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- Accession Number
- 2017-10-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-10-9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 37 photographs : b&w, some sepia toned ; 9 x 14 cm and 14 x 9 cm
- Date
- 1914-1929
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 37 photographs documenting the extended family of Eva Horwitz (née Lipshitz). Included also is one photograph of Rabbi Yitzhak Yehuda Trunk (1878-1939), who was rabbi in Ciechanow from 1907-1912. (Ciechanow is approximately thirty kilometres from the town of Mlawa, where Eva was born.)
- Custodial History
- Marian Horwitz, daughter of Eva Horwitz, came into possession of the photographs subsequent to the death of her mother in 1983. Marian gifted the records to Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre on 30 October 2017.
- Administrative History
- Eva Horwitz (née Lipshitz, 1897-1983) was born in Mlawa, Poland on 20 June 1897. She married Jack Horwitz in Toronto on 30 October 1924. Thereafter, she raised three children: Gloria, Marvin, and Marian. In addition to her duties as a homemaker, Eva was an active member of the Workmen's Circle with her husband. She passed away on 17 February 1983.
- Photo Caption (037): Rabbi Yitzhak Yehude Trunk, [192-?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-10-9.
- All other photos are unidentified.
- Use Conditions
- Restricted. See administrative notes.
- Descriptive Notes
- LANGUAGE NOTE: Captions on verso in Polish and Yiddish.
- Subjects
- Families
- Rabbis
- Name Access
- Horwitz, Eva, 1897-1983
- Horwitz family
- Trunk, Rabbi Yitzhak Yehuda, 1878-1939
- Places
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions