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Sam Dime
- Accession Number
- 1998-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-12-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 56 photographs : b&w and col. (27 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- 1 postcard
- Date
- 1909-[ca. 1980]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a collection of copy and original photographs documenting the life of the Dime family and their relatives in locations including Belleville, Oshawa, Toronto, the Muskoka Sanitorium, and Goose Bay, Labrador.
- Photo Captions:
- 001: Sam and Dorothy Dime, Dime’s Drug Store, 568 Jarvis Street, Toronto, [1957?].
- 002: Street view of Dime’s Pharmacy, 568 Jarvis Street, Toronto, 1960.
- 003: Sgt. Sam Dime, Pharmacy, Goose Bay Labrador, 1944.
- 004: Ada Dime, with Ben [Safe] and Sam Dime, secondhand furniture, 56 King St. West, Oshawa, ON, 1921.
- 005: Sam Dime with dog [4F], Goose Bay, Labrador, 1944.
- 006: Sam Dime, 56 King St. W., Oshawa, ON, ca. 1920-21.
- 007: Rabbi Isaac Stein with grandchildren Izzie (left) and Donna, Toronto, 1930.
- 008: Portrait of Ada Dime (née Aronson) with her brother Sammy Aronson, 273 Yonge Street, Toronto, ca. 1915.
- 009: Portrait of David and Sammy Tobe, Belleville, ON, [1909]. Photograph by R. McCormick Belleville.
- 010: Morris Bernard of Belleville, Overseas, First World War, ca. 1918.
- 011: David Dime, (age 25), 1914. The Dutch Studio Vander Feen, 318 Yonge St. Toronto, ON, [192-?].
- 012: Unidentified group of children, [19--?].
- 013: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Tobe with their children David and Sammy, Belleville, ON, [1920]. Photograph by R. McCormick Belleville.
- 014: Portrait of David and Ada Dime with daughter Anne, Belleville, ON, ca. 1915.
- 015: Mickey and Riva Marcus, Belleville, ON, ca. 1917-18.
- 016: Ada Dime, 30 Simcoe Street, Oshawa, ON, 1930.
- 017: Tobie Green (m. Dime), her brother Hershel Goldman and Goldie Fryman, St. Patrick Street Between Elm & Dundas, [Toronto], ON, 1924.
- 018: Cheder class, Oshawa Hebrew Congregation, Beth Zion,45 Albert Street in Oshawa, Ontario, 1922. Back row (L to R): Simma Engel, Rabbi Primack's son, Rabbi Primack's daughter, Annie Dime, Annie Hennick, Sara Rainish. Front row (L to R): Clara Engel (m. Rubin), Maxie Rainish, Irving Oilgissor, Becky Rainish, Sam Dime, [Primack child?], Rabbi Primack.
- 019: David Dime (back row, right), Muskoka Sands, July ca. 1922
- 020: Oshawa Belleville group, Belleville, Ontario, ca. 1930. Back row: Mr. Diamond, Goldie Engel, Abe Swartz, [unidentified], Faige Swartz, Sarah Golub, Sue [Sape], Hymie Golub. Front row: Mrs. Lepofsky, Mildred Golub.
- 021: National Council of Jewish Women, 44 St. George Street, ca. 1943. Also pictured is Betty Stone and Dora Stein (4th left).
- 022: Sam Dime, Dime’s Pharmacy, 568 Jarvis Street, Toronto, ca. 1951.
- 023: Dorothy Stein (m. Dime) at closing of canteen, 44 St. George Street, Toronto, 1945. Photographer Globe & Mail.
- 024: Ada and David Dime, Muskoka Sands, Gravenhurst, ca. 1922.
- 025: Canadian Jewish Congress Service Mens Club postcard, ca. 1940s.
- 026: Mrs. Ada Dime, Dime’s Dry Goods, 30 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, ON, 1926.
- 027: David Dime (left), with orphans in Baron de Hirsch Farm in Saskatchewan, ca. 1906.
- Administrative History
- The donor Sam Dime served in the Second World War. In 1947 Sam and his wife Dorothy Dime (née Stein) opened Dime's Drug Store at 568 Jarvis Street in Toronto. The pair operated the Jarvis Street institution for thirty-nine years and officially closed their store in 1986.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Places
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Belleville (Ont.)
- Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality)
- Saskatchewan
- Source
- Archival Accessions