- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 15 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Solway notes in his autobiography that Ysaÿe encouraged his pupils to look beyond the study of music alone. He encouraged them to travel and to investigate other arts in order to enrich their understanding of the world.
- Notes
- Photo is signed with a stylized character, and inscribed on the back, "Vous avez connu ce lieue et vous y avez travaille avec le vrai [lu?]," roughly translated as "You have known this place and there understood its truth." In another hand it has been identified as "Ysaÿe's studio in Brussels." It is unclear who has made these inscriptions.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This photo is taken outside the entrance of Ysaÿe's home. Gingold and Solway are arm in arm and posturing jovially. The word written across the gate is "la chanterelle", which is the colloquial name for the highest string on the violin (the E string).
- Notes
- The photo is taped with transparent tape at the top and has been written upon the back in pencil. An earlier message appears to have been erased from under the newer identifying inscription.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1989
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 11 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Solway leads a procession with his violin on a crowded city sidewalk, in Toronto. The event is the 20th anniversary (4 Jun. 1989) of the Inner City Angels. The day involved performing works by and for inner city youths.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1989
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 11 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Maurice Solway is depicted playing his violin for a group of spectators and is surrounded by children. Most of these children are wearing white t-shirts that have "[?ing] Hands for the Arts 1989" written on them. The event is the 20th anniversary (4 Jun. 1989) of the Inner City Angels. The day involved performing works by and for inner city youths.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- The photograph was taken on 9 Sept. 1949. Pictured are members of the Solway String Quartet: Maurice Solway and Jacob Groob (violins), Robert Warburton (viola) and Marcus Adeney (cello). On the back of the photograph the personnel are written in pencil, along with the inscription "Solway String Quartet - played at the Exhibition Shell before 40 000 people".
- Notes
- Photograph by the Toronto Star.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- This photo is taken from the Canadian debut of the Castelnuovo-Tedesco quintet for guitar and strings. The players visible in this photograph are, left to right: Ivan Romanoff (viola), Andres Segovia (guitar) and Maurice Solway (violin).
- Notes
- The photo is signed and dated by Andres Segovia in pen. The date and identification are written on the back in pencil.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 35 x 28 cm
- Scope and Content
- Maurice Solway is on the far right hand side of the photo. In the centre is Ysaÿe with his hands upon Viola Mitchell's shoulders. Beside her is Nathan Milstein. Other people depicted in the photograph, but not identified, are: Nina-Magda Lavanchy, Mary Lotte, Mozia Novomist, Jeannette Dincin (who became Ysaÿe's wife three years later, after the death of his first wife), Robert Velton, and Grish Monasevitch.
- Notes
- Not an original photograph. Oversize print and negative from original photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Depicted, left to right, are: Leon Weinstein (obscured), Maurice Solway, Aaron Waife, and Jack Benny.
- Notes
- Not an original photograph. Print and negative from original photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1924
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Boris Hambourg was one of Michael Hambourg's sons and a teacher at the Hambourg Conservatory, a private music school in Toronto, Ontario that operated from 1911-1951. The Hambourgs brought many European performers and music teachers to Toronto and their school was regarded as a cultural centre for the emerging artistic community of early 20th century Toronto. Maurice Solway studied at the conservatory with Henri Czaplinsky, before travelling to Europe.
- Scope and Content
- Dedication on the photograph reads: "To the gifted violinist Maurice Solway wishing him much success. Boris Hambourg. June 23 1924. [Marrall?] Toronto, Ont."
- Notes
- The negative is a copy taken from the original photograph. The print is a copy from the new negative.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- The photograph is of Maurice Solway from a performance in London, Ontario.
- Notes
- The photograph is mounted on a cardstock and inscribed on the back: "[Novack?] Residence, London/ 76. To Maurice, With my compliments and appreciation for a memorable evening of music and conversation. [Shirly?] Brownstone."
- Places
- London (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1983]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 21 cm
- Notes
- Photo by Tony Hauser.
- Black and white print is a copy from a colour negative.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1949]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Members of the quartet in this photograph are, left to right: Jack Groob (violin), Maurice Solway (violin), Marcus Adeney (cello), and Robert Warburton (viola).
- Notes
- Photograph by John Steele: 22 Sackville St. - Toronto 5 - Canada.
- Stamped with a credit line copyright stamp No 49157-7.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1958], 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm on mount 28 x 36 cm
- 4 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a photo mounted on an original poster of the Solway String Quartet. Pictured in the photograph are, left to right: Albert Pratz (back turned to camera), Leon Weinstein, Stanley Solomon, Maurice Solway and Jack Benny. On the poster Maurice Solway is depicted in the upper left corner of the poster image. Below him, from left to right are Charles Dobias (violin), Eugene Hudson (viola) and Marcus Adeney (cello). The faces of the quartet on the poster are superimposed upon the background of a hand playing the violin. The remaining images in the file were produced by the archive from the original.
- Notes
- The dimensions of the poster, adjusted for orientation, are 36 x 28 cm.
- Poster photo images by Donald McKague.
- The original is located in the reception map cabinet. The negatives and prints are kept in box 58-2-4.
- Related Material
- The photograph is from the same evening as file 1, item 13.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1958]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- The quartet is posed, looking over a musical score, and holding their instruments. Members of the quartet are, left to right: Eugene Hudson (viola), Charles Dobias (violin), Marcus Adeney (cello), and leader Maurice Solway (holding the score).
- Notes
- Photo by Donald McKague.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1949]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Featured personnel of the quartet are, left to right: Maurice Solway and Jack Groob (violins), Marcus Adeney (cello), and Robert Warburton (viola).
- Notes
- Photograph is by Alex Gray, 90 Carlton St., Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1928
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- The photo depicts Solway with his teacher, circa his debut of Ysaÿe's "Kreisler" Sonata for solo violin.
- Notes
- The photo is signed, "[K. Lonthie?], Bruselles" [note: original French spelling], possibly indicating the photographer.
- The print and negative are copies from the original.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs ; b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- The photograph is of Maurice Solway with his pupils, who have formed a string orchestra with piano. The caption under the photograph indicates that the concert was a violin recital at the Canadian Forester's Hall on May 10th, 1934. Maurice Solway is conducting and the concert was assisted by the Musical Arts College String Orchestra. Two prints were made from the original by the archives.
- Notes
- Photographed by A.E. Mackintosh, commercial press, 58 Carlton St., Toronto, Ontario.
- The original print is 19 x 26 cm.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Solway and Koldofsky are pictured in a pension residence in Brussels.
- Notes
- Print and negative are copies from the original made by the archives.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- This photograph was taken at Blackwell School in Sarnia, Ontario.
- Notes
- The print and negative were created by the archives from the original.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Come out fighting scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 2
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 9 Jun. 1922
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the Luftspring family. Picture was taken at the Cecil Street Synagogue to mark the wedding of Max Lightstone and Goldie Grossman.
- Front row (left to right) are: Jean, Freida, Sammy. Back row (left to right) are: Annie, Bella Luftspring (Sammy's mother), Pearl, Sammy's grandfather, Molly, Sammy's grandmother, Clara, Yossel Luftspring (Sammy's father), Rose.
- Notes
- General: Image is located on page 28 of the 34 x 30 cm scrapbook.
- Subjects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- Weddings
- 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
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sammy Luftspring at age six at the family home on Baldwin Street in Toronto. Sammy is holding two puppies.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 27 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook
- Subjects
- Boys
- Puppies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1925
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Goldman family. The Goldman children are Sylvia, Molly, Fran, and Elsie (d. 1992). Elsie Goldman (pictured on the far right) married Sammy Luftspring in 1938.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 43 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Subjects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- The players in this photograph include (first row, left to right) Louie Bowmilf, Leonard Prussky, Harold Lapidus, and (second row) David Sossin, Sammy Luftspring, Manny Kline, as well as (third row) Chuck Goldstein, the coach, Tepperman, Pressky, and Libish Friedman.
- Notes
- Image is located on [age 55 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Subjects
- Baseball
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Group photograph of Sammy Luftspring and his campers while Sammy was a junior counsellor at Camp B'nai Brith in Orillia, Ontario. Also pictured is Neddie Adler, another counsellor.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 50 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Name Access
- Camp B'nai Brith (Orillia, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Camps
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Orillia (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1933
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- This photograph of Sammy Luftspring was taken while he was a junior counselor at Camp B'nai Brith in Orillia, Ontario.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 50 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Name Access
- Camp B'nai Brith (Orillia, Ont.)
- 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
- Orillia (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 1 tintype
- Scope and Content
- Item is a tintype of Sammy Luftspring and Elsie Goldman (m. Luftspring) at Sunnyside Beach. This photograph was taken while they were still dating. They married in 1938. Item would have been produced as a souvenir.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 13 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Subjects
- Couples
- 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
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- Jack "Spider" Armstrong was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but he made Toronto his home. He became the featherweight chamption of the world in 1940. He died in 1990.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sammy and Jack "Spider" Armstrong play-boxing at the Palliser Hotel in Calgary while on a boxing tour.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 50 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Name Access
- Armstrong, Jack
- Fairmont Palliser Hotel (Calgary, Alta.)
- 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
- Calgary (Alta.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Come out fighting scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 2
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- The boxers in this photograph include (from left to right) boxing trainer Duke, Dave Yack, Sammy Luftspring, Charley DeFalco, Frank Tenute, Joey Bagnato, "Baby" Yack, Vic Bagnato, and boxing trainer Patsy Fern. Seated in the front is Frank Genovese.
- Photograph was taken at the Elm Grove Athletic Club in Toronto where the boxers pictured trained under Frank Tenute, owner of the club.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 23 of the 34 x 30 cm scrapbook.
- Name Access
- Elm Grove Athletic Club (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- Davey Paul (né Peters) was born in 1916. He was a Canadian featherweight boxer who boxed from 1935 to 1938. Paul won Canadian Golden Gloves flyweight title in 1935. He is a member of the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame and had over fifty professional fights in his career. He also was a physical training officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. After the war he went into the retail business. He died in 1998.
- Scope and Content
- Item is of three boxers photographed together.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 32 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- The People's Olympics, in Barcelona, Spain was intended as a protest event against the 1936 Summer Olympics planned for Berlin during the period of Nazi rule. The newly-elected, left-wing Popular Front government in Spain decided to boycott the Berlin Olympics and host its own games following its election in February 1936. Invitations were made to the nations of the world. Buildings built for the 1929 World's Fair were supposed to be used for an Olympic Village. The games were scheduled to be held from 19 July to 26 July and would have therefore ended six days prior to the start of the Berlin games.
- A total of 6,000 athletes from twenty-two nations registered for the games, including boxers Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack from Canada.
- Many of the athletes were sent by trade unions, workers' clubs and associations, socialist and Communist parties, and other left-wing groups rather than by state-sponsored committees. Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack were sent with donations from the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War just as the games were to begin, the alternate games were cancelled.
- Scope and Content
- Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack aboard the SS Alaunia en route to Barcelona and the People's Olympics.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 24 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- 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
- Barcelona (Spain)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- The People's Olympics, in Barcelona, Spain was intended as a protest event against the 1936 Summer Olympics planned for Berlin during the period of Nazi rule. The newly-elected, left-wing Popular Front government in Spain decided to boycott the Berlin Olympics and host its own games following its election in February 1936. Invitations were made to the nations of the world. Buildings built for the 1929 World's Fair were supposed to be used for an Olympic Village. The games were scheduled to be held from 19 July to 26 July and would have therefore ended six days prior to the start of the Berlin games.
- A total of 6,000 athletes from twenty-two nations registered for the games, including boxers Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack from Canada.
- Many of the athletes were sent by trade unions, workers' clubs and associations, socialist and Communist parties, and other left-wing groups rather than by state-sponsored committees. Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack were sent with donations from the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War just as the games were to begin, the alternate games were cancelled.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sammy Luftspring mid-ocean aboard the SS Alaunia on route to Barcelona and the People's Olympics.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 2 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- 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
- Barcelona (Spain)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- The People's Olympics, in Barcelona, Spain was intended as a protest event against the 1936 Summer Olympics planned for Berlin during the period of Nazi rule. The newly-elected, left-wing Popular Front government in Spain decided to boycott the Berlin Olympics and host its own games following its election in February 1936. Invitations were made to the nations of the world. Buildings built for the 1929 World's Fair were supposed to be used for an Olympic Village. The games were scheduled to be held from 19 July to 26 July and would have therefore ended six days prior to the start of the Berlin games.
- A total of 6,000 athletes from twenty-two nations registered for the games, including boxers Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack from Canada.
- Many of the athletes were sent by trade unions, workers' clubs and associations, socialist and Communist parties, and other left-wing groups rather than by state-sponsored committees. Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack were sent with donations from the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War just as the games were to begin, the alternate games were cancelled.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack in a casual boxing match on route to Barcelona for the People's Olympics aboard the SS Alaunia.
- Notes
- Image is located on Page 11 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Subjects
- Boxing matches
- 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
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- The People's Olympics, in Barcelona, Spain was intended as a protest event against the 1936 Summer Olympics planned for Berlin during the period of Nazi rule. The newly-elected, left-wing Popular Front government in Spain decided to boycott the Berlin Olympics and host its own games following its election in February 1936. Invitations were made to the nations of the world. Buildings built for the 1929 World's Fair were supposed to be used for an Olympic Village. The games were scheduled to be held from 19 July to 26 July and would have therefore ended six days prior to the start of the Berlin games.
- A total of 6,000 athletes from twenty-two nations registered for the games, including boxers Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack from Canada.
- Many of the athletes were sent by trade unions, workers' clubs and associations, socialist and Communist parties, and other left-wing groups rather than by state-sponsored committees. Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack were sent with donations from the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War just as the games were to begin, the alternate games were cancelled.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph features Sammy Luftspring with an unknown child on his way to Barcelona to participate in the People's Olympics aboard the SS Alaunia.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 17 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- The People's Olympics, in Barcelona, Spain was intended as a protest event against the 1936 Summer Olympics planned for Berlin during the period of Nazi rule. The newly-elected, left-wing Popular Front government in Spain decided to boycott the Berlin Olympics and host its own games following its election in February 1936. Invitations were made to the nations of the world. Buildings built for the 1929 World's Fair were supposed to be used for an Olympic Village. The games were scheduled to be held from 19 July to 26 July and would have therefore ended six days prior to the start of the Berlin games.
- A total of 6,000 athletes from twenty-two nations registered for the games, including boxers Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack from Canada.
- Many of the athletes were sent by trade unions, workers' clubs and associations, socialist and Communist parties, and other left-wing groups rather than by state-sponsored committees. Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack were sent with donations from the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War just as the games were to begin, the alternate games were cancelled.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is of Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack in a casual boxing match on their way to Barcelona and the People's Olympics aboard the SS Alaunia.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 19 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Subjects
- Boxing matches
- 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
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- The People's Olympics, in Barcelona, Spain was intended as a protest event against the 1936 Summer Olympics planned for Berlin during the period of Nazi rule. The newly-elected, left-wing Popular Front government in Spain decided to boycott the Berlin Olympics and host its own games following its election in February 1936. Invitations were made to the nations of the world. Buildings built for the 1929 World's Fair were supposed to be used for an Olympic Village. The games were scheduled to be held from 19 July to 26 July and would have therefore ended six days prior to the start of the Berlin games.
- A total of 6,000 athletes from twenty-two nations registered for the games, including boxers Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack from Canada.
- Many of the athletes were sent by trade unions, workers' clubs and associations, socialist and Communist parties, and other left-wing groups rather than by state-sponsored committees. Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack were sent with donations from the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War just as the games were to begin, the alternate games were cancelled.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sammy Luftspring aboard the SS Alaunia on route to the People's Olympics in Barcelona.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 22 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- 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
- Barcelona (Spain)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- Norman "Baby" Yack was born Benjamin Norman Yakubowitz in Toronto in 1915. As an amateur bantamweight boxer, Yack won over ninety of one hundred fights. In 1936, he opted out of competing in the Berlin Olympics as a protest to Nazi rule. Instead, he travelled to Barcelona with fellow Jewish boxer Sammy Luftspring to compete in the People's Olympics, which was cancelled at the last minute due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Later that year, Yack turned professional and, under the management of Steve Rocco, became the fourth ranked bantamweight in the world. Yack retired in Toronto. He died in 1987.
- Harry Sniderman was a well-known Toronto sportsman. In 1936, Sniderman organized the financial backing from the Canadian Jewish Congress that allowed himself, Sammy Luftspring, and Norman "Baby" Yack to go to Barcelona to participate in the People's Olympics. His role at the event was to act as coach and organizer for the athletes. Later in life he was the owner of the Warwick Hotel, which was located at the corner of Jarvis and Dundas Street.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sammy Luftspring, Harry Sniderman and Norman "Baby" Yack aboard the S.S. Alaunia as they travelled to Barcelona for the People's Olympics. They are dressed casually and are standing on the deck of the ship.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 75 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Name Access
- Sniderman, Harry
- Yakubowitz, Norman
- Subjects
- Pitchers (Baseball)
- 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.
- Creator
- Unknown
- Places
- Barcelona (Spain)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1937
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sammy Luftspring with his father, Yossel Luftspring, on Nassau Street, outside the family home.
- Notes
- Image is located on Page 51 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Subjects
- Fathers and sons
- 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
- Nassau Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1937
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is of Sammy Luftspring in what is known as a "ready pose" in boxing: he has one foot behind him and his fists up. He is pictured in the backyard of his family home on Nassau Street in Toronto.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 50 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- 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
- Nassau Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 6 Nov. 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a wedding photograph of Elsie and Sammy Luftspring. Taken at the McCaul Street Synagogue (Beth Hamidrash Hagadol) on 6 November 1938.
- Notes
- Image is located on Page 17c of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Name Access
- McCaul Street Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Weddings
- 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
- McCaul Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sammy celebrating his knockout win over Frank Genovese, earning him the title of Canadian welterweight champion. He is pictured with Playfair Brown (a fight promoter) and Uncle Doc Cooke (Sammy's manager) at Union Station in Toronto.
- Notes
- Image is located on Page 54 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- 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
- Union Station (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 20
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Luftspring family at the Slipia Synagogue Section of Dawes Road Cemetery in Scarborough, Ontario. Sammy's mother, Bella Luftspring, passed away on 24 March 1940. Her grave is visible in the background.
- Individuals pictured include: Sammy's grandmother; Sammy's aunt, Elka; Uncle Yancha; Uncle Doc Cook; and Sammy's father, Yossel.
- Notes
- Image is located on Page 75 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- 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
- Scarborough (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 21
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of members of the Luftspring family at the Slipia Synagogue Section of Dawes Road Cemetery in Scarborough, Ontario. Sammy's mother, Bella Luftspring, passed away on 24 March 1940. The family is standing around her grave stone. Sammy Luftspring is seen on the left side of the image.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 35 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Subjects
- Sepulchral monuments
- 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
- Scarborough (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 22
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1943
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Sammy Luftspring at Niagara-on-the-Lake when he was serving with the reserves as a trainer. He was a member of the Toronto Scottish Regiment. He was unable to enlist for active duty because of the injury to his eye and resulting blindness. As a result, his only participation in the World War II was as a trainer in Ontario.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 15c of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- 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
- Niagara-on-the-Lake (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 23
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Brian Luftspring, son of Sammy Luftspring, saluting to the camera on Harbord Street in Toronto.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 57 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Subjects
- Boys
- 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
- Harbord Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 24
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1948
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the opening party for the Mercury Club, which was located at Dundas and Yonge Streets.
- Individuals pictured include: Joe Spring, Max Eisen, Bobbie Rosenfeld, Shorty Grossman (playing the piano), and Lou Krugel.
- Notes
- Location of originals: Image is located on page 30 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital image.
- General: Sammy Luftspring acted as the host at the Mercury Club.
- Name Access
- Eisen, Max, 1929-
- Mercury Club (Toronto, Ont.)
- Rosenthal (family)
- Subjects
- Nightclubs
- Parties
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Dundas Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Sammy Luftspring performing with the Nat King Trio at Yeshiva Hall, location unknown.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 30 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1953
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Sammy, Elsie, and Brian Luftspring at Brian's bar mitzvah at the Barclay Hotel, Toronto.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 55 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Name Access
- Barclay Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Sammy Luftspring with Rocky Marciano, the heavyweight boxing champion. Photograph was taken at the Mercury Club in Toronto.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 58 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Rocky Marciano and Sammy Luftspring were both managed by Al Weill during their respective careers.
- Name Access
- Marciano, Rocky, 1923-1969
- Mercury Club (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Nightclubs
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 28
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 10 May 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Sammy Luftspring refereeing a fight between George Chuvalo and Jimmy Ellis at Maple Leaf Gardens.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 18 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Name Access
- Chuvalo, George, 1937-
- Ellis, Jimmy, 1940-2014
- Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd.
- Subjects
- Boxing matches
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 29
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Sammy Luftspring, Muhammed Ali, and Murray Pezim in Vancouver. Murray Pezim was a Vancouver business person and promoter. He had organized the fight between Muhammad Ali and George Chavulo, the event at which the photograph was taken.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 29 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Name Access
- Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016
- Pezim, Murray, 1921-1998
- Subjects
- Businesspeople
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions