Level

Item

Item

4296

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1880 and 1900]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Custodial History

Esther Smith was the mother of Nathan Smith.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Esther Smith.

Notes

Photo by Gledhill, 294 Queen St. W., Toronto.

Name Access

Smith, Esther

Smith, 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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1987-2-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4811

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[18--]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Abe Stocker was the great grandfather of the wife of Ray Havelock.

Name Access

Stocker, Abe

Havelock, Ray

Talmud

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

1985-10-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4986

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1880 and 1900]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Marianne lived in India with her father and sister. Her first husband died of disease shortly after marriage. Shidduch arranged with Walters in Philadelphia (with another Dutch family).

She married Lipman Walters and settled in Toronto and had 5 children of which Theresa was the oldest.

Name Access

Walters, Mrs. Lipman

Walters, Marianne Segaar

Segaar, Marianne

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

1989-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4988

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1880 and 1900]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Walters, Lipman

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

1989-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2565

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[before 1920]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Notes

No identification information.

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.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-3-10

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1273

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[before 1918]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Identified in this photograph are: Mr Causen, Mr Frankel, Zalman Cohen, Dave Gold, Mr Mitchell, Lewis Freedman, Gittel Shapiro

Name Access

Farband

Subjects

Picnics

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

1977-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

497

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1887

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 4 x 5

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Barney and Goldie Allen and children, Bradford Penn. Left: Jay J. Right: Jule.

Notes

A 4 x 5 negative is available.

Name Access

Allen, Barney

Allen, Goldie

Allen, Jay J

Allen, Jule

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.

Places

Bradford (Pa.)

Accession Number

Acquired December 1974.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4009

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1884

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Abraham Cohen provided the float for the Frankel Bros. who either owned or worked for the company. Their first company was Toronto Millstone and Metal Co.

Scope and Content

Taken at company yard, York and Wellington Streets, Toronto.

Second from right in back is Abraham Cohen, horse dealer.

Front left, Leo Frankel. Front Right, Maurice or Sigmund Frankel.

Subjects

Anniversaries

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

Level

Item

Item

4272

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1880 and 1900]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a black-and-white portrait of Alfred D. Benjamin.

Name Access

Benjamin, Alfred D

Subjects

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.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4273

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1880 and 1900]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a black-and-white photograph of Frank D. Benjamin.

Notes

Photo by A. D. Hart.

Name Access

Benjamin, Frank D

Subjects

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.

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

Level

Item

Item

4981

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1880 and 1900]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Annie was the daughter of Jacob Draimin.

Ike was Treasurer of Goel Tzedec and succeeded his father-in-law as Chairman of the Chevra Kadisha.

Notes

Original photo by Dufresne Toronto Arcade.

Name Access

Brodie, Annie Draimin

Brodie, Isaac (Ike)

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Draimin, Jacob

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

1989-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4991

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1880 and 1900]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Photograph is a composite of two photographs.

Name Access

Draimin, Jacob

Draimin, Flora

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, 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.

Accession Number

1989-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4989

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1880 and 1900]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a black-and-white photograph of Jacob Draimin.

Notes

Original photo by Thompson Bros. 177 1/2 Yonge St., Toronto.

Name Access

Draimin, Jacob

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

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.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1245

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1890]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Leo Frankel, likely taken in Toronto.

Name Access

Frankel, Leo, 1864-1933

Subjects

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.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-4-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1246

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of Lena Frankel.

Name Access

Frankel, Lena, 1866-1923

Subjects

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.

Places

New York (N.Y.).

Accession Number

1977-4-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4985

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1880 and 1900]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Original photo by Dixon, King and Yonge Sts., Toronto.

Name Access

Hart, Emanuel

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

1989-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4984

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1880 and 1900]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Emanuel Hart was Daniel Hart's grandfather. He had a pen factory (?). He travelled across Canada with horse and wagon. He was found dead in a hotel room in Montreal.

Name Access

Hart, Emanuel

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

1989-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4983

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1880 and 1900]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Theresa was the wife of Emanuel Hart and the daughter of Lipman and Marianne Walters.

Name Access

Hart, Theresa

Hart, Emanuel

Walters, Theresa

Walters, Lipman and Marianne

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

1989-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

Series

Fonds

64

Series

5

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

architectural drawing

Date

1859-1980

Physical Description

35 cm of textual records

10 photographs

41 architectural drawings

Scope and Content

Series contains reference materials created by and written about the synagogues. Primary records include commemorative booklets, a small number of newsletters, brochures, and programs from special events. There are also newspaper clippings and copied articles providing histories of synagogues. There is a small number of photograph prints and negatives, but many of the files also include photographs from books, magazines or photocopies. The series is arranged in alphabetical order by city, then by synagogue. Not every synagogue the project team researched has a reference file, and there may be reference files for shuls for which no photographs survive.

Subjects

Synagogues

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

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

64

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1859-1980, predominant 1977-1979

Physical Description

ca. 5178 photographs and other material

Admin History/Bio

The “Shuls Project” was the work of three University of Toronto architecture students, who in 1977 wrote a research paper on the eight Toronto synagogues built before World War II. Concerned at the lack of resources on these synagogues, Sidney Tenenbaum, Lynn Milstone and Sheldon Levitt foresaw the loss of communities’ recorded history as membership dwindled and elders passed on. The students conceived a project that would photograph and document every synagogue in Canada, gathering visual evidence, memorabilia, plaques and stories before they disappeared and history was lost. The students’ goal was to document synagogues’ architecture, art, and historical development through research, interviews and site visits.

The students secured a large portion of the required funding for the project from the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation in Montreal, funding which was matched by the Canadian Jewish Congress. This financial support enabled Levitt, Milstone and Tenenbaum to begin their study, named “Shuls… A Study of Canadian Synagogue Architecture.” They began in the summer of 1977, traveling through the Western provinces. The next summer, they visited eight Maritime cities, Montreal and other Quebec communities. Financial support in the project’s second year was again provided by the Bronfman Family Foundation, along with the Canadian government and donations in kind from businesses, including Benjamin Photo Finishers in Toronto, and Polaroid. The summer of 1979 was spent in Ontario, with an added grant from Wintario. In total, the Shuls project team traveled over 24,000 kilometres, taking thousands of photographs and conducting several hundred interviews. Photographs were taken by Tenenbaum, with Levitt and Milstone assuming primary responsibility for researching synagogues’ history and gathering historic records. Interviews were conducted by all three researchers, in both English and Yiddish.

With no handy index of every shul in Canada, the researchers located small shuls by word of mouth. They spread word of their project and solicited assistance using press releases, letters to known communities, and slideshow presentations as they traveled. They would first examine a building to get an idea of a community’s character and heritage, then conduct interviews with designers, architects, rabbis and other prominent community members.

With the research and photographs created, the team compiled three catalogues of the Western, Eastern/Quebec, and Ontario phases of the project. These catalogues have entries on each synagogue that include historical summaries highlighting the founding, growth, mergers and decline of Jewish communities, their changing needs, changing architectural expressions and trends, and the evolving uses of synagogues over the course of the twentieth century. There are also building descriptions, some with critical comments by the authors, and lists of the photographs and slides produced.

The compilation of materials and preparation of these catalogues took place at the Project’s offices at 26 Ava Road in Toronto, and continued through the summer of 1980 when the Ontario catalogue was completed. In 1985, Tenenbaum, Milstone and Levitt published a book highlighting their work, called Treasures of a People: The Synagogues of Canada.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of the records created and collected by the team of students conducting the Shuls study from 1977 to 1980. The majority of the fonds is made up of graphic material, in the form of 35mm colour slides and black-and-white Polaroid prints and (print-size) negatives. There are approximately 5110 photographs in the fonds. Fonds also consists of notes and inventory forms of buildings' architectural features. There are no interview transcripts, but the fonds does include three audio cassettes with recorded interviews and shul tours. Reference materials used in researching the history of the shuls include dedication and anniversary commemorative books and programmes, newsletters, articles and newspaper clippings. In addition the fonds contains 47 blueprints, the majority from Montreal synagogues. The fonds is arranged in the following series: 1. Quebec synagogues; 2. Ontario synagogues; 3. Western Canada synagogues; 4. Eastern Canada synagogues; 5. Reference.

Notes

Physical description note: includes 92 cm of textual records, 42 architectural drawings, 3 audio cassettes, and 1 drawing.

Physical extent note: many of the slides were culled because they were felt to be reproductions. Some of the synagogue images in the research book may therefore not be included in the fonds.

Name Access

Shuls Project

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Creator

Levitt, Sheldon

Milstone, Lynn

Tenenbaum, Sidney T.

Places

Canada

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

41

Material Format

textual record

architectural drawing

Date

1859-1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

4 architectural drawings

Scope and Content

File contains photocopied articles, a newspaper clipping, photocopied photographs, a greeting card with photograph on cover, copies of the 1859 contract commissioning the erection of the synagogue as well as a list of specifications for the masons, and blueprints for the 1967 extension.

Subjects

Synagogues

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

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

69

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[18--]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Sheldon Steinberg was co-founder of She'arim Hebrew Day School with Rabbi Joseph Kelman and Rabbi Yitzchak Witty.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph of an amulet from the late nineteenth century. The origin of the amulet was probably Lithuania.

Name Access

Steinberg, Sheldon, Rabbi

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

Lithuania

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Central Region sous-fonds

Conventions series

National conventions sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

28-1

Series

5-2

File

26

Material Format

textual record

Date

1958

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of brochures and booklets including: "10 reasons why you should buy Israeli bonds", "Facts about Israel," "Israel 1958 - 10th Israel Summer Institute," "A decade of freedom," and the programme of the national conference of the Canadian Association for Hebrew Education and Culture.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4029

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1887

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a group of klezmorim assembled with their instruments.

Notes

See accession record for identification.

Subjects

Klezmer music

Musical groups

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

Poland

Accession Number

1986-3-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

47

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Date

[187-]-1959

Physical Description

6 folders of textual records

2 window plates : brass

58 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

The Scheuer family dates back to at least the eighteenth century in Germany to Moise Scheuer (1765-1846) and Esther Ackerman (1770-1847). Their son, Isaac Scheuer (1809-1889), married Hannchen (Johanna) Strauss (1815-1878) in 1843. Isaac and Johanna had six children: Gabriel (1844-1922), Camilla (1845-1916), Edmund (1847-1943), Emma (1853-1916), Ida (1855-1902), and Benno (Benjamin) (1857-1921).

While Gabriel, Emma, and Ida remained in Europe, Camilla, Edmund, and Benno immigrated to Canada in the late nineteenth century. Camilla came to Hamilton, Ontario after her marriage in 1866 to Herman Levy, co-founder of the Levy Brothers jewellery business. Edmund became a partner in the business when he first immigrated to Canada in 1871, and lived with Camilla and Herman. Camilla became the acknowledged leader of Jewish women in Hamilton. She served in organizations such as the Deborah Ladies' Aid Society, which eventually became an auxiliary of Temple Anshe Sholom, Canada's oldest Reform congregation, often referred to as the Hughson Street Temple. Edmund established the first Sabbath School in Ontario at Anshe Sholom in 1872 and served as president from 1873 to 1886.

After he was established in Hamilton, Edmund returned to Europe in 1873 to marry Oda Strauss (1854-1913) at Forbach, Lorraine, and then brought her back to Canada with him. The couple moved to Toronto in 1886, where he established a wholesale jewellery business on Yonge Street called Scheuer's under his company Edmund Scheuer Limited. Scheuer's was one of the oldest jewellery firms in Toronto and the oldest established wholesale diamond importer in Canada. Edmund's brother, Benno, also worked for the business as the accountant and then secretary-treasurer. Benno was married to Gatella Strauss (1859-1903) and they had three children: Eddie Jr. (1884-1967), Rhoda (1886-1963) and Isadore (1887-1969). Eddie Jr. and Isadore also worked for their uncle's business. Eddie Jr. started as a clerk and then became vice-president, while Isadore started out as a travelling salesman and jeweller. When their uncle retired in 1922, Eddie Jr. took over as president and his brother Isadore became vice-president of Scheuer's.

In addition to his jewellery business, Edmund Scheuer also taught and supervised the religious school at Holy Blossom Synagogue. He went on to serve in every official capacity at Holy Blossom, including vice-chairman and treasurer of the building committee for the Bond Street building. He also founded The Jewish Free School at 206 Beverley Street for Jewish girls and wrote his own textbook for the school, the first Jewish religious school book printed in Toronto. In 1892, he founded the first Jewish benevolent society in Toronto and was later president of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. In 1927, the Beverley Street building, which housed Federation offices, was dedicated in his honour and named the "Scheuer House".

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of records documenting the Scheuer family in Germany, Hamilton, and Toronto. The fonds is made up primarily of photographs of Scheuer family members and friends. It also includes some textual records, including correspondence, marriage certificates, a Toronto Jewish Free School text book, and Holy Blossom Temple Bulletins. Also included are two brass "Scheuer's" window plates which were likely from Edmund Scheuer's jewellery business of the same name.

Notes

Associated Material Note: See the CJC National Archives collection for Edmund Scheuer at: http://www.cjc.ca/template.php?action=archives&Type=1&Language=EN&Rec=253

Name Access

Scheuer (family)

Subjects

Families

Related Material

See OJA vertical file cabinet for "Scheuer, Edmund" and "Levy, Camilla"

See MG3 A1 Holy Blossom

See MG2 G1C - Edumund Scheuer's Zionist Free School

Saarbrücken City Archives - May have records pertaining to Edmund's brother Gabriel Scheuer (1844-1922) who remained in Germany.

Arrangement

The textual records have been arranged in chronological order into five files. The objects have been described as one file. The fifty-eight photographs have been described as two files and thirty-nine items arranged chronologically

Accession Number

1989-4-2

2004-7-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

47

File

8

Material Format

object

Date

[188-?]

Physical Description

2 window plates : brass, green and brass ; 3.5 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of two brass Scheuer's window plates with green background. The plates are attached to a stand which allow them to remain upright. The plates were likely used at the Scheuer's jewellery store.

Notes

Artifact #29 and #30.

Physical Condition

Fair.

Paint is chipped.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a full-length portrait of Gatella Scheuer taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on card.

Studio: S. Wilhelm, Photogr. Atelier Neunkirchen Bahnhofstrasse.

Subjects

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.

Places

Europe

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Camilla, Emma, and Ida Scheuer. The photograph was taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

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 image is stained and torn.

Two of the corners of the card are broken off.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Edmund Scheuer taken in Toronto in the late nineteenth century.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: Perkins 293 Yonge Street, Toronto.

Subjects

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

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1889]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Eddie and Rhoda Scheuer taken in a studio in Toronto in the late nineteenth century. Both children are dressed in overcoats and hats and are posed leaning against a tree trunk. There is a snowy, cottage scene behind the children, used as a backdrop.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: Perkins Photographer, 293 Yonge Street, Toronto.

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

Slightly stained and torn.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Ida Scheuer taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: St. Johann A/D Saar H. Leonhard Bahnhofstr. 139.

Subjects

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.

Places

Europe

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

15

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1884

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Admin History/Bio

Adele Strauss' mother or grandmother was Oda Scheuer's sister (née Struass).

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait taken of Adele Strauss in Hamilton, Ontario.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: Eckerson and Millman, Hamilton, Ontario.

Subjects

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.

Physical Condition

Good.

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

14

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1884

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Eddie Scheuer Jr. as a baby taken in a studio in Hamilton, Ontario.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

W. Farmer's Artistic Studio, Hamilton.

Subjects

Infants

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.

Physical Condition

The emulsion and card are damaged.

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

16

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1887]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Eddie Scheuer Jr. as a young boy taken in a studio in Hamilton, Ontario.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: Farmer Brothers Photoraphers, Hamilton, Ontario.

Subjects

Children

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.

Physical Condition

The corners of the card are damaged.

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

47

File

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

15 Feb. 1881

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of two photographic portraits taken of Benno Scheuer in a studio in Hamilton, Ontario on February 15th, 1881. In one photograph, Benno's head and torso are framed in a raised oval on the card. The other photograph is almost a full-length portrait and Benno has his arms crossed. This photograph is inscribed to his fiancee.

Notes

Albumen prints mounted on cabinet cards.

Studio: Farmer Bros. Photography, Hamilton, Ontario.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

13

Material Format

graphic material

Date

7 August 1882

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 original copy) ; 25 x 12 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer taken at a studio in Hamilton, Ontario. One copy of the photograph has the name of the studio printed on the cabinet card while the other does not and is a bit larger in size with gold trim.

Notes

Albumen prints mounted on cabinet cards.

Studio: Farmer Brothers Photographers, 8 & 10 King St. West, Hamilton, Ontario.

Subjects

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.

Physical Condition

The emulsion is ripped and curling off the card.

The images are stained and scratched.

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 2 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a small photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer.

Notes

Tintype.

Subjects

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.

Physical Condition

Surface is a bit scratched.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Yehuda Leib Graubart fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

42

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1884-1974

Physical Description

21 cm of textual records

3 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 or smaller

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Yehuda Leib Graubart (1862–1937) was chief rabbi to Toronto's Polish Jews, director of Eitz Chaim Talmud Torah, and a leading spokesman for Orthodox Jewry during the 1920s and 1930s. Rabbi Graubart was born in Poland, the descendant of a prominent rabbinical family. He was a noted rabbi and posek (legal decisor) in Poland, St. Louis (USA), and, later, Toronto. In Poland, he served in Stashov, the district from which most of Toronto's Polish Jews had emigrated. He was renowned for his religious knowledge and published works and for his efforts in creating rabbinical associations throughout Poland and Russia. He was also an enthusiastic Zionist.

On 18 August 1920, Rabbi Graubart became the communal rabbi of Toronto's Polish Jews, succeeding Rabbi Judah Rosenberg. He soon took charge of the Eitz Chaim Talmud Torah, and, in 1922, he formed a yeshivah called Shaarei Torah. He was the recognized authority for Polish-Jewish congregations on the supervision of kosher food production, which involved him in ongoing disputes with other Toronto rabbis of the time, including Rabbis Jacob Gordon and Joseph Weinreb.

Rabbi Graubart developed the first communal eruv in Toronto, enabling Jews to carry or move items outdoors on the Sabbath. He launched a campaign against Sabbath violation, publishing notices and holding open-air sermons in Kensington Market, urging Jewish workers and manufacturers not to work on Saturday. He also approached unions urging them to let their employees off for holy days. He was also a spokesman for Mizrachi, the movement of religious Zionists.

Toward the end of his life, Rabbi Graubart withdrew from communal work and concentrated almost exclusively on his writings and the study of rabbinic literature. He was renowned internationally as a scholar and authority in his field. He wrote an autobiography entitled "Book of Memoirs." Rabbi Graubart was married to Esther Graubart (née Liebschuetz), and they had three children: David, Hinda, and Deborah.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of Rabbi Graubart's marriage registers and certificates, personal and professional correspondence, articles, speeches, sermons, photographs, copies of the introductions to "Chavalim Ba-Ne'Imim" in Hebrew and English, and other personal and family documents.

Notes

ACCESS RESTRICTION NOTE: Rabbi Graubart's marriage registers and certificates post-1937 are closed in accordance with the OJA's privacy policy. Pre-1937 records are open and can be consulted.

Name Access

Graubart, Yehuda Leib, 1862-1937

Subjects

Orthodox Judaism

Rabbis

Access Restriction

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

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.

Physical Condition

Many of the records are in very fragile condition.

Related Material

See also Photo #3413 and the Ontario Jewish Archives' news clippings file under "Graubart, Rabbi Yehuda Leib"

Creator

Graubart, Yehuda Leib, 1862-1937

Accession Number

1990-5-1

1992-8-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Salamansky family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

6

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the Salamansky family. Standing in the back row are Mary and her cousin, Harry. In the second row are Lou, Pesach (father), Chana (mother), and Fanny. Sitting in between the parents is Sam.

Notes

Photographer: Barrett, 324 Yonge, Toronto

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

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

Miscellaneous family members series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

17

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia toned ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a woman identified as Mrs. Keyfetz taken at a studio in Toronto in the late nineteenth century.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Photographer: Dixon, King and Yonge Streets, Toronto.

Name Access

Keyfetz, Mrs.

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 image is a bit stained.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Unidentified photographs series

Level

Series

Fonds

25

Series

18

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-?]-[195-?]

Physical Description

42 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

Series consists of unidentified photographs primarily of members, relatives, and/or friends of the Levine and Cass family.

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Levine and Cass family fonds

Salamansky family series

Level

Series

Fonds

25

Series

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-?]-[ca. 1927]

Physical Description

7 photographs : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm and 10 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

[Chana?] (Annie) Levine (1861-1931) was the sister of Moses Levine. She married Pesach (Philip) Salamansky (1861-1943) and they immigrated to Toronto from Russia in 1887. In 1903 the Salamanskys lived at 27 Centre Street and operated a grocery store from the same location. They later moved to 204 Chestnut Street and 268 Brunswick Avenue. Their children were Harry (b. 1889), Louis (b. 1890), Fanny (b. 1893), Gertie (b. 1894), Abe (b. 1899), and Sam (b. 1903).

A number of Salamanskys lived in Toronto and some of them shortened their names to Salem in the 1920s and 1930s, perhaps in connection with Salem’s Garage on 479 Spadina St., which would have been an identifiable Salamansky family-owned business. Harry and Hinda may have been relations of Pesach.

Louis Salamansky, son of Pesach and Anna Salamansky, and resident of 204 Chestnut Street, married Anna Kosloff in 1922 and worked as a plumber. Another Louis Salamansky (b. 1883), possibly his cousin, was married to Mary, and had two daughters, Ettie and Sylvia (both born in 1907). Harry Salamansky married Hannah (née Horowitz) in 1911, and also worked as a plumber and hardware merchant.

Scope and Content

Series consists of photographs of members of the Salamansky (Salem) family.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Miscellaneous family members series

Level

Series

Fonds

25

Series

17

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-?]-[193-?]

Physical Description

5 photographs : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

Series consists of photographs of individuals whose relationship to the Levine family is not known. These include members of the Samuel, Keyfetz, Wineberg, and Gold families as well as one identified as Ethel C.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Thelma Harris Rose Family fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

115

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Date

1880-2017

Physical Description

1040 photographs (2 vol.) : b&w, sepia and col. (168 negatives)

5 cm textual records

13 artifacts

Admin History/Bio

Thelma Harris Rose was born in 1922 in Toronto. Her parents were Samuel Aaron Harris (1888-1982) and Rose Geldzaeler Harris (1892-1966). Thelma had one sibling, Sydney Harris (1917-2009). Samuel Aaron’s parents, Samuel (1869-1936) and Sarah Ruben Harris (1869-1940) immigrated to North America from Lithuania and Belarus respectively during the 1880s. They met in Michigan and married in 1892 in Detroit. The couple raised Sarah’s son from a prior relationship, Samuel Aaron, and had two more boys, William (1895-1955) and Louis (1906-1986). The Harris family moved to Toronto around 1900 and opened up the first Jewish delicatessen in the city at 233 Queen Street West. They constructed a purpose-built deli across the street from that location and relocated to the new shop at 178 Queen St. West in 1910. A couple of years later, Samuel purchased the tobacco store next door to their business, operating it from around 1913 until his death. Samuel Aaron worked with his parents in the deli for a number of years, and after marrying Rose in 1916, he ventured into the clothing industry and later sales. His brothers William and Louis went on to become successful local doctors and respectively married Tillie Shayne and Helen Gallander.

Rose’s parents, Yetta Shumer Geldzaeler (1870-1952) and Mark Geldzaeler (1862-1932), hailed from Galicia and married in Toronto in 1890. The Geldzaeler’s had 5 children who survived to adulthood: Ben (1891-1974) who married Hortense Cohen; Rose (1892-1966); Rachel (1897-1941) who married Isidore W. Ruskin; Alfred (1901-1918); and Frances (1907-2002) who married Simon Ramm. Tragically, Solomon (1899-1902) passed away as a young child and Alfred perished of the Spanish flu during the great pandemic at the end of the First World War. Mark was a religious instructor who also served as the assistant chazan and the shamus at Holy Blossom Synagogue on Bond Street. During that period, the family lived in accommodations behind the shul. Because of his religious expertise and position, Mark Geldzaeler commanded tremendous respect within the Jewish community.

Rose and Samuel Aaron Harris lived at 107 Yorkville Avenue, across from the early Mount Sinai Hospital. Thelma married Albert Rose (1917-1996) in June, 1942. The couple eventually had two sons and a daughter. Thelma earned an undergraduate degree and an M.Ed. at the University of Toronto. Albert was gold medallist in Political Science and Economics at the University of Toronto and pursued his graduate studies at the University of Illinois, receiving his PhD in macroeconomics and statistics in 1942. He then enlisted in the Canadian Army and served in the Intelligence Corps until he was demobbed at the end of 1945. During most of his career, he was a professor and later Director of the School of Social Work at the University of Toronto, ultimately becoming the first Dean of their Faculty of Social Work. Albert Rose was an expert in and advocate for public housing and social welfare, as well as a prominent community leader who was actively involved in variety of municipal and Jewish organizations.

Thelma’s older brother, Sydney Harris, completed a law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School, and married Enid Perlman in November, 1949. The couple eventually had two sons. Sydney engaged in the general practice of law for three decades before being appointed Judge of the Ontario Provincial Court (Criminal Division) in 1976. He retired in 1992 but went on to serve as a Small Claims Court Judge, referee for the LSUC and lay appointee of Council for the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors. He was also active in Jewish causes and organizations, primarily the Canadian Jewish Congress, of which he was national president from 1974 to 1977, and the Canadian Council of Reform Congregations. He was also a civil liberties activist who promoted legislation aimed at eradicating hate speech and literature, along with capital punishment. Sydney Harris was also an active supporter of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s.

For more details about the many families documented within this fonds along with their respective businesses, careers and achievements, please consult the biographical and published reference materials in box 8.

Custodial History

The records in the fonds were assembled by the donor, Jeff Rose, from accumulations created and/or collected by Rose and Samuel Aaron Harris, Thelma Rose, Sydney and Enid Harris, Ruthe Rosenberg, Frances Ramm, Alfreda Henry, Tillie Harris, Marion Harris with permission, and by the donor himself. The donor hired Heritage Professionals to conduct the archival work – appraisal, selection, processing, preservation, arrangement and description – of the records. There was some specialized preservation and digitization work conducted on the photo albums to protect them and enhance their longevity. Finally, two conservators were commissioned to produce around ten high quality archival prints from the negatives and repair one of the artifacts.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of records relating to the Rose, Harris, and Geldzaeler families, and some of their connected branches, including the Perlman, Ruskin, Ruben, Shumer, Shayne, Spiegel, and Rothbart families. The fonds is mainly comprised of loose photographs, photo prints, negatives and two photo albums documenting the different branches of the donor’s family. There are also some textual records and thirteen artifacts. One of the artifacts has been housed with the textual records. The remaining twelve artefacts are located in boxes 6 and 7. The two photo albums have been scanned for preservation purposes and are available in digital form.

The photographs mainly document the Harris and Geldzaeler families, and to a lesser extent, other branches of the family. The images capture the families’ lives and activities in Toronto and surrounding areas from the late nineteenth century to the early 2000s. The visuals include individual and family portraits, photobooth strips, and informal images of the family engaged in a variety of activities. Examples of the activities include: family get togethers, children playing outdoors, outings to the park or other Toronto locales, graduations, and military images. There are also many images capturing family vacations to the cottage, Bobcaygeon, Wasaga Beach, Niagara Falls, and Washington D.C. Finally, the fonds includes a photograph of Sydney Harris with Martin Luther King, Jr. in Chicago. Some of the files in the fonds contain negatives that were mostly grouped with and correspond to the photographs.

The fonds is arranged into twelve series: 1. Harris family, 2. Geldzaeler family, 3. Ruben family, 4. Shayne family, 5. Shumer family, 6. Perlman family, 7. Ruskin family, 8. Rose family, 9. Spiegel family, 10. Photo Albums, 11. Artifacts, 12. Reference materials. The first nine series are arranged by family and the last three pertain to special types of materials within the fonds. The sub-series are arranged by individual family member, couple, or family within each branch of the family.

Notes

ACCESS RESTRICTION NOTE: The records are open to the public except for series 1-3, file 4; and series 1-4, file 2. Researchers interested in viewing these files require permission from the donor. The photo albums are restricted for preservation purposes. The albums have been digitized and researchers can review the PDF copies of those records. There is also a family portrait of the Geldzaeler children in series 2-1, file 2 that is encased in glass and very fragile. It has been preserved and protected and a corresponding copy print is available and can be viewed by the public.

ATTRIBUTION NOTE: When citing records from this fonds, the full name of the fonds – Thelma Harris Rose Family Fonds – must be used by all parties and for all purposes as part of the reference.

Access Restriction

Conditional Access. Researchers must receive permission from the donor prior to accessing the records. Please contact the OJA for more information.

Physical Condition

The records are in good condition except for a small number of photographs that have some mirroring and tears. Some of the metal artifacts are also slightly tarnished.

Related Material

For other fonds and records documenting Sydney Harris, please see accessions 1976-7-1, 2015-4-3, 2008-8-10, 2008-11-14, 2016-3-56 and fonds 17 (CJC) and fonds 75 (JVS). For records relating to Mark Geldzaeler, Yetta Shumer Geldzaeler, Benjamin Geldzaeler and the Shumer family, see accession 1977-2-1 (items 1229, 1228, 1230, 1231, 1232). For additional records documenting Mark Geldzaeler's writing, see accession 2014-6-5. For records relating to the Harris family there are photo albums in accession 1986-7-6 and a photo of the Harris Delicatessen in accession 1982-6-5 (item 3283). For documentation relating to Albert Rose’s activities within the Jewish community one can consult the following fonds: 9 (JIAS), 14 (Baycrest), 61 (JCC), 67 (UJWF) and 75 (JVS). Finally, there is also a portrait of Albert Rose from the 1940s in item 748.

Arrangement

The fonds is arranged in series, sub-series and files. Artifacts are described at the item level.

Creator

Rose, Jeff

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Thelma Harris Rose Family fonds

Harris family series

Level

Series

Fonds

115

Series

1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Date

1880-2004

Physical Description

535 photographs : b&w, sepia and col. (148 negatives) ; 15 x 20 cm on mat 23 x 30 cm or smaller

2 folders of textual records

1 artifact

Scope and Content

Series consists of photographs documenting the various members of the Harris family, including the patriarch and matriarch, Samuel and Sarah Harris, and the families and descendants of their three sons, Samuel Aaron, William and Louis. Also included is a small amount of textual records related to Sgt. Fred Harris' service in the Canadian Armed Forces, certificates belonging to Samuel Aaron Harris, and wedding memorabilia related to Rose Geldzaeler Harris' marriage to Samuel A. Harris, including a section of Rose’s bouquet.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Thelma Harris Rose Family fonds

Artifacts series

Level

Series

Fonds

115

Series

11

Material Format

object

Date

[ca. 1885]-[ca. 1930]

Physical Description

12 artifacts

Scope and Content

Series consists of twelve artifacts related to the Rothbart Drug Store and the Harris and Geldzaeler families.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Thelma Harris Rose family fonds

Harris family series

Samuel and Sarah Harris sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

115

Series

1-1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1880-[194-]

Physical Description

11 photographs : b&w and sepia ; 15 x 20 cm on mat 23 x 30 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

Sub-series consists of photographs documenting Samuel Harris Sr. and Sarah Harris (née Ruben) and their descendants.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Thelma Harris Rose Family fonds

Artifacts series

Level

Item

Fonds

115

Series

11

Item

5

Material Format

object

Date

[ca. 1885]

Physical Description

1 pin : metal with photograph ; 6 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a small metal stick pin with a portrait of a woman in a small circular frame. According to the donor, the photo may be a portrait of Sarah Ruben Harris’ mother. The pin is likely a mourning pin, worn while grieving a family member.

Physical Condition

The metal back of the pin is somewhat discoloured. The photograph is faded and there are several dark spots on the image.

Source

Archival Descriptions