- Part Of
- Benjamin Brown fonds
- Jewish community building plans and drawings series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 49
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Date
- [ca. 1924]
- Physical Description
- 9 architectural drawings : pencil, 6 hand col. pastel, 7 on tracing paper ; 36 x 50 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- The Brunswick Avenue Talmud Torah Day School was established in 1907 and was originally situated on Simcoe Avenue. In 1922 the school received a charter from the Province of Ontario and relocated to Brunswick Avenue the same year. The new school opened in 1925 as a non-denominational afternoon school. It was the precursor to the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Benjamin Brown's designs for the Brunswick Avenue Talmud Torah. Contained within are sketches of various entrances and frontages for the Brusnwick Avenue Talmud Torah. Designs of the Ark are also included.
- Physical Condition
- Drawings are fragile, several are torn.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Brown fonds
- Residential building plans and drawings series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 49
- Series
- 2
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1928
- Physical Description
- 16 architectural drawings : 7 blueprints, 9 pencil on tracing paper ; 39 cm length or smaller and 5 cm diam.
- Admin History/Bio
- Jacob Tenenbaum, along with Samuel Clayman, were owners of Tenenbaum & Clayman Fur Co., a fur manufacturing business.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of floor plans, a section, and elevation drawings of a four bedroom, two storey home built for Mr. Jacob Tenenbaum at 43 Turner Road. The home also included a billiards room and a conservatory.
- Notes
- Mr. Tenenbaum's last name was spelled Tennenbaum on the architectural drawings.
- Places
- Turner Road (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Brown fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 49
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1902
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a family portrait of Benjamin Brown (aged about twelve) with his father Meyer, mother Tema, brothers Manny and Peter and sister Sophie. The photograph was taken in Toronto in 1902.
- Notes
- One image is a photocopy. See image of photocopy for identification information of Brown and his family.
- 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.
- Related Material
- See photo #1709.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions