Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

16

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1887]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Eddie Scheuer Jr. as a young boy taken in a studio in Hamilton, Ontario.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: Farmer Brothers Photoraphers, Hamilton, Ontario.

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.

Physical Condition

The corners of the card are damaged.

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

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

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

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

• 

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

• 

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

26

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1910 and 1929]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 15 x 8 cm (sight) on card 24 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Benno Scheuer standing on the front steps of a house in Toronto. He is wearing a suit.

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

Negative is curled and in poor condition.

The card mount is damaged and cut.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Segel family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

12

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1900]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 3 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a small photograph of the Segel boys taken in Toronto. One of the boys is likely "Ike" Segel and the other is probably Julius.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on card.

Photographer: Dame, 330 1/2 Yonge St., Toronto.

Name Access

Segel, Ike

Segel, Julius

Subjects

Children

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 stained and scratched and the image is fading.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scenes from The Ward in the early 20th Century fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

43

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]

Physical Description

3 slides : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

Photograph of a young boy holding a tin of salmon in the Ward.

Notes

Original photo is a glass slide.

Title taken from writing on original slide.

Subjects

Children

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

2005-5-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Canadian Young Judaea series

Level

Series

Fonds

28

Series

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1957-1979

Physical Description

15 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Canadian Young Judaea was founded in 1909 as a Zionist movement for Canadian youth by members of the Herzl Zion Club. As a Zionist organization, Young Judaea continues to be committed to fostering a sense of Jewish identity and values in today's Jewish youth and to encouraging a lifelong commitment to Israel.

In order to foster a closer connection to Israel, Canadian Young Judaea employs educational Shlichim from Israel who are posted to various Jewish communities throughout Canada and to offices at the national level in Toronto Young Judaea also operates several Zionist summer camps located in each region of Canada, and a summer leadership institute called Camp Biluim in Quebec. In addition to the social programme of the organization, Young Judaea also offers educational seminars and conferences.

Young Judaea's national structure includes a National Executive Board and an Administrative Council. Conventions are held regularly, as are regional conferences. In the past, Young Judaea operated as an associated, but distinct, organization from the Zionist Organization Canada. However, Young Judaea operations were overseen by the ZOC executive, and Young Judaea received their budget from the ZOC Treasury. In addition, ZOC and Young Judaea worked in conjuction with one another on many projects and programmes, such as with the operation of the Zionist camps.

Scope and Content

The series consists of files relating to the administrative operations of Canadian Young Judaea at the national level between 1957 and 1979. These records include: National Young Judaea meeting minutes, Young Judaea Adult Committee meeting minutes, executive meeting minutes and reports, Maskirut meeting minutes and reports, national kinus records, education programmes, national publications and newsletters, national studies, financial records, constitutions, staffing and administration records, and camp records.

Name Access

Canadian Young Judaea

Zionist Organization of Canada

Subjects

Children

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

18

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[189-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Rhoda, Eddie, and Isadore Scheuer. Rhoda is seated at left, Eddie is standing at centre, and Isadore is seated at right.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on card.

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.

Physical Condition

The card is in poor condition.

The image is scratched.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

21

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[189-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 8 cm (sight, oval) on board 16 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Isadore Simonsky was married to Rhoda Scheuer.

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Isadore Simonsky as a young boy. He is wearing a suit and tie.

Notes

Mounted on board.

Subjects

Boys

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 board has been cut into an oval shape.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3859

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1929

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Note: A.I.Grossman.

This is a composite photo.

Name Access

Grossman, A.I.

Toronto Boy Municipal Council

Subjects

Children

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

1985-11-11

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

25

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 9 cm (sight) on card 16 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph taken of Eddie Scheuer Jr. as a young man, probably in Toronto. Eddie is dressed in a suit and is seated cross-legged on a bench in front of a tree. He has a cigarette in his mouth.

Notes

Mounted on card.

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 top right corner of the mount is damaged.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Hamilton Jewish community photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

3

Item

19

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a negative of Max Rotman wearing a J.C.C. instructor t-shirt, assisting a young boy with a first aid dressing on his finger.

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

2004-5-96

Source

Archival Descriptions

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

File

50

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1973

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph taken at the Hanukkah party at the Bloor JCC. Pictured in the photograph are Moe Stern and a young boy.

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 Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series

Photograph collection sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

61

Series

2-2

File

50

Item

13

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1973

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph taken at the Hanukkah party at the Bloor JCC. Pictured in the photograph are a man, a woman, and a young boy.

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

Item

3414

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Subjects

Children

Streets

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

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Euclid Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-3-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3860

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1930

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Left: J.O.Goodman.

Name Access

Goodman, J.O.

Toronto Boy Municipal Council

City Hall

Subjects

Children

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

1985-11-11

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1898]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm and 12 x 9 cm on matte 17 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Item is an original and one copy print of Carl Frankel at the age of about four years on a tricycle in the backyard of 107 Gloucester, Toronto. There is an unidentified little girl in the foreground.

Subjects

Children

Tricycles

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

Philip Givens fonds

City of Toronto Controller series

Official engagements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

51

Series

3-5

File

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1962]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph of a young boy greeting Mayor Summerville, Phil Givens and the Fire Chief (?).

Notes

Photograph is by the Telegram.

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

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

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

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

Level

Item

Item

1677

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1927

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a young boy seated on a horse at the Canadian Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Farm School

Subjects

Farms

Orphans

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

Georgetown (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-12-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2014-5-4

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

4 photograph albums

ca. 450 photographs : b&w and col. (ca. 260 negatives) ; 36 x 30 cm and smaller

3 cm of textual records

Date

[ca. 1963]-[ca. 1995]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of graphic material and textual records documenting Canadian Young Judaea. Included are photographic albums, loose photographs, clippings, photographic contact sheets and negatives, and textual records, including meeting minutes, correspondences, etc. All of the items relate to Ontario-based Jewish summer camps such as Camp Solelim and Camp Biluim, as well as to Canadian Young Judaea.

Custodial History

Records came via Josefa Michaelson, c/o Canadian Young Judaea

Subjects

Nonprofit organizations

Children

Camps

Name Access

Canadian Young Judaea

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Child portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

3

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Feb. 1952

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of a young boy named Allen, approximately 9 years old, sitting on the ledge of a shuttered window, with one arm on his hip, and his other hand in his lap.

Notes

The neagative has two portraits on it.

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

Child portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

3

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Sept. 1952

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 12 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of a 2 year old boy, who is standing, smiling, and looking up and away from the camera.

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

Child portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

3

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

11 Dec. 1945

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 12 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of a 7 year old boy, wearing a bowtie, seated on a ledge with one leg over the other, facing the camera.

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

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Child portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

3

Item

14

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Sept. 1943

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 11 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of a 5 year boy, seated on a ledge with his hands in his lap, facing the camera.

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

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Child portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

3

Item

21

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Apr. 1952

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 11 x 8 cm

Admin History/Bio

The son of Selma and Dr. "Itch" Lightman, a Toronto dentist.

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of a 4 year old boy, standing with one hand in the pocket of his jacket while facing the camera.

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

Child portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

3

Item

33

Material Format

graphic material

Date

2 Feb. 1945

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 11 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of a 6 year old boy leaning on the back of an upholstered chair with his hands together, while facing the camera.

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

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Child portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

3

Item

36

Material Format

graphic material

Date

7 Dec. 1945

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 12 x 8cm

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of a 1 year old boy who is seated with his legs crossed and a toy is next that he has pieces of in his hands, while facing the camera.

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

Morris Norman collection

Turofsky photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Series

4

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1958]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 19 cm

Admin History/Bio

Spencer Evans was the publicity chief for Maple Leaf Gardens during the 1940s and 1950s and in 1963, became the director of public relations for the Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Club.

Conn Smythe is best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens.

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph Spiff Evans and Conn Smythe seated with a young boy named Timmy. The boy has two crutches to aid with walking.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3059

Material Format

graphic material

Date

August 1930

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

The teacher sitting on the right is identified as Mr. M. Nobleman.

Name Access

Eitz Chaim Talmud Torah

Hebrew Young Boys Club

Nobleman, Mr. M.

Subjects

Clubs

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

1981-6-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

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

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

• 

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

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

330

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1955

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of photographs of Israeli Scouts with Nathan Phillips during their visit to Toronto.

Name Access

Phillips, Nathan, 1892-1976

Subjects

Boy Scouts

Source

Archival Descriptions