- Accession Number
- 1994-1-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-1-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 13 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1922]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a copy photograph of Joe Nesker, Bella Nesker and their son, Manny Nesker, standing in the doorway of Nesker & Co. Wholesale and Retail Produce, located at 193 1/2 Baldwin Street, Toronto.
- Subjects
- Families
- Small business
- Name Access
- Nesker, Joe
- Nesker, Bella
- Nesker, Manny
- Nesker & Co.
- Places
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1002
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1002
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1912]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 15 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of Goldstein women with a horse and buggy outside of Goldstein's Butcher Shop and Ice Cream Parlour in Charlton, Ontario. Identified are Bessy Goldstein, Ida Goldstein, Mrs. Goldstein and [Rivi?] Levine.
- Notes
- Acquired in 1976.
- Name Access
- Goldstein, Bessy
- Goldstein, Ida
- Subjects
- Women
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Charlton (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1001
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1001
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1912]
- 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 a group of men and women on the front porch of Goldstein's Butcher Shop and Ice Cream Parlour, in Charlton, Ontario. Identified individuals include Ida Goldstein, Mrs. Goldstein, Dora Goldstein, Walter Goldstein and Sam Levine. The other individuals are the Goldstein's non-Jewish neighbours.
- Notes
- Acquired in 1976.
- Name Access
- Goldstein, Ida
- Goldstein, Dora
- Goldstein, Walter
- Levine, Sam
- Subjects
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Charlton (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 923
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 923
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1929-1933
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 11 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Englehart Bargain Store was run by Louis Schwartz from Toronto. The Gurevitch family lived behind it and rented out the front to use on Shabbos when they were not on their farm.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Min (née Gurevitch) and Hymie [Lebiman?] standing in front of the Englehart Bargain Store.
- Name Access
- Englehart Bargain Store
- Subjects
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Englehart (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Nathan Rivelis
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 3 Aug. 2010
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Nathan Rivelis
- Number
- OH 405
- Subject
- Immigrants--Canada
- Small business
- Communities
- Interview Date
- 3 Aug. 2010
- Quantity
- 1 reference CD
- 1 archival DVD
- Interviewer
- Rheta (nee Rivelis) Rosen
- AccessionNumber
- OH 405
- Total Running Time
- 1:11 minutes
- Biography
- Nathan Rivelis, father of Rheta Rosen (née Rivelis), was born in the early 1900s in the Ukraine. Nathan immigrated to Canada in 1919, making his home in Lachine and Saint-Jérôme, Quebec. In 1926, Nathan moved to North Bay, Ontario. There, he opened a small, family-run clothing store and grew it into Rivelis' Department Store, remaining in business until 1983.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Rivelis' Department Store (North Bay, Ont.)
- Geographic Access
- North Bay (Ont.)
- Québec (Province)
- Ukraine
- Original Format
- DVD
- Transcript
- 0.0-.39: Interviewer checking the tape recorder
Family History
.40-35.54: Nathan Rivelis was born in the early 1900s in Miskiva, (spelling) a town located between Odessa and Kiev in the Ukraine. Approximately 2,000 Jews lived in Miskiva alongside a small non-Jewish population. The market place was the primary source of income for the Jewish population.
Nathan had five siblings: Tzipa, Moshe, Hannah, Eva, and Esther. When Nathan was ten years old, his father passed away, leaving his mother, Bluma Rivelis (née Dubin) to provide for the family on her own. With Nathan’s help, Bluma supported the family by running a grocery store and selling liquor.
Nathan describes the difficult life and persecution of Miskiva’s Jewish peasantry from the early 1900s through the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Many Russian Jews fled Russia for America, and it was Abram, Nathan’s brother-in-law, who was the first family member to immigrate to Canada. With money received from Abram, Nathan secured passage to Canada for the rest of the family.
Immigration to Canada
35.55-42.47: Nathan arrived in Canada in 1919, making his home in Lachine, Quebec. After six years working as a presser and in dry goods, Nathan opened a business in St. Jerome, Quebec.
North Bay
42.48-48.50: In 1926, after vacationing with the Herman family and encouraged by a positive impression of North Bay, Nathan closed his dry goods business in St. Jerome and moved to North Bay. After a brief stint as a peddler, Rivelis purchased the dry goods business of E. I. Green. To help with the business, Rivelis moved his mother and sister Esther to North Bay. After his marriage in 1929, they returned to Montreal. Rivelis grew his small, family-run clothing store to a large department store and remained in business until 1983.
Family history continued
48.51-57.21: In this portion of the interview, Nathan discusses his feelings of fear while living in Russia, always worrying what the next day would bring. When Nathan arrived in Canada, he felt free and happy. Nathan discusses his father’s family. Some family members immigrated to Milwaukee while some remained in Russia.
57.28-1.02.29: This is a personal conversation between Nathan and his daughter. They discuss Nathan’s mother, her difficult life in Russia, her life in Canada, and her death at the age of ninety-four.
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1918 or 1919]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of the interior of Routbard's second-hand shop, located at 287 Princess Street in Kingston, Ontario. The photograph features Louis Routbard (on left) standing behind the counter with an employee.
- Name Access
- Routbard, Louis
- Subjects
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 867
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 867
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of the Service Supply store in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The store was operated by Dave and Saidie Lavut from 1937 to 1954.
- Notes
- Acquired in 1976.
- Photo by Duke Studio.
- Name Access
- Lavut, Dave
- Lavut, Saidie
- Subjects
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 872
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 872
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Duke Studio
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of a sign for Eddie Duke's photography studio in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The sign is attached to the side of a building.
- Name Access
- Duke, Eddie
- Subjects
- Signs and signboards
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1441
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1441
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1909 and 1911]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of an unidentified man holding a child in front of store in St. John's Ward, Toronto.
- Subjects
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Elizabeth Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- St. John's Ward (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-7-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1468
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1468
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1909
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- Leah Hershorn's maiden name was Cornfield.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Leah Hershorn standing behind the counter of her tobacco shop.
- Notes
- Photo by J. W. Wilson Co., 143 Queen St. W.
- Name Access
- Hershorn, Leah
- Subjects
- Small business
- Tobacco
- 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
- 1977-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1171
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1171
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1926]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the exterior of Hyman's Book and Art Shop.
- Name Access
- Hyman's Book and Art Shop (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4996
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4996
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 14 Aug. 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is an exterior view of Shopsowitz Delicatessen's 40th Anniversary. The photographs depicts a line-up of customers outside the entrance. Shopsy's is advertising 1920s prices.
- Notes
- Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Shopsowitz, Sam
- Shopsy's Delicatessen
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Food
- Restaurants
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1202
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1202
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1908
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Mrs. [Finkle?] Wienberg standing in front of the S. Weinberg Paint Store in Toronto.
- Subjects
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1174
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1174
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the interior of Hyman's Book and Art Shop.
- Name Access
- Hyman's Book and Art Shop (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1172
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1172
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1926]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the interior of Hyman's Book and Art Shop.
- Name Access
- Hyman's Book and Art Shop (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1176
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1176
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1933]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a display in the window of Hyman's Book and Art Shop.
- Name Access
- Hyman's Book and Art Shop (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1182
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1182
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Faye Hyman in front of Hyman's Book Shop.
- Name Access
- Hyman's Book and Art Shop (Toronto, Ont.)
- Hyman, Faye
- Subjects
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions