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Dr. Samuel Lavine
- Accession Number
- 2015-1-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-1-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder textual records
- 1 photograph: b&w ; 35 x 25 cm
- Date
- 1899-[ca. 1903]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Dr. Samuel Lavine's certification from the State Board of Medical Colleges of New Jersey and and the Board of Medical Registration and Examination, State of Ohio. Also included is one photograph believed to be of Samuel and Ida Lavine.
- Custodial History
- Donor found items among her mother's papers, donor was Samuel Lavine's great-granddaughter.
- Administrative History
- Dr. Samuel Lavine (1874-1959) was the first Jewish doctor to practice in Toronto. He graduated from Trinity University Medical School in 1899. Understanding that Jewish practitioners had little future in Toronto, he moved to the United States and received his medical certification in New Jersey and Ohio. However, he returned to Toronto one year later and opened an office at John and Adelaide Streets. He was known for making house calls on his bicycle. Dr. Lavine was also part of the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society, and became the first Jewish Lodge doctor in 1907. In 1909, he helped found, and later remained active in, the Free Jewish Dispensary. As of 1911 he lived at 159 Beverly Street. After 1922 he lived and practiced at 30 Dunvegan Road. The building was designed by Benjamin Brown. By 1931, Lavine's practice was located at 2 Wells Hill. Around 1903 he married Ida (nee Levy? Levi?) (1880-1958), and they had two daughters, Ruth (Levinson) and Helen (Sterling), and a son Bernard. Helen's husband, Theodore "Ted" Sterling, is said to be the first Jewish stockbroker.
- Subjects
- Physicians
- Name Access
- Lavine, Samuel, 1874-1959
- Source
- Archival Accessions