Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 4 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a small photograph of David Cass taken in Toronto.

Notes

Photographer: Ewing's Sunbeam, 538 Queen St. West, Toronto.

Name Access

Cass, David

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.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4010

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[18--]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Cohen, Abraham

Subjects

Horse dealers

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

1986-9-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Philip Givens fonds

City of Toronto Mayor series

Official engagements sub-series

Summer Folk Festival at Pioneer Village file

Level

Item

Fonds

51

Series

4-6

File

25

Material Format

graphic material

Date

10 Aug. 1964

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Phil Givens (in period costume) piloting a horse-drawn wagon.

Subjects

Horse-drawn vehicles

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2327

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Hechalutz Hachshara (farm) was created to prepare people for agricultural work in Palestine/Israel.

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of Miriam Dashkin standing with a horse at Hechalutz farm in Grimsby, Ontario.

Name Access

Dashkin, Miriam

Hechalutz Hachshara

Subjects

Farms

Horses

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

Grimsby (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1663

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1927

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of young woman seated on a horse at the Canadian Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Farm School

Subjects

Horses

Orphans

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

Georgetown (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-12-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1676

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1928

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Mr. Danilak standing with a horse at the Canadian Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Farm School

Danilak, Mr.

Subjects

Horses

Orphans

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

Georgetown (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-12-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6025

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1915]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 29 x 42 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a large offset copy print of an original photograph featuring Sam Gryfe with his horse-drawn bakery wagon, in Hamilton, Ontario. Writing on the wagon reads: S. Gryfe Baker, Rye & White Bread.

Notes

This photograph is identical to photo #4517.

Subjects

Horse-drawn vehicles

Street vendors

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

1989-2-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Jewish military portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

2

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Feb. 1944

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 9 cm and 13 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Garfield Cass was a Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Naval Forces during the Second World War. He married Dorothy Willinsky, the daughter of Abraham Willinsky.

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of Garfield Cass.

Name Access

Canada. Royal Canadian Navy

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

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1894

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Hannah Cass taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Photographer: Reger, 1106 11th St., Altoona, Pa.

Name Access

Cass, Hannah

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 cabinet card is coming apart and the image is scratched.

Places

Altoona (Pa.).

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Bill Cass in San Francisco, California taken sometime before 1920.

Notes

Photographer: Alisky, S.F.

Mounted on card frame.

Name Access

Cass, Bill

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

San Francisco (Calif.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Bill Cass taken at a studio in Tacoma, Washington.

Notes

Photographer: A. Freuck (?), Tacoma, Washington.

Name Access

Cass, Bill

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

Tacoma (Wash.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1906

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Bill Cass in San Francisco in 1906.

Notes

Mounted on card.

Name Access

Cass, Bill

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

Poor condition.

The photograph is faded and stained.

Places

San Francisco (Calif.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1914-1919]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Phillip Cass taken at a studio in Detroit.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on card.

Photographer: F. D. Brooks, Detroit.

Name Access

Cass, Phillip

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

Detroit (Mich.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Series

Fonds

25

Series

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1894-[192-]

Physical Description

15 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 15 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

Abraham Cass (1840-1897) married Rachel Rebecca Cass (née [Cowart?]) (1837-1903). They were both born in Russia and immigrated to Canada in 1892 to join their eldest children who had already immigrated to Ontario. The children of Abraham and Rachel Rebecca Cass were: daughters: Fayge (m.Sax) (1861-1942), Hannah (m.Segel) (1863-1930), Martha (m.Soskin) (1866-1946), Dora (m.Levy) (b.1871?), Sarah (m.Levine) (1876-1978), and Annie (m.Smith) (1880- 1952); and, sons: David M. Cass (1869-1959), Bill Cass (b.1874?), and Phillip Cass.

Their son David Mitchell Cass had immigrated to Canada earlier than his parents, in 1889. His wife, Hannah (née Kleiman) (1870-1935), immigrated to Canada in 1890, and they were married in 1894. David Cass worked for Pregger's Grocery Dealer as a salesman and gave Moses Levine work-related advice in this area. David and Hannah lived, in Waubaushene and Tey Township, in Simcoe County, where they were neighbours of the Soskins and where most of their children were born. By 1911, however, they had moved back to Toronto. They had eleven children: Ethel I. (m.Gold) (1894-[1998?]), Infant Cass (unnamed, died at 7 weeks, 1895), "Abe" Abraham B. (1897-1987), Leah G. (m.Harser) (1899-1975), Sarah "Sec" Marie (m.Rogers) (1901-1932), Ely "Hilly" (b.1902), "Reuben" Garfield P. (1904-1991), Dorothy (m.Sandler) (b.1906), Anne (m.Solway) (1907-1994), Rita (m.Appleby), and Libby (m.Balick).

As a new immigrant to Canada, having emigrated from Russia in 1896, Louis Smith (1873-1945) was registered as a tailor in the 1901 federal census. He later worked as a contractor in Toronto. He was married to Annie Cass, Sarah Levine's sister, in 1901 and they lived together at 5 Edward Street, along with Rachel Rebecca Cass, with whom they cohabitated following the death of Abraham Cass.

David and Hannah's son, Abraham Cass, was married to Carrie (née Waldman) in 1922. Garfield married Dorothy (née Simon) and had two children, Donna and Danny. Anne Solway was married to a prominent Toronto violinist and music teacher, Maurice Solway (1906-2001), and they had one son, Stephen.

Scope and Content

Series consists of photographs of members of the Cass family.

Name Access

Cass family

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Pinkus fonds

Genealogical research series

Rabbi Samuel Cass file

Level

File

Fonds

138

Series

3

File

10

Material Format

textual record

Date

1929-1998

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of printed copies of documents that were created by Rabbi Samuel Cass, such as correspondence, reports, daily logs, and his dissertation for the Degree of Doctor of Hebrew Literature. Also included is a letter written by Elliot Gluck regarding Rabbi Cass’s daily logs.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca.1920]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of three Cass children standing with a pony on Atlas Avenue in Toronto. There are two girls, a boy, and a man in this photograph. The boy is seated on the pony and is wearing a cowboy hat and kerchief and the two girls are standing on either side of the pony. They are standing on the mud street by the sidewalk in front of a house at 145 Atlas and there is a man standing on the front balcony. It is likely the children are the younger children of David Cass, left to right: Anne, Garfield, and Dora.

Notes

This photo is posed in virtually the same manner as photo # 10, from Fonds 11 (Rebecca Kamarner family fonds).

Name Access

Cass, Anne

Cass, Dora

Cass, Garfield

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.

Places

Atlas Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Bill Cass taken at a photography studio in San Francisco.

Notes

Photographer: Alisky, S.F.

Mounted on card frame.

Name Access

Cass, Mrs. Bill

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

San Francisco (Calif.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2022-3-4

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 34 x 34 cm or smaller

Date

[19--]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of four photographs of Morris "Murray" Rose. Three of the four photographs show Murray atop horse. In addition to M. Rose, Mrs. J Chesney (owner) and J. Chesny (trainer) are also identified in the 1929 photograph.

Custodial History

The photographs were donated by Roz Tobias, the daughter-in-law of Morris Rose (the subject of the photographs).

Administrative History

Morris "Murray" Rose was born in Poland and came to Toronto as a child. His love of riding dates back to this time: at the age of ten, he would ride his grandfather's horse up and down the lanes of Kensington. Rose never completed secondary school; instead, he ran away from home at the age of fourteen and became a stable boy at the Woodbine Racetrack. Subsequently, he became a jockey. The high point of his career came on 23 May 1931, when, at the Churchill Downs Racetrack in Kentucky, he ran five winners in a six-card race. Rose retired from riding horses after sustaining a serious head injury during a race.

After retiring from racing, Rose worked at a textile store on College Street. Later, he opened his own store on the south side of College Street at Spadina Avenue. He and his wife ran the store for many years with one or two employees. Rose eventually purchased the building in which his store was located and rented out space to a variety of businesses, including a smoke and confectionary store, a ticket agency, and an eyeglass store.

Rose's entrepreneurial activity extended to purchasing bankrupt businesses and building apartment buildings with a group of friends. In the 1960s, he was a co-partner in Triangle Billiards at Bathurst Sreet and Sheppard Avenue. He also purchased a fifty-acre farm in Buttonville on Woodbine Avenue, which he rented out until his death.

Rose died in July 1989 at the age of seventy-eight. He left behind a wife, Mary; two sons, Bobby and Ken; two daughters, Marjorie Swartz and Elaine Rubinoff; two sisters, Lil and Rae; a brother, Sam; fourteen grand children; and one great-grandchild.

Use Conditions

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

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.

General note: The information for the biographical sketch was taken from an obituary written by Ben Rose titled "Leading Jockey Rose Dies at 78."

Subjects

Horses

Jockeys

Source

Archival Accessions

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Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

25

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

[188-]-1973

Physical Description

188 photographs : b&w, some sepia toned ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

3 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Aaron and Sarah (née Snider) Levine (1832-1915) were from Minsk. Sarah immigrated to Toronto with her children in 1887. In 1892, Abraham (1940-1897) and Rachel Cass (1838-1903) came to Toronto with their younger chilldren, following their elder children who had immigrated before them.

The Levine children consisted of the following individuals: Annie (m. Salamansky) (1861-1931); Moses (Moishe) Joseph (1864-1919); Michael (1869-1918); Abraham; Sam; and Rebecca (m. Samuels) (b. 1875).

The Cass children consisted of: Fayge (m. Sax) (1861-1942); Anna (Hannah) (m. Segel) (1863-1930); Martha (m. Soskin) (1866-1946); Dave Cass (1869-1959); Dora (m. Levy) (b.1870); Sarah (m. Levine) (1876-1978); Annie (m. Smith) (1880-1952); Bill Cass; and Phillip Cass.

Sarah Snider Levine lived with her son, Moses, and daughter-in-law Sarah for thirteen years. The couple first lived on Chestnut Street and then moved to Centre Avenue. They later relocated to Spadina Avenue near Dundas around 1903, and finally, moved to 224 Beverley Street near College.

Scope and Content

The fonds consists of family photographs that document the Cass and Levine families of Toronto. The records were donated by Mary Soskin, who was the daugher of Moses and Sarah (née Cass) Levine. The records document the donor's matriarchal and patriarchal families. In turn, the records also include photographs of her own family, as well as families related to her or her parents through marriage, such as: the Salamansky (Salem), Thuna, Bliss, Samuels, Soskin, Cass, Segel, Sax, Weiner, Levy, and Rosenbes families. The photographs date from the late nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century. The fonds also contains one file of textual records

The fonds has been arranged into 18 series by family, as well as one series for photographs that cannot be linked to an individual family and another for images that could not be identified. The series consist of the following: Series 1, Moses Levine family; Series 2, Michael Levine family; Series 3, Abraham Levine family; Series 4, Abe Levine family; Series 5, Harry Levine family; Series 6, Salamansky (Salem) family; Series 7, Thuna family; Series 8, Bliss family; Series 9, Samuels family; Series 10, Soskin family; Series 11, Cass family; Series 12, Segel family; Series 13, Sax family; Series 14, Weiner family; Series 15, Levy family; Series 16, Rosenbes family; Series 17, Miscellaneous family members; Series 18, Unidentified photographs.

The items have been arranged chronologically within each series.

Name Access

Cass (family)

Levine (family)

Subjects

Families

Related Material

1982-8-3

AC 1: Soskin, Mary (Levine)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Moses Levine family series

Level

File

Fonds

25

Series

1

File

1

Material Format

object

textual record

Date

1966-1976

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a certificate granting Sarah Levine (née Cass) life membership at the Women's Auxiliary Baycrest Center for Geriatric Care (1973); 1 small box containing plaque honouring occasion of 90th birthday (1966); a 94th birthday certificate from the Government of Ontario (1970); a 100th birthday certificate from the Government of Ontario (1976) and, three telegrams honouring the occasion of her 94th birthday (1970).

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

1982-8-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Farb family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

96

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1919

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Nathan Farb standing next to a horse in a field in Pontypool. A pond and a few houses can be seen in the background.

Name Access

Chesney, Henrietta

Farb, Nathan

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

Pontypool (Ont.)

Accession Number

2005-8-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6055

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1907

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Max Lerner had a furniture store in Woodstock.

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Max Lerner of Woodstock, Ontario, in a horsedrawn carriage. He is approximately twenty-one years of age in this photograph.

Subjects

Horse-drawn vehicles

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

Woodstock (Ont.)

Accession Number

1993-6-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2422

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Custodial History

This item is a photograph of Rabbi Samuel Cass on stage with three adult scouts during a jamboree. The photograph may have been taken inside the Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue on St. Clair Avenue in Toronto.

Name Access

Cass, Rabbi Samuel

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Rabbis

Places

Saint Clair Avenue West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-5-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dr. Isadore M. Cass fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

40

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1909-1995

Physical Description

45 cm of textual records

14 photographs : b&w (8 negatives) ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Dr. Isadore M. Cass (1916-1996), a well-known pathologist and practicing mohel--Jewish ritual circumcisor--for the Toronto Jewish community, was born and educated in Toronto, attending the University of Toronto's medical school. After serving with the army during the Second World War, Dr. Cass returned to Toronto to private practice. He began studying pathology in 1953, and performed research at the Ontario Cancer Institute, Connaught Labs and the Ontario Department of Health throughout his career. He was chief of pathology at Ajax and Pickering hospitals for twenty-three years, until his retirement in 1986.

In 1945, Dr. Cass began doing ritual circumcisions and was the first medical doctor in Toronto to do so. He performed over 40,000 circumcisions throughout Canada and the eastern United States and trained many physicians to perform them as well.

Dr. Cass was a member of the following organizations: New York Academy of Sciences; the Academy of Medicine, Toronto; the Israel Medical Association; General Wingate Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion; and many other associations and societies.

Dr. Cass studied Torah under Rabbi Jacob Gordon and was a Torah reader at Goel Tzedec Synagogue and later, Beth Tzedec. He also studied and taught Torah throughout his life, chairing the Canadian Jewish Congress' Tanach study group for many years, and leading weekly Gemara classes at Beth Tzedec. He belonged to Shaarei Shomayim and Beth Lida synagogues, as well as Lubavitch. In 1987, Dr. and Mrs. Cass were honoured as "Couple of the Year" by Machanaim, The Network of Educational Institutions in Kiryat Gat, Israel, for their great contributions to this charity over the years.

Dr. Cass was married to Miriam Cass and they had four daughters: Sharon, Hylah, Judy, and Elaine. He had four brothers: the late Rabbi Samuel Cass, Harry, Al, and Elie (who was a Reform mohel), and two sisters: Miriam Cass and Zelda Fink. He also had seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Dr. Cass died on January 24, 1996 of cancer.

Scope and Content

The fonds consists of records relating to the personal and professional life of Dr. Isadore Cass. These records include appointment books documenting circumcisions he performed, correspondence, writings, Tanach study group notes, a Machanaim invitation and programme, prayer books, certificates, memorial cards, and photographs.

Name Access

Cass, Isadore M., 1916-1996

Subjects

Physicians

Access Restriction

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.

Physical Condition

The prayer book is in poor condition and some of the early daytimers are in fair condition.

Related Material

See also the Ontario Jewish Archives' reference news clipping file under "Cass, Dr. Isadore".

Creator

Cass, Isadore M., 1916-1996

Accession Number

1997-5-1

1997-8-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

651

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1942]

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Gail Zalkin on a hobby horse.

Name Access

Zalkin, Gail

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.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

Acquired May 20, 1976.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

19

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1918]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of members of the Mehr family seated in a horse-drawn carriage in Jackson's Point, Ontario.

Notes

This photograph is similar to photo #4904.

Subjects

Carriages and carts

Families

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

Jacksons Point (Georgina, Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

20

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1918]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of members of the Mehr family seated in a horse-drawn carriage in Jackson's Point, Ontario.

Notes

This photograph is similar to photo #4903.

Subjects

Carriages and carts

Families

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

Jacksons Point (Georgina, Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Miscellaneous collection series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

9

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1914

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Leon Koffler was born in Romania. He moved to Canada and settled in the Toronto area at the age of fifteen with his mother and his three sisters. Leon Koffler worked for Nelson's when he first moved to Canada as a fruit peddler. He graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in 1921 and two years later opened his first pharmacy on College Street. Leon lived in the apartment above his store with his wife Tiana Koffler (née Reinhorn) and their son, Murray.

Scope and Content

Photograph is of Leon Koffler seated in a horse-drawn buggy, peddling fruit and vegetables at age eighteen.

The buggy has a Nelson's sign on it and the address for 460 Yonge Street.

Name Access

Koffler, Leon

Nelson's

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Peddlers

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.

Related Material

see also photographs: 37-S4-3-item-2, 37-S4-3-item-3, 37-S4-3-item-9, 37-S4-3-item-15

Places

Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Dave [Hannah] Cass, Mrs. Joseph Simpkin, and Mrs. Cohen. Hannah Cass is in the center, Mrs. Joseph Simpkin is on her right, and Mrs. Cohen is on her left. Mrs. Joseph Simpkin lived in Midland, Ontario, as well as Toronto, Ontario. Mrs. Cohen was from Altoona, Pennsylvania. It is possible they were all Kleimans and that they lived in the United States before they were married.

Notes

Mounted in card frame.

Name Access

Cass, Hannah

Cass, Mrs. Dave

Cohen, Mrs.

Kleiman, Hannah

Simpkin, Mrs. Joseph

Subjects

Sisters

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

Level

Item

Item

6056

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1904]

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 photograph and corresponding negative of Max Lerner, junk peddler, aged seventeen, seated on a horse and buggy outside of the J. J. Peardon Practical Horse Shoer.

Subjects

Horse-drawn vehicles

Peddlers

Teenagers

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

London (Ont.)

Accession Number

1993-6-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Civil and Human Rights Legislation sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-1

File

181

Material Format

textual record

Date

1991

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings related to a visit to Canada and speaking engagements by Holocaust denier David Irving.

Notes

Availability of other formats: Digitized material.

General: Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1981-4-5

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

2 folders of textual records

Date

1928-1929

Scope and Content

Accession consists of David Waserman's Polish passport, Canadian immigration identification card stamped at Halifax upon his arrival on the Megantic, two copies of his birth certificate, a Polish police clearance document, and an army service book. There is also a Polish passport for Syma Nachsztern and her immigration identification card stamped upon arrival on the SS United States.

MG_RG

MG1

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Name Access

Waserman, David

Places

Canada

Poland

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2006-3-3

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

30 cm of textual and graphic material

Date

[192-?]-1982

Scope and Content

Accession includes three portraits from the 1920s that were sent to Helen Mark's mother as postcards. The majority of the records document David Mark's career as UJA Campaign Director and consist of: photographs, correspondence, invitations, UJA mission records, clippings as well as other material.

Custodial History

The records were donated by Helen Marks and were kept at their home.

Administrative History

David Marks was born in Toronto and was the youngest of three brothers. He moved to Hamilton after marrying his wife Helen during the 1950s and opened up a shoe store. They had two children together, Irving and Anita. After eight years, they returned to Toronto. In 1962, he accepted a position as manager of shelter workshops for Jewish Vocational Services (JVS). He then started working for UJA and in 1968 became its campaign director. He served in that capacity for fourteen years. During that time, he helped raise millions of dollars through the campaign and lead some of the earliest UJA missions to Israel. He travelled to Israel more than thirty times and organized the visits of Israeli leaders to Toronto including David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meier, Menachem Begin, Moshe Dayan, and others.

In 1982, he left his position as campaign director and became the director of development at Mount Sinai Hospital. He then opened up a consulting business with three other community professionals, which provided help to other organizations with their fundraising efforts.

In 2004, David passed away after battling cancer. He left behind his wife, two children and four grandchildren.

Name Access

Marks, David, 1927-2004

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2008-1-7

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

5 photographs : b&w and sepia (tiff)

Date

[ca. 1914]-1942

Scope and Content

This accession consists of five scanned photographs of David Hart and his father Alfred E. Hart in military dress. Three of the photographs feature Alfred during the First World War in an army uniform and one photograph features Alfred in his uniform standing with David in a naval dress on the street in Toronto. The final photograph is of a victory parade on Yonge Street after the First World War (original source: the City of Toronto Archives, fonds 1568, Item 314). The photograph features Brodey Draimin Fur Co. in the background and was originally published in the Toronto Star.

Administrative History

Alfred E. Hart was in the Canadian infantry during the First World War and fought in four major battles. He was the owner of the Brodey Draimin Fur Company, located on Yonge Street in Toronto. His son, David, was in the Naval Home Guard, Royal Regiment, during the Second World War.

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

Related material note: see oral history 375 for David Hart's account of his wartime experiences.

Subjects

Canada--Armed Forces

World War, 1914-1918

World War, 1939-1945

Name Access

Hart, David

Hart, Alfred E.

Source

Archival Accessions

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

13

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

David Green was born in 1897, in Kaminka, Poland, the son of Reb Chaim Shochet. In 1913, he immigrated with his family to Toronto, at the age of sixteen. Three years later he married Tilly (née Litowitz) and had three children: Hyman, Beulah and Esther.

Green was an active member of several Jewish organizations and clubs, such as the Palestine Lodge, and was president of the Hebrew National Association (Folks Farein), president of Beth Lida Congregation, vice-president of the Mount Sinai Cemetery Association, vice-president of the Jewish Public Library, vice-president of the College Memorial Chapel , vice-president of the Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home, and was on the board of directors of the United Jewish Welfare Fund. Green died on 13 May 1977.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of David Green.

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Na'amat Canada Toronto fonds

Fundraising and event ephemera series

Dollars for David file

Level

File

Fonds

130

Series

3

File

10

Material Format

object

textual record

Date

[ca. 1990]-2018

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records and object

Scope and Content

File consists of flyers, a donation envelope for an annual Hanukkah appeal, and a button depicting a child's face with the text "I support Pioneer Women."

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.

Accession Number

2019-3-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Pinkus fonds

Genealogical research series

David Wolgelernter file

Level

File

Fonds

138

Series

3

File

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

1980-1981

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of an award certificate that David Wolgelernter received through participating in a swim program at the Joseph E. and Minnie Wagman Centre.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2010-1-6

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual material

3 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm and 24 x 18 cm

Date

1970-1996

Scope and Content

The accession consists of records related to the work of David Marks. There are a number of programs, including ones for Annual Campaign, a Jewish National Fund of Toronto Negev Dinner Tribute, and Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary's 34th Annual Gala Ball. Additionally, there is an itinerary for a 1972 study mission to Israel and an invitation to meeting welcoming Prime Minister Golda Meir in 1970.

Two of the photographs document David Marks meeting Golda Meir in 1971 and 1974. The third photograph is a group shot, likely of a study mission, in front of an airplane at Lod Airport in Israel.

Custodial History

The documents were donated by David Marks' wife, Helen.

Administrative History

David Marks was born in Toronto and was the youngest of three brothers. He moved to Hamilton after marrying his wife Helen during the 1950s and opened up a shoe store. They had two children together, Irving and Anita. After eight years, they returned to Toronto. In 1962, he accepted a position as manager of shelter workshops for Jewish Vocational Services (JVS). He then started working for UJA and in 1968 became its campaign director. He served in that capacity for fourteen years. During that time, he helped raise millions of dollars through the campaign and lead some of the earliest UJA missions to Israel. He travelled to Israel more than thirty times and organized the visits of Israeli leaders to Toronto including David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meier, Menachem Begin, Moshe Dayan, and others.

In 1982, he left his position as campaign director and became the director of development at Mount Sinai Hospital. He then opened up a consulting business with three other community professionals, which provided help to other organizations with their fundraising efforts.

In 2004, David passed away after battling cancer. He left behind his wife, two children and four grandchildren.

Descriptive Notes

For related records see accession 2006-3-3.

Name Access

Marks, David, 1927-2004

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2011-11-6

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w (jpg) ; 15 MB

Date

1940-1945

Scope and Content

Accession consists of four electronic copies of original photographs documenting David Smith during the Second World War.

Custodial History

The photographs were loaned to the Archives to be copied and returned. They were returned by courier on 21 November 2011.

Administrative History

Max and Rose Smith opened a resort for Jewish singles in Port Carling, Muskoka in 1938. The resort was kosher and offered Jewish content to visitors. Boys and girls bunked seperately.

Suzanne Smith (née Beskin) and David Samuel Smith met at Cornell University in the spring of 1946, after David returned from service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Suzanne was living in the United States and attending Columbia University. She worked as a libraian at Cornell. David studied hotel administration. They married in 1947 and moved back to Toronto in 1948.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Digitized material.

Subjects

World War, 1939-1945

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2014-10-2

Material Format

multiple media

Physical Description

40 cm of textual records and other material

Date

[192-]-[200-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records related to the life and career of David Green and the Jaffey family. Records include sound and video recordings of events, Goodwill Sales accounting ledgers, meeting minutes from the Jewish Canadian Military Archives and Museum, David Green's military ephemera, manuals and reports of the Jewish Federation Board of Trustees and Bequest and Endowment Fund, and Jaffey family correspondence and photographs. Records also include certificates of appreciation awarded to David Green, mainly from UJA Federation.

Administrative History

David Green (1919-2014) was born in the Junction in west Toronto. He served as a private in the Canadian army as part of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was captured and designated MIA when he was held as a POW in Belgium. He became a member of General Wingate Branch 256 Jewish Canadian Legion. In the mid-1940s he married his wife, Sylvia (nee Jaffey) (d. 2010) and they had a daughter, Miriam. He was a longtime volunteer for the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. In 1990, he was one of the first individuals to establish an Endowment Fund at the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto.

The Jaffey family consisted of Kaby Jaffey, his wife, Nellie, and their children Sylvia, Jess and Albert.

Descriptive Notes

Physical description note: Accession also consists of photographs and textiles.

Subjects

Canada--Armed Forces

Charities

Families

World War, 1939-1945

Name Access

Green, David, 1919-2014

Places

Toronto, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2016-11-31

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 cm

Date

May 1918

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a photograph of David Eisen with members of the Univeristy Zionist Circle. Pictured from left to right are H. Papernick, S. Appel, A. Glassberg and David Eisen. The are standing in front of the house at the corner of Bellevue Ave. and Denison Square that was used by the Kiever Congregation before it was demolished in 1926 and replaced by the current-day synagogue.

Descriptive Notes

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: Description taken from notations on accompanying envelope.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2016-11-32

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1953

Scope and Content

Accession consists of an election pamphlet for Liberal Party candidate David Croll for the Spadina riding.

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

Political campaigns

Politicians

Name Access

Croll, David, 1900-1991

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2018-5-2

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

object

Physical Description

ca. 78 cm of graphic material, textual records, and 1 stamp

Date

1919-1992

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting David Croll. Included are: forty photographs (military, political, and sport) of Croll; two scrapbooks (one a congratulatory scrapbook on Croll's appointment to the Ontario provincial cabinet, the other a scrapbook of the 1939 royal visit to Windsor, Ontario); several personal documents including Croll's marriage certificate and address book/phone book; and Croll's stamp.

Custodial History

Records were donated to the Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre by Croll's granddaughter.

Descriptive Notes

Related groups of records external to the unit being described: Other records relating to David Croll can be found in the Rebecca Kamarner fonds; the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds; the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; the Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; the Philip Givens fonds; the Dora Till fonds; Julius P. Katz fonds; the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds; the United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; and the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds.

Subjects

Legislators--Canada

Royal visitors

Veterans

Name Access

Croll, David, 1900-1991

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2019-10-5

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

10 cm of textual records

ca. 300 photographs

Date

1914-2019

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs taken by David Wulkan, a violinist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and an amateur photographer. Included are images of members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as well as many guest performers and conductors such as Jack Benny, Danny Kaye, Arthur Rubinstein, Dame Myra Hess, Sir John Barbirolli, Glen Gould, Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, Van Cliburn, Victor Borge, Andrei Kostelanetz, Mstislav Rostopovich, David Oistrakh, Igor Oistrakh, Phil Silver, Leonid Kogan, Nathan Milstein, Zina Francescatti, Andres Segovia and Christian Tetzlaff. Also included are documents detailing the immigration history of Wulkan post-Second World War, as well as a general history of the Wulkan family in Europe. Personal documents and memorabilia include early family photos, a copy of name change, passports and travel documents, David's certificate of Canadian citizenship, correspondence concerning restitution and clippings and programmes from performances in Palestine, London and Canada.

Custodial History

Records were in the possession of Hernan Tesler-Mabé, professor of history at the University of Ottawa and vice-present of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies.

Use Conditions

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

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2019-11-1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Physical Description

ca. 7 cm of textual records and other material

Date

1958–1995

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting David Marks. Included are photographs and correspondence, as well as three UJA Walk with Israel pins. Identified in the photographs are Golda Meier, Menachem Begin, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, and others.

Administrative History

David Marks was born in Toronto and was the youngest of three brothers. He moved to Hamilton after marrying his wife Helen during the 1950s and opened up a shoe store. They had two children together, Irving and Anita. After eight years, they returned to Toronto. In 1962, he accepted a position as manager of shelter workshops for Jewish Vocational Services (JVS). He then started working for UJA and in 1968 became its campaign director. He served in that capacity for fourteen years. During that time, he helped raise millions of dollars through the campaign and lead some of the earliest UJA missions to Israel. He travelled to Israel more than thirty times and organized the visits of Israeli leaders to Toronto including David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meier, Menachem Begin, Moshe Dayan, and others.

In 1982, he left his position as campaign director and became the director of development at Mount Sinai Hospital. He then opened up a consulting business with three other community professionals, which provided help to other organizations with their fundraising efforts.

In 2004, David passed away after battling cancer. He left behind his wife, two children and four grandchildren.

Use Conditions

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

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Photographs are available as JPEG and TIF files.

Name Access

Marks, David, 1927-2004

Places

Canada

Israel

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

4675

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1925 and 1935]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia

Name Access

Newman, David

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

1981-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Betty Goldstick Lindgren fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

45

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm on mat 28 x 17.5 cm

Admin History/Bio

David Golstick was the son of William Goldstick and Sarah Goldstick. He graduated from the University of Toronto in law during the 1920s. He married Sarah Kaplan on 28 May 1929. The couple had two children, Thomas and Daniel. During much of his life, David was actively involved in the labour movement as well as politics.

Scope and Content

Portrait of David Goldstick when he graduated in law.

Subjects

Lawyers

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

1978-10-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4647

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Name Access

Newman, David

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

1981-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6002

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[198-]

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w ; 5 x 4 cm

Subjects

Portraits

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.

Accession Number

1989-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds

Art exhibitions series

Level

File

Fonds

100

Series

8

File

80

Material Format

textual record

Date

1999

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of an exhibit catalogue entitled Ellipsis and a bio of the artist.

Source

Archival Descriptions