Part Of

Gordon Melamed fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

7

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1909

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Lily Melamed, Gordon Melamed's sister. The photograph was taken in Russia. Lily is wearing a linen coat and bonnet.

Name Access

Melamed, Lily

Subjects

Children

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

Russia

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Melamed fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

7

Item

22

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1900]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait photograph of Morris Melamed, taken in Russia.

Name Access

Melamed, Morris

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

Russia

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Melamed fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

7

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1907

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait photograph of Gordon Melamed's mother, Zena, in Russia.

Name Access

Melamed, Zena

Subjects

Mothers

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

Russia

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Melamed fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

7

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1914 and 1918]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait photograph of Azriel Melamed, his wife and child in Russia, taken during the First World War.

Name Access

Melamed, Azriel

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

Russia

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Melamed fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

7

Item

21

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1900 and 1920]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Gordon Melamed's paternal grandmother. The photograph was likely taken in Russia.

Subjects

Grandmothers

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

Russia

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Melamed fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

7

Item

23

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[190-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait photograph of Morris Melamed with his sister, taken in Russia.

Name Access

Melamed, Morris

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

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

Russia

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1142

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1905]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a studio photograph of the Solway family, taken in Haloftzin, Mogilev Province, Russia. Pictured from left to right are: Joe Solway (1901-1942), Gana, Rachel (1878-1969), Dora (aged 8 months), and Sam (1902-1953). Joe Solway was the father of Larry Solway.

Name Access

Solway, Dora

Solway family

Solway, Gana

Solway, Joe

Solway, Rachel

Solway, Sam

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

Russia

Accession Number

1976-6-10

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1642

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1914]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w, cabinet card (1 negative) ; 11 x 7 cm

Notes

Physical description note: Inscription and printed name of photographer's studio on verso. Written in Russian, "for eternal memory to my dear sister Janna [Jennie Florence] from Betty".

Name Access

Florence, Betty

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

Russia

Accession Number

1978-7-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1609

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[189-?]

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 photograph and corresponding negative of Bessie Perkus (m. Morris Breland), Betty Perkus (mother) and Fage Perkus (m. Kussner) in Russia. The family later moved to Cochrane, Ontario.

Name Access

Breland, Morris

Kussner, Fage

Perkus, Bessie

Perkus, Betty

Perkus family

Perkus, Fage

Subjects

Mothers and daughters

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

Russia

Accession Number

1978-12-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1699

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[190-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 23 cm on matte 23 x 28 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of an unidentified Jewish family from Russia. They were relatives of Alexander Nepom.

Name Access

Nepom, Alexander

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.

Physical Condition

The photo is in poor condition. It is cracked in the centre and is being held together by tape.

Places

Russia

Accession Number

1979-3-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

396

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Dec. 1917

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 photograph and corresponding negative of Isaac Love in Russia, standing next to an unidentified man. He is wearing a military uniform.

Notes

Acquired on Jan. 21, 1975.

Name Access

Love, Isaac

Subjects

Soldiers--Russia

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

Russia

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1697

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1906

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Rivka Kopeliovitch of Chesron, Russia. Rivka was the cousin of Alexander Nepom. There is Russian and Hebrew writing on the verso of the photograph.

Name Access

Kopeliovitch, Rivka

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

Russia

Accession Number

1979-3-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Thuna family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

7

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

20 Oct. 1924

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Evelyn Thuna at four months of age in St. Catharines, Ontario on 20 October 1924. She is being held by a woman, possibly an M. Dorfman, singer at Beth Tzedec.

Notes

Mounted in card frame

Inscribed on inside of card frame: "With Best Love To Ann - Evelyn at 4 months Oct. 20, 1924"

Name Access

Dorman, M.

Thuna, Evelyn

Subjects

Infants

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

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

470

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1902

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Rose Strauss in Minsk, Russia

Name Access

Strauss, Rose

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

Russia

Accession Number

Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1698

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the grandparents of Alexander Nepomnisha, taken in Russia.

Name Access

Nepomnisha, Alexander

Subjects

Married people

Grandparents

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

Russia

Accession Number

1979-3-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1162

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Menachem Mendel Hyman was the shochet in Guelph Ont. from ca. 1915.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait photograph of Menachem Mendel and Esther Bayla Hyman with their children Ben Zion and Leah.

Name Access

Hyman, Ben Zion

Hyman, Esther Bayla

Hyman, Menachem Mendel

Hyman, Leah

Mendel, Menachem

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

Russia

Accession Number

1977-1-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Melamed fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

7

Item

15

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1903

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait photograph of Morris Melamed in a Russian army uniform taken during the Russo-Japanese War in 1903.

Name Access

Melamed, Morris

Subjects

Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Soldiers

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

Russia

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

756

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of S. Halperin of St. Catharines, Ontario.

Subjects

Portraits

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.

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2013-12-3

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w with watercolour retouching ; 26 x 41 cm

Date

[ca. 1906]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a portrait of Samuel Helpert of Sudbury, shortly after arriving from Minsk, Russia. The photograph was originally a glass plate negative that was blown-up and printed. Watercolours were then used to colourize the image and as a way of emphasising the contrast and other features that were lost during the printing process.

Administrative History

Samuel Helpert was the paternal great uncle of the donor. He was born in Minsk, Russia and immigrated to Canada where he lived in Sudbury and Toronto.

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

Portraits

Name Access

Helpert, Samuel

Places

Russia

Sudbury (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

553

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1895

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Item is a copy photograph of a portrait of Albert Fine (b. 1880), probably in Russia.

Name Access

Fine, Albert

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

Russia

Accession Number

1977-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions