Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1934

Physical Description

1 tintype

Scope and Content

Item is a tintype of Sammy Luftspring and Elsie Goldman (m. Luftspring) at Sunnyside Beach. This photograph was taken while they were still dating. They married in 1938. Item would have been produced as a souvenir.

Notes

Image is located on page 13 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

Subjects

Couples

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

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1981-1-7

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1936

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one photocopy of the diary of Sammy Luftspring, recounting an aborted trip to Barcelona, Spain for a competition during his boycott of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.

Name Access

Luftspring, Sammy, 1916-2000

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

26

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1953

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Sammy, Elsie, and Brian Luftspring at Brian's bar mitzvah at the Barclay Hotel, Toronto.

Notes

Image is located on page 55 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

Name Access

Barclay Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2516

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1930

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Sammy Luftspring (1915–2000) was a professional boxer and Canadian welterwight champion. Luftspring married Elise and together they had two children, Brian and Orian.

Scope and Content

Sammy Luftspring was fourteen years old at the time of this photograph.

Name Access

Luftspring, Sammy, 1916-2000

Subjects

Boxers (Sports)

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

1981-1-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

82

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1922-2000

Physical Description

2 scrapbooks ; 65 x 48 cm and 34 x 30 cm

Admin History/Bio

Sammy Luftspring was born on 14 May 1916 in Toronto's Ward neighbourhood. His parents were working-class Jews who emigrated from eastern Europe. Sammy began training as a youth at the Brunswick YMHA. He lived in Kensington Market and attended B'nai Brith summer camp as a youngster. In 1932 he started entering boxing matches. He competed in 105 fights and only lost five bouts, capturing the Golden Glove tournaments in weight classes ranging from bantamweight to welterweight. Sammy became famous for his fighting prowess and Jewish pride, always sporting a Star of David on his boxing shorts.

By 1933, he became the Ontario lightweight champion, representing the Elm Grove Athletic Club. That same year, he took part in the Christie Pits riot. Because of his accomplishments in the ring and his contribution to his community, he became a highly respected athlete within the Jewish community.

In 1936, he was selected for the Canadian team to take part in the Berlin Olympics that year. Although he was eager to compete, his parents and the community pressured him to boycott the games in protest over the Nazis' treatment of Jews in Germany. Luftspring and "Baby Yak," another famous local Jewish boxer, decided to participate instead in the alternate games in Barcelona, Spain, called the People's Olympics. After making the trip to Europe by ship, the two faced the disappointment of having the event cancelled after the Spanish Civil War broke out on the eve of the opening ceremonies.

After his return to Toronto, Luftspring began to box professionally. In 1938, he won the Canadian welterweight championship after a fifteen-round fight where he defeated Frank Genovese. He held the title for two years. During a fight in New York against Steve Belloise, Luftspring was poked in the eye, resulting in a detached retina. This injury left him blind in one eye, ending his boxing career.

By 1948, he began a new career as a boxing referee. He refereed for several decades, overseeing some of the most celebrated fights of that time. He also ran a nightclub in Toronto called the Mercury Club with three partners. It attracted famous entertainers such as Henry Youngman, Vic Damone, and Tony Bennett. He subsequently ran other nightclubs such as the Tropicana.

In addition to his boxing career, Sammy was also a devoted family man. He married his wife, Elsie, in 1938 at the McCaul Street synagogue. Three hundred and fifty people attended and hundreds waited outside of the synagogue to wish them well. They had two children: Brian and Orian.

His biography, Call Me Sammy, was published in 1975. Luftspring was given the great honour in 1985 of being inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. He passed away on 27 September 2000.

Custodial History

The scrapbooks were created by Sammy Luftspring. He kept them at his house and when he passed away they were safeguarded by his son Brian.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of two scrapbooks that reflect Sammy Luftspring's personal life and various careers as a boxer, referee, author, and nightclub manager/owner. Scrapbooks contain correspondence, ephemera, newspaper clippings, brochures, autographs, coins, and approximately seven hundred photographs.

Personal records include photographs of Sammy and his family during his childhood, family weddings, trips and vacations, and other family events, such as birthday parties and his son's bar mitzvah. There are also letters and cards from Sammy's wife, children, grandchildren and friends, and other ephemeral items Sammy collected, such as ticket stubs from baseball games.

Professional records include images of Sammy training for upcoming boxing matches, portraits of Sammy posing in his boxing attire, images from the grand opening of the Mercury Club, photographs of Sammy as a referee, as well as photographs of Sammy at various celebrity boxing matches. There is also correspondence and a brochure documenting Sammy's incorporation into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame and some correspondence regarding the publication and promotion of his book. Finally, there are numerous newspaper clippings relating to all of Sammy's professional endeavours.

Name Access

Luftspring, Sammy, 1916-2000

Subjects

Boxers (Sports)

Physical Condition

The scrapbooks are in poor condition. Many of the photographs, documents and clippings were glued to the pages and the pages have almost all fallen out of the bindings.

Related Material

1981-1-7

Arrangement

The scrapbooks have been kept intact and no arrangement has been done. However, some of the key images have been scanned and item level descriptions have been completed for them.

Creator

Luftspring, Sammy, 1916-2000

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

16

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1937

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Photograph of Sammy Luftspring with his father, Yossel Luftspring, on Nassau Street, outside the family home.

Notes

Image is located on Page 51 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

Subjects

Fathers and sons

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

Nassau Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Weddings series

Level

Series

Fonds

37

Series

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1895-1966

Physical Description

8 negatives : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Series consists of images taken at weddings by both Nathan and Al Gilbert.

The wedding images are of brides and grooms, guests, the head table and dessert tables, and the ceremony. Some of the images are taken in synagogues.

Subjects

Weddings

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

27

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1955

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Sammy Luftspring with Rocky Marciano, the heavyweight boxing champion. Photograph was taken at the Mercury Club in Toronto.

Notes

Image is located on page 58 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

Rocky Marciano and Sammy Luftspring were both managed by Al Weill during their respective careers.

Name Access

Marciano, Rocky, 1923-1969

Mercury Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Nightclubs

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

21

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1940

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of members of the Luftspring family at the Slipia Synagogue Section of Dawes Road Cemetery in Scarborough, Ontario. Sammy's mother, Bella Luftspring, passed away on 24 March 1940. The family is standing around her grave stone. Sammy Luftspring is seen on the left side of the image.

Notes

Image is located on page 35 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

Subjects

Sepulchral monuments

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

Scarborough (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Come out fighting scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

2

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

9 Jun. 1922

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the Luftspring family. Picture was taken at the Cecil Street Synagogue to mark the wedding of Max Lightstone and Goldie Grossman.

Front row (left to right) are: Jean, Freida, Sammy. Back row (left to right) are: Annie, Bella Luftspring (Sammy's mother), Pearl, Sammy's grandfather, Molly, Sammy's grandmother, Clara, Yossel Luftspring (Sammy's father), Rose.

Notes

General: Image is located on page 28 of the 34 x 30 cm scrapbook.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Weddings

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

URL

http://www.ontariojewisharchives.org/Explore/Themed-Topics/Sammy-Luftspring

Source

OJA Website

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1922

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Photograph of Sammy Luftspring at age six at the family home on Baldwin Street in Toronto. Sammy is holding two puppies.

Notes

Image is located on page 27 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook

Subjects

Boys

Puppies

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

Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1933

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

This photograph of Sammy Luftspring was taken while he was a junior counselor at Camp B'nai Brith in Orillia, Ontario.

Notes

Image is located on page 50 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

Name Access

Camp B'nai Brith (Orillia, Ont.)

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

Orillia (Ont.)

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

25

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1952

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Sammy Luftspring performing with the Nat King Trio at Yeshiva Hall, location unknown.

Notes

Image is located on page 30 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

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

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Come out fighting scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

2

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Oct. 1974

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Photograph of Sammy Luftspring performing at the opening of the Oriental Palace, a club in Toronto that Sammy often hosted at.

Notes

Image is located on Page 4 of the 34 x 30 cm scrapbook.

Name Access

Oriental Palace (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Nightclubs

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 photograph : col ; 9 cm x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a colour photograph of Henry and Bella Rosenbaum dancing at their daughter’s wedding, Brenda Rosenbaum marriage to Eric "Rick" Bornstein, Beth Emeth Synagogue, (Toronto, ON), November 30, 1971.

Subjects

Weddings

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1890]

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 wedding photograph and corresponding negative of A. W. Myers and his wife Lena (née Simon) Myers. Their wedding was probably the first Jewish wedding in Brantford.

Subjects

Married people

Portraits

Weddings

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

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

954

Material Format

graphic material

Date

23 Nov. 1941

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a copy photograph of a wedding at the Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (the Londoner Shul), Toronto, Nov. 23, 1941.

Name Access

Londoner Shul

Subjects

Weddings

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

1975-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2517

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1938

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Sammy Luftspring (b.1915-d.2000) was a professional boxer and Canadian Welterwight Champion. Luftspring married Elise and together they had two children, Brian and Orian.

Name Access

Luftspring, Sammy, 1916-2000

Subjects

Boxers (Sports)

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

1981-1-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1934

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Group photograph of Sammy Luftspring and his campers while Sammy was a junior counsellor at Camp B'nai Brith in Orillia, Ontario. Also pictured is Neddie Adler, another counsellor.

Notes

Image is located on page 50 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

Name Access

Camp B'nai Brith (Orillia, Ont.)

Subjects

Camps

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

Orillia (Ont.)

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1936

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

The People's Olympics, in Barcelona, Spain was intended as a protest event against the 1936 Summer Olympics planned for Berlin during the period of Nazi rule. The newly-elected, left-wing Popular Front government in Spain decided to boycott the Berlin Olympics and host its own games following its election in February 1936. Invitations were made to the nations of the world. Buildings built for the 1929 World's Fair were supposed to be used for an Olympic Village. The games were scheduled to be held from 19 July to 26 July and would have therefore ended six days prior to the start of the Berlin games.

A total of 6,000 athletes from twenty-two nations registered for the games, including boxers Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack from Canada.

Many of the athletes were sent by trade unions, workers' clubs and associations, socialist and Communist parties, and other left-wing groups rather than by state-sponsored committees. Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack were sent with donations from the Canadian Jewish Congress.

With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War just as the games were to begin, the alternate games were cancelled.

Scope and Content

Photograph of Sammy Luftspring mid-ocean aboard the SS Alaunia on route to Barcelona and the People's Olympics.

Notes

Image is located on page 2 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

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

Barcelona (Spain)

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

29

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 photograph : col.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Sammy Luftspring, Muhammed Ali, and Murray Pezim in Vancouver. Murray Pezim was a Vancouver business person and promoter. He had organized the fight between Muhammad Ali and George Chavulo, the event at which the photograph was taken.

Notes

Image is located on page 29 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

Name Access

Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016

Pezim, Murray, 1921-1998

Subjects

Businesspeople

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Vancouver (B.C.)

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3360

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1940

Physical Description

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

Admin History/Bio

Rita Moses married Morris Mink.

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Rita Moses' wedding party. The women are standing on the lawn of the Moses house in Sudbury, Ontario. Pictured from left to right are:

Grandma Annie Moses, Morris Mink's sister Marion from Montreal, Betty (née Magder) Sweet, Rita Moses, Lil (née Mink) Rossman, Ida (née Moses) Shapiro, Doris (née Wichefsky) Laskin, Howard Phillips.

Notes

Wichefsky also spelled as Witchefsky.

Subjects

Weddings

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

4619

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of guests at Malca Kagan's wedding at Chudleigh House in Toronto. The guests are assembled outdoors in a garden. Pictured from left to right are: Nettie Magder (m. Harris), David Newman, Dr. Mac Rockman, Doris Witchell (m. Nefsky) (2nd m. Laskin), Syd Paul, and Betty Magder (m. Sweet).

Subjects

Weddings

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

1981-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

J. Irving Oelbaum fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

24

File

5

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1985]

Physical Description

1 photograph : col.

Subjects

Weddings

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

471-472

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1947

Physical Description

4 photographs : (2 negatives)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a wedding at the University Avenue Synagogue in Toronto

Name Access

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

University Avenue Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Weddings

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

Acquired April 22, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 

Level

Item

Item

822

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of an unidentified wedding party in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Notes

Photo by Duke Studio.

Acquired in 1976.

Subjects

Weddings

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

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

821

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of an unidentified wedding group from Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Notes

Photo by Duke Studio.

Acquired in 1976.

Subjects

Weddings

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

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

834

Material Format

graphic material

Responsibility

Duke Studio

Date

1951

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of the Kaplan wedding party standing under the chuppah in the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Name Access

Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Kaplan, Pearl

Subjects

Weddings

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.

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

Personal series

Personal photographs and portraits

Level

Item

Fonds

52

Series

8

File

10

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a formal portrait of the Lunenfeld and Kunin wedding. Pictured from left to right are Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lunenfeld, Sybil Lunenfeld, Ruben Kunin, Mr. and Mrs. Kunin. The Lunenfeld family were friends with Dora and Morris Till.

Subjects

Weddings

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4193

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1909

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

For identification, see accession record.

Notes

Original photo by G. Gill, 352 Yonge St., Toronto.

Name Access

Cornfield, Abraham

Hershorn, Leah

Subjects

Weddings

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

1987-3-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1938 or 1939]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the Mont wedding party in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Notes

Typed notes on back read: "The Mont wedding party. Abe Black, now of California. Schwartz best man. Ella Helfie bridesmaid. Joe Rogow, now in Peterborough then selling for Yolles".

Acquired in 1976.

Photo by Duke Studio.

Name Access

Black, Abe

Helfie, Ella

Rogow, Joe

Subjects

Weddings

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

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4194

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1909

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Original photo by G. Gill, 352 Yonge St., Toronto.

Name Access

Cornfield, Abraham

Hershorn, Leah

Subjects

Weddings

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

1987-3-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Family photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

1

Item

31

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1944

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 17 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Willie Stern's wedding. Max Stern is pictured at the second table wearing his army uniform. Bill Stern's cousin, [?] Shedlovsky, is at the front table fifth from the right. Ben Lapin officiated at the wedding.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Weddings

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

2004-5-96

Source

Archival Descriptions

Passenger Names

Wood, Elsie

Page Number

622

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1935

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Jack "Spider" Armstrong was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but he made Toronto his home. He became the featherweight chamption of the world in 1940. He died in 1990.

Scope and Content

Photograph of Sammy and Jack "Spider" Armstrong play-boxing at the Palliser Hotel in Calgary while on a boxing tour.

Notes

Image is located on page 50 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

Name Access

Armstrong, Jack

Fairmont Palliser Hotel (Calgary, Alta.)

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

Calgary (Alta.)

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

14

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1936

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

The People's Olympics, in Barcelona, Spain was intended as a protest event against the 1936 Summer Olympics planned for Berlin during the period of Nazi rule. The newly-elected, left-wing Popular Front government in Spain decided to boycott the Berlin Olympics and host its own games following its election in February 1936. Invitations were made to the nations of the world. Buildings built for the 1929 World's Fair were supposed to be used for an Olympic Village. The games were scheduled to be held from 19 July to 26 July and would have therefore ended six days prior to the start of the Berlin games.

A total of 6,000 athletes from twenty-two nations registered for the games, including boxers Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack from Canada.

Many of the athletes were sent by trade unions, workers' clubs and associations, socialist and Communist parties, and other left-wing groups rather than by state-sponsored committees. Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack were sent with donations from the Canadian Jewish Congress.

With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War just as the games were to begin, the alternate games were cancelled.

Scope and Content

Photograph of Sammy Luftspring aboard the SS Alaunia on route to the People's Olympics in Barcelona.

Notes

Image is located on page 22 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

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

Barcelona (Spain)

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

22

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1943

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Sammy Luftspring at Niagara-on-the-Lake when he was serving with the reserves as a trainer. He was a member of the Toronto Scottish Regiment. He was unable to enlist for active duty because of the injury to his eye and resulting blindness. As a result, his only participation in the World War II was as a trainer in Ontario.

Notes

Image is located on page 15c of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

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

Niagara-on-the-Lake (Ont.)

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

802

Material Format

graphic material

Responsibility

Duke Studio

Date

1951

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of people seated at several banquet tables at the wedding reception of Pearl Retchin (née Kaplan) at the Kirkland Lake Legion Hall.

Name Access

Retchin, Pearl

Subjects

Weddings

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.

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

835

Material Format

graphic material

Responsibility

Duke Studio

Date

1951

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of invited guests seated at banquet tables at the wedding of Pearl (née Kaplan) Retchin. The reception took place at the legion hall in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Name Access

Kaplan, Pearl

Subjects

Weddings

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.

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2015-1-5

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 30 x 53 cm

Date

28 Oct. 1925

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one photograph taken at the wedding reception of Egmont and Ruth Frankel, which was held at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. Identified in the photograph are: Ruth Frankel, Egmont Frankel, Dorothy Frankel and Carl Frankel.

Custodial History

Photograph was in the possession of Cherie Friend. She believes it originally belonged to her grandparents who had a music shop in Chicago. Her grandfather was born in Quebec.

Subjects

Weddings

Name Access

Frankel, Egmont

Frankel, Ruth

Places

Chicago

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

1721

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1928

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Please see accession record for identification list.

Name Access

Birnenbaum, Minnie

Wolfe, Morris

Subjects

Weddings

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

1979-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1723

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1916

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Hyman James was the son of Yuda and Esther James. He lived at 327 Palmerston Blvd. and he ran the Men's Clothing Manufacturing Company and later H. James and Company with his brother Philip. He married Augusta (Gussie) Rumm on February 22nd, 1916 at the University Avenue Synagogue. He was 33 years old at the time and she was 18. Her parents were Joseph and Rebecca Rumm. Hyman died at the age of 50 in 1933 due to accidental poisoning.

Scope and Content

Item is a wedding photograph of Hyman James and Augusta Rumm. It was taken at the University Avenue Synagogue where they were married. Augusta (Gussie) is located in the second row in the centre with the white hat and Hyman is on her left.

Notes

Original photo by Galbraith.

Name Access

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

James, Hyman

Rumm, Augusta

Rumm, Gussie

University Avenue Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Weddings

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

1979-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

7 Nov. 1937

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Admin History/Bio

Minnie came to Kirkland Lake in the 1920s with her father, Elia Dubinsky, a musician, who was hired in Montreal to conduct the orchestra in the Strand Theatre. He and his wife opened Kirkland Lake's first delicatessen called the Tel Aviv.

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Anne Dubinsky (Dubin) and Irving Goldstein. Pictured to the left of Anne is her sister, Minnie Dubinsky (Dubin). Pictured to the right of Irving is his brother Harry.

Notes

Acquired in 1976.

Photo by Duke Studio.

There are typed notes on the back of the photograph with background information on the Dubinsky family.

Name Access

Dubinsky, Anne

Dubinsky, Minnie

Goldstein, Harry

Goldstein, Irving

Subjects

Weddings

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

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1991-11-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 21 cm on mat 17 x 21 cm

Date

[192-]

Scope and Content

This accession consists of the Cohen family wedding portrait in Liverpool, England.

Subjects

Portraits

Weddings

Places

Liverpool (England)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

3559

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1921

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia toned ; 14 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Rose Bochner on her wedding day on 28 June 1921. She married Charles Rotstein.

Notes

Original photo by: J. Kennedy, 101 King St. W., Toronto.

Name Access

Bochner, Rose

Rotstein, Rose

Subjects

Portraits

Weddings

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

3750

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Left to right: Rabbi Schild; Laura Schild; Seymour Shachter; Beatrice Shachter. The wedding took place at Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue.

Name Access

Schild, Erwin, 1920-

Schild, Laura

Shachter, Beatrice

Shachter, Seymour

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Rabbis

Weddings

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-5-11

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Thuna family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

7

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

18 Oct. 1938

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph taken at the thirteenth wedding anniversary celebration for Jack and Anne Thuna held on October 18th, 1938 in Montreal. Anne Thuna is seated fifth from the left in the centre row and Jack Thuna is standing directly behind her in the last row, with his hands on her shoulders. The photo is titled "Our friends".

Name Access

Thuna, Anne

Thuna, Jack

Subjects

Wedding anniversaries

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

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Betty Goldstick Lindgren fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

45

Item

35

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 10 cm in mat 24 x 16 cm

Scope and Content

Wedding portrait of a couple taken during the 1920s. It was likely one of the Goldstick children. The portrait was taken by Farmer Brothers studio on Spadina Avenue in Toronto.

Subjects

Married people

Portraits

Weddings

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

Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-10-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Personal series

Life cycle and family events sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

4

Series

1-5

Item

2

Material Format

sound recording

Date

[197-?]

Physical Description

1 audio reel (2 hr., 56 min., 38 sec.) : polyester, 3 3/4 ips, 4 tracks, mono ; 1/4 in.

Admin History/Bio

Dr. Judah Goldwasser was a research chemist in the Synthesis and Formations Branch of the Naval Surface Weapons Centre in the United States of America. He earned his PhD in polymer chemistry from the University of Waterloo in Ontario. He married Sol Edell's daughter, Ethel.

Scope and Content

Item consists of the recording of Ethel and Judah Goldwasser's orthodox wedding ceremony and reception. After the procession and kiddushin, Rabbi Mordechai, the groom's cousin, reads the ketubah, followed by the Sheva Brachot, recited by seven different Rabbis and male family members. The recording follows into the reception, at the Four Seasons Hotel, MC'ed by Aaron Weinstock, the bride's maternal uncle. He invites Solomon Rogen, father of Celia Rogen, Solomon Edell's second wife, to make the HaMotzi, followed by the introduction of the head table. After the formal start of the banquet, speeches follow, in English, Yiddish, and Hebrew. Speakers are: Harry Botnick, member of the presidium of Eitz Chaim, who presents a gift on its behalf; Aaron Weinstock; Rabbi Yitzchok Kerzner, of Clanton Park Synagogue; Rabbi Moses J. Burak, Rav of Beth Jacob Synagogue; Moishe Weinstock, the bride's maternal grandfather; Joseph Goldwasser, the groom's father; Solomon Edell, the bride's father; and Rabbi Samuel Schafler, the bride's paternal uncle. The speeches are followed by the Birkat Hamazon, after which more music is played until the end of the recording (interrupted).

Notes

Physical Descr.: Only tracks 1 and 2 are recorded.

Subjects

Marriage service

Weddings

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.

Physical Condition

Tape is tail out. Tape is in good condition. Audio quality is good. No signs of mold or SBS.

Source

Archival Descriptions