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Mina Sprachman - 12 Dec. 1978
- Name
- Mina Sprachman
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 12 Dec. 1978
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Mina Sprachman
- Number
- OH 142
- Subject
- Architects
- Buildings
- Occupations
- Interview Date
- 12 Dec. 1978
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Stephen Speisman
- Total Running Time
- AC142: 31:34 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Abraham Sprachman (1896–1971) was as Toronto-based architect who, in partnership with Harold Kaplan in the firm Kaplan & Sprachman, was well-known for the design of art deco and art moderne movie theatres during the 1930s and 1940s and for designing buildings for Jewish communities across Canada from the 1930s to 1960s.
- Abraham married his cousin Mina Sprachman in 1921. They had two children, Mandel and Sheila. Mandel followed in his father's footsteps and became a nationally-recognized and acclaimed architect. Both specialized in theatre design and renovations. Mandel became an architect best known for his restoration of the Elgin Wintergarden.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Kaplan & Sprachman
- Kaplan, Harold
- Sprachman, Abraham, 1896-1971
- Speisman, Stephen
- Sprachman, Mina
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Mina Sprachman discusses her husband's architectural firm of Kaplan and Sprachman, its Jewish clientele, and the firm's commissions to design and renovate theatres, hospitals, and synagogues across Canada.