Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish clubs, businesses and organizations series

Level

Series

Fonds

37

Series

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1917-1935

Physical Description

9 negatives : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Series consists of photographs of clubs and organizations that had a Jewish membership or mandate. Included in this sub-series are group portraits of the Girl Guides, 69th Toronto Company; Judeans; Rokeah, the Jewish Druggist's Club; the U.of T. Menorah Society; the YMHA; and the Jewish Legion.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish clubs, businesses and organizations series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

8

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1924]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Girl Scouts were officially founded in 1910 with the establishment of Girl Guides Association in the United Kingdom. They orginated in Britain, but within that same year groups were sprouting up all over the world, including in Canada. The Ontario Council was inaugurated in 1921.

The 69th division was founded on 3 July 1922. The name was changed several times to: Highland Glen, Humber Highlands, Westwinds, and then Smithfield. The director in 1922 was Lillian Smith. The 69th Toronto Co. met at 254 McCaul St. at the Church of the Redeemer, at Smithfield Public School, and at Clairville Public School. The company shut down on 6 June 1930 and reopened 17 May 1932.

Name Access

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Girl Guides

Portraits, Group

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

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish clubs, businesses and organizations series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

8

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1924]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Girl Guides were officially founded in 1910 with the establishment of Girl Guides Association in the United Kingdom. They orginated in Britain, but within that same year groups were sprouting up all over the world, including in Canada. The Ontario Council was inaugurated in 1921.

The 69th division was founded on 3 July 1922. The name was changed several times to: Highland Glen, Humber Highlands, Westwinds, and then Smithfield. The director in 1922 was Lillian Smith. The 69th Toronto Co. met at 254 McCaul St. at the Church of the Redeemer, at Smithfield Public School, and at Clairville Public School. The company shut down on 6 June 1930 and reopened 17 May 1932.

Name Access

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Girl Guides

Portraits, Group

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

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish clubs, businesses and organizations series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

8

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1924]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Girl Scouts were officially founded in 1910 with the establishment of Girl Guides Association in the United Kingdom. They orginated in Britain, but within that same year groups were sprouting up all over the world, including in Canada. The Ontario Council was inaugurated in 1921.

The 69th division was founded on 3 July 1922. The name was changed several times to: Highland Glen, Humber Highlands, Westwinds, and then Smithfield. The director in 1922 was Lillian Smith. The 69th Toronto Co. met at 254 McCaul St. at the Church of the Redeemer, at Smithfield Public School, and at Clairville Public School. The company shut down on 6 June 1930 and reopened 17 May 1932.

Name Access

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Girl Guides

Portraits, Group

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

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish clubs, businesses and organizations series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

8

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1919

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a composite image of the Judeans rugby team, intermediate city champs.

Subjects

Portraits

Sports teams

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

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish clubs, businesses and organizations series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

8

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is an image of the Jewish Druggist's Club "ROKEAH."

Subjects

Clubs

Portraits, Group

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

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish clubs, businesses and organizations series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

8

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1917-1918

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Menorah Society grew out of the Yiddish Club at the University of Toronto in 1917. The had a semi-official status and superseded most of the other Jewish student groups. Most often they met off campus, but they did have a faculty advisor named Professor W. R. Taylor, who taught Hebrew at University College. The society was a branch of an intercollegiate Jewish society formed at Harvard in 1906 for the study of Jewish history and culture. In Toronto, they flourished until it was undermined by the Greek-letter fraternities in the late 1920s. It dissolved in 1931.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the University of Toronto Menorah Society executives for 1917–1918.

Name Access

University of Toronto Menorah Society

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Societies

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

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish clubs, businesses and organizations series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

8

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1920

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This file consists of one studio photograph of the Young Judaea Basketball Club. The members of the team are in uniform and the coaches are featured in the photo as well. Identified are Sid Sharfestein (Sharp) and Joe Harris.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Sports teams

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.

Creator

8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish clubs, businesses and organizations series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

8

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1925]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Union Kosher Delicatessan was owned by H. Garelick and D. Bernholtz; they were also owners of the Union Kosher Sausage Company located at 266 Parliament Street.

Scope and Content

Photograph of a woman standing outside the Union Kosher Delicatessan located at 797 Dundas Street in Toronto. The woman was most likely either Mrs. Garelick or Mrs. Bernholtz.

Name Access

Bernholtz, Mrs.

Garelick, Mrs.

Union Kosher Delicatessan

Subjects

Delicatessens

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

Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish clubs, businesses and organizations series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

8

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca.1944]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph is of Louis Ruben standing outside of his tailoring store, which was located at 248 Royce Avenue in Toronto.

Name Access

Louis Ruben Hand Tailored Clothes

Ruben, Louis

Subjects

Storefronts

Tailors

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

Royce Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish clubs, businesses and organizations series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

8

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1917

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Army Servicemen, Jewish Legion during the First World War. The Israeli flag has been superimposed onto the original image.

Name Access

Jewish Legion

Subjects

Flags--Israel

Portraits, Group

Soldiers--Canada

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

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish clubs, businesses and organizations series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

8

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Max Wolfe began peddling fruit and vegetables as a young man; he purchased a horse and wagon and would buy his produce from the Toronto Wholesale Fruit Market. In 1909, he bought a building at 613 Queen Street and starting selling wholesale produce with his cousin Osher Weinstein. After this business folded, Max and his brother Maurice started a new business selling oats, hay, grains, and potatoes. In 1914, this business expanded, and they began selling general produce under the name of Ontario Produce Company. After the Second World War, they expanded the business again into a grocery firm and changed the name to the Oshawa Wholesale Limited. This business was very successful, and eventually the brothers acquired the IGA franchise.

Max married Beatrice Albert in 1936. They had two children: Phyllis and Harold.

Max was a longtime member of Beth Tzedec Congregation and its predecessor, Beth Hamidrash Hagadol. An annual scholarship is awarded in his name through the Hy Cooper Trust Fund of Beth Tzedec's Men's Club to a student seeking to pursue Jewish studies.

In 1966, Max and Maurice were honoured at a testimonial dinner by the Toronto Wholesale Fruit Produce Merchants Association. They were awarded the Celebrity of the Year Award in 1969 by the Sportsmen's Lodge, B'nai B'rith.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a photograph of Max and Maurice Wolfe inside the Toronto Wholesale Fruit Market. The Wolfe brothers are positioned in the forefront, and appear to be engaged in a business transaction concerning a crate of strawberries. The portrait looks staged and may have been used for an advertisement or a newspaper article featuring the Wolfe brothers.

Name Access

Toronto Wholesale Fruit Market

Wolfe

Subjects

Brothers

Markets

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions