- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 22
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1891
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Edmund Scheuer taken in Toronto.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: Bruce 132 King St. W., Toronto, Ontario.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 37
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1937
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 mounted on card) ; 23 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a photographic portrait taken of Edmund Scheuer at ninety-years old. He is seated, leaning forward with his head on his hand, reading a book.
- Notes
- Studio: Simpson Brothers, Toronto, 357 Yonge Street.
- Subjects
- Older people
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The unmounted photograph is starting to deteriorate at the edges and the matting is damaged.
- Accession Number
- The unmounted photograph is from accession 2004-7-1 and the mounted photograph is from accession 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3158
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3158
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. ; 9 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of Edmund Scheuer. The print was made from a slide.
- Name Access
- Scheuer, Edmund
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [188-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Edmund Scheuer taken in Toronto in the late nineteenth century.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: Perkins 293 Yonge Street, Toronto.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1877
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Edmund Scheuer at age thirty taken at a studio in Hamilton, Ontario.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: Farmer Brothers Photography, London and Hamilton, Ontario.
- 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
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 35
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1935]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Edmund Scheuer in Whitby, Ontario, outside of the King home. He is seated on a chair next to the front steps of the home and in front of the window which is surrounded by leaves and bushes. He is wearing a suit and hat.
- 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
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 36
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 June 1935
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Edmund Scheuer in Toronto. He is standing outside of a home in front of a garden. He is wearing a suit and is standing with his arms crossed.
- 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
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2441
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2441
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [189-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Oda Scheuer of Toronto.
- Name Access
- Scheuer, Oda
- 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
- 1980-12-11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [187-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Isaac Scheuer taken in a studio in Europe.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: St. Johann A/D Saar H. Leonhard Bahnhofstr. 139.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Good.
- Places
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [188-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Ida Scheuer taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: St. Johann A/D Saar H. Leonhard Bahnhofstr. 139.
- 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
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 38
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Isadore Scheuer taken in Toronto. The photograph shows his face and torso and he is wearing a suit and glasses.
- 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
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [188-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a small photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer.
- Notes
- Tintype.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Surface is a bit scratched.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4840
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4840
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1921]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia
- Scope and Content
- Back row, left to right: [unknown]; [unknown]; Dora Ezrin; [unknown].
- Front row, left to right: Rose Levine; [unknown]; Edmund Scheuer; [unknown].
- Name Access
- Levine, Rose
- Ezrin, Dora
- Scheuer, Edmund
- Jewish Organizations
- Subjects
- Education
- 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
- 1989-11-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [188-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a full-length portrait of Gatella Scheuer taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on card.
- Studio: S. Wilhelm, Photogr. Atelier Neunkirchen Bahnhofstrasse.
- 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
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [189-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Oda Scheuer taken in Toronto.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: Gagen and Fraser, 79 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1879
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Gatella Scheuer at twenty, taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century. The portrait is of her head and torso and she is wearing a velvet jacket and her hair is pinned up.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on card.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The card has been cut into an oval.
- Places
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [189-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer taken at a studio in Toronto. The portrait is of his head and torso.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: J. Fraser Bryce, 107 King Street West, Toronto.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 7 August 1882
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 original copy) ; 25 x 12 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer taken at a studio in Hamilton, Ontario. One copy of the photograph has the name of the studio printed on the cabinet card while the other does not and is a bit larger in size with gold trim.
- Notes
- Albumen prints mounted on cabinet cards.
- Studio: Farmer Brothers Photographers, 8 & 10 King St. West, Hamilton, Ontario.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The emulsion is ripped and curling off the card.
- The images are stained and scratched.
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 24
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 24
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1927]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm and 14 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Canadian Jewish Farm School was established in 1927 by Morris Saxe, president of the Federated Jewish Farmers of Ontario. It was a training school for Polish war orphans brought to Canada after the First World War. It was owned and operated by Morris Saxe on his Main Street South farm in Georgetown, Ontario. Saxe, along with Eli Greenblatt of Detroit, was responsible for bringing the orphans over from Mezritch, Poland. Greenblatt raised the funds for their transportation and Saxe arranged for their entry permits. The children were allowed to enter the country, provided that they lived and worked on the farm. Their duties involved milking cows, looking after chickens, and harvesting corn and other crops. The Saxe family also owned a creamery business, first in Acton, and then on Guelph Street in Georgetown.
- The Jewish Farm School was the second attempt by Saxe to assist Jewish immigrants with agricultural training. The first was established a year prior in 1926, to help European immigrants gain knowledge of Canadian farm life. However, it succumbed to several problems, mostly related to Jewish interests in the community using the school as a way of gaining entry for immigrants who would otherwise not be eligible -- a plan which Saxe disapproved of, which created dissention within the community. When Greenblatt became involved the following year, the focus shifted to helping Jewish war orphans.
- Edmund Scheuer and Ida Siegel were most likely at the school event because of their mutual interest and involvement in aiding Jewish immigrants and in Jewish education and training.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Ida Siegel standing alongside Edmund Scheuer at the Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario. Edmund is wearing a tuxedo. The photograph may have been taken at the official opening of the school.
- Notes
- One photograph is a copy of the original.
- The writing on the copy photograph indicates that the farm was located in Guelph, which is incorrect. The date is also written as 1923, which is also incorrect, since the first school was not established until 1926, with the likely date of the photograph being 1927.
- The writing on the original photograph states that the photograph was taken in Acton, which is incorrect as the Jewish Farm School was located a short distance away in Georgetown.
- 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
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm (sight, oval) on card 22 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Rhoda Simonsky (née Scheuer).
- Notes
- Studio: Leatherdale, Toronto.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1877
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative, 1 reprint) ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a full-length photographic portrait of Oda Scheuer taken at a studio in Hamilton, Ontario.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Farmer Brothers Photography, London and Hamilton, Ontario.
- 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
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [187-]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative, 1 reprint) ; 16 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Born 14 October 1851 at Bernkastel, Moselle. Née Strauss. Married: 2 July 1873 at Forbach, Fr. to Edmund Scheuer. Died 16 November 1913, Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Oda Scheuer probably taken in Hamilton, Ontario in the 1870's. The portrait is a partial facial profile of Oda wearing an elaborate flowered hat.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on card.
- 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
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [189-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Rhoda, Eddie, and Isadore Scheuer. Rhoda is seated at left, Eddie is standing at centre, and Isadore is seated at right.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on card.
- Subjects
- Children
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The card is in poor condition.
- The image is scratched.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1884
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Eddie Scheuer Jr. as a baby taken in a studio in Hamilton, Ontario.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- W. Farmer's Artistic Studio, Hamilton.
- Subjects
- Infants
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The emulsion and card are damaged.
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1887]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Eddie Scheuer Jr. as a young boy taken in a studio in Hamilton, Ontario.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: Farmer Brothers Photoraphers, Hamilton, Ontario.
- Subjects
- Children
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The corners of the card are damaged.
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 47
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- [187-]-1959
- Physical Description
- 6 folders of textual records
- 2 window plates : brass
- 58 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- The Scheuer family dates back to at least the eighteenth century in Germany to Moise Scheuer (1765-1846) and Esther Ackerman (1770-1847). Their son, Isaac Scheuer (1809-1889), married Hannchen (Johanna) Strauss (1815-1878) in 1843. Isaac and Johanna had six children: Gabriel (1844-1922), Camilla (1845-1916), Edmund (1847-1943), Emma (1853-1916), Ida (1855-1902), and Benno (Benjamin) (1857-1921).
- While Gabriel, Emma, and Ida remained in Europe, Camilla, Edmund, and Benno immigrated to Canada in the late nineteenth century. Camilla came to Hamilton, Ontario after her marriage in 1866 to Herman Levy, co-founder of the Levy Brothers jewellery business. Edmund became a partner in the business when he first immigrated to Canada in 1871, and lived with Camilla and Herman. Camilla became the acknowledged leader of Jewish women in Hamilton. She served in organizations such as the Deborah Ladies' Aid Society, which eventually became an auxiliary of Temple Anshe Sholom, Canada's oldest Reform congregation, often referred to as the Hughson Street Temple. Edmund established the first Sabbath School in Ontario at Anshe Sholom in 1872 and served as president from 1873 to 1886.
- After he was established in Hamilton, Edmund returned to Europe in 1873 to marry Oda Strauss (1854-1913) at Forbach, Lorraine, and then brought her back to Canada with him. The couple moved to Toronto in 1886, where he established a wholesale jewellery business on Yonge Street called Scheuer's under his company Edmund Scheuer Limited. Scheuer's was one of the oldest jewellery firms in Toronto and the oldest established wholesale diamond importer in Canada. Edmund's brother, Benno, also worked for the business as the accountant and then secretary-treasurer. Benno was married to Gatella Strauss (1859-1903) and they had three children: Eddie Jr. (1884-1967), Rhoda (1886-1963) and Isadore (1887-1969). Eddie Jr. and Isadore also worked for their uncle's business. Eddie Jr. started as a clerk and then became vice-president, while Isadore started out as a travelling salesman and jeweller. When their uncle retired in 1922, Eddie Jr. took over as president and his brother Isadore became vice-president of Scheuer's.
- In addition to his jewellery business, Edmund Scheuer also taught and supervised the religious school at Holy Blossom Synagogue. He went on to serve in every official capacity at Holy Blossom, including vice-chairman and treasurer of the building committee for the Bond Street building. He also founded The Jewish Free School at 206 Beverley Street for Jewish girls and wrote his own textbook for the school, the first Jewish religious school book printed in Toronto. In 1892, he founded the first Jewish benevolent society in Toronto and was later president of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. In 1927, the Beverley Street building, which housed Federation offices, was dedicated in his honour and named the "Scheuer House".
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records documenting the Scheuer family in Germany, Hamilton, and Toronto. The fonds is made up primarily of photographs of Scheuer family members and friends. It also includes some textual records, including correspondence, marriage certificates, a Toronto Jewish Free School text book, and Holy Blossom Temple Bulletins. Also included are two brass "Scheuer's" window plates which were likely from Edmund Scheuer's jewellery business of the same name.
- Notes
- Associated Material Note: See the CJC National Archives collection for Edmund Scheuer at: http://www.cjc.ca/template.php?action=archives&Type=1&Language=EN&Rec=253
- Name Access
- Scheuer (family)
- Subjects
- Families
- Related Material
- See OJA vertical file cabinet for "Scheuer, Edmund" and "Levy, Camilla"
- See MG3 A1 Holy Blossom
- See MG2 G1C - Edumund Scheuer's Zionist Free School
- Saarbrücken City Archives - May have records pertaining to Edmund's brother Gabriel Scheuer (1844-1922) who remained in Germany.
- Arrangement
- The textual records have been arranged in chronological order into five files. The objects have been described as one file. The fifty-eight photographs have been described as two files and thirty-nine items arranged chronologically
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- 2004-7-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 47
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- [188-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 window plates : brass, green and brass ; 3.5 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two brass Scheuer's window plates with green background. The plates are attached to a stand which allow them to remain upright. The plates were likely used at the Scheuer's jewellery store.
- Notes
- Artifact #29 and #30.
- Physical Condition
- Fair.
- Paint is chipped.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1889]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Eddie and Rhoda Scheuer taken in a studio in Toronto in the late nineteenth century. Both children are dressed in overcoats and hats and are posed leaning against a tree trunk. There is a snowy, cottage scene behind the children, used as a backdrop.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: Perkins Photographer, 293 Yonge Street, Toronto.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Slightly stained and torn.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 34
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rose was married to Eddie Scheuer Jr.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Rose Scheuer in Toronto. Rose is standing outside and leaning against a gate with a tree in the background.
- 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
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 47
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 15 Feb. 1881
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two photographic portraits taken of Benno Scheuer in a studio in Hamilton, Ontario on February 15th, 1881. In one photograph, Benno's head and torso are framed in a raised oval on the card. The other photograph is almost a full-length portrait and Benno has his arms crossed. This photograph is inscribed to his fiancee.
- Notes
- Albumen prints mounted on cabinet cards.
- Studio: Farmer Bros. Photography, Hamilton, Ontario.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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- Address
- 179 Beverley Street
- Source
- Landmarks
The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (FJPT) was made a charitable organization under the laws of Ontario in March, 1917. Its central goal was to end the frequent, uncontrolled, and competitive fund soliciting by a wide range of individual Toronto Jewish philanthropic and social service institutions and instead substitute a single coordinated city-wide community fundraising effort. This would ensure adequate and accountable funding for all its affiliated organizations and agencies in Toronto. The first office of the FJPT was at 206 Beverley St., but by 1924 it was headquartered at 218 Simcoe St. and by 1928 it had moved to 179 Beverley St., which was renamed "Scheuer House" after the FJPT's first president, Edmund Scheuer.
- Address
- 179 Beverley Street
- Time Period
- 1928-1945
- Scope Note
- The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (FJPT) was made a charitable organization under the laws of Ontario in March, 1917. Its central goal was to end the frequent, uncontrolled, and competitive fund soliciting by a wide range of individual Toronto Jewish philanthropic and social service institutions and instead substitute a single coordinated city-wide community fundraising effort. This would ensure adequate and accountable funding for all its affiliated organizations and agencies in Toronto. The first office of the FJPT was at 206 Beverley St., but by 1924 it was headquartered at 218 Simcoe St. and by 1928 it had moved to 179 Beverley St., which was renamed "Scheuer House" after the FJPT's first president, Edmund Scheuer.
- History
- Original affiliated agencies of the FJPT were: the Ladies Co-operative Board, the Jewish Orphans' Home, the Jewish Girls Club, the Junior Council of Jewish Women, the Hebrew Ladies Maternity Aid and Sewing Circle, the Hebrew Young ladies Boot and Shoe Society, the Sewing Circle, the Jewish Branch of the Big Brotherhood Movement, the Hebrew Free Loan Society, the Jewish Dispensary, and the Hebrew Burial Society. In 1924, six new agencies were added to the FJPT. They were: Mount Sinai Hospital, the Jewish Boys' and Girls' Camp, Jewish Big Sisters, the Family Welfare Bureau, the Federation Health Clinic and the Federation Employment Bureau.
- Category
- Organization
- Social Service
- Source
- Landmarks
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [188-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Camilla, Emma, and Ida Scheuer. The photograph was taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The image is stained and torn.
- Two of the corners of the card are broken off.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [187-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer as a young boy taken in a studio in Stuttgart.
- Notes
- Albument print mounted on cartes-de-visite.
- Studio: F. Willmann, Stuttgart.
- Subjects
- Children
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- One corner of the card is chipped.
- The print has started to lift off its support.
- Places
- Germany
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1929]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 15 x 8 cm (sight) on card 24 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Benno Scheuer standing on the front steps of a house in Toronto. He is wearing a suit.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Negative is curled and in poor condition.
- The card mount is damaged and cut.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 9 cm (sight) on card 16 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph taken of Eddie Scheuer Jr. as a young man, probably in Toronto. Eddie is dressed in a suit and is seated cross-legged on a bench in front of a tree. He has a cigarette in his mouth.
- Notes
- Mounted on card.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The top right corner of the mount is damaged.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 32
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Eddie Scheuer Jr. standing on a beach which is most likely Sunnyside Beach in Toronto. He is wearing a suit and hat and is holding a cigar.
- 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
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 33
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Eddie Scheuer Jr. lying in a deck chair at a beach that was probably Sunnyside Beach in Toronto. He is wearing a suit and hat and has his arms and legs folded. There is a woman lying two chairs over to the left of Eddie and one to the right wrapped in a blanket but only her feet are visible. McCrory's 5 and 10 cent store can be seen in the background.
- 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
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 47
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 3 Nov. 1918
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a certificate of marriage and a ketubah (marriage contract) prepared for Isadore Scheuer and Jessie Bloom on the occasion of their marriage at Holy Blossom Congregation in Toronto on November 3rd, 1918. Rabbi Solomon Jacobs officiated their wedding with Edmund Scheuer and I. Simonski serving as witnesses.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Ketubah
- Marriage records
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 47
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Physical Description
- 9 photographs : b&w (3 strips of 3 photographs) ; 6 x 8 cm (photo) 20 x 9 cm (strip)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of snapshots taken of Isadore Scheuer walking along Yonge Street in Toronto. There are three strips of photographs with three photographs on each strip. Isadore is shown walking along the street and sidewalk and there are passersby, shops, and cars in the background.
- Subjects
- Streets
- 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
- Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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- Accession Number
- 2006-9-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-9-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Date
- 2003
- Scope and Content
- Accession is a portrait photograph of Howard Sokolowski, UJA Federation campaign chair of 2003, taken by Al Gilbert for Lifestyles magazine. The photograph is signed by Gilbert in the bottom left hand corner.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-5-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-5-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Date
- 1981
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one oversized portrait photograph of Joseph Shoham, the first director of the BJE Media and Resource Centre, from 1972 to 1980. The photograph is a print created in 1981 from an original negative and is fixed onto a matte. The original frame has been discarded.
- Custodial History
- The portrait was in the possession of the BJE Media Library until donated to the Archives on 2007-05-03.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-21
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-21
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : b&w ; 35 mm
- Date
- [194-?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a portrait of Mr. D. M. Levy's father.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12-17 [Processed]
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12-17 [Processed]
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 119 photographs : b&w and col. (43 tifs, 32 negatives, 1 slide) ; 41 x 51 cm or smaller and 300 dpi
- Date
- 1960-2007
- Scope and Content
- This accession includes forty-three black-and-white and colour portrait prints along with the accompanying digital images and some negatives. The sitters include nationally- and internationally-renowned entertainers, athletes, politicians, entrepreneurs, artists, and jurists. Individuals include: David Ben-Gurion, Dr. Charles Best, Conrad Black, A. J. Casson, John Diefenbaker, Gordie Howe, Yousuf Karsh, Betty Kennedy, Larry King, George Knudson, Jean Beliveau, Yehuda Menuhin, Lester Pearson, John Robarts, Sidney Robins, Peter Appleyard, Leona Boyd, George Cohon, David Crombie, Dizzy Gillespie, Dr. Bernie Goldman, Martin Luther King III, Murray Koffler, Moe Koffman, Eugene Levy, Edwin Mirvish, Raymond Moriyama, Frank Sinatra, Carl Schaeffer, Mandel Sprachman, Dr. Tile, Wayne and Shuster, Dr. Key, Joseph Biden, Matthew Teitlebaum, Guido Basso, Oscar Peterson, the director of the Department of Transportation in Maui, a man playing chess, and a diver in an aquarium.
- Administrative History
- Nathan Gittelmacher immigrated to Toronto from Kiev, Ukraine after the First World War. He first worked as a photographer at Empire Studios, and then in 1922, opened up his own studio, Elite Studios, at 615 Queen Street West. Many of Nathan’s portraits were produced with a large format view camera and from glass negatives.
- During the 1940s, the family changed its name to Gilbert and subsequently altered the name of the business to Gilbert Studios. Nathan’s son, Albert, who was born 18 November 1922, started working in the family business in 1941, when he was 19 years old. He eventually assumed control of it after his father retired. He moved the studio to Eglington Avenue and then later to Davenport Road, its current location, in order to accommodate its growing clientele.
- Al made a name for himself as a portrait photographer, using natural light in innovative ways to create more natural looking portraits. Al’s primary work involved producing portraits of families, weddings, bar mitzvahs, special events and dinners. Most of his early clients were from the Jewish community. In turn, he also was paid to produce portraits of local entrepreneurs, and his multi-year contract with the city, gave him sole responsibility for the production of portraits of the mayors and councilmen and women. He later branched out beyond the Jewish community, and began to produce images of businessmen and leaders from the Italian community in Toronto.
- n addition to the paid contracts involving local personalities and groups, Al Gilbert has also produced many artistic portraits of local, national and international celebrities, artists and leaders such as: Wayne and Shuster, Howie Mandel, Oscar Peterson, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Robertson Davies, several Canadian prime ministers as well as Prince Charles, all of the Israeli prime ministers, which were made into stamps by the Israeli government, and finally, the last Pope. Gilbert’s work therefore captures a huge range of individuals from the ordinary bride to extraordinary world leaders.
- Al has won many awards as well as accolades from his peers throughout his career. He is the three-time recipient of the prestigious Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC) Photographer of the year honour. He has been named Fellow of the photographic societies in Canada, Britain and the United States. In 1990, he was awarded the Order of Canada and recently nominated for the Order of Ontario. In January 2007, the Professional Photographers of America presented him with their Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is the highest honor PPA can bestow on a person for their body of work and influence on professional photography.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- File list is available here: S:\Appraisal\00 Monetary appraisals\CPERB\2007-12-17, Gilbert\2007-12-17 CPERB list.xls
- Processed as Fonds 37, series 4.
- USE CONDITION NOTE: Permission for use must be granted by Mr. Al Gilbert or his children. Attribution beneath Mr. Gilbert’s work to read: Al Gilbert C.M. or Portrait by Al Gilbert C.M. Reproduction Prints can only be made by Gilbert Studios under Mr. Gilbert’s direction. Mr. Gilbert’s work cannot be reproduced by any third party off these web sites or exhibits without permission. No cropping or alterations to the original image is allowed.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Name Access
- Biden, Joseph R.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-7-14
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-7-14
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (jpg)
- Date
- 1942-1944
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one military portrait of Frank Gishman and two wedding portraits of Frank and Ruth Gishman of Peterborough, Ontario.
- 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
- Portraits
- Places
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 36 cm on matte 44 x 36 cm
- Date
- [193-?]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one orignal portrait of Chaim Greenberg. The photo has Hebrew writing on the front which reads: In memory of [?] Levinsky.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-16
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 41 x 51 cm
- Date
- [196-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of an original oversized portrait of Archie B. Bennett.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 78; File 3; Item 13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 78
- File
- 3
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1890]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Abe Myers and Lena Simon of Brantford, Ontario.
- Notes
- Original photograph by Park & Co., 124-26 Colborne St., Brantford.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 78; File 3; Item 16
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 78
- File
- 3
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1924
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a copy photograph and corresponding negative of Anne Stemeroff (m. Tulchinsky) of Brantford, Ontario.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 78; File 3; Item 17
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 78
- File
- 3
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1910
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Sam Goldberg left Brantford for Detroit in the 1920s and returned in 1971.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Sam Goldberg (on left) and Sam Paruchnikov (on right) of Brantford, Ontario.
- Notes
- The description originally written on the photo card read: Sam Goldberg (Theodore Bleinder or Bleender), Sam Paruchnikov (Paul), Brantford. It is unclear what the names in parenthesis are in reference to.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 78; File 3; Item 30
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 78
- File
- 3
- Item
- 30
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Mar. 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Captain Ben Henry was a member of the Medical Corps during the Second World War. He was part of a group known as the "faithful forty-seven".
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of Captain Ben Henry of Brantford, Ontario. The photo was taken in Debert, Nova Scotia and features Henry standing in front of an armoured vehicle.
- Name Access
- Canada. Canadian Army. Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
- 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
- Debert (N.S.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions