Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1900]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a copy portrait of the Abramsky children, identified from left to right as: Ida, Katherine (Gould), Harry, Edith (Mrs. Hillel Weinberg, Toronto), Moe.

Notes

Original photograph by D. A. Weese, Elite Studio, Kingston.

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

Children

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

Kingston (Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-7-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3362

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1913]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 14 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

Bunny was born in 1910, Ida in 1911 and Rita in 1908. There were five other children in the Moses family: Wolfe (b. 1913), Malca (b. 1915), Aubey (b. 1917), Nat (b. 1919), and Sid (b. 1921). Their parents were Hascal and Annie Moses.

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of siblings Bunny, Ida and Rita Moses as children.

Notes

Original photograph by J.A. McDonald, Sudbury.

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

Children

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

Sudbury (Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-10-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3778

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1914]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia toned

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait taken at a studio with a backdrop of Niagara Falls. Rebecca is on the far left and her brother Louis is in the middle. The other two individuals are either family members or friends. It was likely taken before her husband and Louis enlisted in the military during the First World War.

Name Access

Ross, Lou

Rotenberg, Lou

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

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

Niagara Falls (Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-7-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

737

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1943

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of David Platnick in cadet uniform crouched down and holding his sister Marilyn Platnick.

Notes

Acquired June 28, 1976.

Name Access

Platnick, David

Platnick, Marilyn

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

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.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2947

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1925

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Identified in this photograph from left to right are: Becky (Cooper) Trachter and her brother Art Cooper. Becky Cooper married Harry Trachter and had three children: Booky (Kwart), Sylvia (Consky) and Norman Trachter.

Name Access

Cooper, Art

Cooper, Becky

Trachter, Becky

Trachter's Milk Store

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

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

Kensington Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-8-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Melamed fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

7

Item

23

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[190-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait photograph of Morris Melamed with his sister, taken in Russia.

Name Access

Melamed, Morris

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

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

Russia

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Child portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

3

Item

23

Material Format

graphic material

Date

15 Dec. 1945

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 12 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of two children, age apprixamtely 6 and 1 years old, seated facing the camera. There is a strong likelihood that the wrong name was assigned to this negative by Sylvia as the Rasminsky family do not recognize these children.

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Child portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

3

Item

31

Material Format

graphic material

Date

5 May 1945

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 11 x 8 cm

Admin History/Bio

Adrian Seguin and Natalie Seguin were the children of Bertha "Tutzi" Haspel Seguinn and Georges Seguin. Adrian and Natalie shared a younger sister, Yvonne Seguin, who is not pictured in this photograph (she may have been a baby or not yet born when the photograph was taken).

Georges Sequin's birth name was Simon Segal. He changed his name when he came to Canada from Romania in order to avoid having a more Jewish name. Bertha's birth name was Bertha Haspel; "Tutzi" was her nickname.

Scope and Content

Item is a black-and-white portrait of siblings Adrian Seguin and Natalie Seguin. Adrian and Natalie appear to be between the ages of six and eight in the photograph and are seated together on a ledge. Adrian has his hand on his knee; Natalie has both of her hands in her lap.

Name Access

Seguin, Adrian

Seguin, Natalie

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Child portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

3

Item

40

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jan. 1953

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 11 x 8cm

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of a brother and sister leaning against a chair, the sister in front of the bother while facing the camera.

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Portraits sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-1

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1951

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Ralph Halbert was born in 1930 to Hyman and Faye Halbert. He is eldest brother to Dr. Gerald Halbert and Mrs. Rhoda Brown (née Halbert). Gerald Halbert was born in 1935, and Rhoda Brown (née Halbert) was born in an unknown year. Their mother Faye was Sylvia Schwartz's cousin on her mother's side.

Ralph Halbert graduated from North Toronto Collegiate in 1948 and went on to attain his medical degree from the University of Toronto.

Since the early 1960s, he has been actively involved and supportive of the UJA and the Jewish community both in Toronto and Israel. In 1977, as the president of the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University, Ralph and his wife Rosyln established the Programme of Canadian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1995 it was renamed the Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies. The centre fosters research and promotes the understanding and knowledge of Canadian civilization in all its aspects among Israeli academics and the public at large. The Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies' activities focus on research, publications, public lectures, visiting professors program, courses in Canadian studies, library resources, and conferences.

Gerald Halbert received his medical degree in 1960 from the University of Toronto. He was married in 1960 to Sandra ("Tootsie") Sukerman (m. Halbert), and they have two daughters: Wendy and Michelle. Around that time, he became very involved in the Jewish community, first volunteering for the UJA in 1960 and then traveling to Israel on a UJA Young Leadership Mission in 1962. Inspired and awed by the country, his lifelong commitment to the community was solidified. Since that time, he has held many volunteer leadership roles within the Toronto community, including: chair and/or co-chair for three UJA Federation campaigns and president of United Israel Appeal of Canada and of Canadian Friends of Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has also been active in the development of the Wolfond Centre for Jewish Campus Life at the University of Toronto.

Outside of the Jewish community, he has helped to raise funds for and establish several research chairs at the University of Toronto and University Health Network and is a member of the Mount Sinai Hospital Board of Governors. He is a member of the Toronto General and Western Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, where he has volunteered significant time to a number of fundraising initiatives including the Spark of Life and Neurosurgery Chair Campaigns. He is also board champion for the Krembil Neuroscience Centre’s Krembil Discovery Tower and Krembil Neuro Program.

In 2002, he was awarded the Order of Canada for his lifelong commitment and contributions to his community.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Rhoda, Ralph and Gerald Halbert.

Notes

This listing only contains a negative, no proofs.

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

Family Gathering at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

1

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

July 1941

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Herbert Solway received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1955. He was called to the Bar in 1957. Herbert was a founding member of Goodmans LLP, joining the firm in 1955. He has played a significant role in helping build the foundation of the firm, serving as its chair from 1980 to 1992. He served as a Chariman until 1994 and Partner until 1998. He continues to serve as Counsel to Goodmans. He was appointed to the Queen's Counsel in 1968.

Herbert has also been a Director of Gluskin Sheff and Associates Inc. since May 2006. He is a Director of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Founding director of the Tarragon Theatre Company. He was a Founding director of Sun Media Corporation, as well as a Director of John Labatt Ltd.

Carol Solway is the daughter of Alex and Fanny Solway, brother of Herbert Solway and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Herbert and Carol Solway.

Notes

This item has no proofs.

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

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 80 for portraits of the Solway families.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

Candid Photographs from the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

5

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1955

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 14 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Herbert Solway received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1955. He was called to the Bar in 1957. Herbert was a founding member of Goodmans LLP, joining the firm in 1955. He has played a significant role in helping build the foundation of the firm, serving as its chair from 1980 to 1992. He served as a Chariman until 1994 and Partner until 1998. He continues to serve as Counsel to Goodmans. He was appointed to the Queen's Counsel in 1968.

Herbert has also been a Director of Gluskin Sheff and Associates Inc. since May 2006. He is a Director of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Founding director of the Tarragon Theatre Company. He was a Founding director of Sun Media Corporation, as well as a Director of John Labatt Ltd.

Carol Solway is the daughter of Alex and Fanny Solway, sister of Herbert Solway and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Herbert and Carol Solway.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-2_f5_i1.

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 80, series 5 for more photographs of the Solway family.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Al Gilbert portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

4

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

The generation of Posluns captured in this photograph were the children of Sheindel and Abraham Isaac Posluns. They had seven children named: Abe, Louis, Sam, Joseph, Gertie, Sarah and Anne.

Abe was born in 1908. He married Elsie Posluns and had three children named: Alan Irwin, Dorothy Hildred, and Richard Wilfred Joel. Abe Posluns was a financier and was actively involved in the Toronto Jewish community.Moreover, at different points in his life, he was president of the United Community Fund of Greater Toronto, president of the Jewish Home for the Aged, President of Baycrest Hospital, Honorary Vice-President for United Jewish Welfare Fund, Director and Executive of New Mount Sinai Hospital, Director of YW-YMHA, Director of Canadian Welfare Council, and a member of B'nai B'rith, Primrose Club, and Oakdale Golf and Country Club.

Louis Posluns was married to Leah and they had three sons: Wilfred, Jack and Irving. Louis was the Presdient of YMHA and a founding member of Beth Tzedec Congregation. Louis and his brother Jospeh started a family business called Superior Cloak; all four brothers became involved in the business, which in turn led to the creation of several other successful organizations.

Sam Posluns was Past President of the Board of Jewish Education.

The Posluns family was involved in many philanthropic ventures, which included a donation to the Baycrest Hospital to help fund a centre devoted to helping seniors who suffer from dementia as a result of strokes. The Louis and Leah Posluns Centre for Stroke and Cognition opened in 2000. The Leah Posluns Theatre located at the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre was also funded by the Poslun family.

Scope and Content

Photograph is of the Posluns siblings. Seated from left to right are Gertie Wasserman, Joseph and Louis. Standing from left to right are Sam, Abe, Sarah Bernstein and Anne Straus.

Name Access

Posluns

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

Portraits, Group

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.

Related Material

1997-7-6 Sam Posluns fonds

1999-12-2 Leah Posluns Theatre

2004-5-79 Posluns family memorabilia

Oral History #AC 214 Abe Posluns

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

15

File

37

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Leah Gittel, Rohama Lee, and David Isar were the first, second, and third children born to Ida and Isidore Siegel.

Leah Gittel moved to the United States to study nursing. She met and married Rabbi Jerome Labovitz in Philadelphia.

Rohama graduated from the University of Toronto and became a writer. She was a journalist in Canada during the late 1930s and early 1940s. She then moved to the United States in the 1940s and lived in New York City. She co-wrote the 1943 film "Tonight We Raid Calais" and the 1938 film "We're Going to Be Rich" and several short film scripts for the Office of War Information during the Second World War. Later, she edited Film News, a leading film industry magazine.

David served in the Second World War as a flight lieutenant in the RCAF. He graduated from McMaster University and the Ontario College of Education and became a public school teacher. He later moved to the United States and became executive director of several synagogues and Jewish centres in New York and New Jersey. David married Ada Steinberg.

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of the Steinberg siblings. Identified from left, Shulamit, Ada and Leo Steinberg. Judging by the clothing, the photograph was likely taken around 1940.

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

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.

Accession Number

1988-2-13

Source

Archival Descriptions