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Photographs of window exhibits and celebrations of the National Bicentenary of Canadian Jewry, 1759 - 1959
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- General office subject and correspondence files series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 2; File 1308
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- General office subject and correspondence files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1308
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 19 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of nineteen photographs of window exhibits of photographs and Jewish artifacts in storefronts (some which may be Eatons', Simpsons' and Fairweather stores), as well as guests and speakers at a celebration of the National Bicentenary of Canadian Jewry, 1759 - 1959. Individuals depicted include: the Governor General of Canada, Georges Vanier; his wife Pauline Vanier; the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Keiller MacKay; the Premier of Ontario Leslie Frost; the Mayor of Toronto Nathan Phillips; Samuel Bronfman; J.I. Oelbaum; Myer Gasner; Monroe Abbey; Rabbi Reuben Slonim; Rabbi Albert Pappenhein; as well as a shot of a large audience seated in an auditorium; a young girl presenting Mrs. Vanier with a bouquet of roses and a man speaking to the crowd, possibly a rabbi, as he is holding a bible in his hand.
- Notes
- COPYRIGHT NOTE: Photographs have been annotated as Graphic Artists Photographers (Toronto, ON).
- Subjects
- Jews--Canada
- Source
- Archival Descriptions