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

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Accession Number

1980-2-2

Material Format

text

graphic material

Physical Description

15 cm of textual records and other material

Date

1935-1962

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring). Included are: three architectural drawings of the summer cottage for Camp Yunvelt (Pickering, Ont.); two group portraits (one with identification and one without); a bound periodical/journal from 1935; a hardcopy of Fertsik yor arbeter-ring: a geshikhte in bilder (English: Forty Years Workmen's Circle: A History in Pictures) put out by the National Executive Committee of the Workmen's Circle in 1940; a bound periodical/journal of Kultur un dertsiung (English: Culture and Education) for the year 1942; a bound periodical/journal of Der freynd (English: The Friend) for the year 1942; a booklet by Rev. Nathan Stolnitz's titled Some of the Numerous Comments and Reviews on Music in Jewish Life (1957?); a newspaper clipping titled "A bukh vom oyngt" (English: A Book That Opens) that was published in 1957; a hardcopy of Workmen's Circle, Pioneers and Builders put out by the Workmen's Circle Pioneers and Builders Committee in 1962; and two other Yiddish-language publications that have not been identified.

Administrative History

The Workmen's Circle (Yiddish: Arbeiter Ring) was founded in the United States by Jewish immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Circle branches were established in Canada in Montreal and Toronto in 1907 and 1908. In 1917, the Toronto branches incorporated as nonprofit organization called the Arbeiter Ring. The organization celebrated its centenery in 2017.

Descriptive Notes

Language: Most of the material in the accession is in Yiddish. The drawings are in English and a few of the publications are in English and Yiddish.

Subjects

Camps

Cottages

Nonprofit organizations

Name Access

Workmen's Circle (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Pickering (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2008-11-8

Material Format

graphic material

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

5 photographs : b&w ; 34 x 15 cm or smaller + identification key

55 photographs : b&w (jpgs) ; 300 dpi

Date

1934-1975

Scope and Content

This accession consists of photographs documenting the Moscoe family, Camp B'nai Brith near Ottawa, and the Kirkland Lake Jewish community. Also included are a few photographs taken at the amalgamation of Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue in 1975. The amalgamation photographs include: Syd Moscoe, Stuart Moscoe, Harry R. Moscoe, Irving Horowitz, Cantor David Bercovici, Cantor Louis Danto, and Rabbi Joseph Kelman.

Custodial History

The photographs were loaned to the Archives for copying. The donor has the original records.

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

Camps

Communities

Families

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Level

Item

Item

457

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1937

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Ida Strauss and Rose Kenwick (Kanowich) now Hersh at Camp Camperdown, July 1937.

Notes

Inscribed on front: "Camp Camperdown 1937" and on back "Camp Camperdown July 25, 1937 Ida Strauss and Rose Kenwick".

Name Access

Camp Camperdown

Kenwick, Rose

Strauss, Ida

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.

Places

Ontario

Accession Number

Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1307

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1937

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 Dr. Chaim Weizmann on stage during a visit to Varsity Arena in Toronto.

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-6-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1309

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1937

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 Dr. Chaim Weizmann standing alongside several dignitaries in Toronto. Pictured from left to right are: [unidentified man], Mrs. Weizmann, Canon Cody (president, University of Toronto), Dr. Weizmann, John. J. Glass, Peter Heenan (minister of lands and forests), Arthur Roebuck (attorney general of Ontario).

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-6-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2964

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1934

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 a young boy and girl fishing in a river at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering, Ontario.

Notes

Title taken from writing on photograph.

Original photograph by Simon.

Name Access

Camp Yungvelt

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.

Places

Pickering (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-10

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3102

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of a group of female campers in front of the main building at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario. Pictured are:

Back row, left to right: [unidentified], Lil Goldstick, Miriam Mayson, [unidentified], Reggie [?], Ida Crystal, Frances Hadler, Mildred Turofsky, Rivvy Oren.

Middle row, left to right: Leah Kronick, Riva Goldstick, Phyllis Carmen, Ruthie Freeman.

Front row: left to right: [unidentified], Rita Steinhouse.

Name Access

Camp Camperdown

Carmen, Phyllis

Crystal, Ida

Freeman, Ruthie

Goldstick, Lil

Goldstick, Riva

Hadler, Frances

Kronick, Leah

Mayson, Miriam

Oren, Rivvy

Reggie

Steinhouse, Rita

Turofsky, Mildred

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.

Places

Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-11-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3103

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of a group of underprivileged campers at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario. They are pictured in the ball field.

Name Access

Camp Camperdown

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.

Places

Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-11-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3104

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of a group of campers playing volleyball in the ball field at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario.

Name Access

Camp Camperdown

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.

Places

Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-11-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3105

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of a group of three campers standing in the field in front of the main building at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario.

Name Access

Camp Camperdown

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.

Places

Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-11-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3106

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of a group of counsellors at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario. Pictured from left to right are: Leah Kronick, [unidentified camper laying down], Lil Goldstick, Reggie [?], [unidentified].

Name Access

Camp Camperdown

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.

Places

Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-11-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3107

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of a group of campers returning from a swim at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario.

Name Access

Camp Camperdown

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.

Places

Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-11-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3657

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1937

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Lenore Kert is identified as the girl on the right presenting the flowers.

Name Access

Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952

Weizmann, Mrs. Chaim

Varsity Arena

Kert, Lenore

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1984-4-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3694

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1936

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm on matte 30 x 36 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of members of the Labour League's Camp Naivelt Committee. Pictured are:

Back row, left to right: Harry Levin, Mr. Boxenbaum, Sam Lipshitz, [unidentified], Fishel Rose.

Middle row, left to right: P. Hoffman, Harry Goldstein, Rose Freedman, Morris Starkman, Mrs. Nobleman, Mr. Sniderman, Philip Larger.

Front row, left to right: I. Milton, Harry Holtzman, I. Strasuner, Becky Lapides, Jack Cowan, Sam Speisman.

Name Access

Labor League (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Committees

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.

Accession Number

1983-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3701

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1930

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Name Access

Workers' Sport Group

York Mills Tourist Camp

Subjects

Camps

Sports

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

York Mills (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4014

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w and sepia (1 negative) ; 14 x 9 cm and 12 x 10 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 (Arbeiter Ring), 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 print of a group of female campers seated on the front steps of a building located at Camp Yungvelt, in Pickering, Ontario.

Notes

Original photograph by Simon.

Name Access

Camp Yungvelt

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.

Places

Pickering (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-1-10

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6028

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1938

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 47 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of the staff and campers at the Balfour Manor Camp on Morrison Lake in the Muskoka region of Ontario. Identified individuals include: Irene Granovsky, Israel Gang, Nurse Haber, Cliff Fotheringham, Reuben Frank, Lahmi Frankel, Jack Granovsky, Martin Friedland, Sheldon Friedland and Audrey Rothschild.

Notes

See accession record for position of identified individuals.

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

Ontario

Accession Number

1991-12-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6703

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1937]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph depicting Chaim Weizmann speaking at a rally in Toronto at Varsity Stadium on Bloor Street. The photo was taken by Mel Hundert, the donor, who was present at the rally.

Pictured from left to right are: Rabbi Samuel Sachs; J. J. Glass; Chaim Weizman; David Dunkelman.

Name Access

Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952

Dunkelman, David

Sachs, Samuel, Rabbi

Glass, John Judah, 1895-1973

Subjects

Demonstrations

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

2004-9-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

15

File

37

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1938]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

Camp Winnebagoe is still operating today as a private co-ed Jewish summer camp for children eight to sixteen years of age. It was founded by Joseph B. and Sadie Danson and was located on 500 acres of land near Huntsville in Ontario's Muskoka region. The camp catered to the Jewish community and provided a variety of different athletic and social programmes, such as arts and crafts, canoeing, baseball, swimming, music and nature studies. Ida Siegel's son David, was a counsellor at the camp.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a group of campers and staff at Camp Winnebagoe near Huntsville, Ontario. The image shows the campers and counsellors in their uniforms, lined up for the photograph in front of one of the cabins.

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.

Places

Huntsville (Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-2-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

15

File

37

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1938]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

Camp Winnebagoe is still operating today as a private co-ed Jewish summer camp for children eight to sixteen years of age. It was founded by Joseph B. and Sadie Danson and was located on 500 acres of land near Huntsville in Ontario's Muskoka region. The camp catered to the Jewish community and provided a variety of different athletic and social programmes, such as arts and crafts, canoeing, baseball, swimming, music and nature studies. Ida Siegel's son David, was a counsellor at the camp.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a group of swimmers at Camp Winnebagoe in Huntsville, Ontario. The image shows both male and female swimmers in the lake.

Subjects

Camps

Outdoor recreation

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

Huntsville (Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-2-13

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