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Leon Koffler seated in a horse-drawn buggy
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 37; Series 9; Item 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 9
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Leon Koffler was born in Romania. He moved to Canada and settled in the Toronto area at the age of fifteen with his mother and his three sisters. Leon Koffler worked for Nelson's when he first moved to Canada as a fruit peddler. He graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in 1921 and two years later opened his first pharmacy on College Street. Leon lived in the apartment above his store with his wife Tiana Koffler (née Reinhorn) and their son, Murray.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is of Leon Koffler seated in a horse-drawn buggy, peddling fruit and vegetables at age eighteen.
- The buggy has a Nelson's sign on it and the address for 460 Yonge Street.
- Name Access
- Koffler, Leon
- Nelson's
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- Peddlers
- 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.
- Related Material
- see also photographs: 37-S4-3-item-2, 37-S4-3-item-3, 37-S4-3-item-9, 37-S4-3-item-15
- Places
- Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions