Accession Number

2023-2-6

Material Format

textual record

moving images

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records and graphic material

1 optical disc

Date

[19--]-2018, predominant 2010-2018

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Gerry Salsberg. Included are two newspaper clippings that mention Gerry, a program for a celebration of Gerry's life, the text of a speech given at said event by Karen Faith (Gerry's sister), the text of a tribute to Gerry by Riva Stern, a certificate certifying that Gerry's name will be permanently inscribed in the Trans Canada Trail Pavilion in Toronto, a printout of an email forwarding the announcement about the tribute for Gerry at Second City, a printout of the Steels Memorial Chapel condolence book for Gerry, and an undated photograph of Sam Salsberg and Stan Salsberg in front of Salsberg's variety store on College Street. There is also a video recording of the celebration of life on DVD.

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

Availability of other formats: Digitized material.

Subjects

Actors

Name Access

Salsberg, Gerry, 1949-2010

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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