Accession Number

1997-4-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

50 photographs : b&w and col. (24 negatives)

Date

1916-1988

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs and newspaper clippings documenting the life of the Levine Family. Photographs include class pictures from Port Whitby's Brock School, Purim celebrations at Oshawa's Beth Zion Synagogue, Camp Ogama staff and camper photos, Camp Winnibagoe cabin photos and Royal Winter Fair prize winning photos.

Use Conditions

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.

Subjects

Camp counselors

Camps

Farms

Farm tractors

Purim

Name Access

Camp Winnebagoe

Places

Oshawa (Ont.)

Whitby (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Level

Item

Item

570

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1924]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 22 x 17 cm on matte 32 x 29 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Chaim Weizmann, taken in Montreal, Quebec.

Name Access

Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952

Subjects

Presidents--Israel

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

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1008

Material Format

graphic material

Date

10 July 1927

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Anne Collis (m. Pinsky) standing on the back of a truck in Rouge Hill, Ontario near Oshawa. She is wearing a summer dress and is holding an umbrella.

Name Access

Pinsky, Anne

Subjects

Women

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

Oshawa (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1012

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1925

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Helen Berg (m. Sacks) and Anne Collis (m. PInsky) standing on the street in Oshawa, Ontario.

Notes

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Name Access

Pinsky, Anne

Sacks, Helen

Subjects

Women

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

Oshawa (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1678

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1927

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Mrs. Dora Saxe (standing left) with a group of women at the Canadian Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario. Identified standing in the back row (left to right) is: Mrs. Dora Saxe, Sonia Goldfarb, Rivka (?), Sura Liba Goldman, and Esther Barnett. Identified in the front row, sitting fourth left is Rayzeleh (Rose) Rosenbloom (m. Plant).

Name Access

Barnett, Esther

Canadian Jewish Farm School

Goldfarb, Sonia

Goldman, Sura Liba

Rivka

Saxe, Dora

Subjects

Farms

Women

Orphans

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

Georgetown (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-12-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1726

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1922]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

The Young Women's Hebrew Choral Society was directed by Rigel Haupt.

Name Access

Haupt, Rigel

Young Women's Hebrew Choral Society

Subjects

Choirs (Music)

Women

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

1979-5-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1856

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1925

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Identified in this photograph are Ethel Sherman (centre) and Sarah Zeidenberg (right).

Name Access

Sherman, Ethel

Zeidenberg, Sarah

Subjects

Women

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

1980-1-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1924

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 35 x 35 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print and copy negative depicting a group of women from the Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society in Kitchener, Ontario. They are assembled around a long banquet table.

Name Access

Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society

Subjects

Societies

Women

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

Kitchener (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-8-16A

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2553

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1929?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm on matte 30 x 35 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait photograph of the members of Club One, Pioneer Women. The women are assembled in the backyard of a member's home.

Front row, seated on left: Mrs. Gordon. Seated on far right: Sylvia Mirsky.

Second row, seated fifth from left: Goldie Myerson (Golda Meir).

Back row: standing eighth from the left Nachumah Zuker

Notes

Goldie Myerson is Golda Meir.

Name Access

First Toronto Pioneer Women Club

Gordon, Mrs.

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Mirsky, Sylvia

Subjects

Clubs

Portraits, Group

Women

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

1986-6-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2956

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1929

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Photo by Schlachter.

Name Access

Sons of Jacob Benevolent Society Ladies' Auxiliary

Subjects

Societies

Women

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

1980-3-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3367

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 11 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Lena Wichefsky Magder, a cousin from Philadelphia named Mirka, Esther Wichefsky and Annie Moses of Sudbury, Ontario. The women are standing on a front porch.

Notes

Wichefsky also spelled as Witchefsky.

Subjects

Women

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

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Sudbury (Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-10-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3770

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1915]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of Esther Berger Bernard and her daughter Beatrice Bernard (m. Snitman) and sister Minnie Berger Lieberman.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Women

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

1985-7-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3965

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1927

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm

Admin History/Bio

Founded in the 1920s, Camp Yungvelt was originally situated on Lake Wilcox. It later moved to Pickering, where it operated until it closed in the 1950s. It was established by the Workmen's Circle, as a Yiddish summer camp for Jewish children. Camp Yungvelt was known for accepting the children of poor immigrants for a small fraction of the regular fee.

Scope and Content

This item is an original postcard that features an image of a clean-up day at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering, Ontario. The image depicts a row of tents being inspected by two young girls. There is Yiddish type on the postcard which reads: the cleaning committee controlling the cleanliness of the sleeping quarters and beds in Arbeiter Ring Camp Yungvelt.

Name Access

Camp Yungvelt

Subjects

Camps

Postcards

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

Pickering (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-4-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3966

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1928

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm

Admin History/Bio

Founded in the 1920s, Camp Yungvelt was originally situated on Lake Wilcox. It later moved to Pickering, where it operated until it closed in the 1950s. It was established by the Workmen's Circle, as a Yiddish summer camp for Jewish children. Camp Yungvelt was known for accepting the children of poor immigrants for a small fraction of the regular fee.

Scope and Content

This item is an original postcard that features an image of the children's bungalow at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering, Ontario. The image depicts a few children standing on the front porch. There is Yiddish type on the postcard that reads: a bungalow for small children in the Arbeiter Ring Camp Yungvelt.

Name Access

Camp Yungvelt

Subjects

Camps

Postcards

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

Pickering (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-4-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3967

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1929

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm

Admin History/Bio

Founded in the 1920s, Camp Yungvelt was originally situated on Lake Wilcox. It later moved to Pickering, where it operated until it closed in the 1950s. It was established by the Workmen's Circle, as a Yiddish summer camp for Jewish children. Camp Yungvelt was known for accepting the children of poor immigrants for a small fraction of the regular fee.

Scope and Content

This item is an original postcard that features an image of the swimming area in Duffins Creek at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering, Ontario. The image depicts a large group gathered on the shore of the creek as well as several swimmers in the water and standing on the docks. There is Yiddish type on the postcard which reads: the swimming pool in the Arbeiter Ring Camp Yungvelt where the children bathe.

Name Access

Camp Yungvelt

Subjects

Camps

Postcards

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

Pickering (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-4-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4140

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1928

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

The gymnasium was added onto Council House at 44 St. George Street in 1928.

Name Access

National Council of Jewish Women of Canada

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Women

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

Saint George Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-3-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4233

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1929

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

For identification, see accession record.

Name Access

Ladies' Auxiliary

Workmen's Circle

Arbeter Ring

Arbeiter Ring

I.L. Peretz

Subjects

Education

Women

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

1986-4-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Vanek fonds

Personal records series

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

1

Series

1

File

9

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1928

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Admin History/Bio

Ida Olidart was a second cousin of Vanek's mother. She was a member of the Winer family of Buffalo, New York and was married to Ben Olidart, who was a physician.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a photograph of Ida Olidart in front of a sign at "Cedarholm Camp Athletic and Picnic Grounds", which was located on Lake Wilcox.

Subjects

Camps

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

Dorothy Dworkin fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

10

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Mount Sinai Hospital Ladies' Auxiliary in the garden at Yorkville hospital. Dora Dworkin is sitting in the second row, fourth from the right, and Celia Goodman (née Goldstick) is in the top row on the far left.

Notes

Title taken from back of photograph.

Inscription, recto, lower right: "BY SIMON".

Name Access

Goodman, Celia

Goldstick, Celia

Mount Sinai Hospital Ladies' Auxiliary

Subjects

Women

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 also item 11 for another sitting of this group

Accession Number

2005-4-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dorothy Dworkin fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

10

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Mount Sinai Ladies' Hospital Auxiliary in the garden of the hospital on Yorkville. Dora Dworkin is in the second row, fifth from the right.

Notes

Title taken from back of photograph.

Inscription, recto, lower right: BY SIMON.

Subjects

Women

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 fonds #10, item #10 for another sitting of this group.

Accession Number

2005-4-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Weingluck fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

44

Item

19

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1923

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Leah Simon and Rae Simon in Toronto.

Name Access

Simon, Leah

Simon, Rae

Subjects

Portraits

Women

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

1988-2-11

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Weingluck fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

44

Item

27

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1921]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10cm

Admin History/Bio

Etta Simon (1874–1967) and her husband Ephram Simon (1876–1938) moved to Canada in 1904. Their children included Ben Simon (1905–1996), Rea (1902–?), Leah (1905–1976), and Helen (1911–?).

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait Leah Simon and her friends.

Left to right: Lena Gang, Fanny Taube, and Leah Simon.

Subjects

Friendship

Portraits, Group

Women

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

Corners have been folded. Black paper is glued to the verso of the photograph. Indentations and markings seen thoughout.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Isaac Matenko fonds

Workmen's Circle series

I. L. Peretz School photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

89

Series

1

File

3

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1929

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 25 cm mounted on board 25 x 35 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of the Women's Auxiliary of the I. L. Peretz Workmen's Circle Schools. Individuals identified are (top row, left to right): ?, ?, Gluskin, Farber, Goldberg, Matenko, ?, ?, ?

(second row, left to right): ?, Saretsky, Goldstein, Soboloff, ?, ?, Lipchitz, ?, ?

(third row, left to right): ?, Nelson, ?, Ginsberg, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Rose

(fourth row, left to right): Lipman, Glazer, Soboloff, Sable, Gordon, Epstein, Seltzer, Frumhartz, ?, ?

(front row, lef to right): ?, Carson, Gerrard, Solway, Gelberg

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Women

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