Level

Item

Item

3809

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1938]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Zakon's Second-Hand Furniture Store

Zlot, David

Subjects

Storefronts

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

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-7-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2510

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1943

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative) b&w ; 12.5x 18cm

Admin History/Bio

Charlie Wall (b.1898-d.1996) owned Wall Bros. Shoes Store with his Brother Joe Wall (d.1975). Charlie married Nellie Rosenbaum (d.1993) and together they had two children, the late Charlette Mintz (d.1993) and Barbara Weingarten. Gloria Rosenbaum (d.2004), sister of Nellie is pictured with Joe and Charlie Wall.

Scope and Content

Item consists of portrait of Charlie Wall, Joe Wall (d.1975) and Gloria Rosenbaum (d.2004) in front of their shoe store Wall Bros. Shoes Store, located at 112 Queen Street West in Toronto.

Name Access

Rosenbaum, Gloria

Wall Bros

Wall, Charlie

Wall, Joe

Subjects

Portraits

Shoe stores

Storefronts

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

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-1-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3807

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

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

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-7-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Harold S. Kaplan fonds

Architectural projects series

Level

File

Fonds

27

Series

1

File

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1931]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the theatre in early stages of construction.

Notes

Title based on inscription on the photograph and information found in series 2 newspaper clippings.

Subjects

Theaters

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

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

2003-6-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Harold S. Kaplan fonds

Architectural projects series

Level

File

Fonds

27

Series

1

File

28

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1944

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

1 photograph of the theatre in an early stage of construction, and 1 photo of the balcony of the completed theatre.

Notes

Title and creation date based on information stamped on one photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).

Stamped information reads: Casino Theatre: to be erected at 87-95 Queen St. W. for Casino Theatre Toronto Ltd.

Subjects

Theaters

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

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

2003-6-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Family photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

1

Item

22

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1934]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Moishe Stern (on right), with his milk wagon and assistant, at the northeast corner of Soho and Queen Streets.

Subjects

Wagons

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

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Soho Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-2-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Brown fonds

Commercial building plans and drawings series

Level

File

Fonds

49

Series

3

File

6

Material Format

architectural drawing

Date

1934

Physical Description

1 architectural drawing : blueprint ; 54 cm length and 4 cm diam.

Admin History/Bio

Mr. Morris Rubinoff was the owner of a drygoods store.

Scope and Content

File contains architectural drawings of additions and alterations to a store and dwelling for Mr. Morris Rubinoff at 510 Queen St. West. Sections, floor plans and an elevation drawing are included.

Notes

Formerly listed as Commission VIII.

Places

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Brown fonds

Commercial building plans and drawings series

Level

File

Fonds

49

Series

3

File

13

Material Format

architectural drawing

Date

[ca.1930]

Physical Description

9 architectural drawings : 1 blueprint, 7 pencil on tracing paper, 3 hand col. pastel, 1 on verso of blueprint ; 47 cm length or smaller and 7 cm diam.

Admin History/Bio

Owned by Mr. A. Levy, Levy Auto Wreckers was one of Canada's largest auto wreckers during the 1930s. The head office was located at 735/737 Queen Street West and it had a branch office at 464 Queen Street East.

Scope and Content

File consists of architectural drawings of the head office of Levy Auto Wreckers. Floor plans, elevations, and sketches are included.

Physical Condition

Drawings are fragile, one is torn in half.

Related Material

See File 49-3-27 for plans of a branch office at 464 Queen Street East.

See File 49-5-10 for plans of stores for Mr. A. Levy on St. Clair Avenue that were designed by E. Telfer Arnoldi.

Places

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Brown fonds

Commercial building plans and drawings series

Level

File

Fonds

49

Series

3

File

33

Material Format

architectural drawing

Date

1936

Physical Description

1 architectural drawing : pencil on tracing paper ; 60 cm length and 4 cm diam.

Scope and Content

File consists of floor plans, sections and elevations of a laundry building for Mr. Peter Kin at 71 Queen St. West.

Places

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Brown fonds

Commercial building plans and drawings series

Level

File

Fonds

49

Series

3

File

38

Material Format

architectural drawing

Date

1934

Physical Description

5 architectural drawings : pencil on tracing paper, 4 hand col. pastel ; 32 cm length or smaller and 3 cm diam.

Admin History/Bio

Mr. Henry Adelberg was the president of Adelberg Limited, which manufactured cloaks and suits and was located at 221 Richmond St. West.

Scope and Content

File consists of architectural drawings of additions and alterations to a three storey building containing a store and four bedroom dwelling for Henry Adelberg at the N.E. corner of Queen St. West and Brookfield Road. Floor plans and elevations are included.

Related Material

See File 49-3-77 for architectural drawings of a public garage for Henry Adelberg at 33 Dundas St. West.

Places

Brookfield Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Brown fonds

Commercial building plans and drawings series

Level

File

Fonds

49

Series

3

File

36

Material Format

architectural drawing

Date

1934

Physical Description

1 architectural drawing : pencil and hand col. pencil crayon on tracing paper ; 58 cm length and 4 cm diam.

Scope and Content

File consists of architectural drawings of a store located at 1482 Queen St. W. for Mr. Louis M. Stern. Floor plans, a lot plan, a section and an elevation drawing are included.

Physical Condition

Material is fragile, somewhat torn.

Places

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Brown fonds

Commercial building plans and drawings series

Level

File

Fonds

49

Series

3

File

4

Material Format

architectural drawing

Date

1935

Physical Description

4 architectural drawings : pencil on tracing paper ; 62 cm length or smaller and 4 cm diam.

Scope and Content

File consists of architectural drawings for the conversion of a three storey building into a hotel at the S.W. corner of Queen and Augusta for Mr. Max Sherman. Floor plans and elevation drawings are included.

Name Access

Sherman, Max

Physical Condition

Material is fragile and somewhat torn.

Places

Augusta Avenue (Toronto. Ont.)

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2016-3-63

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

[192-?]-1953

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material primarily documenting kosher meat scandals and strikes in Toronto in the 1920s and 1930s as well as the Kehilla (Toronto Rabbinical Board). There are complete pages of some documents and portions of others. The documents are flyers (public notices) in Yiddish (with some Hebrew in religious context and quotations) to do with a scandal or several scandals in which it became clear a number of butchers were operating outside Rabbinical Board supervision and therefore selling (assumed to be) treif meat to Toronto Jews. Secondary scandal with Rabbi Yehuda Leib Graubart, who allegedly split off from the Rabbinical Board with six butchers to do business outside the union, with wholesalers, and gaining more money than union butchers and the rabbis working with them. Another thread relates to a strike for cheaper meat, including meetings of women picketers, and then for better conditions for local butchers. The flyers mostly fall between 1920-1940. All are from Toronto. Lists of local butchers’ shops with addresses and names are included.

Additional flyers cover Communist protests and protest meetings against German fascism and pogroms, specifically Hitler's government's prosecution of the Communist Party of Germany related to the Reichstag fire. Also included are a 1953 flyer for the tenth anniversary commemoration of the Latvian-Lithuanian Jews’ annihilation, and an open letter to Rabbi Abraham Aaron Price regarding his title.

Custodial History

There is no information on the acquisition of this material. However, retrieved from the original package in which the material was lodged was a note "Kashruth fliers from E. Miller" or Mitler.

Descriptive Notes

Language: Yiddish with some Hebrew (phrases and quotations).

Subjects

Demonstrations

Kosher food

Rabbis

Places

Augusta Avenue (Toronto. Ont.)

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Kensington Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

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