Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

313

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Nov. 1977

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of two negatives depiciting a group of telethoners in the office at Beverley Street.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Places

Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2636

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1978]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Name Access

Toronto Hebrew Re-establishment Services

G'Milath Chassodim

Subjects

Charities

Signs and signboards

Places

Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-2-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2637-2638

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1978]

Physical Description

2 photographs

Name Access

Neuschul, Leon

Toronto Hebrew Re-establishment Services

G'Milath Chassodim

Subjects

Charities

Places

Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-2-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1447

Material Format

graphic material

Date

3 Jan. 1958

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Name Access

Zagon, Rabbi Zoltan

Donsky, Mr. H.

Hungarian-Jewish Congregation

Subjects

Rabbis

Talmud Torah (Judaism)

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-8-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

52

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1978]

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

Kol Yaakov Anshei Emes Synagogue

Subjects

Architecture

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

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

145

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1977]

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

First Narayever Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

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

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

146

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1977]

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

First Narayever Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

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

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3411

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1938

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Many prominent individuals are shown in this photograph, with names written on the bottom.

Name Access

Jewish National Fund

United Jewish Appeal

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Zionism

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

Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1545

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1948]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Apter Synagogue

Gary, Ethel

Halter, Jack

Zimmerman, Rabbi M.

Subjects

Weddings

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

Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-11-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Combined Building Campaign Committee series

Level

Item

Fonds

61

Series

6

Item

14

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w (1 negative and 1 glass slide) ; 11 x 13 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

This item is a glass slide of the exterior of the first YM-YWHA building on Brunswick Avenue.

Notes

The copy print and negative were made from the original glass slide by the Archives.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-4-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3872

Material Format

graphic material

Date

31 August, 1935

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Identified in this photograph are: David Newman; Jack Burke.

For identification, see accession record.

Name Access

Burke, Jack

Newman, David

Young Judaea

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

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

Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1984-1-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6031

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1952]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a Labour Zionist banquet at the New Chudleigh House at 126 Beverley St. Invitees are seated around two long banquet tables. Identified are Myer Mandel, Mrs. Myer Mandel, Leibel Bagrad; Leibel Abella; Mr. Levinsky; Chaike Lovinsky; Nachman Lovinsky; Chaim Langer; Leah Langer; Archie Bennett; Sophie Bennett; Ida Krakover; Avrum Green; Charlie Krakover; I. S. Weinrot; and Baylke White.

Subjects

Dinners and dining

Labor Zionism

Portraits, Group

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

Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1992-2-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

423

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1973

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Benjamin Brown that was taken in Brown's apartment on Avenue Road, Toronto.

Notes

Photo by Stephen Speisman.

Not for reproduction without written permission from donor.

Acquired February 19, 1975.

Name Access

Brown, Benjamin, 1890-1974

Speisman, Stephen A., 1943-

Subjects

Architects

Places

Avenue Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3760

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1916]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Two copy photographs of a Folk Shule, probably on Beverley Street, Toronto. Sadie Sorosky (Roebuck) is in the front row, second from right.

Notes

See also: photos #3757, #3758, and #3759.

Name Access

Sorosky, Sadie

Subjects

Children

Education

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

Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-5-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4234

Material Format

graphic material

Responsibility

Duncan McLaren

Date

1979

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Copy photograph of Tenenbaum's Kosher Poultry shop at 182 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, Feb. 1979.

Name Access

Tenenbaum's Kosher Poultry

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

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-3-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3968

Material Format

graphic material

Date

7 June 1951

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the first annual Board of Jewish Eduacation dinner at Murray House in Torotno. The dinner took place on 7 June 1951. The speaker is Sam Posluns, to his left (partially hidden) is Joe Diamond and Rabbi Bernard Rosensweig.

Name Access

Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Dinners and dining

Places

Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1283

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2858-2864

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

7 slides

Notes

Original by Simpson Bros., Toronto.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress. Ontario Region

Toronto Jewish Congress

Subjects

Archives

Places

Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-2-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4036

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1942

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Yeshivah Torath Chaim Theological Seminary of Canada

Subjects

Dinners and dining

Posters

Yeshivas

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

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-3-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3727

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1942

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Probable location is on Beverley Street.

Notes

For identification, see photo file.

Subjects

Graduation (School)

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

Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-1-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1306

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1906 or 1907]

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Photograph of a domestic science class at Lord Dufferin School on Berkeley St. Second from the left in the front row is Mattie Levi.

Name Access

Levi, Mattie

Lord Dufferin School

Subjects

Children

Education

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

Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-5-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1449

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1958

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

The children pictured are refugees of the Hungarian revolution. They are receiving the first Jewish education of their lives.

Name Access

Brunswick Avenue Talmud Torah

Hungarian Jewish Congregation

Subjects

Children

Hanukkah

Refugees

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

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-8-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1450

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1958

Physical Description

1 photograph

Subjects

Hanukkah

Parties

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-8-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1390

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1974

Physical Description

1 slide : col.

Name Access

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services

Subjects

Signs and signboards

Places

Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

39

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

25 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints, (1) b&w negatives ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

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

Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Melamed fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

7

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1930

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the Brunswick Avenue Talmud Torah first graduating class.

Front row seated on floor, left to right: Jack (Jacob) Sacks (Sachovitz); [unidentified - killed in WWII?]

Front row, seated on chairs, left to right: Shoshana Dobushin in Hashomer Hatzair uniform (her father was a Jewish bookbinder on Harbord Street); Florence Hurwitz (lived on Wells Hill); Ida Greenberg (family was from Romania); Moshe Frank; Sadie Kanowitch; Goldie Sacks (sister of Jack); Bea Swartz (Rifka) (married Shamai Ogden; borrowed Aunt Frances Shafer's clothes to take photo. The Shafers came from Fort William in the 1920s and lived on Palmerston Blvd).

Second row, standing, left to right: Helen Peltz; [? Torno]; Miriam Parl; Lillian Swartz (sister to Bea); [unknown]; Bessie Melamed (sister to Gordon and Lily Hedich. The family had ten girls and one boy); Miriam Perl.

Back row, standing, left to right: Archie Shulman (lived at Brunswick and Harbord); [unknown]; Abraham Joel Zeldin (his father was chazan. They lived on Euclid Ave.); [Ephraim ?]; [Brother to blonde boy in front row on right (perhaps also killed in WWII)]; [? Fine]; Gordon Donsky.

Notes

Identified by Beatrice Swartz Ogden, 19 April 1995.

Name Access

Dobushin, Shoshana

Donsky, Gordon

Fine

Frank, Moshe

Greenberg, Ida

Hurwitz, Florence

Kanowitch, Sadie

Melamed, Bessie

Ogden, Shamai

Parl, Miriam

Peltz, Helen

Perl, Miriam

Sacks, Goldie

Sacks, Jacob

Shafer, Frances

Shulman, Archie

Swartz, Beatrice

Swartz, Lillian

Toronto Talmud Torah

Torno

Zeldin

Subjects

Students

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

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

147

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1977]

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

First Narayever Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

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

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1284

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1285

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1286

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1287

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1288

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1289

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1290

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photographs : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1291

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1292

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1293

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1294

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Wellts delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (dob August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's gingerale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles.Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

Subjects

Delicatessens

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2022-3-11

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

object

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

ca. 200 photographs (15 negatives): b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller

1 small metal pendant

Date

[ca. 1900]-[ca. 1943]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs, textual records, and an artifact relating to or collected by Mooney Stitt. Textual records include receipts, correspondence, immigration documents, a trademark certificate issued by the United States Patent Office, material related to Mooney’s municipal election in Sioux Lookout, and Mooney’s British Columbia free miner’s certificate. Photographs make up the majority of this accession, featuring Mooney’s family and personal life. Also included is a small metal pendant with Russian inscriptions.

Custodial History

Records were in the possession of Peter Marcovitz’s mother, Lillian Averson, until her death in 1965. Since then, the records have been stored possibly in the family house until being found and gifted to the Ontario Jewish Archives in 2021 by Peter and his wife, Joyce Borenstein.

Administrative History

Mooney Stitt (1904-1943), also known as Munya Studnitz, was born in 1904 in Poland to Simcha Studnitz and Miriam Woyler. He might also be referred to as Chaim Studnic or Hiame Studnitz. Mooney had four siblings: David, Dina (Dinah/Diana), Dora, and Miron. In 1923, Mooney and Dina Studnitz immigrated to Canada from Poland under the sponsorship of their uncle, Nathan Stitt, who resided in the City of Fort William (now Thunder Bay) and had a clothing store named Stitt & Sons. Mooney and Dina lived in the City of Lemberg (now Lviv) before moving to Canada. By taking the ship Laconia, Mooney landed in Halifax in 1923; then he made his way to Thunder Bay and started working on a farm of David J. Piper in the Township of Paipoonge. Later, he moved to Sioux Lookout, where he presented himself in a municipal election. Mooney relocated to Montreal in the mid-1930s and founded a company called Canadian Art Studios, which manufactured silk scarves. In 1939, he married Lillian Averson (1916-1965). It is possible that Lillian also helped him operate the business. On March 13, 1943, Mooney passed away of heart ailments in Montreal. Upon his death, one of Lillian’s brothers-in-law joined the company, and a children’s wear division was launched shortly afterwards. The company ceased manufacturing scarves in the early 1950s and grew into a successful children’s wear manufacturer under the name Tam O’Shanter (spelling uncertain). Lillian was bought out by her brother-in-law in the late 1950s. The company finally ceased operating in the late 1980s. Mooney and Lillian did not have children together. In 1945, Lillian married her second husband, Joel Marcovitz. Peter Marcovitz was born in 1947 to Lillian and Joel.

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.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: photographs and documents have been scanned and are available in PDF, TIF, and JPG formats.

LANGUAGE NOTE: A small number of records are in Russian and Polish.

RELATED MATERIAL NOTE: See accession 2008-7-13 and OH 308 for additional information on the Stitt family and the Stitt & Sons clothing store.

Subjects

Families

Name Access

Stitt, Mooney, 1904-1943

Places

Fort William (Ont.)

Sioux Lookout (Ont.)

Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Montréal (Québec)

Poland

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1977-11-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records (1 vol.)

Date

1953-1956

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one bound register documenting the students of the Toronto Hebrew Free School (Brunswick Talmud Torah) in Toronto from 1953 to 1956.

MG_RG

MG2G1E

Subjects

Schools

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1985-11-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 slide : col.

Date

1983

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a coloured slide of the former UJA Federation Building at 152 Beverley Street.

Subjects

Architecture

Name Access

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Places

Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2005-7-3

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

ca. 300 slides : col. ; 35 mm

Date

1977-1978

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs taken during visits by CJC Central Region officers to Ontario Jewish communities, and at Canadian Jewish Congress events and meetings in various communities. Accession also includes photos of Jewish interest in Italy.

Subjects

Communities

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Friedman, Morris

Markish, Esther

Eisenberg, Joe

Wexler, Boris

Acker, Abe

Brownstone, Sam

Klafter, Gershon

Rosen, Marty

Fackenheim, Emil

Rosensweig, Philip

Saiger, Norman

Sadowski, David

Gryfe, Mark

Hillel (Kingston, Ont.)

Frey, Marcus

Horowitz, Shlomo

Katz, Stan

Pliscow, Morris

Places

Cambridge (Ont.)

Chatham (Ont.)

Sudbury (Ont.)

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)

North Bay (Ont.)

Oshawa (Ont.)

Belleville (Ont.)

Windsor (Ont.)

Pembroke (Ont.)

Peterborough (Ont.)

Guelph (Ont.)

Hamilton (Ont.)

London (Ont.)

Kitchener (Ont.)

Owen Sound (Ont.)

Toronto (Ont.)

Barrie (Ont.)

Orillia (Ont.)

Kingston (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2007-7-7

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 photographs : b&w ; 28 x 22 cm

Date

1931-2003

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting the Jewish community of Thunder Bay. It includes two copy photographs of the Talmud Torah class from 1931 and 1957. It also consists of copies of the deeds of land for the synagogue from 1956 and 1960; a B'nai Brith musical program and testimonial; a report produced on religious education in the public schools; notes relating to the history of the community; and finally, the exhibit booklet from the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada entitled "Jews in Thunder Bay: An Historical Overview" from 2003.

Custodial History

These records were acquired as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative.

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.

Descriptive Notes

Identification is provided with the photographs.

Places

Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2007-7-5

Material Format

textual record (electronic)

Physical Description

1 document (pdf)

Date

1962

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one scanned copy of the Lakehead Hadassah cookbook from 1962.

Custodial History

The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the records in July 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-07-19.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Communities

Food

Women

Name Access

Safir, Shari-Lyn

Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada

Places

Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2007-10-5

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1977-2003

Scope and Content

Accession consists of materials documenting Congregation Iyr Hamelich, the Reform synagogue in Kingston. The records include the constitution, Sunday school minutes and policy documents, synagogue bulletins, correspondence and "Welcome to our Congregation" booklets.

Subjects

Religion

Name Access

Congregation Iyr Hamelich

Places

Kingston, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2008-8-19

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

10 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date

[193-]-1995

Scope and Content

This accession consists of ten electronic copies of photographs documenting the Laskin family and the Jewish community of Thunder Bay. The photographs depict a 1937 royal coronation parade float created by the Jewish community, as well as a portrait of Saul Laskin and members of the Laskin family and some photos of Saul during his political election campaign and during a store giveaway. Also included is the sod turning ceremony of the new synagogue and the street naming of Saul Laskin Drive in Thunder Bay. Also identified in the photographs are: Murray Stitt, Rabbi Sternberg, and Mayor Norman Wilson.

Custodial History

The original records are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the OJA for the small Jewish communities project for copying.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Communities

Families

Places

Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 33 x 17 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of M. Spector, J. Lefton and H. Gurevich.

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

This item is in very poor condition. It has suffered water and mould damage and is stuck to the glass.

Places

Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1943]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

This item is an original print, which features:

Left of plaque: Sgt. Major J. Gurevich, R.C.A.

Right of plaque: Officer M. Helper, R.C.A.F.

Seated, left to right: Mr. I Orenstein, Rev. F.E. James, Mr. Sam Stitt (chairman), Mr. Sam Kirsch.

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

This photograph is in very poor condition. It has suffered fire damage and as a result, one third of the image has peeled off.

Places

Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1549

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1915]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print depicting the exterior of the B'nai Brith house in Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ontario.

Name Access

B'nai B'rith

Subjects

Architecture

Repro Restriction

Original owned by Manitoba Archives, Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada collection. Please credit accordingly.

Places

Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-4-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1550

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1915]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print depicting the exterior of the Shaarey Shomayim Synagogue in Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ontario.

Name Access

Shaarey Shomayim Congregation (Thunder Bay, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

Original owned by Manitoba Archives, Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada collection. Please credit accordingly.

Places

Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-4-8

Source

Archival Descriptions