Level

Item

Item

2325

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Hechalutz Hachshara (farm) was created to prepare people for agricultural work in Israel.

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of the pear orchard in blossom at Hechalutz farm in Grimsby, Ontario.

Name Access

Hechalutz Hachshara

Subjects

Orchards

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

Grimsby (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2327

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Hechalutz Hachshara (farm) was created to prepare people for agricultural work in Palestine/Israel.

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of Miriam Dashkin standing with a horse at Hechalutz farm in Grimsby, Ontario.

Name Access

Dashkin, Miriam

Hechalutz Hachshara

Subjects

Farms

Horses

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

Grimsby (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2328

Material Format

graphic material

Date

April 1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Hechalutz Hachshara (farm) was created to prepare people for agricultural work in Israel.

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of Miriam Dashkin in the chicken yard at Hechalutz farm in Grimsby, Ontario. She is behind a chain-link fence.

Name Access

Dashkin, Miriam

Subjects

Farms

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

Grimsby (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2330

Material Format

graphic material

Date

March 1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Hechalutz Hachshara (farm) was created to prepare people for agricultural work in Israel.

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of Miriam Dashkin in the kitchen of the Hechalutz farm in Grimsby, Ontario.

Name Access

Dashkin, Miriam

Hechalutz Hachshara

Subjects

Kitchens

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

Grimsby (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2331

Material Format

graphic material

Date

April 1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Hechalutz Hachshara (farm) was created to prepare people for agricultural work in Israel.

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of Miriam Dashkin near the chicken yard at Hechalutz farm in Grimsby, Ontario.

Name Access

Dashkin, Miriam

Hechalutz Hachshara

Subjects

Farms

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

Grimsby (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2332

Material Format

graphic material

Date

July 1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 5 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Hechalutz Hachshara (farm) was created to prepare people for agricultural work in Israel.

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of Shulamith Zvonkin driving a tractor at Hechalutz farm in Grimsby, Ontario.

Name Access

Hechalutz Hachshara

Zvonkin, Shulamith

Subjects

Farms

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

Grimsby (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2335

Material Format

graphic material

Date

July 1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Hechalutz Hachshara (farm) was created to prepare people for agricultural work in Israel.

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of Miriam Dashkin in a hay pile with four other girls at Hechalutz farm in Grimsby, Ontario.

Notes

Title taken from writing on back of photo.

Name Access

Dashkin, Miriam

Hechalutz Hachshara

Subjects

Farms

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

Grimsby (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2336

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Hechalutz Hachshara (farm) was created to prepare people for agricultural work in Israel.

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of Miriam Dashkin with several other young men and women on the back of a truck at Hechalutz farm in Grimsby, Ontario.

Name Access

Dashkin, Miriam

Hechalutz Hachshara

Subjects

Youth

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

Grimsby (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2337

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1947

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Hechalutz Hachshara (farm) was created to prepare people for agricultural work in Israel.

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of Miriam Dashkin standing in the vineyards of Hechalutz farm in Grimsby, Ontario.

Name Access

Dashkin, Miriam

Hechalutz Hachshara

Subjects

Vineyards

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

Grimsby (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2338

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Hechalutz Hachshara (farm) was created to prepare people for agricultural work in Israel.

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of the residence at Hechalutz farm in Grimsby, Ontario.

Name Access

Hechalutz Hachshara

Subjects

Dwellings

Farms

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

Grimsby (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2324

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

The Hechalutz Hachshara (farm) was created to prepare people for agricultural work in Palestine/Israel.

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of girls at Hechalutz farm in Grimsby, Ontario.

Name Access

Hechalutz Hachshara

Subjects

Farms

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

Grimsby (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2341

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

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

Admin History/Bio

The Hechalutz Hachshara (farm) was created to prepare people for agricultural work in Israel.

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the poultry house on Hechalutz farm, in Grimsby, Ontario.

Name Access

Hechalutz Hachshara

Subjects

Farms

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

Grimsby (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2015-6-9

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

textual record (electronic)

Physical Description

6 photographs : b&w (jpg)

4 documents (jpg)

Date

[195-?]-1979

Scope and Content

Accession consists of six electronic copies of photographs of Irving Levine and the Levine family and electronic copies of three invitations to Irving Levine's birthday party, and one newspaper clipping. Included is Irving and Ruth's wedding portrait and wedding photo with their parents (Sept. 6, 1952), two photographs of Irving with his mother Anne at Crystal Beach, a photograph of the Irving brothers in Grimsby, and a photo of Irving with business partner Lionel Robins (ca. 1978). Identified individuals in the photographs include: Irving Levine, Lionel Robins, Harry Levine, David Levine, Anne Levine, Ruth Levine, Sam Levine, Abraham Feldman, and Jennie Feldman.

Administrative History

Irving Levine was born in 1929 to Sam and Anne Levine. He was born in Grimsby, Ontario, where his father owned a junior department store. They were members of Beth Jacob Synagogue in Hamilton. Irving moved to Toronto in 1953, he married Ruth Fern in 1952 and they had three children: Alan, born in 1953, Suzy, born in 1956 and Michael, born in 1961. He has six grandchildren. He purchased Braemar clothing store in the early 1960s, with the first location in Cloverdale Mall. He became the top vice-president of Dylex, Ltd.,one of Canada's largest retail clothing companies, and general manager of Fairweather's division. Lionel Robins became his business partner in 1964.

Use Conditions

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

Descriptive Notes

Further identification can be found with the accession record.

Subjects

Families

Name Access

Levine, Irving, 1929-

Places

Crystal Beach (Fort Erie, Ont.)

Grimsby (Ont.)

Hamilton (Ont.)

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

102

File

90

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1965

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of CIT counsellor girls taken in 1965. Trudy Cowan is one of the girls photographed. Seated in a plaid shirt in the front row is Renee Barsh.

Notes

Photograph is by Willy Lobel.

Name Access

Barsh, Renee

Subjects

Camps

Places

Huntsville (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

102

File

90

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1965

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 36 x 29 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of CIT counsellors taken in 1965. Trudy Cowan is one of the girls photographed. Identified in the photo; Adrienne Haas, Valerie Bricks, Judy Resnick, Stephen Kay, Susan Fisher, Marlene Rosenfeld, Bailey Davidson, Ellie Chitel, Trudy Cowan, Denise London, Gail Cohen, Candy Burstein, Lynn Gordon, Steven Green, Shelley Freeman, Laurie Lubin, Leslie Goldenberg, Donna Lebo, Susan Applebaum, Risa Stein, Jay Schwartz, Carolyn Wainberg, Murray Singer and Zevi Shainhouse.

Notes

Photograph is by Willy Lobel.

Name Access

Barsh, Renee

Subjects

Camps

Places

Huntsville (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1194

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1947

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a the senior boys' section of Camp Winnebagoe, near Huntsville, Ontario. The boys are assembled in a filed for the photograph.

Notes

Title taken from writing on photograph.

Name Access

Camp Winnebagoe

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

1976-10-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4043

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1962

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of the staff at Camp Winnebagoe, near Huntsville, Ontario. The staff were assembled in front of one of the buildings for the photograph.

Identified in the photograph are:

Front row (left to right): 1) unknown, 2) unknown, 3) unknown, 4) Bonnie Tritt, 5) Faith Friedman, 6) unknown, 7) unknown, 8) Dr. Taylor (camp doctor), 9) unknown, 10) unknown, 11) Bert Danson, 12) Dot Danson, 13) Frank McTeague, 14) Mary McTeague, 15) unknown, 16) Rochelle Burns, 17) Judy Lipson 18) Evy Bing 19) Mary Ann (Boots) Friedman.

Second row (left to right): 1) Eric Haltrecht, 2) unknown, 3) Bob Burton, 4) unknown, 5) Janice Gold, 6) unknown, 7) Liz Magder, 8) Susan Posluns, 9) Marilyn Granek, 10) Susan Rose, 11) Bonnie Levy, 12) unknown, 13) unknown, 14) Fern Jordan, 15) Judy, 16) Susan Axler, 17) Susan Wodlihnger, 18) Janie Farber, 19) Marian Berlin, 20) unknown, 21) unknown, 22) unknown, 23) unknown, 24) unknown, 25) John Clough.

Third row (left to right): 1) Marty Silverstein, 2) unknown, 3) Shaya Petroff, 4) Frank Roth, 6) unknown, 6) unknown, 7) Arnie Shapiro, 8) Stan Cohen, 9) unknown, 10) unknown, 11) unknown, 12) Steve Schwartz, 12) unknown, 13) unknown, 14) unknown, 15) Bobby Koch, 16) unknown, 17) Peter Model, 18) unknown, 19) unknown, 20) Lorne Solursh, 21) unknown, 22) unknown, 23) unknown, 24) Andy Danson, 25) Neil Dworkin, 26) Ken Danson.

Notes

Original photograph by Turofsky.

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

Huntsville (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-4-4

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