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Jewish Student Federation, York University [textual record] – 1975.

Accession Number: 1979-9-16

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1979-9-16

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1975

Scope and Content: Accession consists of textual records relating to a "Teach-In on Israel" held at the university on 22 January 1975. There is also an announcement of a meeting of the Revolutionary Marxist Group at York.

MG_RG: MG2 P1d

Subjects: Education; Children; Politics and government

Name Access: Jewish Student Federation (York University)

Source: Archival Accessions

The Strand Theatre, Kirkland Lake, Ontario [graphic material] – 1976.

Level: Item

ID: Item 876

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 876

Material Format: graphic material

Responsibility: Duke Studio

Date: 1976

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original print of the Strand Theatre in Kirkland Lake, which was built in the 1920s by the Kaplan brothers with the help of Harry Oakes.

Name Access: Kaplan; Oakes, Harry; Strand Theatre (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Subjects: Theaters

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: Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Former Uptown Theatre, Kirkland Lake, Ontario [graphic material] – 1976.

Level: Item

ID: Item 893

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 893

Material Format: graphic material

Responsibility: Duke Studios

Date: 1976

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original print of the former Uptown Theatre, built by the Kaplan brothers in the 1930s and then converted to use as Children's Aid offices and apartments.

Name Access: Kaplan; Uptown Theatre (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Subjects: Architecture; Theaters

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: Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Louis and Jenny Fingold outside their Elmwood Theatre (London, ON) [graphic material] – 15 May 1947.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3256

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3256

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 15 May 1947

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 7 x 12 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original print and copy negative of Louis and Jenny Fingold standing with their daughter in front of their Elmwood Theatre in London, Ontario.

Name Access: Elmwood Theatre (London, Ont.); Fingold, Jenny; Fingold, Louis

Subjects: Families; Theaters

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: London (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1982-6-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Louis and Jenny Fingold outside their Elmwood Theatre (London, ON) [graphic material] – 15 May 1947.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3257

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3257

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 15 May 1947

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 8 x 7 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original print and copy negative of Louis and Jenny Fingold, and their daughter, standing in front of their Elmwood Theatre in London, Ontario.

Name Access: Elwood Theatre (London, Ont.); Fingold, Jenny; Fingold, Louis

Subjects: Families; Theaters

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: London (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1982-6-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Esther Fingold and son in front of the Capitol Theatre (Meaford, ON) [graphic material] – [1948?].

Level: Item

ID: Item 3260

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3260

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1948?]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 7 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original print and copy negative of Esther Fingold holding her son, Douglas, in front of the Capitol Theatre in Meaford, Ontario.

Name Access: Capitol Theatre (Meaford, Ont.); Fingold, Douglas; Fingold, Esther

Subjects: Mothers and sons; Theaters

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: Meaford (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1982-6-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Philip Fingold with son in front of the Captiol Theatre (Meaford, ON) [graphic material] – [1950?].

Level: Item

ID: Item 3261

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3261

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1950?]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 8 x 5 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original print and copy negative of Philip Fingold holding with his son, Douglas, in front of the Capitol Theatre in Meaford, Ontario.

Name Access: Capitol Theatre (Meaford, Ont.); Fingold, Douglas; Fingold, Philip

Subjects: Fathers and sons; Theaters

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: Meaford (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1982-6-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Julius A. Cohen [textual record] – [194-].

Accession Number: 2015-9-23

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-9-23

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: [194-]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a bound document entitled 'This Is Our Faith'. The subtitle is 'The Religion of the Jews' and it appears to have been presented at a seminar of religions, under the auspices of Community Programs Branch, Department of Education, Province of Ontario.

Custodial History: There is no information on the acquisition of this material.

Subjects: Religion; Politics and government

Name Access: Cohen, Julius

Places: Toronto, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Debby Solomon-Natan Sharansky [graphic material, textual record] – 1976-[ca. 1990].

Accession Number: 2016-6-12

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-6-12

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: ca. 60 cm of textual records; 11 photographs (3 negatives) : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Date: 1976-[ca. 1990]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of textual and graphic records that trace Natan Sharansky's history as a prisoner of political conscience; the broader Refusenik issue; and the community advocacy efforts of Debby and Stan Solomon from 1976 and into the late 1980s at the local, national and international scales. Included are memos and newsletters from the Committee for Soviet Jewry (Ontario Region and national-level); background information as well as petition templates, speeches and planning documentation produced by the Committee to Release Anatoly Sharansky and the Beth Tikvah Synagogue in conjunction with community organizations, including the CJC and its Soviet Jewry social action committees, to support on-going advocacy efforts; correspondence with Canadian and American political representatives at the provincial/state and national levels; white papers/grey literature from non-governmental organizations about the persecution of the Soviet Jewry; planning documentation from the First Annual Sharansky Lectureship on Human Rights in 1980; correspondence, articles and ephemera associated with the granting of Sharansky's honourary law doctorate from York University in 1982; 1985 Freedom Rally/Weekend in Ottawa planning documentation and correspondence; 1987 National Conference on the Soviet Jewry and Mobilization for Freedom planning documentation; 1987 Community Rally at Massey Hall promotional materials; and promotional materials from Sharansky's autobiographical "Fear No Evil" 1988 book launch. Graphic material includes photographs of Sharansky's release during the February 11, 1986 American-Soviet prisoner exchange on the Glienicke Bridge in Berlin.; Identified in the photographs are: Debby Solomon; Stan Solomon; Natan Sharansky; Avital Sharansky; U.S. Ambassador Richard Burt;

Custodial History: Material was collected and/or created by Debby Solomon, Natan Sharansky's cousin. Debby donated it to the OJA.

Administrative History: Debby Solomon is the cousin of Anatoly (Natan) Sharansky, the Soviet born Israeli politician, human activist and author who spent nine years in Soviet prisons. Debby's father Boris Landis (born 1900) and Sharansky's father were first cousins.Their grandfathers were brothers. Debby's father immigrated 1929 to Toronto from Russia as his older brothers were already in Toronto. Debby and her husband Stan Solomon got involved in the community's activism efforts to free Sharansky and other Refuseniks.They were worked for many years on these efforts by planning programs through their synagogue Beth Tikvah and with Sam Filer, a lawyer and volunteer at the CJC who was also a member of Beth Tikvah.

Subjects: Antisemitism; Politics and government; Human rights; Demonstrations; Synagogues; Committees

Source: Archival Accessions

Steele and Walsh family [multiple media] – 1937-2004.

Accession Number: 2017-2-12

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2017-2-12

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: 45 cm of textual records and other material; 230 photographs : sepia and b&w ; 23 x 30 cm and smaller; 8 sound recordings (50 wav files; 1 microcassette); 1 artifact

Date: 1937-2004

Scope and Content: Accession consists of textual records, photographs and audio recordings documenting the lives of Dick Steele, his wife Esther, and friend Bill Walsh. The materials are mostly correspondences between Dick and Esther during his internment at the Don Jail and Ontario Reformatory in Guelph, and from Dick and Bill's military service overseas during the Second World War. They also include correspondences between Esther and Bill, Bill and Anne Walsh, "Jack" and Esther, and other family and friends. Some of the letters show evidence of being censored. There are news clippings in English and Yiddish about the family from various newspapers including the Canadian Tribune (a Communist Party paper). There is a letter Esther wrote to campaign for Dick's release from internment, part of women's activism in this period. There is also a photocopy of a memoir written by Moses Kosowatsky and Moses Wolofsky "From the Land of Despair to the Land of Promise" ca. 1930s.; The photographs include Dick and Bill in the army during the Second World War, a signed picture of Tim Buck addressed to Esther and the twins and a photo of Dick delivering a speech related to the Steel Workers. Also included is a recording of edited sound clips of Bill and Esther talking about Dick, Esther speaking about the letters, (how she received letters and flowers from Dick after he had already been killed), Bill reading a letter Dick wrote to Esther that he left with friends in England to send her in the case that he was killed (which he was), recordings of "Bill Walsh Oral history" Vols.1 and 2 compiled by Leib Wolofsky's (Bill's nephew), and 5 audio recordings by Adrianna Steele-Card with her grandparents Bill and Esther. There is also a microcassette labelled "Joe Levitt."; The accession also includes the stripe of a German corporal that Bill captured as a prisoner, peace stamps and an early copy of Cy Gonick's A Very Red Life: The Story of Bill Walsh, edited by Bill.

Administrative History: Richard "Dick" Kennilworth Steele is the name adopted by Moses Kosowatsky. He was born in 1909 in Montreal to Samuel Kosowatsky and Fanny Held. He lived in a laneway off Clark Street, below Sherbrooke, where his father collected and recycled bottles. He grew up with his siblings, Joseph, Mortimer, Matthew, Gertrude, and Edward.; Bill Walsh (birth name Moishe Wolofsky) was born in 1910, to Sarah and Herschel Wolofsky, the editor of the Keneder Adler (Montreal's prominent Yiddish newspaper). He attended Baron Byng and then Commercial High School, where he met Dick Steele. Bill recalled that Dick denounced militarism in the school when a teacher tried to recruit students to be cadets.; Bill moved to New York City in 1927. His brother, who was living there, helped him get a job as a messenger on Wall Street. He also worked in the drug department at Macy's while attending courses at Columbia University in the evening. Dick worked on a ship for a year and then joined Bill in New York City in 1928. Dick worked at a chemical plant called Linde Air Products while also studying in the evenings at Columbia University.; In 1931, Dick and Bill boarded a ship together in New York bound for Copenhagen. Together, they travelled across Europe, witnessed a Nazi demonstration in Breslau, Germany, and found work in Minsk and Moscow, Russia. This trip inspired them to become Communists. In 1933, Bill's father was on a Canadian trade mission to Poland, which he left to "rescue" his son from the Bolsheviks. Bill agreed to return to Canada after being advised to do so by the Comintern. He then changed his name to Bill Walsh to protect his family.; In 1934, Bill moved to Toronto. He worked as the educational director for the Industrial Union of Needle Trade Workers and the Communist Party, where he met Esther Slominsky/Silver, the organization's office manager. Dick joined Bill in Toronto soon after. Bill introduced Dick and Esther, who then married. In 1940, Esther gave birth to twin sons, Michael and John Steele. Esther was born in Toronto in 1914 to Joseph Slominsky and Fanny (Blackersany?). Her siblings were Bella, Eileen, Morris, and step-sister Eva. Her father, Joseph, was a cloak maker and Esther also worked in the garment industry. Her mother Fanny passed away in 1920 at the age of twenty-six from tuberculosis.; Dick was a metal worker and became a union organizer in the east end of Toronto. He was the head organizer of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee of Canada (SWOC) until 1940, when he was dismissed for being a Communist. Bill helped organize Kitchener's rubber workers into an industrial union and was also an organizer for the United Auto Workers of Windsor, Ontario.; Jack Steele, an alias for Dick's brother Mortimer, fought with the Mackenzie-Papineau Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. Jack Steele was recalled to Canada in October 1937 to rally support for the efforts in Spain, returned to the front in June 1938, and was killed in action in August. Some of Dick's letters to his wife, Esther, are signed "Salud, Jack" and were likely written in 1940 when the Communist Party (CP) was banned by the Canadian government under the War Measures Act.; In November 1941, after Mackenzie King's call for enlistment, Dick wrote to the Department of Justice to ask permission to join the army. He never received a reply. On 1 April 1942, Dick's home was raided and he was interned at the Don Jail until September 1942, when he was moved to the Ontario Reformatory in Guelph. Esther wrote a letter to the minister of justice, Louis St. Laurent, to appeal on his behalf.; Major public campaigning by Communists and the wartime alliance with the USSR after 1941 shifted public opinion toward the CP, and the Canadian government slowly began releasing internees in January 1942. Dick was released in October 1942 and enlisted at the end of the month. Dick died on 17 August 1944 in Normandy, France. He was a tank driver in the Canadian Army.; Bill was similarly arrested in 1941, spending time in jail and then an internment camp with other members of the CP. He joined the Canadian Army in 1943 and fought in Holland and Belgium. Bill was first married to Anne Weir who died of a brain hemorrhage in 1943, just before he enlisted. The family believes this may have been due to drinking unpasteurized milk. Encouraged by Dick Steele to take care of his family should he pass in the war, Bill married Esther Steele in 1946. They had a daughter named Sheri and were members of the United Jewish People's Order. For twenty years, Walsh worked for the Hamilton region of the United Electrical Workers (UE). Bill remained a member of the CP until 1967, when we was expelled for criticizing another union leader. He died in 2004. Esther passed away in 2010 at age ninety-six.

Use Conditions: Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Descriptive Notes: RELATED MATERIAL NOTE: Library and Archives Canada has the William Walsh fonds and MG 28, ser. I 268, USWA, vol.4, SWOC Correspondence, has various letters from Dick Steele ca. 1938. Museum of Jewish Montreal has an oral history with Leila Mustachi (daughter of Max Wolofsky, Bill's brother) where she speaks about Bill, Dick and Esther. USE CONDITION NOTES: For "Bill Walsh Oral history" Vols.1 and 2, some contributors stipulate that recordings are restricted to personal use only and must not be used for any commercial purpose.

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Politics and government; Labour and unions

Name Access: Steele, Michael; Steele, Dick; Walsh, Bill; Walsh, Esther Steele

Places: England; Fort William (Ont.); Germany; Guelph (Ont.); Hamilton (Ont.); Montréal (Québec); Netherlands; Oshawa (Ont.); Ottawa (Ont.); Thunder Bay (Ont.); Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Mendel Granatstein’s home, 1919-1999

Address: 42 St George Street

Source: Landmarks

In 1919, Mr. Mendel Granatstein commissioned Benjamin Brown and Robert McConnell to design a three storey Classical Georgian style house located at 42 St. George Street. The house contained a unique feature -- a retractable roof used on Sukkoth. In 1947, the house was acquired by the University of Toronto and was used for a variety of purposes until it was demolished in 1999. The Bahen Centre for Information Technology now stands in its place.

Address: 42 St George Street

Time Period: 1919-1999

Scope Note: In 1919, Mr. Mendel Granatstein commissioned Benjamin Brown and Robert McConnell to design a three storey Classical Georgian style house located at 42 St. George Street. The house contained a unique feature -- a retractable roof used on Sukkoth. In 1947, the house was acquired by the University of Toronto and was used for a variety of purposes until it was demolished in 1999. The Bahen Centre for Information Technology now stands in its place.

History: Mr. Mendel Granatstein was a member of one of the early Jewish families of Toronto. In 1895, he founded M. Granatstein and Sons, Ltd., a junk dealing company, and by the early 20th century, he had become one of the most prosperous Jews in Toronto. Mr. Granatstein was also a community leader, having a hand in the foundation of Beth Jacob Synagogue.

Category: Architecture; Residences

Source: Landmarks

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Detail of Victory Theatre, Toronto [graphic material] – Nov. 1975.

Level: Item

ID: Item 603

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 603

Material Format: graphic material

Date: Nov. 1975

Physical Description: 2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content: The "New Strand Building".

Notes: Negative: 8:5:13.; Acquired November 1975.

Name Access: Victory Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Architecture; Theaters

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Detail of Victory Theatre, Toronto [graphic material] – Nov. 1975.

Level: Item

ID: Item 605

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 605

Material Format: graphic material

Date: Nov. 1975

Physical Description: 2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content: The "New Strand Building".

Notes: Acquired November 1975.; Negative: 8:6:15.

Name Access: Victory Theatre

Subjects: Architecture; Theaters

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Detail of Victory Theatre, Toronto [graphic material] – Nov. 1975.

Level: Item

ID: Item 604

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 604

Material Format: graphic material

Date: Nov. 1975

Physical Description: 2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content: The "New Strand Building".

Notes: Acquired November 1975.; Negative: 8:5:14.

Name Access: Victory Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Architecture; Theaters

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Detail of Victory Theatre, Toronto [graphic material] – Nov. 1975.

Level: Item

ID: Item 606

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 606

Material Format: graphic material

Date: Nov. 1975

Physical Description: 2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content: The "New Strand Building".

Notes: Acquired November 1975.; Negative: 8:6:16.

Name Access: Victory Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Architecture; Theaters

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Concert Poster for Chenstochover Hilfs Farein at the Victory Theatre, Toronto [graphic material] – 1950.

Level: Item

ID: Item 4035

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4035

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1950

Physical Description: 2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Features: M. rotstein; Max Seifert; Chayale Luxenburg; Jennie Eisenstat; Maurice Turk; Eva Fishman.

Subjects: Concerts; Posters; Theaters

Places: Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.); Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1986-3-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

William Shankman Orchestra at the Grand Theatre in Birmingham, England [graphic material] – [1925 or 1926].

Level: Item

ID: Item 4294

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4294

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1925 or 1926]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Identified third from left: William Shankman.

Notes: Photo by Midland Press Agency, 520 Suffolk St., Birmingham.

Subjects: Orchestra; Theaters

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: Birmingham (England)

Accession Number: 1987-9-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Broadway Theatre and other building, south side of Queen Street West, Toronto [graphic material] – Feb. 1965.

Level: Item

ID: Item 676

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 676

Material Format: graphic material

Date: Feb. 1965

Physical Description: 2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of a Broadway Theatre and another building on the south side of Queen Street West, Toronto.

Name Access: Broadway Theatre

Subjects: Architecture; Theaters

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: Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) [architectural drawing, textual record] – 1913-1959.

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series; Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series

Level: Sub-series

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series; Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series

Level: Sub-series

Fonds: 27

Series: 1-1

Material Format: architectural drawing; textual record

Date: 1913-1959

Physical Description: 57 drawings : pencil on tracing paper, blueprints and other reproductions ; 72 x 114 cm or smaller; 1 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio: Built in 1913, Loew's Yonge Street Theatre and Winter Garden Theatre complex was the flagship of Marcus Loew's Canadian theatre chain. The theatres were designed by Thomas Lamb as a "double-decker" theatre, with the Winter Garden located seven-stories above the street-level Yonge Street Theatre. This was the only double-decker theatre built in Canada and one of less than a dozen built internationally. The design was considered economical in that it provided a greater amount of seating on a given piece of real estate while allowing the theatre operator to present the same daily show in two theatres. The shows included both vaudeville acts and silent movies.; In 1928, there was a major fire on the site and the Winter Garden Theatre was closed due to the decline in popularity of vaudeville. By 1930, the Yonge Street Theatre was solely a movie theatre, equipped for sound movies. Over the years it gradually fell into disrepair, but continued as a movie theatre until 1981. It was renamed the Elgin Theatre in 1978.; In 1981, the Elgin and Winter Garden were purchased by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, and in 1987 the foundation began a two and half year, $30 million restoration of the theatres. The theatres re-opened in Dec. 1989 exclusively for theatrical productions.

Scope and Content: Sub-series consists of seating plans, blueprints of structural details, and floor plans, sections and elevations for successive alterations (to the entrance, lobby, basement, etc.) of the theatre. The sub-series includes a copy of a city building permit dating from 1934 for renovations carried out by Loew's Theatres Engineering Division. Some of the blueprints date from the original construction of the theatre in 1913.; The sub-series is organized into 9 sub-sub-series, corresponding to project dates of 1913, 1919, 1934, 1939, 1949 (two projects), 1952, 1957 and 1959. The earliest materials, such as those from 1913 and 1919, were not created by Kaplan & Sprachman, but were no doubt used as reference materials for their work at the theatre.; Please note that the blueprints of structural details such as columns and roof reinforcing beams may apply to the theatre complex as a whole, including the Winter Garden Theatre.

Notes: Title is derived from the formal titles of the drawings.

Name Access: Lamb, Thomas; Elgin Theatre (Toronto); Winter Garden Theatre (Toronto)

Subjects: Theaters

Physical Condition: Some drawings are torn & damaged.; Some are discoloured or damaged by deteriorating pressure-sensitive tape.

Places: Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Loew's Uptown Theatre (Toronto) [architectural drawing, graphic material] – 1919-1968.

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series; Loew's Uptown Theatre (Toronto) sub-series

Level: Sub-series

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series; Loew's Uptown Theatre (Toronto) sub-series

Level: Sub-series

Fonds: 27

Series: 1-2

Material Format: architectural drawing; graphic material

Date: 1919-1968

Physical Description: 132 architectural drawings : pencil (some on tracing paper, some hand col. using pencil crayon), blueprints and other reproductions ; 76 x 106 cm or smaller; 5 photographs : b&w ; 44 x 55 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio: One of sixteen theatres in Canada designed by the well-known architect Thomas W. Lamb, the Uptown Theatre opened in 1920 as a movie and vaudeville theatre of almost 3000 seats, and was later the first theatre in Toronto equipped for sound movies. In 1960 the Uptown's main auditorium was destroyed by a major fire. Kaplan & Sprachman participated in the theatre's subsequent renovation.; In 1969 the Uptown was split into a five screen theatre through conversion of the theatre's balcony, backstage and basement areas. The Uptown was closed and demolished in late 2003 following the 28th Annual Toronto International Film Festival after the cinema operator, Famous Players, decided to close it and other theatres rather than comply with an Ontario Human Rights Commission order to make the theatres fully wheelchair-accessible.

Scope and Content: Sub-series consists of seating plans, blueprints of structural details, floor plans, sections and elevations for successive alterations (to the entrance, lobby, escalator, etc.) of the theatre, as well as several photographs of the Uptown's entrance and auditorium. The sub-series includes a number of hand-coloured drawings of the main auditorium dating from 1962, with paint and fabric samples attached, apparently associated with the re-building of the auditorium following the fire of 1960. The sub-series also includes a set of photo-reproductions of Thomas Lamb's original 1919 plans for the theatre, acquired by Kaplan & Sprachman in 1960.; The sub-series is arranged in 9 sub-sub-series corresponding to project dates of 1919, 1936, 1945, 1949, 1960, 1962, and 1968. The final sub-sub-series relates to work done by Kaplan after the dissolution of Kaplan & Sprachman.; In several cases, a sub-sub-series includes drawings and plans from earlier projects, used as reference materials for the current project.

Name Access: Lamb, Thos. W. (Thomas White), 1871-1942; Uptown Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Theaters

Physical Condition: Some drawings torn or water-damaged. Some are discoloured or damaged by deteriorating pressure-sensitive tape.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Kum-C Theatre (Toronto) [graphic material] – [1934?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 2

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1934?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Exterior shot of theatre marquee.

Notes: Title and creation date based on the content of the photograph, inscriptions on the photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).; Photographers: Pringle & Booth.

Name Access: Pringle & Booth

Subjects: Theaters

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: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Garbarino [Odeon] Theatre, 1473 Queen St. W., Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1931].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 3

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1931]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the theatre in early stages of construction.

Notes: Title based on inscription on the photograph and information found in series 2 newspaper clippings.

Subjects: Theaters

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: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Blue Bell Theatre (Toronto) [graphic material] – [ca. 1932].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 4

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1932]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Exterior shot of theatre marquee.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).; Photographers: Pringle & Booth.

Name Access: Pringle & Booth

Subjects: Theaters

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: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Bloordale Theatre (Toronto) [graphic material] – 1935.

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 5

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1935

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Exterior shot of theatre marquee.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).

Subjects: Theaters

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: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Eglinton Theatre (Toronto) [graphic material] – [1936?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 6

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 6

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1936?]

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: File contains 3 exterior shots of the theatre and 1 of the auditorium.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photographs and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).; Three of the photographs were taken by the photographers Pringle & Booth. The fourth print is of a later date, and is from an exposure made ca. 1938, based on the release dates of the films showing at the theatre.

Subjects: Theaters

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: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Granada Theatre, 415 Danforth Ave., Toronto [graphic material] – [1935?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 7

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 7

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1935?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Exterior shot of theatre marquee.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photograph, Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996), and information accompanying a reproduction of the photograph in John Sebert's book, The "nabes" (p. 81).; Photographers: Pringle & Booth.

Name Access: Pringle & Booth

Subjects: Theaters

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: Danforth Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Bellevue Theatre (Toronto) [graphic material] – [1937?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 8

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 8

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1937?]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: One exterior shot of the theatre and one of the theatre lobby. Additional businesses featured in College Street view photograph include Altman's, Sugar Bros., Custom Tailoring, and York Furniture.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photographs, Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996), and information accompanying a reproduction of the photograph in John Sebert's book, The "nabes" (p. 104).; Photographers: Pringle & Booth.

Name Access: Pringle & Booth

Subjects: Theaters

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: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Capitol Theatre (Sarnia) [graphic material] – [1937?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 9

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1937?]

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm glued to sheets 22 x 28 cm

Scope and Content: 4 interior shots of the theatre lobby and auditorium.

Subjects: Theaters

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: Sarnia (Ont.)

Accession Number: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Elgin Theatre (Ottawa) [graphic material] – [ca. 1940] (original exposures 1937).

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 10

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 10

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1940] (original exposures 1937)

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: 4 interior shots of the theatre lobby and auditorium.

Notes: Title based on photograph content and labels attached to photographs.; One photograph bears a stamp reading: "This photograph printed from exposure made Nov. 1937".; Photographers: Hands Studio.

Name Access: Hands Studio

Subjects: Theaters

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: Ottawa (Ont.)

Accession Number: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Parkdale Theatre (Toronto) [graphic material] – [1937?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 11

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 11

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1937?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Exterior shot of theatre marquee.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).; Photograph bears inscription: "Parkdale Toronto before remodelling.".; Photographers: Pringle & Booth.

Name Access: Pringle & Booth

Subjects: Theaters

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: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Tivoli Theatre (Toronto) [graphic material] – [1937?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 12

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 12

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1937?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Exterior shot of theatre marquee.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).; The Tivoli Theatre (previously the Allen Theatre) was at 17 Richmond St. E., Toronto.

Subjects: Theaters

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: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Metro Theatre (Toronto) [graphic material] – [1938?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 13

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 13

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1938?]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Exterior shot of theatre marquee and interior shot of auditorium.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photographs and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).

Subjects: Theaters

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: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Alhambra Theatre [graphic material] – [1939?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 14

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 14

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1939?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content: Exterior shot of theatre marquee.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photograph.; Location of this theatre is uncertain. Judging from the photograph in John Sebert's book, The "nabes", p. 117, it is not the Alhambra Theatre which was located at 568 Bloor St. W., Toronto.

Subjects: Theaters

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: Bloor Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Capitol Theatre [graphic material] – [1939?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 15

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 15

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1939?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content: Exterior shot of theatre marquee.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photograph.; Location of this theatre is uncertain. Release date for the movies showing at the theatre in this photograph was 1939, and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996) lists a Capitol Theatre project in Welland, Ont., for 1939.

Subjects: Theaters

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: Welland (Ont.)

Accession Number: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Capitol Theatre (Edmonton) [graphic material] – 1939.

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 16

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 16

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1939

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: 1 exterior view of theatre marquee and 1 interior view of the theatre lobby or entrance-way.

Notes: Title and creation date based an inscription on one photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).; The interior shot may be incorrectly identified, based on a comparison of the door designs in the two photographs. Also, the movies advertised in the lobby posters were released in 1936.

Subjects: Theaters

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: Edmonton (Alta.)

Accession Number: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Colony Theatre (Toronto) [graphic material] – [1939?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 17

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 17

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1939?]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: 2 exterior shots of theatre marquee, one at night and the second in daylight.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photographs and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).; Photographers: Robertson-Steele.

Name Access: Robertson-Steele

Subjects: Theaters

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.

Physical Condition: A section of one of the photographs is missing.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Grover Theatre (Toronto) [graphic material] – [1939?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 18

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 18

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1939?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content: Exterior shot of theatre marquee.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).; Photographers: Robertson-Steele.

Name Access: Robertson-Steele

Subjects: Theaters

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: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Oakwood Theatre (Toronto) [graphic material] – [1939?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 19

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 19

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1939?]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: 2 exterior shots of the theatre marquee: one at night and the second during the day.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photographs and an inscription.; Photographers: Brigdens.

Name Access: Brigdens

Subjects: Theaters

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: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Pylon Theatre (Toronto) [graphic material] – [1939?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 20

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 20

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1939?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Admin History/Bio: Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996) states that Kaplan & Sprachman renovated the Pylon in 1944. The probable creation date is based on the release date for the advertised movies. John Sebert's book, The "nabes", states that the Pylon was built in 1939 and designed by the architect Ben Swartz.

Scope and Content: Exterior shot of the theatre marquee.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photograph and an inscription.; Photographers: Robertson-Steele.

Name Access: Robertson-Steele; Kaplan & Sprachman (Firm); Kaplan, Harold S., 1895-1973

Subjects: Theaters

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: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Capitol Theatre (St. Catharines) [graphic material] – 1940.

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 21

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 21

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1940

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: 3 exterior views of the theatre marquee (2 in daylight), and one view of the theatre lobby.

Notes: Title and creation date based on the content of the photographs, an inscription on one of the photographs, and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).; Photographers: Brigdens.

Name Access: Brigdens

Subjects: Theaters

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: St. Catharines (Ont.)

Accession Number: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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E. W. Theatre (Courtenay, BC) [graphic material] – [1940?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 22

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 22

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1940?]

Physical Description: 5 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of one exterior shot of the theatre marquee, two interior shots of the auditorium, and two interior shots of the lobby.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photographs. This theatre is not listed in Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).; Photographers: C.W. Sillence & Co.; Availability of other formats: Photographs have been scanned and are also available as digital images.

Name Access: C.W. Sillence & Co

Subjects: Theaters

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: Courtenay (B.C.)

Accession Number: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Princess Theatre (Sault Ste. Marie) [graphic material] – 1939, 1940.

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 23

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 23

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1939, 1940

Physical Description: 7 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm and 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: 2 views of the theatre's exterior, 2 of the lobby, and 3 of the auditorium.; 1 of the photographs taken in the lobby is a group photo of Leo Hatch (air conditioning contractor), Peter McForty (general contractor), and Harold Kaplan.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photographs and inscriptions, and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).

Subjects: Theaters

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: Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)

Accession Number: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Vogue Theatre (Vancouver) [graphic material] – 1940.

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 24

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 24

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1940

Physical Description: 5 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: 5 photographs of the theatre's interior: the lobby, auditorium, dressing room, and airconditioning room.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photographs and inscriptions, and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).; Photographer: Leonard Frank Photos.

Name Access: Leonard Frank Photos

Subjects: Theaters

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: Vancouver (B.C.)

Accession Number: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Varsity Theatre (Vancouver) [graphic material] – 1940.

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 25

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 25

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1940

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: 2 views of the theatre auditorium.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photographs and inscriptions, and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).

Subjects: Theaters

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: Vancouver (B.C.)

Accession Number: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Century Theatre (Hamilton) [graphic material] – [1941?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 26

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 26

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1941?]

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: One exterior shot of the theatre marquee, one of the auditorium, and two of the theatre lobby.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photographs and inscriptions and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).; Photographers: Commercial Engravers.

Name Access: Commercial Engravers

Subjects: Theaters

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: Hamilton (Ont.)

Accession Number: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Odeon Theatre (Kingston) [graphic material] – [1941?].

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 27

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 27

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1941?]

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: 3 photographs of the theatre's interior: the auditorium, lobby, and doorway.

Notes: Title and creation date based on content of the photographs, inscriptions and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).

Subjects: Theaters

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: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Casino Theatre (Toronto) [graphic material] – 1944.

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 28

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 28

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1944

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: 1 photograph of the theatre in an early stage of construction, and 1 photo of the balcony of the completed theatre.

Notes: Title and creation date based on information stamped on one photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).; Stamped information reads: Casino Theatre: to be erected at 87-95 Queen St. W. for Casino Theatre Toronto Ltd.

Subjects: Theaters

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: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Vaughn Theatre (Toronto) [graphic material] – 1944.

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 27; Series 1; File 29

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harold S. Kaplan fonds; Architectural projects series

Level: File

Fonds: 27

Series: 1

File: 29

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1944

Physical Description: 5 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: 5 interior photographs: 2 of the auditorium; 2 of the lobby, showing the candy bar and an alcove; and 1 of a hallway.

Notes: Title and creation date based on inscriptions on the photographs and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).; Photographers: Iris McCaig.

Name Access: Iris McCaig

Subjects: Theaters

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: 2003-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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