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Toronto Jewish Girl Guides at Fairview Cottage, Port Whitby
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1870
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1870
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 21 Jul. 1920
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- Fairview cottage was owned by the National Council of Jewish Women and operated by the Junior Council. It was purchased in 1916 as part of their "Fresh Air" work that afforded urban and working girls a respite from the city. It was located at Whitby Beach.
- Located nearby was a cottage owned by Arthur Cohen and another owned by Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Bertha Draimin. Mrs. Bertha Draimin was president of the Council of Jewish Women at the time that Fairview Cottage was purchased. Adelaide Cohen was the leader of the Jewish Girl Guildes and was the superintendent of the Jewish Girls' Club, which was established in 1909 by the National Council of Jewish Women.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Adelaide Cohen (centre) with a group of Jewish Girl Guides at Fairview Cottage in Whitby.
- Name Access
- Fairview Cottage
- National Council of Jewish Women (Toronto, Ont.)
- Jewish Girl Guides (Toronto, Ont.)
- Cohen, Adelaide
- Subjects
- Girl Guides
- 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
- Whitby (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-1-11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions