- Name
- Ruth Gorbet
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 13 Jun. 2007
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ruth Gorbet
- Number
- OH 295
- Subject
- Owen Sound
- fur business
- Theatre
- Rabbi Revson
- Rabbi Huberman
- Interview Date
- 13 Jun. 2007
- Quantity
- 1 mini DV, 1 archival DVD and 1 reference DVD
- Interviewer
- Sharon Gubbay Helfer
- Notes
- Part of Ontario Small Jewish Communities project.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Ruth Gorbet moved from Toronto to Owen Sound in 1952 after marrying Noman Gorbet. She was with Owen Sound Little Theatre (OSLT) when it was founded in 1961 and has worked tirelessly for the local theatre company ever since. It was that dedication to the arts in Owen Sound that earned Gorbet the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2014 Cultural Awards.
- A founding member of OSLT, Ruth was in the first play put on by the organization in 1961, My Three Angels. She has been active with the theatre for more than fifty years as an actor, volunteer, and board member and serving as president many times. Ruth's latest involvement with the organization was earlier this month when she played a part in Calendar Girls. In the fall she joined the other female cast members and shed her clothes to create a calendar with proceeds from its sales going to the Grey Bruce Residential Hospice.
- Little theatre isn't Ruth's only involvement in the community. She has also worked bingos, is past president of the Kinette Club, served on the hospital auxiliary, volunteers for the alzheimer's society and works for the hospice.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Original Format
- Mini DV
- Copy Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-24
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-24
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w & col. (jpg)
- 1 textual record (pdf)
- Date
- [ca. 1920]-[ca. 1950]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of four scanned photographs and one scanned newspaper clipping relating to the Gorbet family of Owen Sound, Ontario.
- Administrative History
- Benjamin Gorbach was born in Kiev, Russia in 1885, one of 13 children. Escaping harsh conditions there, he immigrated to North America at the age of 18, going first to New York City and then to Toronto in 1904. With his name changed to Gorbet, Benjamin met Russian-born Pearl Rudnitsky (b. 1890) and they married in 1909. Three children, Harry, Reuben and Bess, were born in Toronto. Reuben died tragically in a bathtub accident. Following an adventurous but unsuccessful attempt to make a living as farmers outside the city, the family returned to Toronto, where their son Frank was born. Previously, Gorbet had studied to be a furrier in New York, and when the couple moved to Owen Sound in 1919, he established Gorbet's Furs. Two more sons and a daughter, Avraham (Abe), Norman and Taubyl, were born in Owen Sound. Benjamin died at his home in 1955 at the age of 70. His wife, affectionately known as “Mom Gorbet” lived on in the community for 13 years.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Owen Sound (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Art exhibitions series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 8
- File
- 39
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a catalogue entitled FirePlay/Pause
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Art exhibitions series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 8
- File
- 40
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1990-2002
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of the artist CV, a catalogue entitled Blind Image, reviews, and media releases.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Art exhibitions series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 8
- File
- 86
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a catalogue entitled Blind Image and a Koffler Gallery School Tours and Workshop booking form for the Blind Image exhibit.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Art exhibitions series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 8
- File
- 122
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 20 photographs : col. (slides) ; 35mm
- 18 photographs : col. ; 21 x 6 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, art reviews, a media release, an artist stament, details and descriptions of Liberman's works for the Blind Image exhibit, a bio, and photographs and slides of the artist's works.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Family series
- Portraits sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-1
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ruth Schwartz was the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz, and had three sisters, Sylvia, Fanny, and Helen.
- A respected Toronto bookseller, the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award was established in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in Ruth's honour. In 2004, the Schwartz family renamed the award the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The administration of this award is shared by the Ontario Arts Council, which selects the juries, and the Ontario Arts Council Foundation and the Canadian Booksellers Association, whose members select the short list of books.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Ruth Schwartz.
- Notes
- This listing only contains a negative; there are no proofs.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Family series
- Portraits sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-1
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ruth Schwartz was the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz, and had three sisters, Sylvia, Fanny, and Helen.
- A respected Toronto bookseller, the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award was established in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in Ruth's honour. In 2004, the Schwartz family renamed the award the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The administration of this award is shared by the Ontario Arts Council, which selects the juries, and the Ontario Arts Council Foundation and the Canadian Booksellers Association, whose members select the short list of books.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Ruth Schwartz.
- Notes
- This listing only contains a negative; there are no proofs.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Family series
- Portraits sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-1
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ruth Schwartz was the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz, and had three sisters, Sylvia, Fanny, and Helen.
- A respected Toronto bookseller, the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award was established in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in Ruth's honour. In 2004, the Schwartz family renamed the award the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The administration of this award is shared by the Ontario Arts Council, which selects the juries, and the Ontario Arts Council Foundation and the Canadian Booksellers Association, whose members select the short list of books.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Ruth Schwartz.
- Notes
- This listing only contains a negative; there are no proofs.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Family series
- Portraits sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-1
- Item
- 15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1940
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ruth Schwartz was the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz, and had three sisters, Sylvia, Fanny, and Helen.
- A respected Toronto bookseller, the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award was established in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in Ruth's honour. In 2004, the Schwartz family renamed the award the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The administration of this award is shared by the Ontario Arts Council, which selects the juries, and the Ontario Arts Council Foundation and the Canadian Booksellers Association, whose members select the short list of books.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Ruth Schwartz.
- Notes
- This listing only contains a negative; there are no proofs.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Family series
- Portraits sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-1
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- June 1946
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ruth Schwartz was the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz, and had three sisters, Sylvia, Fanny, and Helen.
- A respected Toronto bookseller, the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award was established in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in Ruth's honour. In 2004, the Schwartz family renamed the award the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The administration of this award is shared by the Ontario Arts Council, which selects the juries, and the Ontario Arts Council Foundation and the Canadian Booksellers Association, whose members select the short list of books.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Ruth Schwartz.
- Notes
- This negative has two images on it.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 27 June 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 15 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a bridal portrait of Ruth Freeman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Freeman. Ruth married William Metter of New York in the garden of Chudleigh House. Rabbi Samuel Sachs officiated.
- Subjects
- Weddings
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2017-8-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-8-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 15 cm
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1945]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one black and white photograph taken during the Second World War depicting a group of Jewish men and women who met for services and socializing once a week in the basement of the Sons of Jacob Congregation in Belleville, Ontario. Pictured in the photograph are Ruth Wise (back row, far right) and Rabbi Gedaliah Felder (centre).
- Custodial History
- Michelle Speyer donated the photograph to the Archives at the request of her grandmother Ruth Speyer (née Wise), who is pictured in the photograph.
- Administrative History
- Ruth Molly Wise was born in 1926 to Eva and William Wise. She grew up in Belleville, Ontario, where she was part of a group of women at Beth Jacob Congregation that prepared meals for Jewish service men stationed at an air force base in Trenton. When she was 16, Ruth moved to Toronto, where she stayed with relatives for two years. She changed her name to Ruth Speyer when she married Mark Speyer. The two were married for 59 years during which time they had three children: Bruce, Michael, and Lloyd. Mark and Ruth were involved with Beth Tzedec for many years and had been part of Goel Tzedec before it merged with the McCaul Street Synagogue. Mark and Ruth were also founding members of the Island Yacht Club, to which they were very devoted.
- Use Conditions
- 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.
- Descriptive Notes
- Ruth Speyer has written some additional names on the back of the photograph.
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Felder, Gedaliah
- Speyer, Ruth
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-5-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-5-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- text
- Physical Description
- 1 book
- 1 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1998
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the agenda and closing remarks by [Leslie Gales] from the opening event celebrating the establishment of the D. H. Gales Director of the University of Toronto Surgical Skills Centre at Mount Sinai. In addition, there is a copy (#31 of 320) of the 1998 book From Generation to Generation: A History of Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital written by Lesley Marrus Barsky.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1953
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 8 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ruth Godfrey (née Grossman) was the daughter of Rose Grossman and Moses Grossman. Ruth's siblings included Esther Grossman and Anne Grossman (m. Pescoe). The Grossman family left Galacia due to pogroms in 1921 and settled in Canada. Ruth married Bert Godfrey (b. 1 June 1908), son of Minnie Godfrey (née Reisman) and Solomon Godfrey. Bert became the president of S. Godfrey Co., a wool import and export company founded by Samuel Godfrey, and was the founding president of Beth Tzedec Synagogue. Ruth and Bert had two children, Corrine Leigh and Sheldon J.
- An organization executive, Ruth acted as president of both the Scopus Chapter of Hadassah and of the UJA Service Council and an executive officer of fundraising for the Home for the Aged, the UJA, and the United Jewish Welfare Fund. She was also involved with the Federation of Women's Organizations and the Jewish Public Library in Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Mrs. Ruth Godfrey.
- Subjects
- Executives
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 37, series 1, file 2 for portraits of Ruth Godfrey at Negev Dinner.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 145
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of news clippings and correspondence regarding the performance of the Merchant of Venice at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Name Access
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice
- Stratford Shakespeare Festival
- Subjects
- Theater
- Places
- Stratford (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 146
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955, 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of news clippings and correspondence primarily regarding the performance of the Merchant of Venice at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival and other venues. Also included is correspondence regarding the teaching of the play in schools.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Name Access
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice
- Stratford Shakespeare Festival
- Subjects
- Theater
- Places
- Stratford (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 148
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1969-1970
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and one booklet documenting the performance of the Merchant of Venice at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Name Access
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice
- Stratford Shakespeare Festival
- Subjects
- Theater
- Places
- Stratford (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1-1
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- textual record
- Date
- 1913-1959
- Physical Description
- 57 drawings : pencil on tracing paper, blueprints and other reproductions ; 72 x 114 cm or smaller
- 1 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Built in 1913, Loew's Yonge Street Theatre and Winter Garden Theatre complex was the flagship of Marcus Loew's Canadian theatre chain. The theatres were designed by Thomas Lamb as a "double-decker" theatre, with the Winter Garden located seven-stories above the street-level Yonge Street Theatre. This was the only double-decker theatre built in Canada and one of less than a dozen built internationally. The design was considered economical in that it provided a greater amount of seating on a given piece of real estate while allowing the theatre operator to present the same daily show in two theatres. The shows included both vaudeville acts and silent movies.
- In 1928, there was a major fire on the site and the Winter Garden Theatre was closed due to the decline in popularity of vaudeville. By 1930, the Yonge Street Theatre was solely a movie theatre, equipped for sound movies. Over the years it gradually fell into disrepair, but continued as a movie theatre until 1981. It was renamed the Elgin Theatre in 1978.
- In 1981, the Elgin and Winter Garden were purchased by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, and in 1987 the foundation began a two and half year, $30 million restoration of the theatres. The theatres re-opened in Dec. 1989 exclusively for theatrical productions.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of seating plans, blueprints of structural details, and floor plans, sections and elevations for successive alterations (to the entrance, lobby, basement, etc.) of the theatre. The sub-series includes a copy of a city building permit dating from 1934 for renovations carried out by Loew's Theatres Engineering Division. Some of the blueprints date from the original construction of the theatre in 1913.
- The sub-series is organized into 9 sub-sub-series, corresponding to project dates of 1913, 1919, 1934, 1939, 1949 (two projects), 1952, 1957 and 1959. The earliest materials, such as those from 1913 and 1919, were not created by Kaplan & Sprachman, but were no doubt used as reference materials for their work at the theatre.
- Please note that the blueprints of structural details such as columns and roof reinforcing beams may apply to the theatre complex as a whole, including the Winter Garden Theatre.
- Notes
- Title is derived from the formal titles of the drawings.
- Name Access
- Lamb, Thomas
- Elgin Theatre (Toronto)
- Winter Garden Theatre (Toronto)
- Subjects
- Theaters
- Physical Condition
- Some drawings are torn & damaged.
- Some are discoloured or damaged by deteriorating pressure-sensitive tape.
- Places
- Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Uptown Theatre (Toronto) sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1-2
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- graphic material
- Date
- 1919-1968
- Physical Description
- 132 architectural drawings : pencil (some on tracing paper, some hand col. using pencil crayon), blueprints and other reproductions ; 76 x 106 cm or smaller
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 44 x 55 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- One of sixteen theatres in Canada designed by the well-known architect Thomas W. Lamb, the Uptown Theatre opened in 1920 as a movie and vaudeville theatre of almost 3000 seats, and was later the first theatre in Toronto equipped for sound movies. In 1960 the Uptown's main auditorium was destroyed by a major fire. Kaplan & Sprachman participated in the theatre's subsequent renovation.
- In 1969 the Uptown was split into a five screen theatre through conversion of the theatre's balcony, backstage and basement areas. The Uptown was closed and demolished in late 2003 following the 28th Annual Toronto International Film Festival after the cinema operator, Famous Players, decided to close it and other theatres rather than comply with an Ontario Human Rights Commission order to make the theatres fully wheelchair-accessible.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of seating plans, blueprints of structural details, floor plans, sections and elevations for successive alterations (to the entrance, lobby, escalator, etc.) of the theatre, as well as several photographs of the Uptown's entrance and auditorium. The sub-series includes a number of hand-coloured drawings of the main auditorium dating from 1962, with paint and fabric samples attached, apparently associated with the re-building of the auditorium following the fire of 1960. The sub-series also includes a set of photo-reproductions of Thomas Lamb's original 1919 plans for the theatre, acquired by Kaplan & Sprachman in 1960.
- The sub-series is arranged in 9 sub-sub-series corresponding to project dates of 1919, 1936, 1945, 1949, 1960, 1962, and 1968. The final sub-sub-series relates to work done by Kaplan after the dissolution of Kaplan & Sprachman.
- In several cases, a sub-sub-series includes drawings and plans from earlier projects, used as reference materials for the current project.
- Name Access
- Lamb, Thos. W. (Thomas White), 1871-1942
- Uptown Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Theaters
- Physical Condition
- Some drawings torn or water-damaged. Some are discoloured or damaged by deteriorating pressure-sensitive tape.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1934?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Exterior shot of theatre marquee.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on the content of the photograph, inscriptions on the photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- Photographers: Pringle & Booth.
- Name Access
- Pringle & Booth
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1931]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the theatre in early stages of construction.
- Notes
- Title based on inscription on the photograph and information found in series 2 newspaper clippings.
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1932]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Exterior shot of theatre marquee.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- Photographers: Pringle & Booth.
- Name Access
- Pringle & Booth
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Exterior shot of theatre marquee.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1936?]
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains 3 exterior shots of the theatre and 1 of the auditorium.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photographs and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- Three of the photographs were taken by the photographers Pringle & Booth. The fourth print is of a later date, and is from an exposure made ca. 1938, based on the release dates of the films showing at the theatre.
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1935?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Exterior shot of theatre marquee.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photograph, Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996), and information accompanying a reproduction of the photograph in John Sebert's book, The "nabes" (p. 81).
- Photographers: Pringle & Booth.
- Name Access
- Pringle & Booth
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Danforth Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1937?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- One exterior shot of the theatre and one of the theatre lobby. Additional businesses featured in College Street view photograph include Altman's, Sugar Bros., Custom Tailoring, and York Furniture.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photographs, Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996), and information accompanying a reproduction of the photograph in John Sebert's book, The "nabes" (p. 104).
- Photographers: Pringle & Booth.
- Name Access
- Pringle & Booth
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1937?]
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm glued to sheets 22 x 28 cm
- Scope and Content
- 4 interior shots of the theatre lobby and auditorium.
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Sarnia (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1940] (original exposures 1937)
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- 4 interior shots of the theatre lobby and auditorium.
- Notes
- Title based on photograph content and labels attached to photographs.
- One photograph bears a stamp reading: "This photograph printed from exposure made Nov. 1937".
- Photographers: Hands Studio.
- Name Access
- Hands Studio
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Ottawa (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1937?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Exterior shot of theatre marquee.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- Photograph bears inscription: "Parkdale Toronto before remodelling.".
- Photographers: Pringle & Booth.
- Name Access
- Pringle & Booth
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1937?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Exterior shot of theatre marquee.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- The Tivoli Theatre (previously the Allen Theatre) was at 17 Richmond St. E., Toronto.
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1938?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Exterior shot of theatre marquee and interior shot of auditorium.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photographs and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1939?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Exterior shot of theatre marquee.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photograph.
- Location of this theatre is uncertain. Judging from the photograph in John Sebert's book, The "nabes", p. 117, it is not the Alhambra Theatre which was located at 568 Bloor St. W., Toronto.
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Bloor Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1939?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Exterior shot of theatre marquee.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photograph.
- Location of this theatre is uncertain. Release date for the movies showing at the theatre in this photograph was 1939, and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996) lists a Capitol Theatre project in Welland, Ont., for 1939.
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Welland (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- 1 exterior view of theatre marquee and 1 interior view of the theatre lobby or entrance-way.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based an inscription on one photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- The interior shot may be incorrectly identified, based on a comparison of the door designs in the two photographs. Also, the movies advertised in the lobby posters were released in 1936.
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Edmonton (Alta.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1939?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- 2 exterior shots of theatre marquee, one at night and the second in daylight.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photographs and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- Photographers: Robertson-Steele.
- Name Access
- Robertson-Steele
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- A section of one of the photographs is missing.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1939?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Exterior shot of theatre marquee.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- Photographers: Robertson-Steele.
- Name Access
- Robertson-Steele
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1939?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- 2 exterior shots of the theatre marquee: one at night and the second during the day.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photographs and an inscription.
- Photographers: Brigdens.
- Name Access
- Brigdens
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 20
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1939?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996) states that Kaplan & Sprachman renovated the Pylon in 1944. The probable creation date is based on the release date for the advertised movies. John Sebert's book, The "nabes", states that the Pylon was built in 1939 and designed by the architect Ben Swartz.
- Scope and Content
- Exterior shot of the theatre marquee.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photograph and an inscription.
- Photographers: Robertson-Steele.
- Name Access
- Robertson-Steele
- Kaplan & Sprachman (Firm)
- Kaplan, Harold S., 1895-1973
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- 3 exterior views of the theatre marquee (2 in daylight), and one view of the theatre lobby.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on the content of the photographs, an inscription on one of the photographs, and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- Photographers: Brigdens.
- Name Access
- Brigdens
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 22
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1940?]
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one exterior shot of the theatre marquee, two interior shots of the auditorium, and two interior shots of the lobby.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photographs. This theatre is not listed in Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- Photographers: C.W. Sillence & Co.
- Availability of other formats: Photographs have been scanned and are also available as digital images.
- Name Access
- C.W. Sillence & Co
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Courtenay (B.C.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 23
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1939, 1940
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm and 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- 2 views of the theatre's exterior, 2 of the lobby, and 3 of the auditorium.
- 1 of the photographs taken in the lobby is a group photo of Leo Hatch (air conditioning contractor), Peter McForty (general contractor), and Harold Kaplan.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photographs and inscriptions, and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 24
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- 5 photographs of the theatre's interior: the lobby, auditorium, dressing room, and airconditioning room.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photographs and inscriptions, and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- Photographer: Leonard Frank Photos.
- Name Access
- Leonard Frank Photos
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions