Level

Item

Item

3069

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1981

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the exterior of Marky's Delicatessen.

Name Access

Marky's Delicatessen

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3070

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1981

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the exterior of Marky's Delicatessen. Also pictured is Dale Studio Photography.

Name Access

Marky's Delicatessen

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3071

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1981

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the exterior of Marky's Delicatessen. Also pictured is Dale Studio Photography.

Name Access

Marky's Delicatessen

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2016-11-26

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 6 x 9 cm

Date

[between 1940 and 1945]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one original negative and one copy print of Paskowetz's Meat Inn on College St.

Administrative History

Paskowetz's delicatessen was located on the north side of College Street between Brunswick Avenue and Major Street. Other businesses in the neighbourhood described by one time area resident Harry Turk included: The [Playhouse Theatre] (next door to Paskowetz's deli); Wellts Delicatessen owned by Peter Wellts (west of Paskowetz's deli), Imperial Gas station at College and Major Streets owned by the Rubinoff family and Beckers Delicatessen, owned by the Becker family, located on the south side of College Street. Milt Moskowitz, a Major Street kid recalls "the fragrance of hot dogs boiling in a big pot in the window. They cost 5 cents and I only ate one that my older brother (he was twenty and working and I was seven) bought me once. Wow. It was delicious."

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.

Descriptive Notes

DATE RANGE NOTE: A victory bonds sticker can be seen in the bottom left corner of the deli window.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Places

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2004-5-7

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm

Date

1990

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a photograph of the shloshim for Marnie Kimelman at Adath Israel Synagogue, Toronto on September 5, 1990 and a photograph of the interior of Perl's Kosher Meats on Bathurst Street.

Administrative History

Seventeen year old Marnie Kimelman was killed on a Tel Aviv beach by a terrorist bomb.

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

615

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1975

Physical Description

2 photographs : col. (1 negative)

Name Access

Sunnybrook Food Market

Subjects

Markets

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3283

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1913]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Samuel Harris was born in 1869, likely in Lithuania, and died in Toronto in 1936. His wife Sarah [Ruben] (1869-1940) had immigrated to Toronto from Svislocz (near Bialystock) in 1887. The couple lived for a time in the American Midwest before opening the Harris Delicatessen business in 1900 or 1901 at 233 Queen Street West in Toronto. In 1913 they moved the business across the street to 178 Queen Street West and re-opened as a new deli. Harris’ was the first Jewish delicatessen in Toronto. It was later converted by Mr. Harris from a deli to a tobacco store.

The family had three sons: Samuel Aaron (1888-1982) born in Toronto, Dr. William (1895-1955) born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Dr. Louis [Jacob] (1906-1986) born in Toronto. Samuel and Sarah Harris were the grandparents of, among others, Judge Sydney M. Harris; Thelma B. Harris [m. Prof. Albert Rose]; and Sgt. Frederick B. Harris of the Queen’s Own Rifles, who was killed at Juno Beach on D-Day.

Sarah Harris was the sister or half-sister of Abraham Rothbart (pharmacist). Samuel Harris was the founding chairman of the Toronto Hebrew Free School, a founder of the Toronto Free Loan Association, and a president of the Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home on Cecil Street.

Scope and Content

The photograph is an interior view of Harris' Deli located at 178 Queen St. W. near Simcoe Street in Toronto. Sarah Harris is pictured inside the deli.

Name Access

Harris, Samuel

Harris, Sarah

Subjects

Delicatessens

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.)

Simcoe Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-6-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1988-10-3

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Date

[1940 or 1941]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two copy photographs and one negative of William "Bill" Laber standing in front of S. Laber's Meat Market and Poultry (Kosher) on Harbord Street, Toronto. A small Yiddish sign in the bottom-left of the shop window certifies it as kashruth.

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.

Subjects

Storefronts

Poultry

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

1283

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1284

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1285

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1286

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1287

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1288

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1289

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1290

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photographs : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1291

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1292

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1293

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1294

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (dob August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's gingerale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles.Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

121

Material Format

textual record

Date

1956

Physical Description

1 item

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

614

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1975

Physical Description

1 photograph : col.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the exterior entrance of Kollel Avereichim, located on Bathurst St. above Miriam's Gift Gallery.

Name Access

Kollel Avreichim (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

General Wingate Branch 256, Royal Canadian Legion fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

74

Item

23

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1960 and 1965]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 19 cm

Repro Restriction

Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-9-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Passenger Names

Perl, Sam

Page Number

597

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Level

Item

Item

1224-1227

Material Format

graphic material

Date

10 Nov. 1976

Physical Description

8 photographs : (4 negatives)

Subjects

Bazaars (Charities)

Religious Zionism

Places

St. Lawrence Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Item

Item

275

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jun. 1974

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic slide. The photograph was taken by Syd Shoub.

Subjects

Markets

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

Augusta Avenue (Toronto. Ont.)

Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

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

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

Level

Item

Item

2354

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1977 or 1978]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Name Access

Chevra Shas (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

Synagogues

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1019

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Sep. 1976

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Notes

Negative: 10:6:6.

Name Access

Shaarei Tefillah Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

Synagogues

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish clubs, businesses and organizations series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

8

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Max Wolfe began peddling fruit and vegetables as a young man; he purchased a horse and wagon and would buy his produce from the Toronto Wholesale Fruit Market. In 1909, he bought a building at 613 Queen Street and starting selling wholesale produce with his cousin Osher Weinstein. After this business folded, Max and his brother Maurice started a new business selling oats, hay, grains, and potatoes. In 1914, this business expanded, and they began selling general produce under the name of Ontario Produce Company. After the Second World War, they expanded the business again into a grocery firm and changed the name to the Oshawa Wholesale Limited. This business was very successful, and eventually the brothers acquired the IGA franchise.

Max married Beatrice Albert in 1936. They had two children: Phyllis and Harold.

Max was a longtime member of Beth Tzedec Congregation and its predecessor, Beth Hamidrash Hagadol. An annual scholarship is awarded in his name through the Hy Cooper Trust Fund of Beth Tzedec's Men's Club to a student seeking to pursue Jewish studies.

In 1966, Max and Maurice were honoured at a testimonial dinner by the Toronto Wholesale Fruit Produce Merchants Association. They were awarded the Celebrity of the Year Award in 1969 by the Sportsmen's Lodge, B'nai B'rith.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a photograph of Max and Maurice Wolfe inside the Toronto Wholesale Fruit Market. The Wolfe brothers are positioned in the forefront, and appear to be engaged in a business transaction concerning a crate of strawberries. The portrait looks staged and may have been used for an advertisement or a newspaper article featuring the Wolfe brothers.

Name Access

Toronto Wholesale Fruit Market

Wolfe

Subjects

Brothers

Markets

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

244

Material Format

textual record

Date

1938

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a note regarding antisemitic speeches at a Ukrainian church

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Name Access

St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Christianity and antisemitism

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Annual Campaign series

Walk with Israel sub-series

Walk for Israel 1991 sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

17-1-17

File

26

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1991

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 posters : 22 x 28 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of a suggested marketing plan and CJN story schedule for the 1991 walk, along with three different flyers, two posters, and a press release. The posters bear the "Operation Exodus : The Journey Home" Walk theme title. One reads "Operation Exodus: the time is now!" and has a pair of "UJA Walk for Israel" shoelaces attached. Both posters have a large black and white photograph of a girl holding Israel flags.

Notes

Title based on file contents.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

932

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1956]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Notes

Credit: Harold Robinson.

Name Access

Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

Synagogues

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

Acquired September 1976.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2600-2601

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1974

Physical Description

2 slides

Scope and Content

Probably Miracle Food Mart.

Name Access

Miracle Food Mart

Subjects

Kosher food

Meat

Supermarkets

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-2-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Item

Item

271

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1974

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

Item is a slide of chickens hanging in a window in Kensington Market. It is possible that the photo was taken by Syd Shoub.

Subjects

Chickens

Markets

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

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

274

Material Format

graphic material

Date

June 1974

Physical Description

I slide

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic slide. The photograph was taken by Syd Shoub.

Subjects

Markets

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

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

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

Accession Number

2004-5-134

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

15 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Date

[ca. 1990]-[ca. 2000]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs of Henry Springer outside and inside his kosher meat store on Bathurst Street in Toronto. His son, Jeff Springer, appears in one of the photographs.

Administrative History

Henry Springer (1921-2014) was born on 10 November 1921 to Mordechai and Leah Springer in Szczebrzeszyn, Poland. He had two sisters, Brenda and Faigie and one brother, Charles. Seven generations of Springers in Poland were butchers. During the Second World War, the whole family survived as prisoners of Russian labour camps. Following the end of the war, they spent four years in a displaced persons camp in Austria named Steyr, then immigrated to Canada, arriving in Quebec City in 1949. They migrated to Toronto with the assistance of JIAS and the Springer family in Kingston.

After a few years of working in an upholstery factory, Henry and his brother Charles partnered to open a kosher butcher store called Springer’s Kosher Meats, on Augusta Ave. in Kensington Market. In 1958, they opened a second location at 3393 Bathurst St., following the Jewish community's move north. A year or so later they closed the location on Augusta and focused exclusively on the Bathurst St. location until its closing in 1995. Their father Mordechai also worked at the business up until his death in 1982.

The store sold fresh meat, chicken and fish and some delicatessen and was well known for its chickens.

Henry Springer was married to Shriley Springer and together had three children: Rochelle, Hannah and Jeff. He died on 3 November 2014 just shy of his 93rd birthday.

Use Conditions

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects

Butchers

Kosher food

Name Access

Springer's Kosher Meats

Springer, Jeff

Springer, Henry, 1921-2014

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Item

Item

2602-2604

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1979]

Physical Description

3 slides

Name Access

Co-ordinated Services to Jewish Elderly

Subjects

Charities

Older people

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-2-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

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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

Item

1395-1430

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jun. 1977

Physical Description

72 photographs : (36 negatives)

Name Access

Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Cemeteries

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Accession Number

2013-9-7

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

5 photographs

Date

1920-1977

Scope and Content

5 electronic copies of black and white photographs relted to Wellts Deli: 1) Peter and Fannie Wellts 2) Peter Wellts with cleaver in hand in the deli. 3) Exterior of Wellts Deli (1959) taken by realtor when it closed. 4-5) exterior of Wellt's Deli taken in 1977 before building was being torn down. The word "Kosher" in Yiddish/Hebrew is still visible.

Administrative History

Wellts Delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (b. August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (b. January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Use Conditions

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Descriptive Notes

Related material note: an article on the deli from one of the local daily newspapers from 1969 is in a vertical file on Wellt's Deli

Subjects

Delicatessens

Places

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Annual Campaign series

Walk with Israel sub-series

Community March for Israel 1994 sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

17-1-20

File

18

Material Format

textual record

Date

1994

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains newspaper advertisements, photos and clippings; flyers; a memo from staff coordinator Vicki Weiss to volunteer photographer Jay Brodbar regarding photo "ops"; press releases; correspondence and memos; drafts of the advertising and P.R. plan; a document called "Strategy for New Walk Concept - The 'March,'" which includes advertising opportunities; and meeting minutes.

Related Material

Related records, the photographs taken on the day of the event, are in file 25.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Annual Campaign series

Walk with Israel sub-series

1998 Israel 50 Fun Walk sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

17-1-24

File

14

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1998

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 poster : 22 x 28 cm

Scope and Content

File contains memos, clippings of advertisements, drafts and a final poster, logo designs, artwork for the hats and t-shirts, a press release, a two-page advertisement for the Fun Walk and Festival and an agreement with the Promenade Shopping Centre regarding a public promotion display. There is a marketing plan produced in-house and also a formal publicity and promotion plan prepared in April by a P.R. consulting firm. As well, there is a CJN article about a man who had participated in the Walk since its inception in 1970. There are also several pages printed from a Walk website.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Annual Campaign series

Walk with Israel sub-series

Israel Funwalk 1999 sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

17-1-25

File

12

Material Format

textual record

Date

1999

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains mockups of logo and t-shirt designs; correspondence with the marketing designer and amongst P.R. Committee members; historical notes for the passport written by Stephen Speisman; a brief PR report; copy for an advertisement; past marketing plans; a clipping and a couple of events listings.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Men's Clothing Manufacturers' Association of Ontario fonds

Finance Committee series

Level

File

Fonds

31

Series

6

File

35

Material Format

textual record

Date

1959-1972

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Accession Number

2008-12-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Pinkus fonds

Kensington Market series

Level

Series

Fonds

138

Series

2

Material Format

textual record

cartographic material

graphic material

Date

1854-[ca. 2016]

Physical Description

5 cm of textual records and other material

Scope and Content

Series consists of records documenting David Pinkus’ Kensington Market activism and his research on the Kensington neighbourhood. Included are walking tour speeches, brochures, booklets, historic maps, programmes, copies of historic newspaper clippings and photographs, research notes, correspondence, articles, a list of local businesses, printed copies of web sources, and plans of building lots of the Belle Vue estate. Also included are records relating to Kensington Market Working Group, including committee member lists, meeting minutes and agendas, reports, and an Offer to Lease. In addition to the sites within Kensington Market, such as the College Street Fire Station, Spadina, Hebrew Men of England Synagogue, Kensington Community School, Bellevue Avenue, Denison Square, and Bellevue Square Park, this series also features sites on the periphery of the Kensington neighbourhood, including Palmerston St. Synagogue, University Settlement, Toronto Athletic Club (the Stewart Building), Central Technical School, and Baldwin Village.

Notes

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION NOTE: Also included are 6 maps and 4 photographs (printed copies).

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Samuel Crystal fonds

1967 UJA Mission series

Level

Item

Fonds

145

Series

1

Item

51

Material Format

graphic material

Other Title Information

Title based on contents of image.

Date

1967

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Notes

Availability of other formats: Also available as TIFF file.

Subjects

Markets

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2016-12-25

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

5 photographs : col. (slides) ; 35 mm

Date

[ca. 1970]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of five 35 mm slides documenting Kensington Market, Toronto. Included is an image of N. Goldlist's poultry truck with an unidentified man holding chickens, Brodsky's Fruit Market, A. Litvak Hardware, and the street sign for Kensington Avenue.

Use Conditions

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects

Markets

Street vendors

Street signs

Places

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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