- Accession Number
- 2009-6-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-6-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph: b&w ; 25 x 20 cm
- Date
- 1923, 1932, 1960
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the naturalization certificate of Harold Kaplan, a souvenir program from his stag party, and an original photograph of New Year's Eve 1959–1960 at the Primrose Club.
- Administrative History
- Harold Solomon Kaplan (1895–1973) was a Toronto-based architect who, in partnership with Abraham Sprachman in the firm Kaplan & Sprachman, was well-known for the design of art deco and art moderne movie theatres in the 1930s and 1940s and for designing buildings for Jewish communities across Canada from the 1930s to the 1960s.
- Descriptive Notes
- Photograph #6561 is a copy of this original.
- Related records may be found in the Harold S. Kaplan fonds 27.
- Name Access
- Kaplan, Harold, 1895-1973
- Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Mimi Wise fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 16; Item 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Mimi Wise fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 16
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (jpg)
- Admin History/Bio
- Joseph Marin was a founder of the Beach Hebrew Institute and was involved in the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan and Farband.
- Scope and Content
- This item is an electronic copy photograph of a portrait of Joseph Marin.
- Name Access
- Beach Hebrew Institute (Toronto, Ont.)
- Farband
- Toronto Hebrew Free Loan
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2006-9-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Other organizations series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 18 cm on matte 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the exterior of the Primrose Club on Willcocks Street in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Clubs
- 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
- Willcocks Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2919
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2919
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [19--]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- For identification, see accession record.
- Notes
- Photo by Schlochter.
- Name Access
- Farband
- Subjects
- Students
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1268
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1268
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- This photograph was taken at the Borochov Branch's 25th anniversary banquet.
- Name Access
- Borochov
- Farband
- Jewish Organizations
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2918
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2918
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1945]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- For identification notes, please see accession record.
- Top row, far left: [?] Rigelhoff, choir master.
- Name Access
- Farband
- Subjects
- Students
- 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
- Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2915
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2915
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1945]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- For identification notes, please see accession record.
- Name Access
- Farband
- Subjects
- Students
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-4-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1617
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1617
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1939 or 1940]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Notes
- Photo by Modern Studio
- Name Access
- Farband
- Independent Workers' Circle Joint Committee
- Leivick, H.
- Jewish Organizations
- Subjects
- Committees
- Lectures and lecturing
- 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
- Toronto Islands (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2319
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2319
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Menachovsky, M.
- Poalei Zion
- Farband
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Dinners and dining
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-9-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4749
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4749
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1948 and 1952]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Copy photograph of Club One, Pioneer Women, Cecil Street, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Club One Pioneer Women
- Farband
- Subjects
- Clubs
- Women
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-2-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 27
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- [ca.1910]-1968
- Physical Description
- 345 architectural drawings and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Harold Solomon Kaplan (1895-1973) was a Toronto-based architect who, in partnership with Abraham Sprachman in the firm Kaplan & Sprachman, was well-known for the design of Art deco and Art moderne movie theatres in the 1930s and 1940s and for designing buildings for Jewish communities across Canada from the 1930s to the 1960s.
- Kaplan was born 10 Sept. 1895, in Bucharest, Romania. At the age of three, he and his widowed mother, Tillie Hohan, moved to London, England, and in 1902 they moved to Toronto where his mother subsequently married Frank Kaplan. While in his teens, Kaplan spent time in Philadelphia living with an uncle and studying draftsmanship. Upon returning to Toronto, Kaplan attended Toronto Technical School where he took courses in architecture and building construction. He also served an apprenticeship with the architect Henry Simpson. In 1919-1920, Kaplan worked for the firm of Page & Warrington, before establishing Kaplan & Sprachman with Abraham Sprachman in 1922. In 1923, he married Dorothy Spain. They had two daughters, Phyllis (Pepper) and Ruthetta (Reiss).
- Kaplan & Sprachman were best known for their more than 300 movie theatre projects completed from the 1920s to the 1960s, designing and renovating theatres across Canada in progressive "modern" styles and using innovative building materials. In 1937, they were awarded the bronze medal in the Sixth Biennial Toronto Exhibition for their interiors to the Eglinton Theatre (400 Eglinton Ave. W.) in Toronto, considered to be the finest example of their Art deco design work.
- Over the course of their careers, they designed many synagogues for the Jewish community, such as the Anshei Minsk and Shaarei Shomayim synagogues in Toronto, Beth Israel Synagogue, Edmonton, and Beth Israel Synagogue in Vancouver. They also designed the new Mount Sinai Hospital, the Oakdale Golf & Country Club, the Jewish Home for the Aged (Baycrest), and the Jewish Community Centres of Toronto and Hamilton. Their design for the Oakdale Golf & Country Club was chosen as a Canadian entrant in the Arts Competition of the 14th Olympic Games in London, 1948.
- In addition to the projects already mentioned, Kaplan & Sprachman worked on retail stores, warehouses and factories, apartment buildings, and single family residences. Their partnership continued until 1965, when the firm of Kaplan & Sprachman was dissolved as of 30 October 1965. Kaplan continued to work as an architectural consultant for several years after this date. Harold Kaplan died 1 April 1973 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
- Kaplan was a member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the Ontario Association of Architects, and the Province of Quebec Association of Architects. Kaplan & Sprachman's contribution to the architecture profession was recognized by the Ontario Association of Architects when both Kaplan's and Abraham Sprachman's names were entered on the Honor Roll for prominent members of the profession, established by the association in 1989.
- Scope and Content
- The fonds documents Kaplan's work as an architect from the 1930s to the 1960s with Kaplan & Sprachman and some of the consulting work he undertook after the dissolution of the partnership in 1965, primarily through architectural drawings and photographs. The preponderance of the materials relates to a series of renovations of Loew's Yonge Street Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto, now the Elgin Theatre) and the Uptown Theatre (764 Yonge St., Toronto, just South of Bloor St.) between the 1930s and 1960s, and Kaplan & Sprachman's design of the Primrose Club (Russell Hill Rd at St. Clair Ave., Toronto) in 1958-1959. There is also a large number of photographs by commercial photographers of movie theatres designed or renovated by Kaplan & Sprachman.
- Project records are arranged chronologically, with sub-sub-series defined for successive projects at the same site. Some of the materials document project proposals which were not carried out (e.g., proposed renovations of the Winter Garden Theatre).
- Other series in the fonds contain business correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning Kaplan & Sprachman projects, and a small amount of personal material such as family photographs, awards Kaplan received over the years for his design work and a colour photocopy of the invitation to Kaplan's stag party in 1923.
- Notes
- Includes: 132 photographs (131 b&w, including 8 negatives; 1 col.), 8 cm of textual records, and 1 bronze medal.
- Name Access
- Kaplan, Harold S., 1895-1973
- Kaplan & Sprachman (Firm)
- Loew's Yonge Street Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)
- Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)
- Uptown Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)
- Winter Garden Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)
- Physical Condition
- Some of the blueprints and drawings are torn or water-damaged. All of the architectural drawings are currently stored in rolls.
- Related Material
- Accession 2003-7-1 contains additional photographs of buildings designed or renovated by Kaplan & Sprachman, as well as a copy of a published inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman movie theatre projects, compiled by Mandel Sprachman from Kaplan & Sprachman records
- Mina Sprachman, widow of Abraham Sprachman, discusses Kaplan & Sprachman in oral history recording AC-142
- Kaplan & Sprachman records can also be found in the Mandel Sprachman fonds, at the City of Toronto Archives
- Creator
- Kaplan, Harold S., 1895-1973
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- 2004-3-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions