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

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

Personal series

Personal awards and tributes sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

52

Series

8-1

File

9

Material Format

textual record

Date

1980-1981

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Name Access

Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

576

Material Format

graphic material

Date

7 Dec. 1981

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of four negatives of men at the Primrose Club. Identified in the negatives are Issy Sharp and Mark Gryfe, and (possibly) Allan Offman.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Name Access

Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Clubs

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Philip Givens fonds

Jewish communal series

Level

File

Fonds

51

Series

9

File

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

27 Nov. 1965

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Primrose Club was founded in Toronto in 1907 as the Cosmopolitan Club, an elite Jewish men's social club. In 1959, the club's building at 41 Willcocks Street was expropriated by the University of Toronto (and currently houses the university's Faculty Club), and the club subsequently moved to a new building at Russell Road & St. Clair, designed by Kaplan & Sprachman. It has since been demolished and a condominium has been put up in its place by Ken Rotenberg, a Toronto developer.

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph of Phil and Min Givens attending an event at the Primrose Club.

Name Access

Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Physical Condition

Photograph has many stress and crease marks

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

459

Material Format

graphic material

Date

20 Nov. 1979

Physical Description

6 photographs : b&w (5 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 28 x 28 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph and five negatives of a UJA meeting at the Primrose Club. In some of the negatives, men may be holding pledge cards.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.

Name Access

Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Philip Givens fonds

Metropolitan Toronto Police Commission series

Official engagements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

51

Series

5-3

File

14

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1984

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Primrose Club was founded in Toronto in 1907 as the Cosmopolitan Club, an elite Jewish men's social club. In 1959, the club's building at 41 Willcocks Street was expropriated by the University of Toronto (and currently houses the university's Faculty Club), and the club subsequently moved to a new building at Russell Road & St. Clair, designed by Kaplan & Sprachman. It has since been demolished and a condominium has been put up in its place by Ken Rotenberg, a Toronto developer.

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens meeting with a group of Police Chiefs. Identified in the photograph are (left to right): James Mackie, Harold Adamson, Jack Ackroyd, Jack Marks, Phil Givens.

Name Access

Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Police

Places

Russell Hill Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Saint Clair Avenue West (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

555

Material Format

graphic material

Date

22 Sept. 1981

Physical Description

5 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 28 x 28 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of four negatives and one photograph of the Food and Services Division at the Primrose Club. Identified on the back of the photo are Aaron Bitman, Don Rich, Hersh Taylor, and Larry Crystal.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Name Access

Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Clubs

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4200

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1930

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 55 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a panoramic photograph of children at the Primrose Club in Toronto at 41 Willcocks Street. Identified individuals include: Herbert Epstein, Bert Rosenberg, Boris Adelberg, Ruthetta Kaplan Reiss, Joseph Kronick, Cliff Solway, Gil Shully, Joel Freisman, Sheldon Kert, Selma Vise Lichtman, Martin Factor, Sid Schipper, Ken Rotenberg, Earl Rotenberg, Mandel Sprachman, Ira Pollock.

Notes

Please see accession record for locations of cited individuals.

Name Access

Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Children

Parties

Portraits, Group

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.

Creator

The Panoramic Camera Company

Places

Willcocks Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1987-9-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Brown fonds

Jewish community building plans and drawings series

Level

File

Fonds

49

Series

1

File

9

Material Format

architectural drawing

Date

[ca.1921]

Physical Description

1 architectural drawing : pencil and hand col. pencil crayon on cardboard ; 42 x 54 cm

Admin History/Bio

Originally named the Cosmopolitan Club, the Primrose Club was as an elite Jewish men's club (women were allowed to join in later years) that was founded in 1909 by prominent members of the Jewish Community. The building housing the club was located at 41 Willcocks Street, and was originally built in the 1880s as the residence of the Campbell family. In 1921, the home was redesigned by Benjamin Brown and Robert McConnell as the new home of the Primrose Club. In 1959, it was appropriated by the University of Toronto and is currently the home of the University of Toronto Faculty Club. It was designated as a heritage building in 1980.

Scope and Content

File consists of an elevation drawing of the Primrose Club at 41 Willcocks Street.

Notes

See - http://magazine.utoronto.ca/feature/history-of-faculty-club-u-of-t/ - for a more detailed history of the building.

Name Access

Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Clubs

Places

Willcocks Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

65

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1973

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of two photographs from a Women's Division campaign meeting at the Primrose Club. The first photo depicts the Division listening to a speaker; the second photo depicts the speaker, Murray Koffler, at the podium addressing the group.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.

Name Access

Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1646

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1921]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

This print is a reproduction of an architectural drawing of the Primrose Club in Toronto.

Name Access

Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

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.

Related Material

See fonds 49, series 1, file 9 for the original drawing.

Places

Willcocks Street (Toronto, Ont.)

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

Level

Item

Item

2556

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1931

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

For identification notes, please see accession record.

Name Access

Bialik Club

Farband

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-3-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2557

Material Format

graphic material

Date

March 1928

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Farband

Poalei Zion

Yehoash

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-3-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2561

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1927

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

For identification notes, please see accession record.

Notes

Photo by Modern Studio, 452 Queen St. W., Toronto.

Name Access

Sholom Aleichem Club

Farband

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-3-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2559

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1933

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of members of the Moses Hess, Young Poalei Zion Club.

Top row: Louis Lazoniek; Daniel Jessel; [?] Garber; Akiva Skidell, [unidentified]; Ben Harold.

Fourth row: Joshua Wohlgelenter; Hymie Kirshenbaum; Al Pearlstein; David Wise; Sam Greenbaum; Louis Sand.

Third row: Harrie Steiner; Sadie Sorosky (m. Roebuck); Lillian Dworkin (m. Singer); Sophie Chait; Esther Sorosky (m. Steinhouse); [unidentified]; [unidentified].

Second row: Sol Barkai (Borkofsky); Ben Taub; Jacob Katzman; Zalman Yonai (Yanofsky); [unidentified]; George Steinhouse.

Front row: Esther Wallerstein (m. Grant); Elsie Freeman (m. Harold); [Mucie?] Brick (m. Kaplansky); Pearl Tennenbaum (m. Boxenbaum); [unidentified].

Name Access

Chait, Sophie

Farband

Hess, Moses

Poalei Zion

Roebuck, Sadie

Sorosky, Sadie

Sorosky, Esther

Steinhouse, Esther

Subjects

Clubs

Labor Zionism

Portraits, Group

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

1981-3-5

Source

Archival Descriptions