- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- The People's Olympics, in Barcelona, Spain was intended as a protest event against the 1936 Summer Olympics planned for Berlin during the period of Nazi rule. The newly-elected, left-wing Popular Front government in Spain decided to boycott the Berlin Olympics and host its own games following its election in February 1936. Invitations were made to the nations of the world. Buildings built for the 1929 World's Fair were supposed to be used for an Olympic Village. The games were scheduled to be held from 19 July to 26 July and would have therefore ended six days prior to the start of the Berlin games.
- A total of 6,000 athletes from twenty-two nations registered for the games, including boxers Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack from Canada.
- Many of the athletes were sent by trade unions, workers' clubs and associations, socialist and Communist parties, and other left-wing groups rather than by state-sponsored committees. Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack were sent with donations from the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War just as the games were to begin, the alternate games were cancelled.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack in a casual boxing match on route to Barcelona for the People's Olympics aboard the SS Alaunia.
- Notes
- Image is located on Page 11 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Subjects
- Boxing matches
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- The People's Olympics, in Barcelona, Spain was intended as a protest event against the 1936 Summer Olympics planned for Berlin during the period of Nazi rule. The newly-elected, left-wing Popular Front government in Spain decided to boycott the Berlin Olympics and host its own games following its election in February 1936. Invitations were made to the nations of the world. Buildings built for the 1929 World's Fair were supposed to be used for an Olympic Village. The games were scheduled to be held from 19 July to 26 July and would have therefore ended six days prior to the start of the Berlin games.
- A total of 6,000 athletes from twenty-two nations registered for the games, including boxers Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack from Canada.
- Many of the athletes were sent by trade unions, workers' clubs and associations, socialist and Communist parties, and other left-wing groups rather than by state-sponsored committees. Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack were sent with donations from the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War just as the games were to begin, the alternate games were cancelled.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is of Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack in a casual boxing match on their way to Barcelona and the People's Olympics aboard the SS Alaunia.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 19 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Subjects
- Boxing matches
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 21
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of members of the Luftspring family at the Slipia Synagogue Section of Dawes Road Cemetery in Scarborough, Ontario. Sammy's mother, Bella Luftspring, passed away on 24 March 1940. The family is standing around her grave stone. Sammy Luftspring is seen on the left side of the image.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 35 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Subjects
- Sepulchral monuments
- 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
- Scarborough (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 28
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 10 May 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Sammy Luftspring refereeing a fight between George Chuvalo and Jimmy Ellis at Maple Leaf Gardens.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 18 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Name Access
- Chuvalo, George, 1937-
- Ellis, Jimmy, 1940-2014
- Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd.
- Subjects
- Boxing matches
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
