Accession Number

2007-5-4

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 item

Date

1985

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one Shopsy's Delicatessen menu from March 1985. The deli introduced a new menu on 1 April 1985. It is a laminated, oversized, three-panel menu and is from the deli located at Yonge and Front Streets, across from the former O'Keefe Centre.

Administrative History

Harry and Jennie Shopsowitz started the family business, Shopsy's Delicatessen, in 1921. The first location was on Spadina Avenue at Dundas Street and was initially an ice-cream parlour, although they quickly converted it into a delicatessen in 1922. Shopsy's became an institution in the city where the likes of Bob Hope, Al Waxman, Dennis Hull and Scotty Bowman were regular customers. Harry's three sons took over the business in 1947. The brothers, Sam and Israel, expanded the business by packaging and distributing their hotdogs and corned beef to grocery stores. Sam Shopsowitz, the more gregarious of the two brothers, was known as the "Corned Beef King."

Subjects

Food

Business

Restaurants

Name Access

Shopsy's Delicatessen (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2016-12-63

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

textual record

Physical Description

19 photographs : col. (jpgs) ; 72 MB

1 folder of textual records

Date

[2014?]-2016

Scope and Content

Accession consists of 19 digital photos of Shoresh activities including beekeeping, farming, the Kavanah Garden in Vaughan, Maxie's Garden in Kensington Market, a map of Bela Farm in Hillsburgh, and gardening at Baycrest. Also included is a copy of Shoresh 2016 Year in Review.

Administrative History

Shoresh is a grassroots Jewish environmental organization in Southern Ontario. They exist to nurture a regional Jewish community that sees environmental ethics as a core element of Jewish identity, and is actively committed to responsible stewardship of the earth. They do this through educational programs that link Jewish texts and teachings with experiences of awe and wonder of the natural world; leadership opportunities that invest in the next generation of Jewish environmental leaders; and responsive action including environmental advocacy and the production of sustainable products that enrich Jewish life. They operate out of Shoresh’s Kavanah Garden in Vaughan, Bela Farm in Hillsburgh, and through schools, synagogues, camps, and community organizations throughout the Greater Toronto Area.

Descriptive Notes

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION NOTE: There is a PDF version of image #19 of Bela Farm

Subjects

Agriculture

Food

Name Access

Shoresh (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2016-11-3

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. (jpg) ; 10.3 MB

Date

2013

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one digital photo of Ran Goel with produce. This is a publicity photo for Fresh City Farms.

Administrative History

Fresh City Farms is Canada’s largest commercial city farm located on six acres at Downsview Park in Toronto. Its mission is to create and perfect new ways to connect food makers and eaters. Founder Ran Goel lists “his grandmother’s stories about growing up on a Kibbutz, feeling democracy awaken in his childhood home of South Africa and his mom’s stuffed peppers” as inspiration.

Subjects

Agriculture

Farms

Food

Name Access

Fresh City Farms

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

1780

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1914

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Name Access

Duke St. School

Subjects

Children

Education

Food

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

1979-9-42

Source

Archival Descriptions