Accession Number

2004-5-53

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

46 photographs : b&w (26 negatives) ; 9 x 13 cm and 35 mm

Date

1986

Scope and Content

This accession consists of interior and exterior photographs of United Bakers Dairy Restaurant on Spadina Avenue before the move to Lawrence Plaza; Anshe Minsk Synagogue; and Rotman's Shoe Store, Spadina Avenue.

Custodial History

Donated by Cyrel Troster.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Restaurants

Stores, Retail

Synagogues

Name Access

Anshei Minsk Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

United Bakers Dairy Restaurant

Places

Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1907]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the interior of Louis Henkle's store on Market Street in Brantford, Ontario. The photo shows several chairs, carpets, cushions and clothing for sale. There is a man, possibly Louis Henkle, pictured at the back of the store.

Name Access

Henkle, Louis

Subjects

Stores, Retail

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

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

20

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1917

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of Sam Nyman (behind counter) and Ben Foster (at the back) inside Nyman's store on Market Street in Brantford, Ontario.

Name Access

Foster, Ben

Nyman, Sam

Subjects

Stores, Retail

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

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 17 x 24 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Identified from left to right are: Geshia & Joseph Abramsky and daughter Katherine.

Notes

Original photograph by J. W. Wilson Co., 169 Queen St. W, Toronto

Photograph is a copy.

Name Access

Abramsky, Geshia

Abramsky, Joseph

Abramsky, Katherine

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Stores, Retail

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

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of men in front of a store located at 1043 3rd Avenue East in Owen Sound, Ontario. Pictured left to right are: Jack Salter, Frank [?], Ezekiel Cadesky, Norman [?], Philipp [?], and Rabbi Klein.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Rabbis

Stores, Retail

Places

Owen Sound (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-7-19

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3374

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the interior of a confectionery store in Sudbury, Ontario. There is a man standing behind the counter.

Subjects

Stores, Retail

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

885

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 building that once housed the Atkins brothers' grocery business on Second Street in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The business was begun in the 1930s by Ben, Al, and Harry Atkins.

Name Access

Atkins, Ben

Atkins, Al

Atkins, Harry

Subjects

Stores, Retail

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

Level

Item

Item

4048

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1909

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Ginsberg grocery store interior, located at Clarence and Horton Streets in London, Ontario. Pictured from left to right are: Rose Ginsberg, William Ginsberg (in apron), Nathan Freidkin, Bary Hyman Ginsberg (son of Rose and William), Dave Ginsberg, Joseph Levine.

Name Access

Freidkin, Nathan

Ginsberg, Bary Hyman

Ginsberg, Dave

Ginsberg, Rose

Ginsberg, William

Levine, Joseph

Subjects

Stores, Retail

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

1986-8-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2018-7-13

Material Format

moving images

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

ca. 7 cm of textual records

6 photographs : b&w and col.

2 videocassettes : Betacam

approx. 153 videocassettes : VHS

47 videocassettes : U-matic

Date

1977-1980, 1983-1998, 2000

Scope and Content

Accession consists of audiovisual materials and textual records related to the film and television career of Harvey Atkin. The records are primarily VHS and U-matic tapes of his various performances on television series, commercials, and films, as well as interviews. Also included are news clippings featuring reviews of Atkin’s work, interviews, and biographical sketches. As well, there are promotional materials for Meatballs and Pet Peeves, and several photographs of Atkin.

Custodial History

The records were gathered together by Celia Atkin for a retrospective of Harvey's career in 2018 by the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. Stuart Hands then put Celia in touch with the OJA as a repository for donation.

Administrative History

Elliot Harvey Atkin (1942-2017) was born and lived his entire life in Toronto. He was the son of Ida and Murray Atkin, and his grandparents had immigrated to Canada from Russia in the early twentieth century. After high school he joined his father’s construction business, and in 1963 married Celia Tessler. The couple raised two children, Lisa Atkin and Danny Atkin.

In 1969, he joined friend Larry Goldhar’s talent agency, The Character’s Talent Agency, as a partner and in the 1970s began featuring in Canadian television shows and American movies filmed in Toronto. Following breakout success in the 1979 comedy Meatballs, Atkin had a prolific career in television and voice work. He continued to live in Toronto throughout his career, flying to the US to film series such as Cagney and Lacey in the 1980s and Law & Order: SVU in the 2000s. He was also a voice performer who contributed to a number of animated television series, as well as an estimated 3,000 television and radio commercials. Larry Goldhar remained Atkin’s agent throughout his career.

In addition to his facility with languages and accents, he was known for his mechanical abilities, and hosted a handyman feature, “Help Yourself,” on CTV.

Atkin never fully retired, and passed in 2017 from cancer. In 2018, the Toronto Jewish Film Festival presented an archival screening series in his honour, The Harvey Atkin Tribute to Canadian Media.

Use Conditions

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Descriptive Notes

USE CONDITION NOTE: It is believed that copyright for most of the material belongs to the production companies and/or broadcasters of Harvey's work. Researchers will need to determine the copyright owner prior to use.

Subjects

Actors

Name Access

Atkin, Harvey, 1942-2017

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2018-12-6

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

19 cm of graphic material and textual records

Date

1931-1999

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Brown family. Included are: business records, clippings, correspondence, eulogies, notes, an issue of the LIFE Institute's L.i.f.e.lines newsletter, photographs, résumés and cover letters, school records, and vital statistics. A significant amount of the material documents the donor's father, Jack Brown, a community leader in Brantford, Ontario, and friend of Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Of note are autographed pictures of Former Prime Ministers Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Jean Chrétien.

Administrative History

The son of Rose and William Brown, Jack Irving Brown was born in Toronto on January 4, 1926. His family moved to Brantford, Ontario when he was a boy. Upon graduating from high school, Jack went to work at his father's retail store. When he eventually bought the store, he renamed it Brown's of Brantford. In addition to running his business, Jack held leadership positions with the Beth David Congregation, Brant Liberal Association, and the Rotary Club of Brantford. Upon moving to Toronto, he became president of the LIFE Institute at Ryerson University.

Jack and Joy Brown (née Greenberg) had four children: Andrew, Marlene (1952-2007), Holli (b. 1954), and Harriette (b. 1958). Later in life, Jack and Joy separated. For the final years of his life, Jack's companion was Rheta Rhosen. Jack died on September 23, 1999.

Subjects

Businesspeople

Families

Stores, Retail

Name Access

Brown (family)

Brown, Andrew, 1950-

Brown, Harriette, 1958-

Brown, Jack, 1926-1999

Brown, Rose

Brown, William

Chrétien, Jean, 1934-

Katzman, Marlene, 1952-2007

Trudeau, Pierre Elliott, 1919-2000

Verkade, Holli, 1954-

Places

Brantford (Ont.)

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2019-5-10

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 cm of textual records

Date

1945-[1990]

Scope and Content

Accession record consists of business cards from several Gwartzman family owned business first established on Baldwin Street by Moshe Aaron Gwartzman and his wife Bella (née Weinstock) as M. A. Gwartzman Silks and Wollens. In addition, there is a 1945 change of address card indicating that the business moved from 421 Spadina Avenue to 448 Spadina Avenue along with business cards from the 448 Spadina location for Gwartzman's Drapery Bargain Centre, Gwartzman's Canvas, Art and Graphic Supplies, and Masters, Fine Art and Stationary Products.

Subjects

Stores, Retail

Places

Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Level

Item

Item

4282

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1920 and 1939]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia

Notes

Photograph is autographed.

Name Access

Ben-Ami, Yaakov

Subjects

Actors

Theater, Yiddish

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

1985-3-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Betty Goldstick Lindgren fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

45

Item

34

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm on mat 20 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Isadore and David working in a jewellery store located at 304 Yonge Street. David is on the left; Isadore is on the right. The photograph was likely taken before Isadore completed his PhD and David completed his law degree.

Name Access

Goldstick, David

Goldstick, Isidore

Subjects

Employees

Stores, Retail

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

Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-10-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4688

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1907]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm and 17 x 19 cm

Scope and Content

Original and copy photograph of Mr. Meyer Michalson holding his daughter, Esther (m. Cooper), in his crockery store at Queen near Parliament at 360 Queen St. East. Eventually Mr. Michalson expanded his business to establish Michalson's Wholesale China at Parliament and Dundas Street. He also opened Michalson's East End Bargain House at the same corner.

Name Access

Cooper, Esther

Michalson, Esther

Michalson, Meyer

Michalson's Wholesale China

Subjects

Fathers and daughters

Stores, Retail

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 East (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-3-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

458

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1940

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w, mounted on board ; 14 x 19 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the National Council of Jewish Juniors, members of the cast of three one-act plays performed at Madison theatre, Toronto, 1940.

Notes

A negative is available.

Name Access

Madison Theatre

National Council of Jewish Juniors

Subjects

Actors

Women

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

Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

459

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1940

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w , mounted on board ; 14 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

Item is an original photograph of National Council of Jewish Juniors cast of play, Madison (Midtown) Theatre, Toronto, directed by Ida Strauss. Left to right: Eve Cappe, Jenny Birken, Syd Scheen, and Olga Galitsky.

Name Access

Birken, Jenny

Cape, Eve

Galitsky, Olga

Madison Theatre

National Council of Jewish Juniors

Scheen, Syd

Strauss, Ida

Subjects

Actors

Women

Theater

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

Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

467

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of members of the Charles Benjamin Players, Seated, left to right: Mina Livingston; Helen Weinberg; Mildred Ludwig; Earl Fauman; Sylvia Page (Lennier). Standing, left to right: [unknown]; Mark Lutsky; __ Messenger; Ida Strauss; Elliot Markus; Charles Benjamin.

Name Access

Benjamin, Charles

Charles Benjamin Players

Fauman, Earl

Lennier, Sylvia

Livingston, Mina

Ludgwig, Mildred

Lutsky, Mark

Markus, Elliott

Messenger

Page, Sylvia

Strauss, Ida

Weinberg, Helen

Subjects

Actors

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

Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

468

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of National Council of Jewish Juniors performing "Having a Wonderful Time" at Hart House Theatre, Toronto. From left to right: Sylvia Page (Lennick), ? Shapiro, Ida Strauss, and Mina Livingston.

Notes

A 4 x 5 negative is available.

Name Access

Hart House Theatre

Livingston, Mina

National Council of Jewish Juniors

Page, Sylvia

Strauss, Ida

Subjects

Actors

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

Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1544

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1935]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Gary's Groceries (Toronto, Ont.)

Gary, Joseph

Subjects

Stores, Retail

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

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-11-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2944

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1905

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Pictured in this photograph is Mrs. Richards.

Name Access

Richard's Grocery

Subjects

Stores, Retail

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 Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Lippincott Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Nassau Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-4-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Weingluck fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

44

Item

22

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Name Access

Health Bread

Subjects

Stores, Retail

Streets

Repro Restriction

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

Places

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Grace Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-2-11

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1556

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1913]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

The Hoffmans emigrated to Toronto from Czestochowa, Poland in 1908. According to The Might Directory, the Hoffmans opened their first grocery store in "The Ward" in 1909 at 134 Centre Avenue. Subsequent locations listed include 141 Centre Avenue (1910-1913), 339 Spadina Avenue (1914-1920), 350 Spadina Avenue 1922-1928 and 270 Spadina Avenue (1936 - ca. 1950).

Scope and Content

This photograph was likely taken at 141 Centre Avenue (1910-1913) prior to the Hoffmans moving their shop to 339 Spadina Avenue in 1914. Pictured are Rivka and Nathan (Nahum) Hoffman.

Name Access

Hoffman family

Hoffman, Nahum

Hoffman, Nathan

Hoffman, Rivka

Subjects

Stores, Retail

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

Centre Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1504

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1919

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the exterior of Hirsch Harold Achber Grocery in Toronto. Pictured left to right are: Miriam (Achber) Hurvitz, Robert Hurvitz, Freda Hurvitz, Jacob Hurvitz.

Name Access

Achber, Harold

Achber, Hirsch

Achber, Hurvitz

Hurvitz, Freda

Hurvitz, Jacob

Hurvitz, Miriam

Hurvitz, Robert

Subjects

Stores, Retail

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

Auburn Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-2-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1485

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1920

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Left to right: Mrs. Greenburg, Goldie Sherman, Murray Greenburg, Phillip Greenburg.

Name Access

Greenburg, Goldie

Greenburg, Murray

Greenburg, Phillip

Subjects

Stores, Retail

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

1977-8-28

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

557

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1910

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Albert Fine (on right) and another man in Fine's store in Toronto.

Name Access

Fine, Albert

Subjects

Stores, Retail

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.)

University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3288

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1908]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Sprachman, Jacob

Subjects

Stores, Retail

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

King Street East (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-7-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

5013

Material Format

graphic material

Date

4 Jul. 1959

Physical Description

1 photograph b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the interior of Honest Ed's Bargain store. The photograph depicts a line-up of customers waiting to recieve free salamis.

Notes

Original photo by Graphic Artists.

Name Access

Honest Ed's

Mirvish, Ed, 1914-2007

Subjects

Stores, Retail

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Bloor Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1990-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

5014

Material Format

graphic material

Date

4 Jul. 1959

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of customers outside of Honest Ed's waiting in line for a free salami. There are two costumed police officers pictured.

Notes

Original photo by Graphic Artists.

Name Access

Honest Ed's

Mirvish, Ed, 1914-2007

Subjects

Consumers

Stores, Retail

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Bloor Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1990-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

5018

Material Format

graphic material

Date

22 Oct. 1958

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

item is a photograph of a radio broadcaster in a "country" studio set inside Honest Ed's during the opening of the store's expansion.

Notes

Original by Graphic Artists.

Name Access

CKEY Broadcasting

Honest Ed's

Mirvish, Ed, 1914-2007

Subjects

Stores, Retail

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Bloor Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1990-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

5019

Material Format

graphic material

Date

22 Oct. 1958

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a CKEY broadcaster in a "country" studio set inside Honest Ed's during the opening of the store's expansion. The broadcaster is seated in an outhouse.

Notes

Original photo by Graphic Artists.

Name Access

CKEY Broadcasting

Honest Ed's

Mirvish, Ed, 1914-2007

Subjects

Stores, Retail

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Bloor Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1990-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

5020

Material Format

graphic material

Date

22 Oct. 1958

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the exterior of Honest Ed's during their expansion opening. The image depicts the checkouts.

Notes

Original photo by Graphic Artists.

Name Access

Honest Ed's

Mirvish, Ed, 1914-2007

Subjects

Stores, Retail

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Bloor Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1990-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

5021

Material Format

graphic material

Date

22 Oct. 1958

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

item is a photograph of a group of men and women inside Honest Ed's during the opening of the store's expansion. There is a banquet table with sweets and a coffee urn.

Notes

Original by Graphic Artists.

Name Access

Honest Ed's

Mirvish, Ed, 1914-2007

Subjects

Stores, Retail

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Bloor Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1990-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

434

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1916]

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative) : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is photograph of Harry Goldstein in costume.

Name Access

Goldstein, Harry

Subjects

Costume

Actors

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

5017

Material Format

graphic material

Date

22 Oct. 1958

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Ann and Ed Mirvish standing inside Honest Ed's at the opening of the store's expansion.

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists.

Name Access

Honest Ed's

Mirvish, Ann

Mirvish, Ed, 1914-2007

Subjects

Businesspeople

Stores, Retail

Theatrical producers and directors

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Bloor Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1990-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

4

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1943

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Robert Todd Duncan (b. February 12, 1903) was an American baritone opera singer and actor.

Todd Duncan was born in Danville, Kentucky in 1903. He obtained his musical training at Butler University in Indianapolis with a B.A. in music followed by an M.A. from Columbia University Teachers College.

In 1933, Duncan debuted in Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana at the Mecca Temple in New York with the Aeolian Opera, a black opera company.

Duncan was George Gershwin's personal choice as the first performer of the role of Porgy in Porgy and Bess in 1935 and played the role more than 1,800 times. He led the cast during the Washington run of Porgy and Bess at the National Theatre in 1936, a staging which protested the theatre's policy of segregation. Duncan stated that he, "would never play in a theater which barred him from purchasing tickets to certain seats because of his race." Eventually management would give into the demands and allow for the first integrated performance at National Theatre. Duncan was also the first performer for the role of Stephen Kumalo in Kurt Weill's Lost in the Stars.

In 1945, he became the first African American to sing with a major opera company, and the first black person to sing in an opera with an otherwise white cast, when he performed the role of Tonio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci with the New York City Opera. In the same year he sang the role of Escamillo, the bullfighter, in Bizet's Carmen. In 1955, Duncan was the first to record Unchained Melody, a popular song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. The recording was made for the soundtrack of the obscure prison film Unchained. Following Duncan's version, the song went on to become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century.

Duncan taught voice at Howard University in Washington, D.C. for more than fifty years. While teaching at Howard, he continued touring as a soloist with pianists William Duncan Allen and George Malloy. He had a very successful career as a concert singer with over 2,000 performances in 56 countries. He retired from Howard and opened his own voice studio teaching privately and giving periodic recitals.

He died of a heart ailment at his home in Washington, D.C., in 1998.

Scope and Content

This item is a portrait of Todd Duncan.

Notes

This negative has two images on it.

Subjects

Actors

Singers

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

Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

4

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Sept. 1952

Physical Description

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

Admin History/Bio

Isabelle Harriet Lucas (b. 3 December 1927) was a Canadian-born actress and singer who gained prominence in Britain after achieving some notoriety in Canada.

Lucas was born in Toronto to a chef from Barbados who worked on the Canadian Pacific Railway.

After performing in amateur productions in Toronto, Isabelle Lucas moved to London in 1954. She made her first West End appearance in the show The Jazz Train in 1955. She also performed in Walk a Crooked Mile and Funny Girl. In addition to the theatre, she appeared in film and television roles during the 1950s and 1960s.

Lucas' first major television role was in The Fosters, playing the role of Pearl Foster. Since then she appeared in several minor British dramas and films. In 1985 she appeared in EastEnders. At the end of the 1980s she joined the long-running BBC Schools' show You and Me, and remained with it as a presenter until it finished in 1992. Lucas made several guest appearances in May to December from 1989 to 1992 and 1989 appeared as Gertrude in the CBBC series Bluebirds.

Lucas died in 1997 after a heart attack.

Scope and Content

This item is a portrait of Isabelle Lucas.

Name Access

Lucas, Isabelle, 1927-1997

Subjects

Actors

Singers

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

Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

4

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

June 1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 8 cm

Admin History/Bio

Phyllis Marshall (b. Barrie, ON, 4 Nov 1921) was a Canadian singer and actress. She studied piano as a child and was known as a track athlete, but made her debut at 15 as a singer on radio station CRCT. She then performed with Jack Arthur and on CBC radio with Percy Faith.

Her first nightclub engagement was at Toronto's Silver Slipper, September 1938, with the Canadian Ambassadors. Encouraged by the CBC announcer Byng Whitteker to sing blues and jazz, she performed during the 1940s with various Toronto dance bands, including an 18-month stint at Toronto's Park Plaza Hotel 1944-46, with her own trio, and on tour 1947-8 in the USA with the Cab Calloway Orchestra.

A contemporary of Eleanor Collins among early black performers on the CBC, Marshall appeared 1949-52 on radio's 'Blues for Friday' (later 'Starlight Moods') and starred on TV's 'The Big Revue' 1952-4, 'Cross-Canada Hit Parade' 1956-9, and other shows. She performed with Canadian jazz notables including Oscar Peterson and Bert Niosi, and also starred in the Canadian National Exhibition grandstand show. She performed in England on BBC TV in 1959 (The Phyllis Marshall Special) and again in 1964 in nightclubs. Her LP That Girl (1964, Cap FS-614), recorded in the company of US jazz stars Buck Clayton and Buddy Tate, captures Marshall's light, secure singing style and received a Juno Award as 'good music product LP'. Marshall had earlier recorded for Monogram in 1949.

Her second career, as an actress, began in 1956 at Toronto's Crest Theatre and included dramatic and musical roles in stage, radio, and TV productions such as the revue Cindy-Ella (1964), CBC radio's 'The Amen Corner' (1970), and CBS-CTV's Night Heat in the mid-1980s. She continued to sing on occasion - eg, at the ACTRA Awards in 1977, and for Freedom Fest (Harbourfront) in 1988.

Marshall is remembered as one of Canadian television's earliest stars, and as a pioneer among black Canadian performers.

She died in Toronto in 1996.

Scope and Content

This item is a portrait of Phyllis Marshall.

Notes

This negative has two images on it.

Subjects

Actors

Black Canadians

Singers

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

Images of her performing at the Park Plaza Hotel in 1946 are included in Series 5, Sub-series 4, File 1 of this fonds.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

4

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Dec. 1952

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 8 cm

Admin History/Bio

Libby Morris (born 1930 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian comic actress and clown famous for her facial contortions and fast talking. She appeared in several BBC radio shows of the 1950s and moved into TV and film from the 1960s onwards.

She created her own one-woman show, which has played all over the world including off-Broadway and the West End. She has recorded several albums. In America she has appeared in cabaret in New York and Chicago, and has been a guest on various television shows including: The Johnny Carson Tonight Show, Merv Griffin, Jack Parr, and Art Linkletter.

She moved to London, England in the late 1950s, where she starred in her own show and became a successful actress where she is still working today.

Scope and Content

This item is a portrait of Libby Morris.

Notes

This negative has two images on it.

Subjects

Actors

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

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

56

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1947]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the interior of the Lady Ellis shop in Ottawa, Ontario. The photo depicts a large crowd of women at the counter and looking at the merchandise on the racks.

Subjects

Consumers

Stores, Retail

Women's clothing

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

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

57

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1947]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of the interior of the Lady Ellis shop in Ottawa, Ontario. The photo depicts a large crowd of women looking at the merchandise on the racks and display tables.

Name Access

Lady Ellis Shop

Subjects

Consumers

Stores, Retail

Women's clothing

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

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

58

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1947]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the interior of the Lady Ellis shop in Ottawa, Ontario. The photo depicts the clothing on display tables and racks in the exterior of the store.

Name Access

Lady Ellis Shop

Subjects

Stores, Retail

Women's clothing

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

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

70

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

This item consists of a photograph of a sign for Lady Ellis Shops in Toronto. The sign was probably on the subway line located at Yonge Street and Farnham Avenue.

Subjects

Signs and signboards

Stores, Retail

Women's clothing

Repro Restriction

Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Farnham Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

53

Material Format

graphic material

Date

15 Nov. 1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the interior of the first Lady Ellis Shop located on the corner of Yonge and Adelaide Streets in Toronto. The photograph depicts many customers inside the store being shown merchandise by the sales women behind the counter.

Subjects

Consumers

Stores, Retail

Women's clothing

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

Adelaide Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

60

Material Format

graphic material

Date

11 Sept. 1948

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the interior of the Lady Ellis Shop in Stratford, Ontario, taken on the opening day. The photograph depicts a large crowd of women looking at merchandise on tables.

Name Access

Lady Ellis Shop

Subjects

Consumers

Stores, Retail

Women's clothing

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

Stratford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

54

Material Format

graphic material

Date

15 Nov. 1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the interior of the first Lady Ellis Shop located on the corner of Yonge and Adelaide Streets in Toronto. The photograph depicts many customers inside the store looking at merchandise.

Subjects

Consumers

Stores, Retail

Women's clothing

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

Adelaide Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1919

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of the interior of Harry Wise's menswear store in Paris, Ontario. Harry is pictured standing at the counter.

Name Access

Wise, Harry

Subjects

Men's clothing

Stores, Retail

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

Paris (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-5-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4823

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1913

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the interior of A. Portnoy's store, located at 252 Queen Street East in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Mr. Portnoy is pictured standing on the far left. Pictured are men's hats and clothing, as well as a display case full of accordions.

Name Access

Portnoy, A.

Subjects

Men's clothing

Stores, Retail

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

1984-4-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4824

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1913

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the interior of Ben Kert's store, located at 250 Queen Street East in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Ben Kert is pictured standing next to a display counter. The store sold men's clothing and accessories and later became the "Soo" Bargain Centre.

Name Access

Kert, Ben

Subjects

Stores, Retail

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

1984-4-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4826

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1908]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of an unidentified store interior in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. There is a man and woman in the store, which sells shoes, clothing and other general household goods.

Subjects

Stores, Retail

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

1984-4-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1383

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1912

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the interior of the Bucovetsky's store in Timmins, Ontario.

Notes

Photo taken from the Timmins Porcupine News.

Name Access

Bucovetsky

Subjects

Stores, Retail

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

Timmins (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-6-8

Source

Archival Descriptions