- Level
- Item
- ID
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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
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Jewish clubs, businesses and organizations series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 8
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca.1944]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is of Louis Ruben standing outside of his tailoring store, which was located at 248 Royce Avenue in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Louis Ruben Hand Tailored Clothes
- Ruben, Louis
- Subjects
- Storefronts
- Tailors
- 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
- Royce Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Nathan Gilbert portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 8
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1935]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is an image depicting the storefront of Louis Ruben's Hand Tailored Clothes, which is advertising a fourteenth-anniversary sale. Louis Ruben's Hand Tailored Clothes was located at 248 Royce Avenue.
- Name Access
- Ruben, Louis
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Special sales
- 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
- Royce Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions