- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Cass family series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1894-[192-]
- Physical Description
- 15 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 15 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Abraham Cass (1840-1897) married Rachel Rebecca Cass (née [Cowart?]) (1837-1903). They were both born in Russia and immigrated to Canada in 1892 to join their eldest children who had already immigrated to Ontario. The children of Abraham and Rachel Rebecca Cass were: daughters: Fayge (m.Sax) (1861-1942), Hannah (m.Segel) (1863-1930), Martha (m.Soskin) (1866-1946), Dora (m.Levy) (b.1871?), Sarah (m.Levine) (1876-1978), and Annie (m.Smith) (1880- 1952); and, sons: David M. Cass (1869-1959), Bill Cass (b.1874?), and Phillip Cass.
- Their son David Mitchell Cass had immigrated to Canada earlier than his parents, in 1889. His wife, Hannah (née Kleiman) (1870-1935), immigrated to Canada in 1890, and they were married in 1894. David Cass worked for Pregger's Grocery Dealer as a salesman and gave Moses Levine work-related advice in this area. David and Hannah lived, in Waubaushene and Tey Township, in Simcoe County, where they were neighbours of the Soskins and where most of their children were born. By 1911, however, they had moved back to Toronto. They had eleven children: Ethel I. (m.Gold) (1894-[1998?]), Infant Cass (unnamed, died at 7 weeks, 1895), "Abe" Abraham B. (1897-1987), Leah G. (m.Harser) (1899-1975), Sarah "Sec" Marie (m.Rogers) (1901-1932), Ely "Hilly" (b.1902), "Reuben" Garfield P. (1904-1991), Dorothy (m.Sandler) (b.1906), Anne (m.Solway) (1907-1994), Rita (m.Appleby), and Libby (m.Balick).
- As a new immigrant to Canada, having emigrated from Russia in 1896, Louis Smith (1873-1945) was registered as a tailor in the 1901 federal census. He later worked as a contractor in Toronto. He was married to Annie Cass, Sarah Levine's sister, in 1901 and they lived together at 5 Edward Street, along with Rachel Rebecca Cass, with whom they cohabitated following the death of Abraham Cass.
- David and Hannah's son, Abraham Cass, was married to Carrie (née Waldman) in 1922. Garfield married Dorothy (née Simon) and had two children, Donna and Danny. Anne Solway was married to a prominent Toronto violinist and music teacher, Maurice Solway (1906-2001), and they had one son, Stephen.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs of members of the Cass family.
- Name Access
- Cass family
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Cass family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 11
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1894
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Mrs. Hannah Cass taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Photographer: Reger, 1106 11th St., Altoona, Pa.
- Name Access
- Cass, Hannah
- 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
- The cabinet card is coming apart and the image is scratched.
- Places
- Altoona (Pa.).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Cass family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 11
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1905 or 1906]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Lou Smith taken at a studio in Toronto in 1905 or 1906.
- Notes
- Mounted on card frame.
- Photographer: H. E. Peagam, 254 Yonge St., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Smith, Lou
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Cass family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 11
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1906
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Bill Cass in San Francisco in 1906.
- Notes
- Mounted on card.
- Name Access
- Cass, Bill
- 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
- Poor condition.
- The photograph is faded and stained.
- Places
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Cass family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 11
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1914-1919]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Phillip Cass taken at a studio in Detroit.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on card.
- Photographer: F. D. Brooks, Detroit.
- Name Access
- Cass, Phillip
- 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
- Detroit (Mich.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Cass family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 11
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1915]
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of David Cass standing with his horse and cart in Waubaushene, Ontario.
- Notes
- Post card.
- There is a corresponding 4 x 5 negative for this photograph and duplicate prints of the photograph.
- Name Access
- Cass, David
- Subjects
- Horses
- 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
- The original photograph has faded and is torn at the upper right corner. Copies have been made.
- Places
- Waubaushene (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Cass family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 11
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Bill Cass in San Francisco, California taken sometime before 1920.
- Notes
- Photographer: Alisky, S.F.
- Mounted on card frame.
- Name Access
- Cass, Bill
- 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
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Cass family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 11
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Mrs. Bill Cass taken at a photography studio in San Francisco.
- Notes
- Photographer: Alisky, S.F.
- Mounted on card frame.
- Name Access
- Cass, Mrs. Bill
- 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
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Cass family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 11
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Bill Cass taken at a studio in Tacoma, Washington.
- Notes
- Photographer: A. Freuck (?), Tacoma, Washington.
- Name Access
- Cass, Bill
- 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
- Tacoma (Wash.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Cass family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 11
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 15 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Maurice Solway was a prominent Toronto violinist. He studied violin with Eugène Ysaÿe in Brussels from 1926 to 1928. He also wrote and lectured about music and worked as a violin teacher. He was married to Anne Cass, the niece of Sarah Levine. “Dorothy,” to whom the inscription on the photo is made, was likely his sister-in-law, either Dorothy Cass (Garfield's wife) or Dorothy Sandler (Anne's sister).
- Scope and Content
- This photograph is a portrait of Maurice Solway holding his violin. It was taken in 1926 at a photo studio in Toronto when Maurice was approximately 27 years of age.
- Notes
- Mounted in card frame
- Photographer: Charles Aylett
- Inscribed bottom right-hand corner: "To Dorothy with sincerest wishes From Maurice June 4/26".
- Name Access
- Solway, Maurice
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Related Material
- see also the Maurice Solway fonds #13
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Cass family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 11
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca.1920]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of three Cass children standing with a pony on Atlas Avenue in Toronto. There are two girls, a boy, and a man in this photograph. The boy is seated on the pony and is wearing a cowboy hat and kerchief and the two girls are standing on either side of the pony. They are standing on the mud street by the sidewalk in front of a house at 145 Atlas and there is a man standing on the front balcony. It is likely the children are the younger children of David Cass, left to right: Anne, Garfield, and Dora.
- Notes
- This photo is posed in virtually the same manner as photo # 10, from Fonds 11 (Rebecca Kamarner family fonds).
- Name Access
- Cass, Anne
- Cass, Dora
- Cass, Garfield
- Subjects
- Children
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Atlas Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Cass family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 11
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Mrs. Dave [Hannah] Cass, Mrs. Joseph Simpkin, and Mrs. Cohen. Hannah Cass is in the center, Mrs. Joseph Simpkin is on her right, and Mrs. Cohen is on her left. Mrs. Joseph Simpkin lived in Midland, Ontario, as well as Toronto, Ontario. Mrs. Cohen was from Altoona, Pennsylvania. It is possible they were all Kleimans and that they lived in the United States before they were married.
- Notes
- Mounted in card frame.
- Name Access
- Cass, Hannah
- Cass, Mrs. Dave
- Cohen, Mrs.
- Kleiman, Hannah
- Simpkin, Mrs. Joseph
- Subjects
- Sisters
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Cass family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 11
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a small photograph of David Cass taken in Toronto.
- Notes
- Photographer: Ewing's Sunbeam, 538 Queen St. West, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Cass, David
- 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