- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 8
- Item
- 47
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Name Access
- Gilbert, Al, 1922-
- 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
- Al Gilbert portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1956]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Lou Lockshin was born on 21 January 1916 in Winnipeg to Etta and Issac Benjamin. He married Sylvia Freedman and they had three children named Brenda, Sherryn Gail and Martin Irwin.
- Lou was the founder of Century Engineering Company Limited. He was also a member of Beth Tzedec Synagogue.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lou Lockshin.
- Name Access
- Lockshin, Lou
- 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
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Nathan Silver file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 3
- Item
- 48
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- 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
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Nathan Silver file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 3
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- 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
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Photographs series
- Annual meeting file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 12
- File
- 8
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm
- Notes
- Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of image.
- Subjects
- Meetings
- 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
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Leon E. Weinstein file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 5
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Name Access
- Weinstein, Leon E.
- Finkler, Leona
- Finkler, Arnold
- Lockshin, Louis
- 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
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Leon E. Weinstein file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 5
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Leona Finkler receiving a corsage at the Negev dinner held in honour of Leon E. Weinstein. Leon and Anne Weinstein are sitting to the left of the podium.
- Name Access
- Finkler, Leona
- Weinstein, Leon E.
- Weinstein, Anne
- 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
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 8
- Item
- 43
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Name Access
- Gilbert, Al, 1922-
- 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
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Leon E. Weinstein file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 5
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Name Access
- Diamond, A. E.
- Finkler, Leona
- Finkler, Arnold
- Weinstein, Anne
- Weinstein, Leon
- Exton, Eric
- 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
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Nathan Silver file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 3
- Item
- 37
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- 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
- Negev dinners series
- Negev dinner honouring Phil Givens file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Kent, Charles
- Weinstein, Leon
- Exton, Eric
- Lockshin, Louis
- 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
- Negev dinners series
- Negev dinner honouring Bert Godfrey file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 2
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Hurwich, Nat
- Hurwich, Roey
- Godfrey, Bert, 1908-2006
- Godfrey, Ruth
- Lockshin, Sylvia
- Lockshin, Louis
- 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
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Publicity photographs of people and events series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 157
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of portrait photographs of Louis Lockshin.
- 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
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 12 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Martin Irwin Lockshin was born in Toronto in 1952, the son of Louis Leon and Sylvia Lockshin (née Freedman). He received his PhD from Brandeis University in 1984 and is also an ordained rabbi.
- Currently, Professor Martin Lockshin is an associate professor of humanities in the Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics at York University. He has published extensively and recently completed a term as director of York's Centre for Jewish Studies.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a bar mitzvah portrait of Martin Lockshin.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Rabbis
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Family series
- Portraits sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-1
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 10 x 13 cm and 11 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Sylvia Schwartz.
- Name Access
- Schwartz, Sylvia, 1914-1998
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Family series
- Portraits sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-1
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 9 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Sylvia Schwartz.
- Notes
- This negative has two images on it.
- Name Access
- Schwartz, Sylvia, 1914-1998
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Records are closed for conservation reasons.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Miscellaneous family members series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 17
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1900]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 7 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Samuel family lived in Toronto on Huron Street. Abraham Samuel was a tailor and his wife Martha was a housewife. Their daughter was listed as a student in 1931.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Sylvia Samuel taken during the turn of the twentieth century. The portrait was taken at a photo studio in Toronto. The subject was approximately two years old when the photograph was taken and was wearing a fur trimmed coat, a white hat and a large fur muff.
- Notes
- Photographer: Thompson Brothers.
- Mounted in card frame.
- Name Access
- Samuel, Sylvia
- Subjects
- Children
- 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.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2011-2-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-2-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- [ca. 3000 negatives] : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Date
- 1954-1959
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of approximately 3000 portrait negatives and prints taken by Sylvia Schwartz. The photographs depict members of the Jewish community, jazz musicians, and a small number of non-Jews as well. Within each box, the records are divided up into envelopes, which include anywhere from one to twenty negatives and occasionally a small number of prints.
- Custodial History
- The negatives were in the possession of Herb Solway, Sylvia Schwartz's nephew until they were donated to the Archives.
- Administrative History
- Sylvia Schwartz was born in 1914 in Toronto. Her parents were Joseph and Gertrude, who were respectively born in the United States and Austria. She had two older sisters, Fannie and Rosetta (Ruth). Her family moved to Toronto around 1903. Joseph was a furier who eventually set up his own business, J. Schwartz & Co. Ltd., a fur manufacturing company on Madison Avenue. He later became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road.
Unlike her siblings, Sylvia was a dwarf, who led a successful life despite her physical limitations. She became a prominent portrait photographer in Toronto and owned a studio on Grenville Road. She began her career during the 1940s, capturing images of families, servicemen during the war as well as brides. She eventually carved out a niche for herself mid-career, specializing in children's portraiture. In addition to her professional activities, she was also recognized for her commitment to Communism. She befriended many famous American artists who were supporters of the cause, such as Paul Robeson, Duke Ellington, Lena Horne and Cab Caloway, travelling across the border frequently to attend meetings and work with her American comrades.
In 1976 she set up a special children's book award to honour her late sister Ruth, who was a respected Toronto bookseller. In 2004, six years after Sylvia's death, her family changed the name of the award to the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The awards are administered by the Ontario Arts Council which selects the school and juries. The Ontario Arts Foundation, the Schwartz Foundation and the Canadian Booksellers Association, in turn, are responsible for producing the shortlist of books for the jury.
- Subjects
- Photographers
- Name Access
- Schwartz, Sylvia, 1914-1998
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-12-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-12-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1917
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photograph of the Toronto Zionist parade to celebrate the Balfour Declaration along with a copy negative and copy print.
- Descriptive Notes
- See photo #4689 (accession 1988-3-3) for another photograph of this parade.
- Subjects
- Parades
- Name Access
- Balfour Declaration
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-100
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-100
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1929-1953
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of photographs of the Kane family, Camp Naivelt, Young Maccabees softball team at Camp Camperdown and other locations, and school photographs.
- Photo Caption (001): Father, mother, and Brenda at Camp Naivelt, Brampton, Ont, 1953. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2004-5-100.
- Photo Caption (002): Girl at Camp Naivelt, Brampton, Ont., 28 July 1953. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2004-5-100.
- Name Access
- Camp Camperdown (near Collingwood, Ont.)
- Camp Naivelt (Brampton, Ont.)
- Places
- Brampton, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-6-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-6-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records and graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1955]-[ca. 1987]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of materials related primarily to a Yiddish theatre production entitled Shver tzu Zein a Yid (Hard to be a Jew) by Shalom Aleichem co-starring Ben Lennick and Chayele Luxenburg. The play was produced by Sylvia Grimson for the Yiddish Renascence Theatre and opened for a three-day run at the Crest Theatre located at 551 Mount Pleasant Road, in May 1975. Materials include photographs, critiques, letters of support, and reviews. Photographs of ‘The Heritage Players’ actors include Ron Barry, Ben Lennick, Sam Stein, William Pevzner, Reva Ockrant, Paul Orsini (1972), Terry Shonblum, Leib Lensky, Chayele Luxenburg, Jank Zaifman, Shimmy Plener, Danny Freeedman. In addition, there is a publicity still of Golda Meir greeting performers after an unknown stage performance. A selection of photographs by Gadi Hoz and Maurice Seymour, New York.
- Administrative History
- Sylvia Fistell Grimson was born in Montreal ca. 1920s (she was never registered at birth) and grew up in Toronto. As a single mother of one son, Grimson worked for several years in factories and government offices before opening an antique store at Yonge and Wellesley, which she ran for ten years. Grimson taught ballet and modern dance, wrote poetry, and always had a passion for theatre, Yiddish culture, and the need for Jewish self-expression. Her dream was to bring Yiddish professional theatre to Toronto. In 1972, Grimson founded the Yiddish Renascence Theatre (which later became the Toronto Jewish Arts Theatre), for which she produced the plays Shver tzu Zein a Yid and The Three Lives of Adam. She has also performed in other plays such as Come Blow Your Horn and with The Heritage Players. She continues to live in Toronto, write poetry, and is also working on a book.
- Subjects
- Theater, Yiddish
- Name Access
- Grimson, Sylvia
- Yiddish Renascence Theatre
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-11-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-11-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 9 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1943-1977
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material related to the Belleville Jewish community, in particular, the Schwab family and the Sons of Jacob Synagogue. It includes one copy of the Sons of Jacob Synagogue dedication book, a programme from brotherhood week and several photographs of the Schwab family and other members of the community.
- The photographs are as follows:
- 1. Ben Safe and Julius Abramsky holding a large fish (1943).
- 2. Sid Rose, Ted Schwab and Art Black (1947).
- 3. Mike Levine, Paul Yanover, Ben Yanover, Eve Yanover, Vera Levine, Nellie Schwab, Sylvia Schwab and Stephen Schwab on the beach (1948).
- 4. Stephen Schwab's bar mitzvah portrait (1952).
- 5. Belleville Sisterhood group portrait (ca. 1960). Pictured, top row, left to right: Mrs. Pollak, unidentified, unidentified, Niomi Spiegel, Carol Albert, Cathy Mazer, Hilda Tuchmayer, unidentified, Mrs. Sylvia Freeman. Middle row, left to right: unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Blooma Tobe, unidentified, Becky Shulman, Mrs. Gittleman, Mrs. Goldberg, Mrs. Esther Yanover, unidentified. Front row, left to right: Nellie Schwab, Sue Black, Jennie Nemtin, Bernice Mandel, Flo Yanover, Lil Albert.
- 6. Sue and Art Black (ca. 1965).
- 7. Copy family portrait of Theodore, Stephen, Nellie, and Sylvia Schwab (24 October 1952).
- 8. Michael Basch with the Torah scrolls at his bar mitzvah (1977).
- 9. Michael Basch at the bimah during his bar mitzvah (1977).
- Administrative History
- The Schwab family were one of the earliest Jewish families in Belleville. Theodore Schwab owned a stationary store.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Families
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Basch, Sylvia
- Places
- Belleville (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Leon E. Weinstein file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 5
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Name Access
- Dennis, David
- Granovsky, Phil
- Finkler, Leona
- Weinstein, Leon
- Kent, Charles
- Exton, Eric
- Diamond, A. E.
- Moses, L. J. E.
- Jewish National Fund
- 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
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Cass family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 11
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1905 or 1906]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Lou Smith taken at a studio in Toronto in 1905 or 1906.
- Notes
- Mounted on card frame.
- Photographer: H. E. Peagam, 254 Yonge St., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Smith, Lou
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 8
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Name Access
- Gilbert, Al, 1922-
- 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
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 8
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Name Access
- Gilbert, Al, 1922-
- 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
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 136
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of 1 portrait photograph of Eric Sisel, Human Rights Commissioner for the Province of Ontario.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2013-7-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-7-10
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 film reel (ca. 30 min.) : col., si. ; 8mm
- Date
- 1973-1976
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one home movie documenting Eric Slavens and his family. Included is footage of a birthday party, the family playing hockey in front of their home, Eric and his son playing in their front lawn, and Eric's children celebrating Halloween. Also included is footage of Eric and his family at a family farm owned by Eric's parents in Dundalk, Ontario.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Slavens family
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Dundalk, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-2-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-2-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [ca. 1959]
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group portrait of the Forest Hill Junior High School band and majorettes that was taken in or around 1959. Identified in the photograph are: Paul Appleby, Sheila Bookspan, Ellen Breuer, Joe Cappe, Michael Cole, John Dallas, Elliott Doran, Linda Feinberg, Stanley Feinberg, Judy Feinstein, Martin Fingerhut, Michael Garfin, Frank Gold, Neil Gold, Sheldon Goldenberg, Joey Goodman, Stephen Greenberg, Fred Grossberg, Peter Herman, Ron Hirshorn, John Kastner, Wilma Levinne, Jo-Ann Levy, Joey Liberman, Judy Lipson, Jill Lister, Carole Lokash, Karen Mactinger, Corinne Manace, Judy Marrus, Lesley Marrus, Barbara Martin, Susan Miller, Peter Model, Peter Morrison, Wendy Papernick, Steve Pearl, Wendy Porter, Mr. Rutherford, Elaine Schaffran, Rozzi Shuster, Eric Slavens, Larry Smith, Louis Solnicki, Luby Sone, Gary Soupcoff, Barbara Spencer, Howard Stulberg, Jerold Winter, Heather Wintre, Rhoda Wintre, Irwin Wortsman, Frankie Zaid, Jill Culiner, and Michael Zimmerman. Other individuals remain to be identified.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Public schools
- Name Access
- Forest Hill Junior High School (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Forest Hill (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1964
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of one negative of the Cec Finkler Memorial Award trophy presented annually for sportsmanship, leadership and co-operation in athletic endeavors.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 80
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936-1960
- Physical Description
- 463 photographs : b&w and col. (286 negatives) ; 18 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Sylvia Schwartz (1914-1998) was born in 1914 in Toronto. Her parents were Joseph and Gertrude, who were respectively born in the United States and Austria. Sylvia had three older sisters: Fannie, Helen and Rosetta (Ruth). Her family moved to Toronto around 1903. Joseph was a furrier who eventually set up his own business, J. Schwartz & Co. Ltd., a fur manufacturing company on Madison Avenue. He later became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road.
- Sylvia became a prominent portrait photographer in Toronto and owned a studio on Grenville Road. She began her career during the 1940s, capturing images of families, servicemen during the war. and brides. She eventually carved out a niche for herself mid-career, specializing in child portraiture.
- In addition to her professional activities, she was also recognized for her commitment to Communism. She befriended many famous American artists who were supporters of the cause, such as Paul Robeson, Duke Ellington, Lena Horne and Cab Caloway, travelling across the border frequently to attend meetings and work with her American comrades. She was also involved in Communist-related organizations and trips that she documented in her photographs.
- In 1976 she set up a special children's book award to honour her late sister Ruth, who was a respected Toronto bookseller. In 2004, six years after Sylvia's death, her family changed the name of the award to the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The awards are administered by the Ontario Arts Council which selects the school and juries. The Ontario Arts Foundation, the Schwartz Foundation, and the Canadian Booksellers Association, in turn, are responsible for producing the shortlist of books for the jury.
- Custodial History
- The negatives and proofs were donated by Sylvia's nephew, Herb Solway in two accessions: 2008-1/1 and 2008-4/5.
- Scope and Content
- The records are in the form of proofs and negatives that were taken by photographer Sylvia Schwartz during her career. They include images of her family, their cottage, her friends, events that she participated in as well as portraits of children, servicemen and women, famous entertainers that she was acquainted with, and prominent individuals from the Jewish community.
- The records are arranged into series which include portraits of prominent Toronto Jews, military portraits, child portraits, simchas/milestones, entertainers, family and friends, and events. Each series consists of both negatives and corresponding proofs. The proofs have been retained for reference purposes as well as to document the decision-making of the photographer.
- Name Access
- Schwartz, Sylvia, 1914-1998
- Subjects
- Photographers
- Creator
- Schwartz, Sylvia, 1914-1998
- Accession Number
- 2008-1-1
- 2008-4-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 6702
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6702
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1970 and 1975]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 13 cm
- Name Access
- Harris, D. Lou
- Accession Number
- 1988-11-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- General Wingate Branch 256, Royal Canadian Legion fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 74
- Item
- 24
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of D. Lou Harris.
- Name Access
- Harris, D. Lou
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- 1976-9-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Al Gilbert portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Lou Turofsky was born in Chicago in 1892. His family moved to Toronto in 1900 and settled in the Beaches neighbourhood. In 1910, Lou purchased Alexandra Photography Company from his employer, Frank Spillar, and changed the name to Alexandra Studios. Lou's younger brother Nat came to work for him, and together they built up the business and their reputation as famous sports photographers. In 1917, they moved into a larger studio at 322 Queen Street West. Lou Turofsky married Ruth Seigel in 1936 and they had two daughters named Riki and Carol. Nat never married.
- The brothers developed a reputation for photographing sports, although primarily hockey, and were often granted exclusive access to sports events; they were the only photographers allowed into the gates at the start of the British Empire Games held in Hamilton in 1930. Nat was the official photographer of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Turofsky Collection, currently housed at the Hockey Hall of Fame, is the world's largest collection of hockey photographs. Nat died in 1956 and Lou died shortly after in 1959.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is of brothers Lou and Nat Turofsky holding the Turofsky Trophy.
- Notes
- It is not certain that Al Gilbert took this photograph.
- The Turofsky Trophy may have been awarded within the Junior Hockey League.
- Name Access
- Turofsky, Lou
- Turofsky, Nathan "Nat" (1895 - 1956)
- Subjects
- Sports photographers
- 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
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [190-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative); 17 x 24 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Notes
- Original photograph by C. H. Boyes, Kingston.
- Photograph is a copy.
- Name Access
- Abramson, Lou
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2016-2-13
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-2-13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 2016
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a typed account of Lou Hoffer's experience as a Holocaust survivor in Transnistria. The account was written on the occassion of the establishment by Lou and Magda Hoffer of the Transnistria Forest Grove in Jerusalem through the Jewish National Fund (JNF). Also included is a printout of a photo of Lou and Magda alongside a brief description of the JNF gift and the original certificate presented to the Hoffers from JNF.
- Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Name Access
- Hoffer, Lou
- Hoffer, Magda
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-2-23
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-2-23
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 5 photographs
- Date
- [ca. 2000]-2016
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual and graphic material documenting Lou Hoffer's involvement with the Transnistria Survivors' Association and the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre. Included are photographs of Lou with student groups at OISE and Havergal college, an image of Lou lighting a candle with a bar mitzvah student as part of the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre's Bar/Bat Mitzvah Project of Remembrance. Accession also includes a flyer, newspaperclippings and thank you cards.
- Administrative History
- Lou (Leizer) Hoffer is a Holocaust survivor who is a past president of the Transnistria Holocaust Survivors' Association and was a speaker with the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre in Toronto.
- Lou was born in 1927 in Vijnitz, Northern Bucovina, Romania to David and Chaya Sure Drassinover Hoffer. During the Second World War, Lou and his family was deported (along with all the Jewish people in his town) to the death camps of Transnistria (a territory in Ukraine). He was liberated in 1944.
- After the war, Lou, his parents and his younger brother, Joe, wandered through various displaced persons camps in Europe. They eventually immigrated to Canada in March 1948 on the ship Nea Helas. He married Madga (nee Pressburger) in 1959. Together they had three sons and one daughter.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Name Access
- Hoffer, Lou
- Transnistria Survivors' Association (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-3-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-3-7
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff)
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [2008?]-2016
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two photographs taken of members of the Transnistria Survivors' Association by the Holocaust memorial at Earl Bales Park, Toronto. In one of the photographs, members are standing with their children and grandchildren. Also included is one JNF certificate documenting trees planted by Lou and Magda Hoffer in the Transnistria Grove in the Aminadav Forest (Jerusalem, Israel) in honour of their parents.
- Administrative History
- Lou (Leizer) Hoffer is a Holocaust survivor who is a past president of the Transnistria Holocaust Survivors' Association and was a speaker with the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre in Toronto.
- Lou was born in 1927 in Vijnitz, Northern Bucovina, Romania to David and Chaya Sure Drassinover Hoffer. During the Second World War, Lou and his family was deported (along with all the Jewish people in his town) to the death camps of Transnistria (a territory in Ukraine). He was liberated in 1944.
- After the war, Lou, his parents and his younger brother, Joe, wandered through various displaced persons camps in Europe. They eventually immigrated to Canada in March 1948 on the ship Nea Helas. He married Madga (née Pressburger) in 1959. Together they had three sons and one daughter.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Name Access
- Transnistria Survivors' Association (Toronto, Ont.)
- Hoffer, Lou
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 8
- Item
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Name Access
- Gilbert, Al, 1922-
- 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
- Henry Rosenbaum fonds
- Photograph series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 121
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 144
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col ; 9 cm x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a colour photo of Brenda and Eric at their wedding, Toronto, November 30, 1971
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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