- Accession Number
- 1985-10-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-10-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records and graphic material
- Date
- 1907-[ca. 1957]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a wedding invitation for Esther Litmanovitch to Joseph Becker, Toronto, 1907 and copies of photographs of Joseph and Esther Becker's wedding portrait; Samuel Weber and family; Nathan Phillips and Joseph Becker; and The Toronto Section, National Council of Jewish Women.
- Name Access
- Becker, Larry, 1939-1998
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-5-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-5-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 33 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1926-[ca.1945]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of original and copy photographs of the Literary Club of Toronto and a Purim play in Timmins, Ontario. In addition there is a minute book in Yiddish for the Literary Club, and a number of photographs of young people taken at Camp Yungvelt in the 1940s. Identified in the Purim play photograph (ca. 1930) Back row: Dorothy Vrovender, Carl Horowitz, [Jack Brovend], Mr. Brovender, [teacher], Esther Halperin, Cecil Hoffman, Lily Feldman, Sara Shankman, Sara Martin, and Zelda Sky. Middle row: Morris Halperin, Mitchell, Claire Korman, Ruth Halperin, Fanny Feldman, [unknown, Mitchell], Sadie Feldman, esther Shankman, [Bertha Perchesky], Mildred Buckovetsky, and Sophie Korman. Front row: Cecil Linder, Joe Greenberg, Myer Buckovetsky, Abe Martin, Joe Mallin, Vita Linder and Moses Shragg. Photoograph by the Royal Studio, A. Tomkinson, Timmins, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Thelma Harris Rose family fonds
- Harris family series
- William and Tillie Harris sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 1-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1917]-[196-]
- Physical Description
- 49 photographs : b&w and sepia (3 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- William Harris was the son of Samuel and Sarah Harris (née Ruben). Tillie Harris (née Shayne) was the daughter of John and Olga Shayne (née Ginsberg).
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of photographs of William and Tillie Harris (née Shayne) and their family as well as textual records related to their son Sgt. Fred Harris' enlistment in the Canadian military and his death at Normandy on D-Day.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Thelma Harris Rose Family fonds
- Harris family series
- William and Tillie Harris sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 1-5
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-]-[196-]
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 21 cm and 8 x 12 cm and 7 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of portraits and snapshots of Tillie (née Shayne) Harris, including a photograph of Tillie with her brother Alex Shayne.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- Collection
- Fonds
- 34
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1882-1996
- Physical Description
- 58 cm of textual records
- 11 photographs : col. and b&w ; 28 x 36 cm or smaller
- 4 lantern slides : col. (hand painted) ; 5 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Larry Becker (1939-1998) was a collector with a focus on his native Toronto. He grew up in central Toronto, near Dundas and Ossington, where his father ran a cigar store. Around 1948, the family moved north to Vaughan. Larry attended Lakeshore Teachers' College and married fellow teacher, Rose Weber, in 1961. He taught primary school in Welland, Ontario
- Larry returned to Toronto in June 1965, and began collecting for profit and posterity. That year, with the active assistance of his wife Rose, opened the first of three businesses that sold collectables. Both his father and grandfather had been small-scale collectors. From 1965 to 1996, the growing Becker family lived at 25 Lesgay Crescent in North York. In December 1996, the Beckers moved to a larger place in the Kettleby countryside, where Larry had planned to retire and work on his collection
- Larry Becker died on February 20th, 1998
- Scope and Content
- The collection consists of items collected by Larry Becker including postcards, bulletins from Ontario Jewish organizations, sermons, periodicals, books, hand painted lantern slides documenting scenes of Jews in early Toronto, and other material relating to Ontario's Jewry
- Notes
- Information for biographical sketch gathered and cited from "Collecting Toronto: Through the Eyes of Larry Becker" virtual exhibit from the City of Toronto website at: http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/archives/becker_collections/
- The lantern slides have been rehoused and moved to the negative cabinet.
- Associated material note: The City of Toronto Archives has an extensive collection in the Larry Becker fonds, Fonds 70 (see Accession file for details)
- Physical Condition
- The textual records are in good condition. The colour photographs are suffering from severe dark fading and have taken on a distinct red cast.
- Creator
- Becker, Larry (1939-1998)
- Accession Number
- 2002-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1634
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1634
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph and copy negative of the opening of the Bond Clothes Shop in Lindsay, Ontario. The photograph depicts a crowd gathered at the front entrance. The store slogan is written on the front sign: Gentlemen prefer Bond's.
- Name Access
- Bond Clothes Shop (Lindsay, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Clothing trade
- Crowds
- Storefronts
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Lindsay (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-7-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1143
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1143
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1904]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of Joe Solway seated at a piano.
- Name Access
- Solway, Joe
- 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
- 1976-6-10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Thelma Harris Rose Family fonds
- Harris family series
- William and Tillie Harris sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 1-5
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1918]-[194-]
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of William and Tillie (née Shayne) Harris and their three sons including photographs of Sgt. Fred Harris in military dress and of William Harris ca. 1918, possibly during military training.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Thelma Harris Rose Family fonds
- Harris family series
- William and Tillie Harris sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 1-5
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1930]-[195-]
- Physical Description
- 19 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 19 x 22 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Reva Levinson was Fred Harris' finance. Sophie Marcus was Tillie Harris' aunt.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of William and Tillie Harris and their family at the cottage at Young's Point, Ontario. Images include group shots with fish, lounging on lawn chairs and in swimsuits and canoeing. Also pictured are Samuel Aaron and Rose Harris, Sydney Harris, Thelma Harris, Fred Harris, Jack Harris, housekeeper Nellie Zepp, Reva Levinson, Lawrence Harris, and Sophie Marcus,
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Thelma Harris Rose Family fonds
- Harris family series
- William and Tillie Harris sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 1-5
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w and sepia ; 20 x 20 cm and 13 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two photographs documenting a cruise that William and Tillie Harris took with friends and relations. Also identified are Dorothy and Dave Goodman and Izzie and Ray Rothbart. There are additional photos of this trip in the photo album documenting their family.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-32
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-32
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 2 b&w photographs (copies)
- Date
- [193?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two scanned photographs of work scene in front of the Myer Salit Scrap Metal yard, Niagara Falls.
- Custodial History
- The records were transferred to the OJA as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative.
- Administrative History
- The donor, Larry Cohen, was born 1931. His grandfather, Myer Salit, was born in Brest Litovski, Poland. At the age of twenty-three he booked passage to America on the S.S. Norge. On June 28, 1904 the ship struck a reef off the coast of Scotland and sank. Mr. Salit survived, along with approximately 160 other passengers, and made his way to New York and then St. Catharines, where his brother-in-law, Harry Rubin, was a scrap metal dealer. In 1905 he moved to Niagara Falls and set up his own scrap metal business. He was the first Jewish resident of that community.
- Over time, the business prospered and grew. After the Second World War, his son-in-law Irvin Feldman and grandson Larry Cohen joined the business. The company began to diversify, selling new and used steel products to local industry. Myer Salit passed away in 1958 and left the business in the hands of Irvin and Larry. By the 1960s, the company branched out and became a reinforcing steel (rebar) fabricator and changed its name to Salit Steel.
- During the 1980s the family sold off the scrap metal division of the company. Mr. Feldman retired and the responsibility for managing the firm was shared by Larry Cohen and Steven Cohen, Myer's great-grandson. The company has continued to expand and diversify and currently serves the needs of Southern Ontario.
- Use Conditions
- 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.
- Descriptive Notes
- Related Material Note: See AC 302 for an oral history for Larry Cohen.
- Subjects
- Occupations
- Communities
- Name Access
- Salit, Myer
- Places
- Niagara Falls, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Name
- Larry Cohen
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 7 Jun. 2007
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Larry Cohen
- Number
- OH 302
- Interview Date
- 7 Jun. 2007
- Quantity
- 2 mini DV's, archival and reference copies
- Interviewer
- Sharon Gubbay Helfer
- Notes
- Ontario Small Jewish Communities Project.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as an M4V video file
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Larry Cohen lived in Buffalo for many years, where he met and married his wife,, Marlene. He joined the US Army during the Korean War and was stationed in New Jersey. After the army, he began working at his grandfather’s steel business and then in 1959 moved back to Niagara Falls. He held several positions with the synagogue in Niagara Falls including treasurer and president. He has three children—Bobby, Steven, and Michelle—and numerous grandchildren.
- Myer Salit, Larry Cohen's grandfather, was born in Brest Litovski, Poland. At the age of twenty-three, he booked passage to America on the SS Norge. On 28 June 1904, the ship struck a reef off the coast of Scotland and sank. Mr. Salit survived, along with approximately 160 other passengers, and made his way to New York and then St. Catharines, Ontario, where his brother-in-law, Harry Rubin, was a scrap metal dealer.
- In 1905, Mayer Salit moved to Niagara Falls, Ontario, and set up his own scrap metal business. He was the first Jewish resident of that community. Over time, the business prospered and grew. After the Second World War, his son-in-law, Irvin Feldman, joined the company followed by his grandson, Larry Cohen, in 1955. The company began to diversify, selling new and used steel products to local industry. Myer Salit passed away in 1958 and left the business in the hands of Irvin and Larry. By the 1960s, the company branched out and became a reinforcing steel (rebar) fabricator and changed its name to Salit Steel. During the 1980s, the family sold off the scrap metal division of the company. Mr. Feldman retired, and the responsibility for managing the firm was shared by Larry Cohen and Steven Cohen, Myer's great-grandson. The company has continued to expand and diversify and currently serves the needs of southern Ontario.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Geographic Access
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Niagara Falls (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Mini DV
- Copy Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Larry Helfand
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 9 Jun. 2010
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Larry Helfand
- Number
- OH 373
- Subject
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Interview Date
- 9 Jun. 2010
- Quantity
- 1 reference DVD (WAV file); 1 archival DVD (WAV file)
- Interviewer
- Marie Eve Deleris
- Total Running Time
- 18:21
- Notes
- Larry was interviewed as part of the Memory Project event held at Lipa Green on 13 May 2010 in partnership with the Historica-Dominion Institute.
- Biography
- Larry served in the RCA from 1940 to 1946 in anti-aircraft work. He was stationed in Aldershot, England and witnessed V-E (Victory in Europe) Day.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Original Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Barney and Tillie Nosov
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 22 Sep. 1975
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Barney and Tillie Nosov
- Number
- OH 11
- Subject
- Families
- Religion
- Interview Date
- 22 Sep. 1975
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Fred Schaeffer
- Total Running Time
- side 1: 43:39 minutes
- side 2: 43:36 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Notes
- Most of the interview is conducted with Barney Nosov. Wilfred Kideckel is also featured on the tape, and Tillie Nosov is interviewed briefly.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Conditional access. Researchers must receive permission from the interviewee or their heir prior to accessing the interview. Please contact the OJA for more information.
- Biography
- Barney Nosov arrived in Canada in 1916. Nosov lived in Ansonville, Ontario. He was a merchant, owned a store, and was also in politics for many years.
- Wilfred Kideckel was born in Kreugerdorf on a farm in 1917. His father was one of the first immigrants to the area. Kideckel had ten people in his family. He moved to Ansonville and got married. Kideckel moved to Toronto in 1942.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Nosov, Barney
- Nosov, Tillie
- Kideckel, Wilfred
- Geographic Access
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Cobalt (Ont.)
- Cochrane (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 11 - Nosov\OH11_Transcript.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Part Of
- Thelma Harris Rose Family fonds
- Harris family series
- Samuel Aaron and Rose Harris sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 1-2
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1929]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 18 cm and 5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one portrait of Samuel Aaron and Rose and their sister-in-law Tillie (née Shayne) Harris and a second portrait of Rose and Tillie.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Thelma Harris Rose Family fonds
- Photo albums series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 10
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]-[195-]
- Physical Description
- 120 photographs (1 vol.) : b&w and sepia ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photo album documenting the family of William Harris and Tillie Harris (née Shayne). Included are portraits and snapshots of various members of the extended Shayne family including vacations and cruises, wedding and maternity photographs, leisure outings, and military-related images, particularly those related to Sgt. Fred Harris, the son of William and Tillie Harris.
- Notes
- Photo album has been scanned in its entirety.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4238
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4238
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Larry Hillman played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and Leo Labine played for the Boston Bruins. They played baseball for Joe Dash during the off-season to stay in shape.
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of Larry Hillman (left), Joe Dash (centre), and Leo Labine (right) in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Both Hillman and Labine played baseball for Joe Dash.
- Subjects
- Baseball
- Hockey players
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-1-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2519
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2519
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 4 Oct. 1936
- 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 the Jewish community assembled in the Adath Israel Synagogue banquet hall for the bar mitzvah party of Larry Kussner. The large crowd is seated at several banquet tables in the hall, which is decorated for the occasion.
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on original photograph matte.
- Duke Studio.
- Name Access
- Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
- Kussner, Larry
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Parties
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 68; Item 67
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 68
- Item
- 67
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 25 June 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Sally Greisman and Larry Brenzel walking down the aisle after their wedding ceremony at Goel Tzedec Synagogue.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Married people
- Weddings
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 68; Item 68
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 68
- Item
- 68
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 25 June 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Sally Greisman and Larry Brenzel signing the marriage register on their wedding day. An unknown Rabbi is standing behind them.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Newlyweds
- Portraits
- Rabbis
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 519
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 519
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1905 or 1906]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 17 cm mounted on card
- Scope and Content
- tem is a photograph of Karl, Sarah and Tilli Goldenberg, dressed for a wedding.
- Notes
- No negative.
- Name Access
- Goldenberg, Karl
- Goldenberg, Sarah
- Goldenberg, Tilli
- Subjects
- Weddings
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Physical Condition
- Top left corner torn.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired June 22, 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 68; Item 65
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 68
- Item
- 65
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 25 June 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the wedding ceremony of Sally Greisman to Larry Brenzel. The photograph was taken inside the Goel Tzedec Synagogue on University Avenue.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Weddings
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions