- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [188-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Ida Scheuer taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: St. Johann A/D Saar H. Leonhard Bahnhofstr. 139.
- 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
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 25; Series 4; Item 3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1924]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm (oval)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Emma Levine taken in Toronto. She is wearing a pearl necklace and has a flower in her hair.
- Notes
- Silver gelatin print.
- Mounted in card frame.
- See also photo #128.
- Name Access
- Levine, Emma
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- There is some silver mirroring.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 25; Series 4; Item 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1924]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm (oval)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Emma Levine taken in Toronto. Emma is facing away from the camera and has her head turned to one side. She is wearing a pearl necklace and has a flower in her hair.
- Notes
- See also photo #127.
- Name Access
- Levine, Emma
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- There is some silver mirroring.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 25; Series 4; Item 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1924]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Emma Levine wearing a white dress and pearl necklace. She is standing in front of a curtained backdrop and appears to be pregnant.
- Notes
- Inscribed in bottom right-hand corner: "Love, Emma".
- Name Access
- Levine, Emma
- 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 scratched.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 25; Series 4; Item 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm (oval)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Emma Levine. She is wearing a pearl necklace and is dressed in a coat with a fur collar.
- Notes
- Inscribed in the bottom righthand corner: "Love, Emma".
- Name Access
- Levine, Emma
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 24
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 24
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1927]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm and 14 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Canadian Jewish Farm School was established in 1927 by Morris Saxe, president of the Federated Jewish Farmers of Ontario. It was a training school for Polish war orphans brought to Canada after the First World War. It was owned and operated by Morris Saxe on his Main Street South farm in Georgetown, Ontario. Saxe, along with Eli Greenblatt of Detroit, was responsible for bringing the orphans over from Mezritch, Poland. Greenblatt raised the funds for their transportation and Saxe arranged for their entry permits. The children were allowed to enter the country, provided that they lived and worked on the farm. Their duties involved milking cows, looking after chickens, and harvesting corn and other crops. The Saxe family also owned a creamery business, first in Acton, and then on Guelph Street in Georgetown.
- The Jewish Farm School was the second attempt by Saxe to assist Jewish immigrants with agricultural training. The first was established a year prior in 1926, to help European immigrants gain knowledge of Canadian farm life. However, it succumbed to several problems, mostly related to Jewish interests in the community using the school as a way of gaining entry for immigrants who would otherwise not be eligible -- a plan which Saxe disapproved of, which created dissention within the community. When Greenblatt became involved the following year, the focus shifted to helping Jewish war orphans.
- Edmund Scheuer and Ida Siegel were most likely at the school event because of their mutual interest and involvement in aiding Jewish immigrants and in Jewish education and training.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Ida Siegel standing alongside Edmund Scheuer at the Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario. Edmund is wearing a tuxedo. The photograph may have been taken at the official opening of the school.
- Notes
- One photograph is a copy of the original.
- The writing on the copy photograph indicates that the farm was located in Guelph, which is incorrect. The date is also written as 1923, which is also incorrect, since the first school was not established until 1926, with the likely date of the photograph being 1927.
- The writing on the original photograph states that the photograph was taken in Acton, which is incorrect as the Jewish Farm School was located a short distance away in Georgetown.
- 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
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2441
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2441
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [189-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Oda Scheuer of Toronto.
- Name Access
- Scheuer, Oda
- 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.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-12-11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3158
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3158
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. ; 9 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of Edmund Scheuer. The print was made from a slide.
- Name Access
- Scheuer, Edmund
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [187-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Isaac Scheuer taken in a studio in Europe.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: St. Johann A/D Saar H. Leonhard Bahnhofstr. 139.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Good.
- Places
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 22
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1891
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Edmund Scheuer taken in Toronto.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: Bruce 132 King St. W., Toronto, Ontario.
- 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
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 38
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Isadore Scheuer taken in Toronto. The photograph shows his face and torso and he is wearing a suit and glasses.
- 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.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 23
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1900]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 15 cm (sight) on mat 35 x 27 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Edmund Scheuer. Edmund is sitting in a large chair that is carved with lion heads and other details.
- Notes
- Studio: Esson, Preston, Ontario.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Mat is faded and damaged.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [188-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a small photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer.
- Notes
- Tintype.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Surface is a bit scratched.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1982-8-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-8-10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 items
- Date
- 1944-1967
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of three items collected by Ida Bernstein. They include: a programme from McCaul Street Synagogue on the occasion of the burning of the mortgage, an invitation to Mrs. Bernstein to meet with the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and finally, a programme from the Alpha Omega Fraternity honouring Harry Jolley
- Administrative History
- Beth Hamidrash Hagadol was a Toronto synagogue which amalgamated with Goel Tzedec in 1952 to form the Beth Tzedec Congregation.
- Alpha Omega is a Jewish dental fraternity which has an alumni chapter in Toronto. Harry Jolley was the national president of the fraternity in 1952.
- Keillar Mackay was the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1957 to 1963
- Descriptive Notes
- McCaul Synagogue.
- Beth Midrash Hagadol.
- Lieutenant Governor.
- Harry Jolley.
- Alpha Omega.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-8-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-8-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1941-1972
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the October 12, 1941 edition of the Yiddisher Zhurnal (Daily Hebrew Journal), a souvenir programme for the Workmen's Circle Peretz School's Jubilee Banquet and a celebration of I. Matenko's 80th birthday. Also included are 3 invitations to annual meetings of the United Jewish Welfare Fund in the 1960s and a National Conference On Jewish Education Report (1972).
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-11-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1915-1923
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a text book of the Toronto Jewish Free School at 202 Berverly Street that was printed and published by Edmund Scheuer in 1915 and a letter written by Abraham Landsky in 1923 authorizing his son Harry Landsky to use his seats in Beth Medrosh Hagodol Chevra Tehillim (McCaul Street Synagogue) during the father's absence from Toronto.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: The letter written by Abraham Landsky has been digitized and is available as a PDF file.
- Subjects
- Synagogue seating
- Name Access
- Landsky, Abraham
- Landsky, Harry
- Benstein, Ida
- McCaul Street Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- McCaul Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Name
- Ida Siegel
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ida Siegel
- Number
- OH 168
- Quantity
- 1
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Notes
- This is a recorded lecture for the Beth Tzedec Sisterhood group.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Ida Siegel (née Lewis) (1885-1982) was born 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1894, Ida and her family moved to Toronto. On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel. They had six children. An extremely active communal leader, Ida helped found Daughters of Zion in 1899, the Herzl Girls Club in 1904 and Hadassah in 1916. In the mid-1920s, Ida established The Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home,a camp for poor women with young children. She helped organize the first free Jewish dispensary in Toronto which eventually developed into Mount Sinai Hospital. Ida was also very active in womens peace movements, the Toronto Board of Education and the Toronto Bureau (elected to Board, 1930-36) of Jewish Education. In 1917, Ida helped to organize Federation of Jewish Philanthropies which later became the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 1; Item 33
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 33
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 8 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ida Siegel (née Lewis) (1885-1982) was born 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally from Lithuania, her parents Samuel and Hannah Ruth (née Ticktin) Lewis immigrated to the United States in the mid-1880s with their two sons, Abe and Charles. Ida was the only Lewis child to be born in the United States. In 1894, Ida and her family moved to Toronto. Ida was educated in both Pittsburgh and Toronto public schools and attended the University of Toronto.
- On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel at the Elm Street Synagogue. They had 6 children: Rohama, Leah Gittel (Labovitz), David Isar, Sarah (Sairlee), Avrom Fichel, Rivka Hadassah.
- An extremely active communal leader, Ida helped found the Daughters of Zion, the first ladies Zionist society in Canada, in 1899. She was also responsible for founding the Herzl Girls Club in 1904 and Hadassah in 1916. She was instrumental in the organization of the first free Jewish dispensary in Toronto, located on Elizabeth Street in the Ward. This eventually developed into Mount Sinai Hospital. Ida was also very active in womens peace movements and the Toronto Board of Education (elected to Board, 1930-36) and the Toronto Bureau of Jewish Education (honorary secretary). In 1917, Ida helped to organize a fundraising body for the Jewish community known as the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. This would later become the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Ida Siegel.
- Name Access
- Siegel, Ida, 1885-1982 (subject)
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 15 (Ida Lewis Siegel fonds).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Refusnik cases sub-series
- Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-6-1; File 187
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Refusnik cases sub-series
- Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-6-1
- File
- 187
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976-1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 17
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1971]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Ida Siegel, possibly taken at the Dewson Street Public School.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Goldberg, Ida
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldberg, Ida
- Page Number
- 294
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldberg, Ida
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldberg, Ida
- Page Number
- 294
- Comments
- Name crossed out.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 47
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- [187-]-1959
- Physical Description
- 6 folders of textual records
- 2 window plates : brass
- 58 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- The Scheuer family dates back to at least the eighteenth century in Germany to Moise Scheuer (1765-1846) and Esther Ackerman (1770-1847). Their son, Isaac Scheuer (1809-1889), married Hannchen (Johanna) Strauss (1815-1878) in 1843. Isaac and Johanna had six children: Gabriel (1844-1922), Camilla (1845-1916), Edmund (1847-1943), Emma (1853-1916), Ida (1855-1902), and Benno (Benjamin) (1857-1921).
- While Gabriel, Emma, and Ida remained in Europe, Camilla, Edmund, and Benno immigrated to Canada in the late nineteenth century. Camilla came to Hamilton, Ontario after her marriage in 1866 to Herman Levy, co-founder of the Levy Brothers jewellery business. Edmund became a partner in the business when he first immigrated to Canada in 1871, and lived with Camilla and Herman. Camilla became the acknowledged leader of Jewish women in Hamilton. She served in organizations such as the Deborah Ladies' Aid Society, which eventually became an auxiliary of Temple Anshe Sholom, Canada's oldest Reform congregation, often referred to as the Hughson Street Temple. Edmund established the first Sabbath School in Ontario at Anshe Sholom in 1872 and served as president from 1873 to 1886.
- After he was established in Hamilton, Edmund returned to Europe in 1873 to marry Oda Strauss (1854-1913) at Forbach, Lorraine, and then brought her back to Canada with him. The couple moved to Toronto in 1886, where he established a wholesale jewellery business on Yonge Street called Scheuer's under his company Edmund Scheuer Limited. Scheuer's was one of the oldest jewellery firms in Toronto and the oldest established wholesale diamond importer in Canada. Edmund's brother, Benno, also worked for the business as the accountant and then secretary-treasurer. Benno was married to Gatella Strauss (1859-1903) and they had three children: Eddie Jr. (1884-1967), Rhoda (1886-1963) and Isadore (1887-1969). Eddie Jr. and Isadore also worked for their uncle's business. Eddie Jr. started as a clerk and then became vice-president, while Isadore started out as a travelling salesman and jeweller. When their uncle retired in 1922, Eddie Jr. took over as president and his brother Isadore became vice-president of Scheuer's.
- In addition to his jewellery business, Edmund Scheuer also taught and supervised the religious school at Holy Blossom Synagogue. He went on to serve in every official capacity at Holy Blossom, including vice-chairman and treasurer of the building committee for the Bond Street building. He also founded The Jewish Free School at 206 Beverley Street for Jewish girls and wrote his own textbook for the school, the first Jewish religious school book printed in Toronto. In 1892, he founded the first Jewish benevolent society in Toronto and was later president of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. In 1927, the Beverley Street building, which housed Federation offices, was dedicated in his honour and named the "Scheuer House".
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records documenting the Scheuer family in Germany, Hamilton, and Toronto. The fonds is made up primarily of photographs of Scheuer family members and friends. It also includes some textual records, including correspondence, marriage certificates, a Toronto Jewish Free School text book, and Holy Blossom Temple Bulletins. Also included are two brass "Scheuer's" window plates which were likely from Edmund Scheuer's jewellery business of the same name.
- Notes
- Associated Material Note: See the CJC National Archives collection for Edmund Scheuer at: http://www.cjc.ca/template.php?action=archives&Type=1&Language=EN&Rec=253
- Name Access
- Scheuer (family)
- Subjects
- Families
- Related Material
- See OJA vertical file cabinet for "Scheuer, Edmund" and "Levy, Camilla"
- See MG3 A1 Holy Blossom
- See MG2 G1C - Edumund Scheuer's Zionist Free School
- Saarbrücken City Archives - May have records pertaining to Edmund's brother Gabriel Scheuer (1844-1922) who remained in Germany.
- Arrangement
- The textual records have been arranged in chronological order into five files. The objects have been described as one file. The fifty-eight photographs have been described as two files and thirty-nine items arranged chronologically
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- 2004-7-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 47
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- [188-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 window plates : brass, green and brass ; 3.5 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two brass Scheuer's window plates with green background. The plates are attached to a stand which allow them to remain upright. The plates were likely used at the Scheuer's jewellery store.
- Notes
- Artifact #29 and #30.
- Physical Condition
- Fair.
- Paint is chipped.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [188-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a full-length portrait of Gatella Scheuer taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on card.
- Studio: S. Wilhelm, Photogr. Atelier Neunkirchen Bahnhofstrasse.
- 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
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1877
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Edmund Scheuer at age thirty taken at a studio in Hamilton, Ontario.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: Farmer Brothers Photography, London and Hamilton, Ontario.
- 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
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 37
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1937
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 mounted on card) ; 23 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a photographic portrait taken of Edmund Scheuer at ninety-years old. He is seated, leaning forward with his head on his hand, reading a book.
- Notes
- Studio: Simpson Brothers, Toronto, 357 Yonge Street.
- Subjects
- Older people
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The unmounted photograph is starting to deteriorate at the edges and the matting is damaged.
- Accession Number
- The unmounted photograph is from accession 2004-7-1 and the mounted photograph is from accession 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1889]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Eddie and Rhoda Scheuer taken in a studio in Toronto in the late nineteenth century. Both children are dressed in overcoats and hats and are posed leaning against a tree trunk. There is a snowy, cottage scene behind the children, used as a backdrop.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: Perkins Photographer, 293 Yonge Street, Toronto.
- 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
- Slightly stained and torn.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 35
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1935]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Edmund Scheuer in Whitby, Ontario, outside of the King home. He is seated on a chair next to the front steps of the home and in front of the window which is surrounded by leaves and bushes. He is wearing a suit and hat.
- 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
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 34
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rose was married to Eddie Scheuer Jr.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Rose Scheuer in Toronto. Rose is standing outside and leaning against a gate with a tree in the background.
- 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
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [189-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Oda Scheuer taken in Toronto.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: Gagen and Fraser, 79 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario.
- 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
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1879
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Gatella Scheuer at twenty, taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century. The portrait is of her head and torso and she is wearing a velvet jacket and her hair is pinned up.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on card.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The card has been cut into an oval.
- Places
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 36
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 June 1935
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Edmund Scheuer in Toronto. He is standing outside of a home in front of a garden. He is wearing a suit and is standing with his arms crossed.
- 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
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [189-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer taken at a studio in Toronto. The portrait is of his head and torso.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: J. Fraser Bryce, 107 King Street West, Toronto.
- 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
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 47
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 15 Feb. 1881
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two photographic portraits taken of Benno Scheuer in a studio in Hamilton, Ontario on February 15th, 1881. In one photograph, Benno's head and torso are framed in a raised oval on the card. The other photograph is almost a full-length portrait and Benno has his arms crossed. This photograph is inscribed to his fiancee.
- Notes
- Albumen prints mounted on cabinet cards.
- Studio: Farmer Bros. Photography, Hamilton, Ontario.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 7 August 1882
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 original copy) ; 25 x 12 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer taken at a studio in Hamilton, Ontario. One copy of the photograph has the name of the studio printed on the cabinet card while the other does not and is a bit larger in size with gold trim.
- Notes
- Albumen prints mounted on cabinet cards.
- Studio: Farmer Brothers Photographers, 8 & 10 King St. West, Hamilton, Ontario.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The emulsion is ripped and curling off the card.
- The images are stained and scratched.
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 21 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1915]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two class photos of a public school in the early 20th century, possibly the Orde Street Public School. The first image is of students of an all female cooking class, one of whom was Ida Fine Ruderman (1899-1999). The second image is of staff and students of an all male shop class, one of whom is Joseph Fine (Ida's brother).
- Subjects
- Education
- Name Access
- Ruderman, Ida
- Fine, Joseph
- Orde Street Public School (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1908]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 9 cm (sight, oval) and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a copy of a matted portrait of Ida Abramsky (1882-1950), daughter of Joseph Abramsky and Chaia Novack Abramsky. She was born in Bellorussia and came to Kingston with her family in 1896. She married Moe Breslin 1905 and lived in Toronto until her death in 1950.
- Name Access
- Abramsky, Ida
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- 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
- 2017-4-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-4-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 599 photographs : b&w and col. (1 negative) ; 28 x 38 cm or smaller
- 10 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- [ca. 1890]-1982
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 3 albums and loose photos related to Ida Siegel and extended family. Photos depict summer outings, family get togethers, and Ida Siegel's volunteer work. Also included are awards, publications relating to her charitable work, and condolences upon her passing. In addition there is a condolence scrapbook prepared by the Women's Auxiliary of Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. One album is devoted solely to her daughter Sair Lee. Family names in photos include: Koffman, Rittenberg, Lewis, Kaufman, Labovitz, Kossin, Rubin, Curt, Sontag, Slatt (Turofsky), Hersh, Tickten, Jones, and Silver.
- Administrative History
- Ida Lewis Siegel (1885-1982) was instrumental in the founding and development of several prominent Jewish organizations, such as the Daughters of Zion, Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada, the Hebrew Ladies' Maternity Aid Society and the YM-YWHA. She was also particularly active in the educational sector and in campaigning for the rights of female educators. She was internationally known for her devotion to Jewish learning and for her contributions to the development of the Toronto Jewish community. Ida was born to Samuel Lewis (b. 1859) and Hannah Ruth (Ticktin) Lewis (b. 1864) on 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was the first child to be born in the United States after her parents immigrated from Lithuania. She had two brothers, Abe Lewis (b. 1880) and Charles S. Lewis (b. 1883). She attended elementary school in Pittsburgh, and in 1894, she and her family moved to Toronto. On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel at the Elm Street Synagogue. Isidore was a travelling peddler, and later, owner of a store in Cochrane, Ontario. Together, they had six children: Rohama Lee (1905-?), Leah Gittel (Labovitz) (1907-2004), David Isar (1909-2004), Sarah (Sontag) (1912-1942), Avrom Fichel (1916-2010), and Rivka Hadassah (Gurau) (1923-2001). Ida is credited with helping to found a large number of Jewish philanthropic and social organizations including the Daughters of Zion, the first ladies' Zionist society in Canada (1899); the Herzl Girls' Club (1904); Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada (1916); the Hebrew Ladies' Sewing Circle, which developed into the Hebrew Ladies' Maternity Aid Society (1907); the YM-YWHA (1919); the Women’s League of the United Synagogues of America in Toronto (192-); the Goel Tzedec Sunday School (1914); and the Goel Tzedec Sisterhood (192-). She was also named honorary president of the Beth Tzedec Sisterhood in 1953. With the help of her brother Abe, Ida formed the first free Jewish Dispensary in Toronto, located on Elizabeth Street in the Ward, which was the forerunner to the Mount Sinai Hospital. Ida also helped form a unified fundraising body for the Jewish community known as the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies (1917), which would become the current UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. However, Ida was denied a seat on the executive after campaigning for a female representative. Always involved in the field of education, Ida was one of the original founders of the Home and School Association in 1919. In 1930, she became the first Jewish woman to be elected to the Toronto Board of Education, a post which she held for six years. She was later named honorary secretary of the Toronto Board of Jewish Education. In 1937, she ran unsuccessfully for alderman in Toronto, but remained politically active with the Association of Women's Electors. She was active in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from 1915 onward and was an outspoken opponent of both world wars. Throughout her lifetime, Ida held the position of national vice-president of the Zionist Organization of Canada, sat on the executive board of the Canadian Jewish Congress and was a member of the Jewish Historical Society. Her religious affiliations were with Goel Tzedec, Beth Tzedec, Shaar Shomayim and the Beach Hebrew Institute.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Siegel, Ida Lewis, 1885-1982
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4271
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4271
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Custodial History
- Daughter of Max Glass.
- Name Access
- Milrod, Ida
- Glass, Ida
- Glass, Max
- 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
- 1986-6-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1199
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1199
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1895]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 11 cm and 10 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Ida Rosenthal.
- Name Access
- Rosenthal, Ida
- 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.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-5
- 1983-10-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1208
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1208
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1895]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 16 x 12 cm and 13 x 11 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ida Rosenthal was the sister of Harry and Mollie Rosenthal.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Ida Rosenthal.
- Name Access
- Rosenthal, Ida
- 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.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-5
- 1983-10-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- Toronto Section series
- Toronto Section archival material sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 38; Series 7-13; File 7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- Toronto Section series
- Toronto Section archival material sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 38
- Series
- 7-13
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1931-1936
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of personal and professional correspondence belonging to Ida Siegel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 100
- 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
- 100
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- Nov. 1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence concerning the card campaign to raise awareness about refusnik Ida Nudel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 104
- 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
- 104
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- Mar. 1981-May 1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, notices and newspaper clippings concerning the letter writing campaigns and activities in support of refusnik Ida Nudel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 25
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1933
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Always involved in the field of education, Ida Siegel became the first Jewish woman to be elected to the Toronto Board of Education in 1930. She held this post for six years. She was later named honourary secretary of the Toronto Board of Jewish Education.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Ida Siegel. She is in formal dress. The photograph was used for the Board of Education composite portrait for 1933.
- Notes
- Stamp, verso:
- Photograph by Ashley & Crippen
- Please give credit line
- 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
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Shulman, Ida & Yankel
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Shulman, Ida & Yankel
- Page Number
- 389
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Address
- 179 Beverley Street
- Source
- Landmarks
The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (FJPT) was made a charitable organization under the laws of Ontario in March, 1917. Its central goal was to end the frequent, uncontrolled, and competitive fund soliciting by a wide range of individual Toronto Jewish philanthropic and social service institutions and instead substitute a single coordinated city-wide community fundraising effort. This would ensure adequate and accountable funding for all its affiliated organizations and agencies in Toronto. The first office of the FJPT was at 206 Beverley St., but by 1924 it was headquartered at 218 Simcoe St. and by 1928 it had moved to 179 Beverley St., which was renamed "Scheuer House" after the FJPT's first president, Edmund Scheuer.
- Address
- 179 Beverley Street
- Time Period
- 1928-1945
- Scope Note
- The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (FJPT) was made a charitable organization under the laws of Ontario in March, 1917. Its central goal was to end the frequent, uncontrolled, and competitive fund soliciting by a wide range of individual Toronto Jewish philanthropic and social service institutions and instead substitute a single coordinated city-wide community fundraising effort. This would ensure adequate and accountable funding for all its affiliated organizations and agencies in Toronto. The first office of the FJPT was at 206 Beverley St., but by 1924 it was headquartered at 218 Simcoe St. and by 1928 it had moved to 179 Beverley St., which was renamed "Scheuer House" after the FJPT's first president, Edmund Scheuer.
- History
- Original affiliated agencies of the FJPT were: the Ladies Co-operative Board, the Jewish Orphans' Home, the Jewish Girls Club, the Junior Council of Jewish Women, the Hebrew Ladies Maternity Aid and Sewing Circle, the Hebrew Young ladies Boot and Shoe Society, the Sewing Circle, the Jewish Branch of the Big Brotherhood Movement, the Hebrew Free Loan Society, the Jewish Dispensary, and the Hebrew Burial Society. In 1924, six new agencies were added to the FJPT. They were: Mount Sinai Hospital, the Jewish Boys' and Girls' Camp, Jewish Big Sisters, the Family Welfare Bureau, the Federation Health Clinic and the Federation Employment Bureau.
- Category
- Organization
- Social Service
- Source
- Landmarks
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [188-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Edmund Scheuer taken in Toronto in the late nineteenth century.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: Perkins 293 Yonge Street, Toronto.
- 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
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm (sight, oval) on card 22 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Rhoda Simonsky (née Scheuer).
- Notes
- Studio: Leatherdale, Toronto.
- 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
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions