- 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
- Part Of
- Henry Weingluck fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 44
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1941]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- George Simon (1919–1981) was the son of Etta Simon and Ephraim Simon. Fred is Ben and Sue Simon's son.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of George Simon with nephew Fred in front of Simon's Book Store at 549 Dundas Street, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Simon, George
- Simon's Book Store
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Henry Weingluck fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 44
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Etta Simon (née Blieberg) standing outside the front window of her store, Simon's Book Store, at 549 Dundas Street West, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Simon, Etta
- Simon's Book Store
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Henry Weingluck fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 44
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ben, George and Irving were the sons of Etta and Ephraim Simon.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Ben Simon, George Simon, and Irving Simon in front of Simon's Book Store at 549 Dundas Street, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Simon, Al
- Simon, Ben
- Simon, George
- Simon's Book Store
- Subjects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions