Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

83

File

9

Item

17

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm on matte 24 x 16 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the Ladovsky family in Kielce, Poland. They are the relatives of Herman Ladovsky.

Notes

Originally cited as photo #3832.

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

There are cacks at two corners of the matte.

Accession Number

1983-11-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

83

File

9

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[190-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of members of the Ladovsky family, in Kielce, Poland. The family are relatives of Herman Ladovsky of Toronto.

Notes

Formerly cited as photo # 3834.

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

1983-11-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

83

File

9

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a Ladovsky family wedding dinner, in Kielce, Poland. The family were relatives of Herman Ladovsky of Toronto.

Notes

Originally cited as photo # 3842.

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

1983-11-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

83

File

9

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[190-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a male member of the Ladovsky family, taken in Kielce, Poland. The individual is a relative of Herman Ladovsky of Toronto.

Notes

Originally cited as photograph # 3835.

Name Access

Ladovsky (family)

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

1983-11-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

83

File

9

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[190-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of three male members of the Ladovsky family, taken in Kielce, Poland. They are relatives of Herman Ladovsky of Toronto.

Notes

Originally cited as photo # 3837.

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 layer of a small section of the bottom of the cardboard backing has peeled off.

Accession Number

1983-11-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

83

File

9

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[190-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a female member of the Ladovsky family, taken in Kielce, Poland. She is a relative of Herman Ladovsky of Toronto.

Notes

Originally cited as photo # 3838.

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

1983-11-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

83

File

9

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[190-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a member of the Ladovsky family, taken in Kielce, Poland. The woman is a relative of Herman Ladovsky of Toronto.

Notes

Originally cited as photo # 3836.

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

1983-11-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

83

File

9

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[190-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w : 18 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of four female members of the Ladovsky family, taken in Kielce, Poland. They are relatives of Herman Ladovsky of Toronto.

Notes

Originally cited as photo # 3839

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

1983-11-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

83

File

9

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[190-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w : 18 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a female member of the Ladovsky family, taken in Kielce, Poland. She is a relative of Herman Ladovsky of Toronto.

Notes

Originally cited as photo # 3840.

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

1983-11-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

83

File

9

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1905]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of S. Levy and Aaron Ladovsky in Kielce, Poland. Aaron is standing on the right.

Notes

Originally cited as photo # 3841.

Name Access

Levy, S.

Ladovsky, Aaron

Subjects

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

Poland

Accession Number

1983-11-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2013-2-3

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

20 cm of textual records

ca. 100 photographs

Date

[190-]-2012

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records related to three generations of the Ladovsky family and their restaurant, the United Bakers Dairy Restaurant. Also included is a small amount of material related to Jewish organizations in Toronto, such as the Kieltzer Society and B'nai Brith, as well as the Bakery and Confectionary Union. Records include family and business photographs, correspondence, newsclippings, UB menus and other ephemera, and records related to family simchas and celebrations.

Custodial History

The records were created and accumulated by Aaron Ladovsky, Herman Ladovsky and Ruthie Ladovsky.

Administrative History

Aaron Ladovsky was born in 1888 in Kielce, Poland. He immigrated with his wife Sarah to Toronto in 1906 at the age of 18. Soon after arriving, Aaron Ladovsky worked to help form a Jewish bakers’ union to advocate for collective rights among Jewish Bakers. In 1912 he opened the United Bakers Dairy Restaurant at Dundas and Bay Streets (known then as Agnes and Terauley Streets respectively) in the heart of the Ward. That same year, the couple had twin sons Herman and Samuel, who were born on September 23, 1912.

Only a short time later, in 1920, Aaron moved the location of his restaurant to 338 Spadina Avenue, just north of Dundas. He and his family lived in an apartment upstairs. Herman and Samuel attended Hester How Elementary School until 1919, Lord Lansdowne Public School once the family moved to Spadina, and later Central Commerce. The twins worked in the family business in the 1920s delivering fresh breads and buns by horse cart.

Aaron Ladovsky was involved in a number of community organizations. He was instrumental in founding the Kieltzer Society of Toronto in 1913; a community based immigrant-aid association extending aid to Kielcers in Poland and around the world. Ladovsky remained an active member of the organization until his death on April 5, 1960 . His restaurant provided a welcome gathering place for the Jewish community, serving traditional dishes and maintaining a friendly open-door policy. Aaron Ladovsky was known for his generosity and claimed that no one, whether they had money or not, left his restaurant hungry. The United Bakers' menu was mainly based on Sarah’s original recipes, and continues to be so to this day.

During the Second World War, Herman served overseas as an electrician in the Canadian army show with comics Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster. After returning from the war, he married Dora Macklin in 1947, a registered nurse from Regina. He also began to take over management of the family business. Later, his son Philip and daughter Ruth would follow in his footsteps, helping to run the restaurant with him and later taking over managment. United Bakers remained on Spadina Avenue for 66 years – until 1986 when it moved to its current location at 506 Lawrence Avenue West, off of Bathurst Street. Herman was an active fixture in restaurant until his death on January 6, 2002. He also supported and was involved in the work of the Ontario Jewish Archives over the years. Today, Philip and Ruth carry on the family tradition of running United Bakers Dairy Restaurant.

Descriptive Notes

To be integrated into the Ladovsky family fonds 83.

Subjects

Families

Restaurants

Name Access

Ladovsky, Herman

Ladovsky, Aaron

United Bakers Dairy Restaurant (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

83

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

[ca. 1890]-2012

Physical Description

3.5 cm of textual records

185 photographs : b&w and col. and sepia toned ( 10 negatives, 4 slides, 3 contact prints) ; 26 x 20 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

Aaron Ladovsky (1888-1960) was born in 1888 in Kielce, Poland. He immigrated to Toronto in 1906 at the age of 18. Soon after arriving, Aaron Ladovsky worked to help form a Jewish bakers’ union to advocate for collective rights among Jewish Bakers. In 1911 he married Sarah Eichler who was from his home town of Kielce, Poland. In 1912 he opened the United Bakers Dairy Restaurant at Dundas and Bay Streets (known then as Agnes and Terauley Streets respectively) in the heart of the Ward. That same year, the couple had twin sons, Herman and Samuel, who were born on September 23, 1912.

Only a short time later, in 1920, Aaron moved the location of his restaurant to 338 Spadina Avenue, just north of Dundas. He and his family lived in an apartment upstairs. Herman and Samuel attended Hester How Elementary School until 1919, Lord Lansdowne Public School once the family moved to Spadina, and later Central Commerce. The twins worked in the family business in the 1920s delivering fresh breads and buns by horse cart.

Aaron Ladovsky was involved in a number of community organizations. He was instrumental in founding the Kieltzer Society of Toronto in 1913, a community based immigrant-aid association extending aid to Kielcers in Poland and around the world. Ladovsky remained an active member of the organization until his death on April 5, 1960. His restaurant provided a welcome gathering place for the Jewish community, serving traditional dishes and maintaining a friendly open-door policy. Aaron Ladovsky was known for his generosity and claimed that no one, whether they had money or not, left his restaurant hungry. The United Bakers' menu was mainly based on Sarah’s original recipes, and continues to be so to this day.

During the Second World War, Herman served overseas as an electrician in the Canadian army show with comics Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster. After returning from the war, he married Dora Macklin in 1947, a registered nurse from Regina. He also began to take over management of the family business. Later, his son Philip and daughter Ruth would follow in his footsteps, helping to run the restaurant with him and later taking over managment. United Bakers remained on Spadina Avenue for 66 years, until 1986 when it moved to its current location at 506 Lawrence Avenue West, off of Bathurst Street. Herman was an active fixture in restaurant until his death on January 6, 2002. He also supported and was involved in the work of the Ontario Jewish Archives over the years. Today, Philip and Ruth carry on the family tradition of running United Bakers Dairy Restaurant. In May 2012 the restaurant celebrated its 100th anniversary.

Custodial History

The records were donated in multiple small accessions by Herman Ladovsky from 1977 until 2004.

It appears as though previous archivists integrated some materials into a manuscript group relating to Aaron Ladovsky and then later deconstructed a portion of this group into original accessions. Also, a number of periodicals and textual materials from these accessions were integrated into various other manuscript groups and remain there.

One item, a Lord Lansdowne School anniversary booklet which contains a photocopy of Herman's student record, remained in the Aaron Ladovsky manuscript group. This item could not be identified as part of a previous accession, but has been integrated into the fonds as it appears to have been donated by Herman.

Photo #3050 was not associated with an accession number, but documents United Bakers Dairy Restaurant and was likely donated by Herman Ladovsky.

Recent accruals have been donated by Ruth Ladovsky.

Scope and Content

The fonds consists of records documenting the Ladovsky family in Kielce, Poland and Toronto. It is primarily made up of photographs of Ladovsky family members in Kielce and Toronto, and of various organizations that Aaron and Herman were involved in. There are also a few textual records that document the Ladovsky family and their involvement in the Kieltzer Society.

Notes

Newspaper clippings were photocopied and placed in the Aaron Ladovsky vertical file.

Many photographs were originally cited with diifferent numbers. These numbers are mentioned below photo descriptions.

Name Access

Kieltzer Sick Benefit Society (Toronto, Ont.) (subject)

Ladovsky, Aaron, 1888-1960 (creator)

Ladovsky (family)

Ladovsky, Herman, 1912-2002 (creator)

United Bakers Dairy Restaurant (subject)

Related Material

Se MG 2B-1R

See vertical file on Aaron Ladovsky

Arrangement

Records have been organized by media and chronology due to low volume and disparate subject matter. Textual records have been arranged in 17 files. Photographs have been arranged chronologically and are largely described at the item level.

Places

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-7-5

1978-12-7

1981-1-2

1983-11-6

1988-4-12

1993-10-1

1994-1-3

1999-11-4

2000-4-4

2004-5-21

2004-5-82

2008-4-9

MG 6 E6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1707

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1911

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy photograph of an original half-toned proof featuring the family of Toronto architect, Benjamin Brown. The original photograph was taken in Baremly, Poland.

Name Access

Brown, Benjamin, 1890-1974

Brown family

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.

Places

Poland

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

1518

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 on mat 19 x 24 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the shoemakers' guild and executive of the Linas Hatzedek (Free Loan Society) in Kielce, Poland.

Name Access

Free Loan Society

Linas Hatzedek

Subjects

Guilds

Shoemakers

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

The photograph is in poor condition. The image has faded, is scratched and the bottom right-hand corner has chipped off.

Places

Poland

Accession Number

1978-3-6

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

Level

Item

Item

2960

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1918]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of an unidentified family funeral. The photograph depicts a large crowd around the body of a deceased male, who has been placed outside in his bed.

Subjects

Funeral service

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

1979-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2012-10-13

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

11 photographs : b&w and col. (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

Date

1917-1956

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records related to Aaron Ladovsky. Included is an urgent memo from Kielce asking for relief money and the accompanying receipt from Anshel Wise's steamship agent office for the remittance of the requested money (1939), a letter to Ladovsky c/o of the United Jewish Relief Conference from the CJC (1944), a Kieltzer Sick Benefit Society of Toronto dues booklet (1917), a Kieltzer Landmanshaften in Israel pamphlet (1953), and a receipt from the Standard Theatres Ltd. for payment of $60 for Ladovsky. This payment was made two months after the theatre first opened in 1921 and was likely payment for seats. The photographs depict Aaron Ladovsky with family in Kielce (1928), the dedication of a monument to the Kielce martyrs at a Jewish cemetery in Paris (between 1945 and 1950), a negative of a Canadian Jewish Congress meeting (1943), the exhumation of Kielce Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust, a photo of Ruthie, Herman and Philip Ladovsky at United Bakers, (1990s), and an exterior view of United Bakers on Spadina Avenue (1956).

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Family photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

1

Item

28

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1938

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 17 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a studio photograph of Bill Stern's paternal aunt, uncle and young cousins from Lagov, Poland. His aunt had previously been brought to Canada by Bill's father, Moishe Stern, before the Second World War. However, she fell ill while in Toronto and returned to Poland. The whole family pictured here were killed in the Holocaust. This photograph was taken in Lublin, Poland. His aunt's name was Chana Shternshis.

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

2004-5-96

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1937]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 neg) ; 19 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the Rosenbaum family on vacation at a rental cottage near their hometown Radom, Poland. Identified from top left: Aaron Anklewicz, Hella Anklewicz, Moshe Rosenbaum, Regina Margulies (née Rosenbaum), Bracha Rosenbaum, Mr. Margulies (Regina's husband), Leon Rosenbaum, Eva Rosenbaum, Mila Rosenbaum, Henry Rosenbaum.

Subjects

Vacations

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

The copy negative is item 2 in this series.

Places

Poland

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1937]

Physical Description

1 photographs : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the Rosenbaum family on vacation at a rental cottage near their hometown of Radom, Poland. Identified in photo from top left: Aaron Anklewicz, Hella Anklewicz, Moshe Rosenbaum, Regina Margulies (née Rosenbaum), Bracha Rosenbaum, Mr. Margulies (Husband of Regina), Leon Rosenbaum, Eva Rosenbaum, Mila Rosenbaum, and Henry Rosenbaum.

Subjects

Vacations

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

This is the copy negative of photograh: item 1 in this series.

Places

Poland

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

83

File

9

Item

31

Material Format

graphic material

Date

April 19, 1952

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Eleazer Ladovsky and his family in Israel. There are Hebrew or Yiddish writing on the verso of the photograph. Eleazer is a cousin of Herman Ladovsky of Toronto.

Notes

Originally cited as photo # 3846.

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

1983-11-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Toronto Holocaust Museum series

Special events and projects sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

28-18

File

35

Material Format

textual record

Date

1992-1994

Physical Description

1 folder textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of itineraries, registration forms, and correspondence related to Jewish Missions to Poland

Places

Poland

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Toronto Holocaust Museum series

Second Generation sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

28-10

File

18

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1991

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

30 photographs: col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence, itineraries, background information, promotional material and photographs related to the Generation to Generation committee's trip to Poland. Those identified in the photographs are: Ariela Getrajhendler, Rhoda Patasznik, Anne Patasznik, Helen Glina, Sara Wolle, Anita Ekstein, Marilyn Freedman, Ed Glina, Anne Wolle, Francess Mandell, Fern Morrison, Hyman Kopytowski, Pnina Spetgang and Mark Stern.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

83

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1936-1953

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a collection of letters sent to Aaron Ladovsky requesting help through his work with the Kieltzer Society.

Accession Number

1983-11-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

83

File

9

Item

15

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 24 x 18 cm on matte 32 x 24 cm

Scope and Content

Item is 2 copies of a portrait of Aaron Ladovsky seated in a chair.

Notes

Photograph by Famous Photo Studios, G. Mendlevich, Prop., 402 Spadina Ave., Toronto

Originally cited as photo # 6222.

Subjects

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.

Accession Number

1999-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

83

File

9

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 17 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Aaron Ladovsky in a suit and bowler hat.

Notes

Original photo by Michlethwaite, 243 Yonge St., Toronto.

Originally cited as photo #1618.

Name Access

Ladovsky, Aaron

United Bakers

Subjects

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.

Accession Number

1978-12-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

83

File

9

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of brothers Jack Ladovsky and Aaron Ladovsky with Shia Moshenberg. Jack is on the left, Aaron in the middle, and Shia on the right.

Notes

Originally cited as photo # 1619.

Name Access

Ladovsky, Jack

Ladovsky, Aaron

Moshenberg, Shia

Subjects

Brothers

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

1978-12-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6095

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[19--]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Shmuel Toogfogel, Poland, who perished in the Holocaust.

Name Access

Toogfogel, Shmuel

Subjects

Holocaust victims

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

Poland

Accession Number

1984-8-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6098

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1938

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 4 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Shmuel Toogfogel, Poland, 1938, who perished in the Holocaust. There is an inscription in Hebrew on the back of the photo.

Notes

Written on the OJA's original photo description card was: "Mr. Day wanted to bring him to Toronto. His mother would no let."

Name Access

Toogfogel, Shmuel

Subjects

Holocaust victims

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

Poland

Accession Number

1984-8-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Philip Givens fonds

City of Toronto Mayor series

Official engagements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

51

Series

4-6

File

69

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

July 1966-Aug. 1966

Physical Description

ca. 50 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 32 cm or smaller

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of newsclippings and textual records documenting Phil Givens' mayoral trip to Poland with his wife, Min. Included are newsclippings detailing Givens' activities in Poland and images of Givens arriving in Poland, meeting with Polish politicians, and touring monuments and historic sites in Warsaw, Belzycz and other cities around the country. Also included are photographs of Phil and Min Givens touring the Auschwitz-Birkenau and Maidanek concentration camps. Some of the photographs were originally maintained in a photo album.

Notes

Photographers and photography studios are identified on the photographs.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

943

Material Format

graphic material

Date

25 Dec. 1915

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of the Rabbi of Chenchin, Poland walking with three other Jewish men.

Notes

Acquired Jan. 1976.

Subjects

Rabbis

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3610

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1943

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a group of Jewish residents, mainly children, standing in the street of Ozharov, Poland.

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

1982-12-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4083

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a Jewish school in Poland. The photograph depicts the students and teachers of the school assembled in front of it. The photograph was sent to Sarah Low of Peterborough, Ontario.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Schools

Students

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

1978-7-12

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

1259

Material Format

textual record

Date

1996

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Family photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

1

Item

18

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1931

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm

Admin History/Bio

Moishe Stern was visiting his father, Libel Shternshis in Poland at the time of this photograph.

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Moishe Stern, along with six other men in Warsaw, Poland. Pictured from left to right are:

[unidentified], [unidentified], Mr. [Sam?] Nissenbaum, [unidentified], Moishe Stern, [unidentified].

Subjects

Men

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

2004-5-96

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

51

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1919

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a black-and-white photograph of Mr. Avromele Rosenblatt in Ostrovtze, Poland in 1919.

Notes

There is a corresponding negative for this photograph.

Subjects

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

Poland

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

38

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

Sept. 1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

8 photographs : col. ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of a typed letter concerning the state of a Jewish cemetery in Poland, written by Jack Gardner and addressed to a variety of Soviet officials.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1540A

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1914 and 1916]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Jack Zimmerman, a yeshiva student, taken in Apte, Poland.

Name Access

Zimmerman, Jack

Subjects

Students

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

1978-4-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4486

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a studio portrait of Esther Warshavsky of Warsaw, Poland.

Subjects

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

Poland

Accession Number

1980-1-10

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4487

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a studio portrait of Pearl Warshavsky of Warsaw, Poland.

Subjects

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

Poland

Accession Number

1980-1-10

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4029

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1887

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a group of klezmorim assembled with their instruments.

Notes

See accession record for identification.

Subjects

Klezmer music

Musical groups

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

1986-3-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Toronto Holocaust Museum series

Second Generation sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

28-10

File

9

Material Format

textual record

Date

1990

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of meeting minutes of the Generation to Generation/Second Generation Planning Committee regarding a trip to Poland.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ladovsky family fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

83

File

9

Item

23

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1943

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Herman Ladovsky and Elly Rotenberg in England in 1943.

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

2004-5-21

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2004-5-39

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1945-1949

Scope and Content

The records include 23 case files documenting orphans who survived the Holocaust. They were all inmates of the orphanage in Otwoc, Poland. The case files were likely sent to a Jewish organization in Toronto who found local sponsors to support the individual orphans. At the bottom of each case file includes the name of the Toronto sponsors, which ranged from individuals to labour unions and women's auxiliaries. The file also includes English translations for each file (since the information is all in Polish), along with thank you letters from the children to their sponsors written in Yiddish. Photographs of the children are attached to the case files.

Custodial History

The case files had been in the custody of Estelle Tambak, a Harlem, New York teacher and activist who had travelled to Poland to volunteer at the orphanage in the late 1940s. All translation work was done by Ann Szedlecki (1925-2005), a Holocaust survivor from Lodz who had herself been orphaned after the war. This custodial history has been confirmed by Miriam Borden, the granddaughter of Ann Szedlecki, who has a photograph depicting Ann and Estelle viewing the records within this file.

Use Conditions

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

1621

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1920

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a copy print of the front of a postcard dated 25 Jun. 1920. Photocopy of reverse includes Yiddish language handwritten text. Identified in photograph, Menachem Mendel Speisemacher (Max Speisman) standing back row first right.

Notes

Credit: Estate of Max Speisman.

Name Access

Poalei Zion

Subjects

Zionism

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

1978-4-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

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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