- Part Of
- Henry Weingluck fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 44
- Item
- 26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 18 Apr. 1927
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 6 x 9cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ben Simon (1906–1996) was born in Toronto and worked as a tailor. His family—mother Etta (1874–1967) and father Ephraim (Frederick) (1876–1938)—immigrated from Russia to Canada in 1904. Silblings included Rae (1904–1987), Leah (1905–1976), Helen (1911–1986), Albert (1913–2003), Irving (1915–1999), and George (1919–1981). Ben married Susan (née Givertz, 1915–2000) and together they had one son, Fred Simon.
- Scope and Content
- Image shows Ben Simon standing in from of the Chestnut Street Synagogue in 1927.
- Name Access
- Chestnut Street Synagogue
- Simon, Ben
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Portraits
- Synagogues
- 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
- Discoloured and fading
- Places
- Chestnut Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions