- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 6080
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6080
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910s-1920s]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Joseph Graner, son of Leizer and Chaya Graner, was born in Russian-controlled Ukraine in 1879. He was educated in cheders and emigrated to England in the early twentieth century, where he remained for two and a half years. He settled in Toronto in 1907. He was the founder and first president of the Hebrew National Association and one of the founders of the Kehillah of Toronto. He was on the Board of the United Orthodox Synagogues of Canada, the Hebrew Free School, the Old Folks Home and the Goel Zedeck Synagogue. He was president of the Ukraine Verband of Toronto and Ontario in 1919, and directed the relief campaigns for the distressed. He was also chairman of the Ukraine Orphans' Campaign and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in July 1919. He had three children: Harry, Irwin, and Ida.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of exterior of Graner & Company Bankers and steamship agents, Queen St. W., Toronto, n.d. Probably 1920s (perhaps 1910s). Standing in doorway is Joseph Graner.
- Name Access
- Graner & Company Bankers
- Graner, Joseph
- 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
- 1991-5-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1188
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1188
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Bucovetsky Bros. Furnishings store exterior in Timmins, Ontario. The photograph was taken after the Timmins explosion. Several men are standing in front of the store, which has one window boarded up and the other missing its glass.
- Name Access
- Bucovetsky Bros. Furnishings
- 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
- Timmins (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-10-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1189
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1189
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Bucovetsky Bros. Furnishings store exterior in Timmins, Ontario. The photograph was taken after the Timmins explosion. Several men are standing in front of the store, which has one window boarded up and the other missing its glass. The Belanger Shaving Parlour can be seen next door. Several garments are hanging on the wood that is covering the broken window.
- Name Access
- Bucovetsky Bros. Furnishings
- 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
- Timmins (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-10-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions