy's
Subjects
Celebrities
Delicatessens
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1990-1-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1903
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1903
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1921
Physical Description
3 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Admin History/Bio
The congregation was formed in 1909 and its first building was opened on Spadina Ave. in 1921. Around 1960, the congregation moved to the Bathurst and Sheppard area after the Synagogue was damaged by fire. In 1975 the congregation merged with Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.
Scope and Content
This item is a group photograph taken at the opening of the Hebrew Men of England Synagogue on Spadina Avenue. It features members of the synagogue seated in the backyard wearing top hats and tails. Rabbi Jacob Gordon is pictured in the first row, third from the left.
Name Access
Gordon, Rabbi Jacob
Subjects
Synagogues
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1979-11-8
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ladovsky family fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 83; File 9; Item 19
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ladovsky family fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
Fonds
83
File
9
Item
19
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[192-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 26 cm on matte 28 x 35 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a group photograph of Toronto members of the Kieltzer Society on the roof top of the United Bakers Restaurant.
Seated left to right: S. Levy; A. Ladovsky; F. Bimko, _ Levy.
Standing left to right: Joe Eisenberg (Isenberg); Lazor Ladowsky; Harry Charendoff; Moshe Cooper; Joe Berkowsky; H. Kornbloom; Noson Yasne; _ Eisenberg (Isenberg).
Name Access
Kieltzer Sick Benefit Society
Levy, S.
Ladovsky, A.
Bimko, F.
Levy
Eisneberg, Joe (Isenberg)
Ladowsky, Lazor
Charendoff, Harry
Cooper, Moshe
Berkowsky, Joe
Kornbloom, H.
Yasne, Noson
Eisenberg
Isenberg
Subjects
Societies
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.
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1983-11-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
Administration series
Correspondence sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 9; Series 5-2; File 5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
Administration series
Correspondence sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
9
Series
5-2
File
5
Material Format
textual record
Date
1955-1959
Physical Description
3 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence and meeting minutes. Joseph Doran was JIAS president in 1955-1956.
Access Restriction
Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 903
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
903
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studios
Date
1976
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of Park Cleaners, a dry cleaning business established by S. Greenberg, of Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Name Access
Greenberg, S.
Park Cleaners
Subjects
Dry cleaning
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.
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 6063
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
6063
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[between 1930 and 1935]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Yankel Krakofsky in badchan's dress, Toronto.
Name Access
Krakofsky, Yankel
Subjects
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.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1993-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3611
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3611
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1948]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
The group includes: David Bronstein, Leon Panzer, Albert Epstein, Robert [Chernli?] Phil Lewis, Sam Breslin, Henry Papernick, Jack Papernick, Louis Mayzel, Nat Gollom, Mort Margolius, William Soren, Saul Morris, Ben Sugarman, [Barney?] Laxer, Dr. Charles Markson, Fred [Fingerote?], Robert Soren, Jack D. Pearlstein.
For the specific positions of individuals, see the annotated photocopy of this photograph attached to the accession record.
Name Access
Herzl Zion Club
Subjects
Clubs
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
1974-005
Source
Archival Descriptions