- Accession Number
- 2012-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-11-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- object
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- 5 objects
- 25 photographs
- Date
- 1945-2012
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to The Lizzies and the Lizzies Old Timer Association, including newspaper articles, membership lists, a proclamation, booklets, articles, photos, one hat, two shirts, and one luggage tag.
- Custodial History
- This material was gathered together by Bronstine and Cornack and donated to the archives. Further accruals from other former Lizzies are expected.
- Administrative History
- The Lizzies were a collection of sports teams that played amateur baseball and basketball in Toronto starting in 1912 in the school yard of the Elizabeth Street School. This “Playground” was situated in Toronto’s first Jewish quarter, St. John’s Ward, or simply “The Ward”. Supervised by the Parks Department’s Playground and Recreation branch, these playgrounds were popular places for inner-city children. They hosted athletic teams that competed in intramural competitions. The Lizzies won more than 150 titles at the city, provincial, and national levels in baseball, basketball, football, and hockey.Bob Abate (1893-1981), coached the Lizzies’ teams for 26 years and in 1990, the Elizabethan Recreation Centre (at Grace Street and Bloor Street West) was renamed the Bob Abate Recreation Centre in his honour. The Lizzies Old Timers Association is run by Harvey Bronstine and Norm Cornack and they bring together the remaining members of the Lizzies annually at a dinner.
- Subjects
- Sports teams
- Name Access
- Lizzies Old Timers Association
- Places
- Elizabeth Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- General Wingate Branch 256, Royal Canadian Legion fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 74
- Item
- 32
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [198-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: col. ; 12 x 20 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a team portrait of the Finchurst Boys Club baseball team, which was sponsored by the General Wingate Branch.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Sports teams
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Accession Number
- 1987-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 76
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1982]
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : col. ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of four group photographs of the YM-YWHA volleyball teams at the Jewish Welfare Board volleyball tournament in Toronto. Three of the photographs are of men's teams and one is of a women's team.
- Subjects
- Sports teams
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 75
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of photographs taken at the northern YM-YWHA during the Jewish Welfare Board volleyball tournament. The photographs are of the "Y" team in competition with another team called the "Edgies" on the volleyball court.
- Subjects
- Sports teams
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 137
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]-[ca. 1980]
- Physical Description
- 35 photographs : sepia and b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of several photographs of the YM-YWHA volleyball teams. Included is one very early group photograph of a YMHA volleyball team standing under an entrance arch. There are also several shots of a 1970 team practicing in the northern YM-YWHA gymnasium and a group portrait of a women's volleyball team from 1980.
- Subjects
- Sports teams
- 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 photograph from the 1920s is in very poor condition. The image has peeled off in several spots and there is several missing pieces around the edges.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
