Level

Item

Item

1709

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1902

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

The Brown family lived on Kew Beach Ave.

Scope and Content

Identified in this photograph, seated left to right are: Meyer Brown (insurance agent and secretary of McCaul St. Shul); Manny Brown; Sophie Brown; Tema Brown.

Standing left to right: Peter Brown; Benjamin Brown (first Jewish architect and ladies designer for T. Eaton Co.).

Name Access

Brown, Benjamin, 1890-1974

Brown family

Brown, Meyer

Brown, Tema

Brown, Peter

McCaul St. Synagogue

Subjects

Architects

Families

Portraits, Group

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 fonds 49, item 1.

Places

Kew Beach Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Brown fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

49

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1902

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 25 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a family portrait of Benjamin Brown (aged about twelve) with his father Meyer, mother Tema, brothers Manny and Peter and sister Sophie. The photograph was taken in Toronto in 1902.

Notes

One image is a photocopy. See image of photocopy for identification information of Brown and his family.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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 photo #1709.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1703

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 16 cm

Custodial History

This item is a studio photograph of the Rotenberg family, most likely taken in Poland. Rose Rotenberg (m. Nepom) is standing at the back.

Name Access

Nepom, Rose

Rotenberg family

Rotenberg, Rose

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Poland

Accession Number

1979-3-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1702

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1926]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm on matte 21 x 22 cm

Custodial History

This item is a studio photograph of the Rotenberg family, most likely taken in Poland. The space between the two daughters in the back row was intentional, in honour of a son who had immigrated to the United States. Rose Rotenberg (Nepom) is standing third from the right.

Name Access

Nepom, Rose

Rotenberg family

Rotenberg, Rose

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Poland

Accession Number

1979-3-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1275

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of an unidentified Jewish family, most likely taken in Poland.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Poland

Accession Number

1977-4-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1701

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1930]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (sepia toned) ; 14 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a Jewish family from Pinczów, Poland. They may be the Rotenberg family. All members of the family were killed in the Holocaust.

Name Access

Rotenberg family

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Pinczów (Województwo Swietokrzyskie, Poland)

Accession Number

1979-3-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

267

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1900 and 1910]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Kaufman family settled in Galt, Ontario, after immigrating from Kraków, Poland.

Scope and Content

Item is a formal studio portrait of the Kaufman family.

Name Access

Kraackow

Kaufman family

Rotenberg, Mattie

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Kraków (Poland)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2016-8-1

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

9 cm of textual records

25 photographs : col., sepia and b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

1 crayon enlargment portrait : col. ; 12 x 19 cm

Date

1925-2003

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a colour crayon enlargement portrait of Bessie and Joseph Brown, "A Tribute to Bessie Brown" photograph album (Beth Jacob Synagogue and Sisterhood, Kitchener Ontario, 1976), photographs of Joseph, Bessie and Phillip Brown and [Beth Jacob Congregation's Sisterhood?] in 1964, a certificate of service and affiliaton at Beth Jacob for Bessie Brown, and newsletters from Beth Jacob and Beth Tikvah in Montreal (1980-2004).

Custodial History

Materials were donated by Cantor Avraham Fisher, who served at Beth Jacob from 1985-1994 and was a friend of the Brown family.

Administrative History

Bessie and Joesph Brown lived in Kitchener, Ontario. They had two children: Harry (b. 1926-?) and Phillip (1930-1939).

Descriptive Notes

ASSOCIATED MATERIAL NOTE: Bessie, Joseph and Harry Brown appear in Beth Jacob membership lists in accession 2008-6-7

Subjects

Families

Synagogues

Name Access

Beth Jacob Congregation (Kitchener, Ont.)

Brown, Bessie

Brown, Harry

Brown, Joseph

Brown, Phillip, 1930-1939

Places

Kitchener (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

1708

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1923

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Brown Family Reunion. Identified form left to right (Back Row): Sadie, Abe, Leah, Max Fannie, Max, Lilly and Morris. (Centre Row): Becky, Hersh, Massi, and William. Front Row: [Sydney], Sylvia, baby Harold and Rose.

Notes

Accession record contains identification list for this photograph.

Original photo by Modern Studios.

Name Access

Brown family

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Euclid Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-2-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Brown fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

49

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1902-1949

Physical Description

ca. 1500 architectural and technical drawings

6 photographs : b&w ; 38 x 30 cm or smaller

16 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Benjamin Brown (ca. 1888-1974) was the first practicing Jewish architect in Toronto. Born in what is now Lithuania, he arrived in Toronto at an early age and soon after, quit school to take a job in a garment manufacturing factory to help out his impoverished family. Not finding this career to his liking, Brown enrolled in the Ontario School of Art and Design with the intention of becoming an artist. When this profession proved financially unfeasible, Brown decided to pursue a career in architecture. After completing his high school equivalency, he enrolled in the University of Toronto architectural program, graduating in 1913. Soon after, Brown opened up a practice with fellow architect Robert McConnell, which lasted until the early 1920s. After the partnership ended, Brown set up an independent practice, which he maintained until his retirement in 1955.

Scope and Content

The fonds documents Brown’s design work and renovations of existing buildings through his original drawings, renderings, and building blueprints. The fonds consists of approximately 1500 drawings that are organized into about 150 projects. These projects include single-family residences, apartment buildings, commercial and industrial buildings, as well as synagogue and other community buildings. Many of Brown's buildings were designed in the Art Deco style, with some containing Georgian, Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Tudor and Romanesque elements.

Brown's most important commissions include the Beth Jacob Synagogue located on Henry Street, which was one the largest synagogues in Toronto, and the Balfour Building, an office tower built in the Art Deco style. The designs of Mendel Granatstein’s mansion, which contained a retractable roof for Sukkoth, and a colour sketch of the Primrose Club, which is currently the University of Toronto Faculty Club, may also be of interest to researchers. The fonds also includes some of Brown's files containing articles and illustrations from architecture and design journals of the early twentieth century, which he used as a resource to assist him with his work.

Fonds includes six photographs, one of the Balfour Building, one of Cumberland Hall, and four of Brown as a young man.

Notes

Architectural plans of a lead mine in Burnt River Ontario have been sent to the Kawartha Lakes Archives.

Name Access

Brown, Benjamin, 1890-1974

Subjects

Architects

Creator

Brown, Benjamin, 1890-1974

Accession Number

1975

1987-9-3

1989-10-6

2004-5-109

2004-5-139

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2018-12-6

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

19 cm of graphic material and textual records

Date

1931-1999

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Brown family. Included are: business records, clippings, correspondence, eulogies, notes, an issue of the LIFE Institute's L.i.f.e.lines newsletter, photographs, résumés and cover letters, school records, and vital statistics. A significant amount of the material documents the donor's father, Jack Brown, a community leader in Brantford, Ontario, and friend of Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Of note are autographed pictures of Former Prime Ministers Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Jean Chrétien.

Administrative History

The son of Rose and William Brown, Jack Irving Brown was born in Toronto on January 4, 1926. His family moved to Brantford, Ontario when he was a boy. Upon graduating from high school, Jack went to work at his father's retail store. When he eventually bought the store, he renamed it Brown's of Brantford. In addition to running his business, Jack held leadership positions with the Beth David Congregation, Brant Liberal Association, and the Rotary Club of Brantford. Upon moving to Toronto, he became president of the LIFE Institute at Ryerson University.

Jack and Joy Brown (née Greenberg) had four children: Andrew, Marlene (1952-2007), Holli (b. 1954), and Harriette (b. 1958). Later in life, Jack and Joy separated. For the final years of his life, Jack's companion was Rheta Rhosen. Jack died on September 23, 1999.

Subjects

Businesspeople

Families

Stores, Retail

Name Access

Brown (family)

Brown, Andrew, 1950-

Brown, Harriette, 1958-

Brown, Jack, 1926-1999

Brown, Rose

Brown, William

Chrétien, Jean, 1934-

Katzman, Marlene, 1952-2007

Trudeau, Pierre Elliott, 1919-2000

Verkade, Holli, 1954-

Places

Brantford (Ont.)

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

4198

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1913

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Name Access

Brown, Benjamin, 1890-1974

University of Toronto

Subjects

Architects

Portraits

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

1987-9-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

536

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1926

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (i negatve); 18 x 13 cm and 4 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a copy photograph of Yaakov and Malka Liberman and son, Poland, June 13, 1926.

Name Access

Liberman, Yaakov

Liberman, Malka

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Poland

Accession Number

Acquired June 22, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4196

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Sep. 1915

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Brown family, seated on the grass in Courthouse Square, Goderich. Pictured are:

Back row, left to right: Mrs. David Brown, Mrs. Urah with child, Anne Brown, Mrs. Leah Cornfield with daughter Edith, Mrs. Brown.

Front row, left to right: Laura Brown, Dorothy Brown, Goldie Cornfield, Bessy Brown.

Subjects

Families

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

Goderich (Ont.)

Accession Number

1987-3-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

423

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1973

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Benjamin Brown that was taken in Brown's apartment on Avenue Road, Toronto.

Notes

Photo by Stephen Speisman.

Not for reproduction without written permission from donor.

Acquired February 19, 1975.

Name Access

Brown, Benjamin, 1890-1974

Speisman, Stephen A., 1943-

Subjects

Architects

Places

Avenue Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

291

Material Format

graphic material

Date

16 Jun. 1974

Physical Description

2 photographs : col. (1 slide) ; 15 x 10 cm and 35 mm

Name Access

Brown, Benjamin, 1890-1974

Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architects

Doors

Synagogues

Places

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Betty Goldstick Lindgren fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

45

Item

38

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1918]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 8 cm on mat 15 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Goldstick family in what is likely the house they had on Manning Avenue, Toronto. Henry and Dorothy Dworkin are in the middle second and third from the right.

Notes

The photograph was taken at the same time as item #39.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Manning Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-10-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Betty Goldstick Lindgren fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

45

Item

39

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1918]

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w; 10 x 8 cm in mat 15 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Goldstick family at what is probably their Manning Avenue house in Toronto.

Notes

Photograph was taken at the same time and event as item #38.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Manning Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-10-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

58

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a black-and-white photograph of the Minegarten family including Samuel Minegarten, his nephews Joe and Borish, and his youngest daughter Mollye.

Name Access

Minegarten, Mollye

Minegarten, Samuel

Nisker, Mollye

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Good.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2340

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a studio portrait of an unidentified family from Europe.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Europe

Accession Number

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1152

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1900 and 1912]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 11 cm on card 17 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a cabinet card of the Moldaver family, of Brantford, Ontario in Kiev, Ukraine.

Name Access

Moldaver family

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Ukraine

Accession Number

1976-6-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

38

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca 1900]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Strenkovsky (Stren) family of Brantford, Ontario. The photograph was taken in Toronto.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

19

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Rapoport family of Brantford, Ontario.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Mimi Wise fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

16

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Date

[ca. 1915]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (jpg)

Admin History/Bio

Joseph Marin was the husband of Sonia (Stern) Marin and the parents of Mimi (Marin) Wise. Ruth Marin was Mimi's older sister. Sonia (Stern) Marin and Beckie (Stern) Marin were sisters and Joseph and Ben Marin were brothers. Ben Marin was the husband of Beckie (Stern) Marin. Sonia Brown was the wife of Peter Brown and the sister of Joseph Marin. Dr. Julius Levine was the husband of Mrs. Levine and a cousin of Joseph and Ben Marin.

Scope and Content

This item is an electronic copy photograph of the Marin family, originally taken at a portrait studio. Pictured are:

Back row, left to right: Sonia (Marin) Brown, Peter Brown (brother of architect Benjamin Brown), Joseph Marin, Mrs. Levine, Dr. Julius Levine, Ben Marin.

Front row, left to right: Grandmother Marin, Sonia Marin, Ruth Marin (baby), Grandfather Marin, Beckie Marin.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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.

Accession Number

2006-9-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1922

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy portrait of the Rosen family of Kingston, Ontario. Pictured are:

Back row, left to right: Jennie (née Rosen?) Cohen, Clara (née Rosen) Shapiro.

Front row, left to right: Fruma Basha Rosen, Harold Shapiro, Moshe Velvel Rosen.

Name Access

Cohen, Jennie

Rosen, Clara

Rosen, Fruma Basha

Rosen, Jennie

Rosen, Moshe Velvel

Shapiro, Clara

Shapiro, Harold

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Kingston (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-3-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1921]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy portrait of the Tevan family of Kingston, Ontario.

Name Access

Tevan family

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Kingston (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-3-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3366

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 11 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Moses family. Pictured are:

Standing, left to right: Annie, Rita (m. Mink), Bunny (m. Phillips), Ida (m. Shapiro), Wolfe, Malca (m. Kagan Muskin), Hascal.

Seated, left to right: aubey, Sid, Nathan.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Sudbury (Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-10-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3368

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 11 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Moses family of Sudbury, Ontario. The family are standing on the front porch of their house at 175 Spruce Street. Pictured are:

Back row, left to right: Rita (m. Mink), Annie, Ida (m. Shapiro), Bunny (m. Phillips).

Front row, left to right: Sidney, Aubey, Malca (m. Kagan Muskin), Nathan.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Sudbury (Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-10-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

931

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1900

Physical Description

1 photograph

Admin History/Bio

Jacob and Anna (née Fogel) Singer immigrated to Toronto from Austria around 1873. He worked as a jeweler in the west end of Toronto. They had 13 children, all of whom were born in Canada. They included: Jennie (b. 1874), Moses (b. 1875), Solomon (b. 1877), Max (b. 1879), Isia (b. 1880), Helen (b. 1882), Alex (b. 1885), Aby (b. 1886), Isador (b. 1886), Freddy (b. 1889), Arthur (b. 1881), Fanny (b. 1896) and Abimalich (b. 1898).

Scope and Content

The item is a photograph of the Singer family. The family includes father Jacob on the far left, his wife Anna on the far right, along with 10 of their children.

Name Access

Singer, Anna

Singer family

Singer, Jacob

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2532

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1921]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Seated, left to right: Abraham; Esther, Taube.

Standing left to right: Sarah; Isidor (Wally); Gertrude (Gittel).

Notes

Photo by The Modern Studio, 452 Queen St. W., Toronto.

Name Access

Walerstein, Abraham

Walerstein, Esther

Walerstein, Gertrude

Walerstein, Gittel

Walerstein, Isidor

Walerstein, Sarah

Walerstein, Taube

Walerstein, Wally

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

1981-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1314

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1905]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the Wolfish family. Pictured are:

Adults, left to right: Esther Wolfish; Samuel Wolfish; Becky Weinstein (m. Sniderman -- Esther's first cousin).

Children, left to right: David M. Wolfish; Rose Wolfish (m. Tarshis); Clara Wolfish (m. Kaminker) William Wolfish.

Name Access

Kaminker, Clara

Sniderman, Becky

Tarshis, Rose

Weinstein, Becky

Wolfish, Clara

Wolfish, Esther

Wolfish, David M.

Wolfish, Rose

Wolfish, Samuel

Wolfish, William

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

1977-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1862

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1905

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Identified in this photograph, standing left to right are: I.M. Granatstein; Fanny Yanover (Mrs. I.M. Granatstein); Harry Yanover; Rae Yanover (Mrs. Harry Yanover).

Seated left to right: Bunya Yanover holding Sam Granatstein; Ben Yanover; Gertie Yanover; Dorothy Yanover (daughter of Harry Yanover); Joseph Yanover.

Name Access

Granatstein, Fanny

Granatstein, I.M.

Granatstein, Sam

Yanvoer, Ben

Yanover, Bunya

Yanover, Dorothy

Yanover, Fanny

Yanover, Gertie

Yanover, Harry

Yanover, Joseph

Yanover, Rae

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

1980-1-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1474

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1912]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Zabasinski family also went by the name Smith. The Smith family lived at 767 King St. at the time of this photograph.

Scope and Content

Item is a studio photograh of the Zabasinsky family of Toronto.

Pictured in the back row from left to right: [Samuel?]; Morris, [unknown], [Rebecca Sachs?], [Hyman Sachs?], [unknown], Harry Smith.

Front row, left to right: Abraham Smith, Samuel, Rose, Lilllian Sachs, [Jacob?].

Name Access

Sachs, Hyman

Sachs, Lillian

Sachs, Rebecca

Smith, Abraham

Smith family

Smith, Harry

Smith, Jacob

Smith, Morris

Smith, Rose

Smith, Samuel

Zabasinski family

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

1978-1-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2565

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[before 1920]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Notes

No identification information.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

1981-3-10

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2367

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of an unidentified family. The three on the left immigrated to Toronto, while the rest stayed in Europe.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Europe

Accession Number

1980-7-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

530

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1927

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a copy photograph of the Sokolsky family, taken in a photo shop at Queen and Cameron Streets, Toronto. Top row, L-R: Benjamin Sokol, Aaron Sokolsky, Sam Sokol, Doris Sokol. Middle: Clara Sokolsky, Bryna Sokol, Dave Sokol. Bottom: Leonard Sokolsky, Lily Sokolsky.

Notes

A 4 x 5 negative is available.

Name Access

Sokol, Benjamin

Sokol, Bryna

Sokol, Dave

Sokol, Dorris

Sokol, Sam

Sokolsky, Aaron

Sokolsky, Clara

Sokolsky family

Sokolsky, Leonard

Sokolsky, Lily

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Cameron Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

Acquired June 22, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1864

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1908]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

The Fishkin family lived in Owen Sound for some time, but then returned to Toronto.

Scope and Content

Identified in this photograph, pictured left to right are: Rebecca Fishkin (née Solway); Bessie Fishkin (m. Greisman); Louis Fishkin; Mina Fishkin (m. Mrs. Abe Squires); Dolly Fishkin (m. Landsberg); Joel Fishkin.

Name Access

Fishkin, Bessie

Fishkin, Dolly

Fishkin family

Fishkin, Joel

Fishkin, Louis

Fishkin, Mina

Fishkin, Rebecca

Greisman, Bessie

Landsberg, Dolly

Solway, Rebecca

Squires, Mrs. Abe

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Owen Sound (Ont.)

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-1-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1860

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1900]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Identified in this photograph are, in the back row, from left to right: Israel Michael (I.M.); John Saul (J.S.), in the front row, left to right: Charles; Mendel; Abraham; Sarah holding Gertrude.

Name Access

Granatstein, Abraham

Granatstein, Charles

Granatstein family

Granatstein, Gertrude

Granatstein, Israel Michael

Granatstein, John Saul

Granatstein, Mendel

Granatstein, Sarah

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

1980-1-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4107

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Mother Hannah is twin to Alec Borovoy.

Scope and Content

Left to right: Katie (Cohen); Hannah; Harry; Aaron.

Name Access

Borovoy, Alec

Kasdan, Aaron

Kasdan, Hannah

Kasdan, Harry

Kasdan, Katie (Cohen)

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

1978-7-17

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3537

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1900 and 1920]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia toned ; 17 x 22 cm

Admin History/Bio

Mr. Rosen was a Melamed.

Uncles and aunts to the Bochners.

Name Access

Bochner family

Melamed

Rosen family

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

1981-4-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1724

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1910

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

This is a photograph of the Pike family, Toronto. Pictured in the front, from left to right: Harry, Louis (father), Dina (m. Jackson), Gittel (mother), Sam (in front), Minnie (m. Cowan). In back: Fanny (m. Rosenwald), Annie (m. Dillick).

Name Access

Cowan, Minnie

Dillick, Annie

Jackson, Dina

Pike, Annie

Pike, Dina

Pike family

Pike, Fanny

Pike, Gittel

Pike, Harry

Pike, Louis

Pike, Minnie

Pike, Sam

Rosenwald, Fanny

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

1979-5-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1925

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Goldman family. The Goldman children are Sylvia, Molly, Fran, and Elsie (d. 1992). Elsie Goldman (pictured on the far right) married Sammy Luftspring in 1938.

Notes

Image is located on page 43 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Philip Givens fonds

Personal series

Gevertz family and childhood photos file

Level

Item

Fonds

51

Series

1

File

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1922

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a family portrait of the Gevertz family. Identified are (left to right): Mary (Gewercz), Hyman, and Phil.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

16

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1918

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of members of the Mehr family, possibly taken on University Avenue. Pictured in the rear, from left to right are: [unknown], Jacob Mehr, Ethel Mehr, Joseph Rosenblatt.

In front, left to right: [unknown], [unknown].

Jacob Mehr and Joseph Rosenblatt were the paternal and maternal grandfathers of Ethel Mehr.

Name Access

Mehr, Jacob

Mehr, Ethel

Rosenblatt, Joseph

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

60

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1922

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the Spencer family taken in Toronto in 1922. There are two young boys in the photograph. One, named Samuel, is holding a violin. Samuel is standing with his mother, who is holding the youngest son.

Notes

There is a corresponding negative for this photograph.

Name Access

Spencer family

Spencer, Samuel

Nisker, Mollye

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

14

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the White family of Paris, Ontario. Pictured are the father, mother and three children in their living room.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Paris (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1142

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1905]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a studio photograph of the Solway family, taken in Haloftzin, Mogilev Province, Russia. Pictured from left to right are: Joe Solway (1901-1942), Gana, Rachel (1878-1969), Dora (aged 8 months), and Sam (1902-1953). Joe Solway was the father of Larry Solway.

Name Access

Solway, Dora

Solway family

Solway, Gana

Solway, Joe

Solway, Rachel

Solway, Sam

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Russia

Accession Number

1976-6-10

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Al Gilbert portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

4

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

David Greenberg was an electrical engineer. He later became a chiropracter in Toronto. His father, Louis Greenberg, was a tailor whose shop was located in the Jarvis and Parliament area on Queen Street East. The family originally belonged to the Berkeley Street Synagogue, but there was no minyan for David's bar mitzvah and they moved to the McCaul Street Synagogue.

Scope and Content

Photograph is of the Greenberg family, including Mr. and Mrs. Greenberg with their four children.

Name Access

Greenberg, David

Berkeley Street Synagogue

McCaul Street Synagogue

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Photo #37, David Greenberg's Bar Mitzvah

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Al Gilbert portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

4

Item

24

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1962]

Physical Description

2 negatives : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm and 13 x 11 cm

Admin History/Bio

Herbert Orliffe was a QC barrister and solicitor who owned his own practice, Herbert Orliffe QC. He specialized in labour law and was the first Chairman of the Ontario Jurisdictional Disputes Commission.

He was born on May 5, 1905 to Anne and Charles Orliffe in Newcastle, England. Herbert married Ida Goren and they had four children: Annabel, Joan, Barbara and Robert.

His affiliations included: Jewish Public Library, Canadian Jewish News, Jewish Welfare Fund, Board of Jewish Education, Beth Tzedec Congregation, Sunnyside Lodge IOOF, Palestine Lodge AF & AM, Toronto Board of Trade, and the Empire Club.

Herbert was also the first Jewish Chairman of the Toronto Board of Education in 1952, an alderman for Ward Four in 1954, and a member of Municipality Toronto Council in 1956.

Scope and Content

Photograph of Herbert and Ida Orliffe with their children: Annabel, Joan, Barbara and Robert.

Name Access

Goren, Ida

Orliffe, Herbert

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Nathan Gilbert portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

5

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Nathan Gittelmacher was an immigrant from the Ukraine who moved to Toronto and first worked as a photographer at Empire Studios. In 1922, he opened up his own business called Elite Studios, located at 615 Queen Street West. He specialized in portraits and catered to a largely Jewish clientele.

Nathan Gittelmacher changed his family's name to Gilbert in the early 1940s and subsequently altered the family business name to Gilbert Studios. Nathan was married to Nina and they had four children named: Lou, Jack, Albert and Ruth.

Scope and Content

Image is of Nathan and Nina Gilbert with their eldest child, Lou.

Notes

The archivist has made an informed guess about the identity of the child based on the date of the photograph.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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