Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Women's Auxiliary series

Programs and services sub-series

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File

Fonds

14

Series

4-6

File

39

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1969-1978

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm and 6 x 7 cm

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of textual and graphic material documenting the operation of Baycrest's Gift Shop. Included are meeting notices and minutes, correspondence, a list of Gift Shop personnel, and event notices. Also included are photographs of the Gift Shop and a staff luncheon. Identified in the photographs is: Leonard Dezenhouse.

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Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1991-6-3

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

2 cm of textual records

2 photographs : b&w

Date

[ca. 1961]-1984

Scope and Content

Accession consists of the records created and collected by Morton Bernholtz. Records document Morton Bernholtz's involvement within the Windsor Jewish community.

There are newspaper clippings about the Shaar Hashomayim Religious School in Windsor and specifically about Bernholtz's participation with the school, including as chair for several years. Programmes are included from some of the graduation exercises and bar mitzvah ceremonies held by the school. Included is a black-and-white photograph depicting members of the school's staff.

The records also include materials of the Windsor Jewish Community Council, for which Morton Bernholtz was president from 1966–1968. There is also a playbill, newspaper review, and a photograph from a production of Guys and Dolls put on by the Centre Theatre Workshop at the Jewish Community Centre in 1963. Both Morton Bernholtz and his wife Lottie played roles in the musical.

Administrative History

Morton Bernholtz was an active member of the Jewish community in Windsor, Ontario, where he held positrons as president of the Windsor Jewish Community Council and was chair of the Shaar Hashomayim Religious School. He was married to Lottie Bernholtz.

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1988-4-8

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 scrapbook

Date

1930-1955

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a scrapbook created by Morris Lofsky. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of Zionist and labour materials. Of particular note is a stop-work broadside featuring information about the march and demonstration at Queen's Park from 1933 in protest of the pogroms of German Jews leading up to the Second World War. There are also several strike notices from the furrier, dressmakers, and other unions.

Administrative History

Morris Lofsky lived with his family in the downtown Kengsington market area of Toronto. He worked as a fur worker and was an active member of the Jewish community.

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

Demonstrations

Labor

Zionism

Places

Queen's Park (Toronto, Ont.)

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Accession Number

1975-4-1

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w

Date

1926

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two photographs of the Chestnut Street Synagogue. One photograph is of the exterior of the synagogue with Yankel Jessel and Shlomo Dov Jessel standing in front. The other photograph is of the interior and shows the front arch.

Administrative History

The Shomrai Shabbos Synagogue, also known as the Chestnut Street Synagogue, was located at 109 Chestnut Street in 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

Architecture

Synagogues

Name Access

Shomrai Shaboth-Chevra Mishnayoth Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Chestnut Street (Toronto, Ont.)

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Accession Number

1980-11-2

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

69 photographs

3 cm of textual records

Date

1910-1959

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs, a marriage certificate, a notebook and several pocket books. The photographs are of Rose Freidman's family and friends, including the Solomon family. Some of the photographs are pasted into a scrapbook that has been annotated to include the names of the photograph subjects and some additional commentary. The notebook contains goodwill messages from Rose's friends prior to her wedding. There is a marriage ceritificate for Harry Solomon and Dora Rogowitch dated August 23, 1907.

In addition, there several small pocket size books including a Jewish calendar from the Jewish National Fund of Canada, six annual hebrew calendars from the Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home, and an abridged five year calendar from the Hebrew National Kosher Sausage Company. Finally, there is a booklet entitled "Afikim: The Story of a Kibbutz" by Lionel Feitelberg.

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.

Name Access

Freidman, Rose

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Accession Number

1990-10-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w

Date

1943-1947

Scope and Content

This accession consists of four photographs that document YMHA basketball teams. Ben Atkin was the coach of both the bantam and senior teams. The 1947 team became the Ontario champions

Administrative History

Ben Atkin as a young man was very involved in the YMHA. During the late 1930s, he was involved in handball. Then during the 1940s, he acted as coach of the batam and senior boys basketball teams

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

Sports teams

Name Access

YMHA.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1977-5-8

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

36 photographs (1 vol., 10 negatives) : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

Date

[192-?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one photo album that belonged to Yankel Jessel. This album was presented to him in 1927 by his friends as a going away gift before he left for Palestine. The album consists of sixteen photographs depicting synagogues from Toronto including: Shomrei Shabbos, Goel Tzedec, the Shaw Street Synagogue, Holy Blossom, the McCaul Street Synagogue, Beth Jacob, the Ostrovtzer Synagogue, the Russian Synagogue on Centre Avenue, and the Hebrew Men of England Congregation. Also included in the album are photographs of the auditorium of the Hebrew Free School Temple Emanuel and Shearith Israel Synagogues in New York City, a synagogue in Brooklyn, New York; and the Englewood Synagogue in New Jersey. There are copy prints and negatives of the photos depicting Toronto institutions as well as an additional print and copy negative of staff standing in front of United Bakers on Spadina Avenue.

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

Synagogues

Places

New Jersey

New York (N.Y.).

Toronto (Ont.)

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Accession Number

1981-6-7

Material Format

textual record

object

Physical Description

90 cm of textual records

2 artifacts

Date

1938-1977

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records related to the life and communal service of Dr. Hyman O. Singer. Included are records related to B'nai Brith District No. 22, Eastern Canadian Council, and the Jacob Goldblatt Lodge; Canadian Jewish Congress, the Welland Hebrew Congregation; and other organizations such as the Canadian Council fo Christians and Jews and the National Council of Jewish Women. In addition, there are two objects: a B'nai B'rith badge and a plastic portfolio for the B'nai Brith Triennial Convention in 1965.

Administrative History

Born in Montreal, Dr. Hyman O. Singer (1908-1981) graduated with an M.D. degree from the University of Toronto in 1937. In 1940 he settled in Welland, Ontario. He was the first member of the Lord Melchett Lodge in St. Catharines and later became a member of the Jacob Goldblatt Lodge and served as its president, from 1949-1950. He served on the national executive of B'nai Brith, and as their vocational service commissioner. During his term as president of the Anshe Yosher Congregation (Welland Hebrew Congregation), a new synagogue and centre was built. He was a member of the National Executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress, and served as vice-chairman of the Educational and Cultural Committee. He was also the president of the medical staff of the Welland County General Hospital and Chief of the Department of General Practice. He died in St. Catharines in 1981.

Name Access

Singer, Hyman 1908-1981

Places

Welland, Ont.

St. Catharines, Ont.

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Accession Number

1976-12-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

13 cm of textual records

Date

1930--1969

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Cantor Nathan Stolnitz, his interests, and the organizations he was involved in. Included are clippings, bulletins, letters, minutes, and promotional materials for a variety of events and organizations.

Administrative History

Cantor Nathan Stolnitz was born in Vilna. He settled in Toronto in 1926. He founded the Ontario Cantors Association and was involved with Yivo, the Canada Jewish Congress, and Toronto's Jewish Public Library. He was also an author. Cantor Stolnitz died on 11 March 1969 while vacationing in Miami Beach. He was seventy-seven.

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Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Name Access

Stolnitz, Nathan

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2003-12-1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual and graphic records

Date

[192-]-1984

Scope and Content

This accession consists of a variety of items collected by Harvey Frankel. It includes: a YWHA ladies' basketball team card from 1925, originally issued by the Dominion Chocolate Company and featuring Bobbie Rosenfeld; the constitution for the Grand Order of Israel Benefit Society; a postcard of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care; a postcard of University Avenue in Toronto; and eight invitations to meetings held by Hadassah, the Hebrew Weston Sanatorium Club, the Toronto Hebrew Free School, Mount Sinai Hospital, and the Cloakmakers' Union

Administrative History

Harvey Frankel is a real estate agent for Royal LePage. He is an avid collector of Judaica who donated this material to the OJA.

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Accession Number

1979-11-1

Material Format

text

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 book

8 microfiche sheets

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Date

1889-1917

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records created by Goel Tzedec Congregation. Included are microfiche of minutes and ledgers, a copy of a Seder T'filas Yisroel donated to Goel Tzedec by Chaim Smith in 1917, and a class photograph for the Farband Shule taken in the late 1930s.

Included in the photograph are Hershel Fogle, Rivkah G, Fayge Weingarten, Sarah Gingold, Aaron Hermaub, Shangle Atkin, Lil Newman, Etle Brody, Rochel Blumenshtein, Chava Smith, Sora Zweig, Yaacov Drexler, Malka, Yaacov Rosenzweig, Aaron Shnipper, Klumann, Shore, Aaron Folk and the teachers Fogle, Leah Lander, Shopsai Rappaport, Moishe Rigelhaupt, and Dr. Isaiah Rabinowich

Custodial History

Records were kept by Goel Tzedec and later Beth Tzedec and were donated by the museum on behalf of Dr. Fred Weinberg

Administrative History

Goel Tzedec was established in 1883. It was originally an orthodox congregation founded by a group of recent immigrants from Lithuania. The first synagogue was situated in a room on Richmond and York Streets. Three years later they purchased and remodelled a building on University Avenue at Elm Street that was owned by the Methodist Church. Finally, in 1904 they hired an architect to construct a large building that was perfectly suited to their needs. In February of 1907, the building on University Avenue was dedicated and became the largest synagogue in Toronto, accommodating 1200 congregants.

During the early decades of the twentieth century, Goel Tzedec became more ethnically mixed and established a religious school and women's auxiliary to help raise money and run special events. In 1925, the Congregation joined the Conservative Synagogue Movement and introduced changes to its services.

After the Second World War, Goel Tzedec and its sister synagogue, Beth Hamidrash Hagadol amalgamated in September 1952 to form Beth Tzedec. The two congregations worked together to build a synagogue which was built in the North end of the city on Bathurst and was dedicated 9 December 1955. Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg served as Beth Tzedec's first Rabbi and J. Benjamin Friedberg as its Assistant Rabbi. The Chazzan at the time was Cantor Joseph Cooper. The synagogue adhered to the principles of the Conservative Movement and represents the largest synagogue in Toronto

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

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Accession Number

1994-1-7

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1930-1973

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records from the Bureau of Jewish Education, including a pamphlet and memorandum. There are also bulletins from the Canadian Jewish Congress Youth Division Bulletins (1938, 1939) and several Yiddish journals including Bascheiden (1930), Heftn (1929), and two copies of In Gevirbl a monthly journal for literature and art (1930). Some of the topics and authors included in the 1938 Youth Division bulletin include: Editorial by Percy Kaplan, A Report on the Hamilton Conference of the Central Division of the Jewish Congress by Harry Steiner; The Youth Rally by Bertha Freed; The Youth Division of the United Jewish Welfare Fund by Boris Adelberg; Jewish Youth and Palestine by M. Kraicer; The Refugee Problem by Dr. James Parkes, (CBC broadcast 12. Nov. 1938).

Custodial History

The records were in the possession of Eiran Harris who was a member of the CJC National Archives committee and is an archivist at the Jewish Public Library in Montreal.

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Accession Number

1995-1-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

[ca. 1950]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a pamphlet in English and Yiddish entitled "No Gentlemen - We Will Not Be Silenced". This is a statement of the National Executive of the United Jewish People's Order to the Jewish people in Canada protesting German rearmament and release of Nazi war criminals and UJPO's opposition to the Canadian Jewish Congress' support for the rearmament.

Administrative History

The United Jewish People's Order is a nation-wide fraternal, cultural, and educational organization which offers medical benefits, educational opportunities, and cultural centres and activities. The organization began as the Labour League in 1926 and changed its name to UJPO in 1945.

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Accession Number

1998-3-32

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

3 photographs: b&w (negatives) ; 23 x 28 cm

Date

1922

Scope and Content

Accession consists of three black-and-white photographs depicting the Peretz School at 194 Beverly Street and another location at 131 Maria Street in the West Toronto Junction. Both were actually close-ups of segments of the cover of the 1922 anniversary book and are not original prints. There is also a class photograph taken in front of the Maria Street school. Standing second from the right in the back row is I. Matenko.

All three photographs were originally produced in a 1922 Workmen's Circle Anniversary Book

Administrative History

The Peretz Shules were affiliated with the Workmen's Circle, Arbeter Ring

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.

Name Access

Workmen's Circle.

Arbeter Ring.

Peretz Shule.

Peretz School

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Accession Number

1998-3-30

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

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

Date

[ca.1930]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a copy print and corresponding negative of Boruch Mordechai Himmel. Boruch also went by the name of Benjamin.

Administrative History

Boruch Himmel was the grandfather of Brooky Robins. He was a peddler who lived at 18 Kensington Avenue, Toronto. He was born in 1859 and died in December 1934. He is buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Talmud Torah Eitz Chaim section.

Subjects

Peddlers

Name Access

Himmel, Benjamin, 1859-1934

Himmel, Boruch, 1859-1934

Places

Kensington Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1998-3-10

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

[ca. 1930]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a High Holiday ticket for Beth Hamidrash Achdus Israel Umerchoz Harav Synagogue at 257 Euclid Avenue, Toronto.

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Accession Number

1998-3-35

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1885-1886

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a program for a Grand Masquerade and Fancy Dress Roller Skating Carnival held at the Princess Roller Skating Rink on December 3, 1885, and a dance card from a Purim Ball that took place at Union Hall on March 22, 1886. In addition, there is a copy of a newspaper clipping about the Purim Ball.

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Accession Number

1981-1-7

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1936

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one photocopy of the diary of Sammy Luftspring, recounting an aborted trip to Barcelona, Spain for a competition during his boycott of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.

Name Access

Luftspring, Sammy, 1916-2000

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1989-2-7

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1927-1974

Scope and Content

Accession consists of programs for music concerts in Toronto including a childrens' Yiddish concert at Farband Folk Shule (1928), the Toronto Centennial Public and High School Concert (1934), the Jewish National Choir "Hazamir" (1939-1941), Hashomer Hatzair Ninth Annual Concert (1940), The Toronto Star Good Music Concert (1955) and a concert at Beth Tikvah Synagogue (1974). There is a newspaper clipping about a choir concert at Beth Sholom Synagogue (1950). Also included are pages from a book which display cameo photos of teachers at Peretz School, and the Toronto Arbeiter Ring Workmen's Circle School and Camp Committees (1927-1928). This material was collected by Cantor Louis Danto of Toronto.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Name Access

Danto, Louis

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1998-3-11

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm and 12 x 8 cm

12 postcards : b&w ; 15 x 9 cm or smaller

Date

1909-1912

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two photographs and a collection of black-and-white postcards in with one tinted.The postcards were manufactured in Russia, Poland, and Germany and have inscriptions in Yiddish. Several feature likenesses of prominent individuals such as Sholem Asch, Sholem Aleichem, and Jacob Gordon.

Descriptive Notes

Language: Yiddish and Russian language

Places

Russia

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Accession Number

1990-10-4

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Date

1940

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one original photograph of a Consumers' Gas Labour Day Parade float that appears in front of Goel Tzedec Synagogue on University Avenue in Toronto, 1940.

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.

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Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1992-2-6

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 21 cm or smaller

Date

1991

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a colour photograph of Hanna Schusheim, Emunah Toronto Council co-president (centre) with bazaar co-chairman Agnes Deutsch (left) and Malka Deutsch; a photograph of the entrance to Pardes Shalom cemetery with (L-R) Rabbi Sheldon Steinberg, Jewish community chaplain; Sidney Freedman, founding president of Toronto Hebrew Memorial Park; Bill Draimin, current president; and Lorna Jackson, mayor of the city of Vaughan; a photograph of Rabbi Yitzchak Witty (right) and Mr and Mrs. Yitz Feldman; and a photograph of Anna Cohen and family.

Custodial History

Thes pohtographs came to the OJA from the Canadian Jewish News through Leila Speismanm, a former journalist with the paper.

Subjects

Cemeteries

Newspapers

Name Access

Canadian Jewish News

Pardes Shalom Cemetery (Toronto, Ont.)

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Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1993-3-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Date

1947

Scope and Content

This accession consists of a photograph of the London Ontario Chapter of B'nai Brith, St. Thomas, March 24, 1947. Some of the members identified include: David Rubinoff, Abe Siskind, Isaac Siskind, David Wolfe, Mayer Lerner (president), Nate Fox, Laibe Wolfe, Sam Lerner, Dr. Isadore Goedrich, Harry Silverstein (incoming president), Pat Silverstein, Bernard Wolfe, Lou Kaufman and others. The Honourable Mitchell Hepburn was speaker.

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Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1993-5-5

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Date

[ca.1932]-[ca. 1933]

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one photograph of the Dolman (Dauman) family in Chenstechov (?), Poland. In centre are mother, Gitel, and father, Leib. From left to right are children: Chaim, Berel, Rhoda, and Lipsha. Berel and Rhoda are twins.

Name Access

Dolman, Gitel

Dolman, Leib

Dolman, Chaim

Dolman, Berel

Dolman, Rhoda

Dolman, Lipsha

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1993-6-6

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 9 cm and 13 x 10 cm

Date

[ca. 1943]

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one photographic postcard and one negative of a group of girls at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering. Some of the girls have been identified as follows: Terry Krever is in front row on far left; Miss Simon (M. Shainhouse) is next to her in center; Miss Naomi Strauss is in the far left-hand corner; Mrs. Danilak is in back row, second from right; and "Creed" is in back row, far right.

Subjects

Children

Camps

Name Access

Krever, Terry

Strauss, Naomi

Danilak, Mrs.

Camp Yungvelt

Places

Pickering, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1993-6-8

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

3 photographs : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm and 13 x 18 cm

Date

1947-1948

Scope and Content

This accession consists of Evelyn Weinrib's graduation diploma from the Jewish Folk Shul (in Yiddish), a photograph from the Jewish Folk School and photographs of her class and the Senior Football team from Forest Hill Collegiate Institute.

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

There are some inscriptions on the front and back of the photographs with identifying information as well as photocopies of the photographs with identifying informaiton.

Name Access

Weinrib, Evelyn

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Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1985-1-7

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Date

[ca. 1958]-1964

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a group photo of Ray Havelock with other young men of Balfour Lodge with identifying information, a photo of Ray Havelock with Allan White and Toronto Mayor Nathan Phillips, and a photo of Ray Havelock with United Synagogue Day School students at Beth Tzedec Synagogue.

001: Ray Havelock presents shofar to USDS students, Beth Tzedec Synagouge, (Toronto, ON), ca. 1961. Identified in photo are Ray Havelock, Director of Youth (left) and Kenny Orenstein (right).

002: Members of Balfour Lodge, young men’s fundraising drive, (Toronto, ON), 1960. Photo by Barsky. Text written on reverse indicates that the photo was used for Havelock’s editorial entitled “Hogwash”. Identified in the photo: Back row (L to R): Earl Levi, Cy Flacks, Al White, Sheldon Greenberg and Lionel Miskin. Middle row (L to R): Roy Havelock, Joel Greenspan, Tom Shatsky, Henry (Shlomie) Goldbach. Front row (L to R): Leonard Sigel and Charles (Chuck) Freedman.

Havelock annotated a photocopy of this photograph identifying the eventual professions of these young men aged 17-21. Back row (L to R): Earl Levi (Chemist), Cy Flacks (Engineer), Al White (Bookkeeper), Sheldon Greenberg (TV production and Engineering), Lionel Miskin(Lawyer and member of Jewish Scholar Society). Middle row (L to R): Roy Havelock, Joel Greenspan (accountant), Tom Schatsky (worked for CIDA, Canadian International Development Agency, executive for Oxfam), Henry (Shlomie) Goldbach (Accountant and CJC). Front row (L to R): Leonard (Len) Sigal (accountant) and Charles (Chuck) Freedman (economist, Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada).

003: Balfour Lodge publicity photo, “Beacon of Hope” campaign, (Toronto, ON), ca. 1964. Photo by Mayfair Camera Centre. Identified in the photo are Alan White, Mayor Nathan Phillips and Ray Havelock.

Administrative History

Balfour Lodge was founded in 1956.

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Accession Number

1991-6-5

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 14 cm and 10 x 12 cm and 18 x 13 cm

Date

[ca.1900]-[ca. 1918]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one original photograph, one copy photograph, and one negative of Louise Cornblum's grandfather Harry Fein in front of the West Toronto Decorating store at 3132 Dundas Street West in Toronto.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1994-5-2

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

12 photographs : b&w ; 30 x 35 cm or smaller

1 folder of textual records

Date

1919-[ca.1932]

Scope and Content

This accession consists of five photographs of the Arbeiter Ring (Workmen's Circle), two photographs of unidentified men, two photographs of the Jewish brigade in Palestine after the First World War, and three photographs of Jewish soldiers in the Polish army during the interwar years. The accession also contains a small amount of textual material, related to the career of Sarah Rhinewine, Abraham's sister.

Most of the Arbeiter Ring photographs feature Abraham Rhinewine, who was a member of the Circle and also the editor of the Toronto Daily Hebrew Journal (Yiddisher Zhurnal), and Isaac Matenko, who was a teacher and principal of the Workmen's Circle Peretz School in the Junction. The photos include group portraits of members of the Circle, teachers, staff and students of the Peretz School, and a meeting of Jewish journalists at the Arbeiter Ring convention in Toronto.

Some identified individuals include: Abraham Rhinewine; I. Weinrot; Dr. S.B. Hurwich; Yisroel Meriminski; Kalman Wagner; Mr. Freeman; Mr. Coldofsky, Mr. Bromberg; Paul Frumhartz; Mr. Rigelhaupt; Mr. Kleiman; Dave Gordon; Yisroel Libman (Paul Mann); "Daddy" Brick; Isadore Tepperman; Morris Nisnevitch (Nesbitt); Shulamith Rhinewine; Helen Nelson; Eva Langbord; and Toby Rosenberg.

Custodial History

The photographs were in the possession of Aviva Bakerspigel, the daughter of Abraham Rhinewine, before they were donated to the Archives.

Administrative History

Abraham Rhinewine (1887-1932) was born in Poland and immigrated to London, England in 1902, at the age of 15. There he met his wife, Annie and together they immigrated to Toronto in 1907. They had two (possibley three) children, Shulamith and Avivah (Bakerspigel). Abraham had a sister named Sarah, who was involved with UNRAA after the Second World War and was the Assistant Director of Jewish Family and Child Services for many years. Abraham was a prominent scholar and the editor of the Toronto Daily Hebrew Journal.

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.

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Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1988-10-3

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Date

[1940 or 1941]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two copy photographs and one negative of William "Bill" Laber standing in front of S. Laber's Meat Market and Poultry (Kosher) on Harbord Street, Toronto. A small Yiddish sign in the bottom-left of the shop window certifies it as kashruth.

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

Storefronts

Poultry

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1988-10-8

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 25 cm on matte 23 x 27 cm and 19 x 24 cm on matte 21 x 24 cm

Date

[ca. 1930]-1937

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a group photograph of the Freiheit Gezang Farein Toronto (1937) and a group photograph of the Labour League Branch 3.

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.

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Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1988-11-10

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

84 photographs : b&w ; 19 x 25 cm or smaller

1 collage (9 photos)

Date

[ca.1890]-[ca.1935]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs which include portraits and group photos taken in Vilna, Poland, Montreal, Quebec, and New York. Many are photo postcards. Identified individuals include Miriam and Isadore Zelker, Benjamin and Dora Zelker and Dr. Serge Koussevitzky. In addition there is a United States Certificate of Citizenship issued to Isadore Zelker by the Supreme Court in Bronx, New York (1930), a Polish passport belonging to Mary Dreazen of Vilno (1921), and her United States States Certificate of Naturalization issued in New York in 1927. Lastly there is an undated Western Union Telegram congratulating Mr. and Mrs. Dreazen of New York on their marriage.

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Accession Number

1988-2-9

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

10 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Date

1932-1978

Scope and Content

Accession consists of copy photographs and negatives of the extended Gladstone, Naftolin and Rubinoff families and of the opening of the Mildred Arnoff Hebrew Day School at Beth Shalom Synagogue. Also included are photocopies of the 10th, 45th, and 50th Jubilee Books for the Agudas Hamishpocha (United Families) organization, and a photocopy of the Jewish Boys Club News with a story about Russell Gladstone's election as a Commissioner of the organization.

Administrative History

Agudas Hamishpocha was founded in Toronto in 1928 by members of the vast Rubinoff-Naftolin cousinhood, and was modeled after the mutual benefit societies, landsmanshaft organizations and similar associations founded by other local Jewish groups in the early twentieth century. As of 2013, this organization is still active.

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Accession Number

1988-5-4

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 16 cm

1 folder of textual records

Date

1941-1945

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a photo of Sgt. Ben Sugarman RCAF, correspondence between Pte. Jack Schwartz and Jewish Military Chaplans J. Eisen, S. Gershon Levi, and Samuel Cass, and newletters prepared by the chaplains for the Jewish troops. In addition there are copies of miscellaneous newspaper clippings about subjects such as Harry Pullan (Toronto War Savings Drive) and the Myer Cohen First World War Memorial in a church in Montreal.

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Accession Number

1989-11-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

6 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm

Date

[ca.1925]-1949

Scope and Content

Accession consists of copy photographs and negatives of Mrs. Papernick's class at Clinton Public School, a performance of Pirates of Penzance at Harbord Collegiate, and a group from Club Masada on a sleigh ride at Fantasy Farms in Toronto.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

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Accession Number

1998-5-1

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

33 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Date

1926-[ca.1945]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of original and copy photographs of the Literary Club of Toronto and a Purim play in Timmins, Ontario. In addition there is a minute book in Yiddish for the Literary Club, and a number of photographs of young people taken at Camp Yungvelt in the 1940s. Identified in the Purim play photograph (ca. 1930) Back row: Dorothy Vrovender, Carl Horowitz, [Jack Brovend], Mr. Brovender, [teacher], Esther Halperin, Cecil Hoffman, Lily Feldman, Sara Shankman, Sara Martin, and Zelda Sky. Middle row: Morris Halperin, Mitchell, Claire Korman, Ruth Halperin, Fanny Feldman, [unknown, Mitchell], Sadie Feldman, esther Shankman, [Bertha Perchesky], Mildred Buckovetsky, and Sophie Korman. Front row: Cecil Linder, Joe Greenberg, Myer Buckovetsky, Abe Martin, Joe Mallin, Vita Linder and Moses Shragg. Photoograph by the Royal Studio, A. Tomkinson, Timmins, Ont.

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Accession Number

1984-1-9

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

17 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller

Date

[ca. 1915]-[ca. 1955]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of five photographs, eight copy photographs, and four negatives which include group photographs of Elizabeth St. (Lizzies) sports teams. There is also a bar mitzvah postcard photo of the son of Mr. Ungarman from Opatow and a group photo of one man and eight women in front of a composite photo of the Ezras Noshem Society of Mount Sinai Hospital. As well, there are seventeen newspaper clippings about high school football, rugby, and basketball competitions, many including Lizzies teams.

Caption 1: Lizzies' championship rugby team, 1926. Individuals from left include, [unknown], Bob Abate (coach), [unknown], Frankel, [unknown], Morris Shapiro, Devore, Matty Eckler, [unknown], Miller, N. Davidson, [unknown], Eckler, S. Armstrong (Head of Toronto Playgrounds). Photograph by Alexandra Studios, Toronto.

Caption 2: Elizabeth Junior Playground (Lizzies) and T. And D. basketball champions, (Toronto, ON), 1928. Identified from left to right: Robert (Bob) Abate (Coach); A. Eisen (captain), forward; H. Mitchell, defence; S. Eckler, defence; P. [unknown], forward; S. Starr, forward, K. Swartz, forward; A. Levinsky, defence; H. Gallander, centre; L. Litowitz, defence; H. Silverberg, manager.

Caption 3: Rosh Hashanah greeting card picturing a young boy wearing a cap, blazer and knickers. He is also wearing a prayer shawl (tallit) and holding a prayer book (siddur). [192-?] - [193-?]. Note: Yiddish message on reverse: “Mr. Ungarman and Mrs. Ungarman wish you a happy new year.” Studio stamp on reverse: L. Surdin, Photo Studio, 16 Cameron St., Toronto.

Caption 4: Basketball Team, 1926. Identified from left, Bobkin, [Darraeh?], Bochner, Denis, Eckler, Sager, Davidson, Titus.

Administrative History

The Elizabeth St. Playground (The Lizzies) had the largest number of sports teams of any organization in Toronto. In 1928 there were seven teams.

Descriptive Notes

Identification is provided for several of the photographs.

Language note: Yiddish

Subjects

Sports teams

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1991-10-5

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

4 cm textual records

29 photographs : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm and 11 x 9 cm

Date

[196-?]-[1989]

Scope and Content

Accession includes twenty-nine photographs, most from the 1984 and 1985 Toronto Region Annual Meetings. Many are images of awards being given to outgoing and incoming presidents, and of speakers, with some group table shots.

Textual records include Toronto JIAS information and brochures, a history of the organization, meeting programs and invitations, a list of the 1969 board of directors, and a 1974 report "JIAS Background Information" by Joseph Kage. In addition there is a publicity brochure for Montreal and minutes of a JIAS-UJRA meeting in Montreal in 1975.

Custodial History

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (JIAS)

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Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1986-5-2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

15 cm of textual material

25 photographs

Date

1945-1975

Scope and Content

This accession consists of material relating to the Ostrovtzer Branch no. 7 & 27 of the United Jewish Peoples Order (UJPO) and to the Apter Friendly Society of Toronto. It appears that Morris Sternberg, the donor's husband, was a member of both and probably immigrated from Poland.

Included in the material is an Ostrovtzer Branch no. 7 UJPO minute book (1945-1947); an Ostrovtzer Branch no. 27 UJPO 20th Jubilee Banquet booklet (1953); an Apter Friendly Society concert programme at the Victory Theatre (1951); Apter Friendly Society Jubilee and Installation Banquet program (1962); Apter Friendly Society Jubilee Banquet souvenir program (1967); Apter Friendly Society minute book (1971-1975); Apter Friendly society photographs; Apter administrative material and financial documents; personal notebooks written in Yiddish; a Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home Purim card and other related material

Name Access

United Jewish Peoples Order.

Apter Friendly Society.

Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home.

Sternberg, Morris.

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Accession Number

1990-3-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w; (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Date

[ca. 1905]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Cohen and their employees on the "Cohen Dock," Sault Ste. Marie, ca. 1905, in front of the office of Cohen's Clean Coal.

Subjects

Storefronts

Name Access

Traders Metal Company (Sault Ste. Marie).

Cohen's Clean Coal (Sault Ste. Marie).

Superior Iron and Metal Company (Sault Ste. Marie).

Places

Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)

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Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1976-6-3

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

6 photographs : b&w

Date

[ca. 1912]-1930

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs documenting the Collis family of Oshawa, Ontario.

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

Families

Name Access

Berg, Helen

Berg, Morris

Collis, Anne

Collis, Ben

Collis, Eva

Collis family

Collis, Mac

Collis, Sam

Places

Oshawa (Ont.)

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Accession Number

1997-4-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

50 photographs : b&w and col. (24 negatives)

Date

1916-1988

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs and newspaper clippings documenting the life of the Levine Family. Photographs include class pictures from Port Whitby's Brock School, Purim celebrations at Oshawa's Beth Zion Synagogue, Camp Ogama staff and camper photos, Camp Winnibagoe cabin photos and Royal Winter Fair prize winning photos.

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

Camp counselors

Camps

Farms

Farm tractors

Purim

Name Access

Camp Winnebagoe

Places

Oshawa (Ont.)

Whitby (Ont.)

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1977-8-12

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graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

28 photographs : col (20 negatives) ; 9 x 13 cm and 35 mm

1 folder of textual records

Date

1955-[ca. 1970]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records related to the B'nai Jacob Congregation Sisterhood of Niagara Falls, Ontario. Included are general and executive meeting minutes as well as photographs of a Shavuot event at the synagogue. Beverly Blackstien is identified in one of the photographs.

Subjects

Synagogues

Women

Name Access

B'nai Jacob Congregation (Niagara Falls, Ont.)

Places

Niagara Falls, Ont.

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Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1982-7-6

Material Format

object

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 poster

3 cm of textual records

Artifacts

Date

1928-[ca. 1944]

Scope and Content

This accession includes a Standard Theatre poster for the play Sheindele from Slabodke, staring Mischa and Lucy German (1928). This production was also known as Papirosn-makherin (Cigarette Maker) and Reizele from Slabodke and was staged in 1927 in the Hopkinson Theatre then in Philadelphia with Clara Young, Lucy German, and Vera Rosanka.

Also included are pages from a scrapbook with Jewish Standard editorial writings from the 1930s by Hye Bossin. Topics include life on Spadina Avenue and in Kensinton Market, Yiddish entertainers, Emma Goldman's visit to Toronto, Caplan's Cafe, athletes, and the Toronto Islands. As well, there is a metal plate for F. B. Harris, circa 1944, with an inscription on it in memory of Sgt. F. B. Harris who "died in his country's service 6 June, 1944."

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: The Standard Theatre poster and Emma Goldman interview are available as digital files.

Subjects

Newspapers

Theatrical posters, Yiddish

Name Access

Bossin, Hye

Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940

Harris, Fred. B.

Standard Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

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Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1978-4-6

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 13 x 18 cm on cardboard 28 x 22 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Date

[192-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two photographs and copy negatives of small Toronto garment workshops with workers operating sewing machines.

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

Clothing workers

Name Access

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

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2004-1-6

Material Format

architectural drawing

Physical Description

7 drawings : blueline prints ; 61 x 50 cm

Date

[ca. 1923]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the Kiever Synagogue in downtown Toronto. Included are architectural drawings of south and west elevations, cross section, details of window frames and balcony basement, the ground floor, and roof and balcony plans. Benjamin Swartz was the architect.

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

Synagogue architecture

Name Access

Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Swartz, Benjamin, 1899-1961

Places

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

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Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1980-2-2

Material Format

text

graphic material

Physical Description

15 cm of textual records and other material

Date

1935-1962

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring). Included are: three architectural drawings of the summer cottage for Camp Yunvelt (Pickering, Ont.); two group portraits (one with identification and one without); a bound periodical/journal from 1935; a hardcopy of Fertsik yor arbeter-ring: a geshikhte in bilder (English: Forty Years Workmen's Circle: A History in Pictures) put out by the National Executive Committee of the Workmen's Circle in 1940; a bound periodical/journal of Kultur un dertsiung (English: Culture and Education) for the year 1942; a bound periodical/journal of Der freynd (English: The Friend) for the year 1942; a booklet by Rev. Nathan Stolnitz's titled Some of the Numerous Comments and Reviews on Music in Jewish Life (1957?); a newspaper clipping titled "A bukh vom oyngt" (English: A Book That Opens) that was published in 1957; a hardcopy of Workmen's Circle, Pioneers and Builders put out by the Workmen's Circle Pioneers and Builders Committee in 1962; and two other Yiddish-language publications that have not been identified.

Administrative History

The Workmen's Circle (Yiddish: Arbeiter Ring) was founded in the United States by Jewish immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Circle branches were established in Canada in Montreal and Toronto in 1907 and 1908. In 1917, the Toronto branches incorporated as nonprofit organization called the Arbeiter Ring. The organization celebrated its centenery in 2017.

Descriptive Notes

Language: Most of the material in the accession is in Yiddish. The drawings are in English and a few of the publications are in English and Yiddish.

Subjects

Camps

Cottages

Nonprofit organizations

Name Access

Workmen's Circle (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Pickering (Ont.)

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Accession Number

1988-5-5

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1912

Scope and Content

Accession consists of the Constitution of the Beth Israel Men of Minsk (Congregation Anshei Minsk) in the form of a small booklet. Material is in Yiddish and English.

Administrative History

The booklet belonged to Joshua Meslin, the grandfather of the donor. Joshua was a member of the congregation from its inception and its Shames for forty-two years. It was printed by the Royal Printing Company owned by Benjamin Meslin, Joshua's son.

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

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Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2004-3-2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Physical Description

ca. 3 cm of textual records and other material

7 photographs b&w and col ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Date

1900-1979

Scope and Content

This accession consists of material documenting the donor's grandparents Dora and Bernard Coffler. It includes portraits of her grandparents and an exterior photograph of the Coffler Bedding Co., activities and fiftieth wedding celebration. This accession also includes: documents such as their passports, wedding certificate and identification cards; correspondence from David Croll; press clippings relating to their wedding and anniversary; an Ezras Noshem Society pin (1927); an Adath Israel Congregation Golden Jubilee Book and key chain (1952); and a Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary 25th Anniversary Year Book.

Administrative History

Bernard and Dora Coffler arrived in Canada from Roumania in 1900 and 1901 respectively. They met in 1902 and married on 21 May 1904 in Toronto. They reportedly were the first couple to be married on a Sunday in Toronto. They had three children: Myer (1905), Goldie (1910), and Sam (1914).

The Coffler's opened up a business called Coffler Bedding Co., which was located at 391 Parliament Street.

Dora Coffler was very active in two organizations, the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE) as well as the Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary called the Ezras Noshem Society.

Bernard and Dora Coffler passed away in 1960 and 1971 respectively.

Descriptive Notes

Physical description note: includes 7 photographs, 1 key chain, 1 pin and 1 coin.

Subjects

Weddings

Storefronts

Name Access

Coffler Bedding Co.

Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Croll, David, 1900-1991

Ezras Noshem Society (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

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Accession Number

2002-10-9

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

ca. 50 photographs : b&w and col. ; 26 x 35 cm or smaller

Date

1933-1971

Scope and Content

Accession consists of textural records, including an Israel postage stamp (1954); a US postage stamp (1932); and Philip Martin's membership cards to Central High School of Commerce Literary Society (1930–31), Central Commerce Association (1933–34), Central High School of Commerce Old Boys' and Girls' Association (1932–33), General Accountants Association (1933–34), Aleph Zadik Aleph of the B’nai Brith (1934), Kibitzers Klub, and the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild. The photo collection consists of studio portraits of various family members and a photograph of the exterior of United Clothing Store at Queen and Soho Streets in Toronto.

Administrative History

Philip Martin (5 Nov. 1913–20 Dec. 2002), the son of David Martin (b. ca. 1881, Romania) and Clara (née Herman) Martin (b. ca. 1884, Romania), was born in Ontario, Canada. In 1921, the Martin family lived in Toronto Ward 4, Kensington Market, at 59 Leonard Ave. Philip’s father David was a salesman for United Clothing Stores and his mother Clara was a homemaker who eventually worked as a saleslady (1931). In 1939, Philip married Dr. Laura (Lottie) (née Levine) Martin. Dr. Laura Levine graduated from University of Toronto medical school in 1938. She was one of 10 women to graduate in a class of 110 students. She continued her graduate studies, worked for a time at Windsor's Grace Hospital and eventually specialized in Dermatology. At one point, Phillip and Laura settled in Hamilton where Philip ran a successful sporting goods store. With an ambition to improve himself, Philip pursued a career in chiropractic medicine. He graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 1966 and went on to run a private practice for 20 years. Philip and Laura returned to Toronto in 1970 and Philip joined the CMCC staff as a clinician in 1980. He went on to specialize in the field of nutrition.

Subjects

Families

Storefronts

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