- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds.
- Bliss family series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1900]-[1954 or 1955]
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller.
- Admin History/Bio
- Harry Bliss (1882-1931) was born in Russia and immigrated to Canada around 1909. He lived at 442 Ontario Street, in Toronto, from 1916 until his death and was employed as a vest-maker and an insurance agent. He had three sons: Barney, Henry and Johnny. Their mother, whose name may have been Tobby, remarried after Harry’s death, to a Mr. Raymond.
- Dorothy Bliss (née Levine) (1909-1992) was the daughter of Moses and Sarah Levine. She was married to Barney A. Bliss (d.1985) and they had one daughter, Helen Woolven (née Bliss) (b.1938) who worked as a medical secretary. She married Ed Woolven and they lived in Ottawa. They had two children: Stephen (b.1962) and Linda (b.1965).
- Henry Bliss (d.1992), Barney’s brother, married Ida Bliss, and they had three children: Harvey and Eileen Bliss and Barbara (m.Gastman).
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs of members of the Bliss family.
- Name Access
- Bliss family
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Bliss family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 8
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1900]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of two Bliss family children taken at a studio in Toronto. There is a little girl standing on the left and a baby swaddled in a blanket on a chair to her right.
- Notes
- Albumen print
- Photographer: Centennial Studio, 452 Queen West, Toronto
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- There is a stain on the photograph
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Bliss family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 8
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1934
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harvey Bliss at seven months old that may have been taken in Toronto.
- Notes
- Inscription on inside of card frame: "To Aunt Dorothy and Uncle Barney, From Harvey"
- Mounted in card frame
- Photographer: Thornton Johnston
- Name Access
- Bliss, Harvey
- Subjects
- Infants
- 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
- Bliss family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 8
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond in London, England.
- Notes
- Mounted in card frame
- Photographer: Mayfair Portraits
- Name Access
- Raymond family
- Subjects
- Married people
- 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
- England
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Bliss family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 8
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1943]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Helen Bliss as a young girl in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Bliss, Helen
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Bliss family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 8
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Helen Bliss as a young girl in Toronto. She is standing outside of a home and is wearing a tutu.
- Name Access
- Bliss, Helen
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- There is a tear at the bottom of the photograph
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Bliss family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 8
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Helen Bliss as a young girl taken in Toronto. She is standing outside a home and is wearing a costume with a heart shape on her chest and a matching head piece in her hair.
- Name Access
- Bliss, Helen
- Subjects
- Children's costumes
- 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
- Bliss family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 8
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Henry Bliss.
- Notes
- Photographer: Haynee Studio.
- Mounted in card frame.
- Name Access
- Bliss, Henry
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Bliss family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 8
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1954 or 1955]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Helen Bliss with her mother, Dorothy, in Toronto. The two women are seated together on a chair, smiling for the camera. Helen has her arm around Dorothy.
- Name Access
- Bliss, Dorothy
- Bliss, Helen
- Subjects
- Mothers and daughters
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions