Accession Number

1993-6-6

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 9 cm and 13 x 10 cm

Date

[ca. 1943]

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one photographic postcard and one negative of a group of girls at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering. Some of the girls have been identified as follows: Terry Krever is in front row on far left; Miss Simon (M. Shainhouse) is next to her in center; Miss Naomi Strauss is in the far left-hand corner; Mrs. Danilak is in back row, second from right; and "Creed" is in back row, far right.

Subjects

Children

Camps

Name Access

Krever, Terry

Strauss, Naomi

Danilak, Mrs.

Camp Yungvelt

Places

Pickering, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1997-4-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

50 photographs : b&w and col. (24 negatives)

Date

1916-1988

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs and newspaper clippings documenting the life of the Levine Family. Photographs include class pictures from Port Whitby's Brock School, Purim celebrations at Oshawa's Beth Zion Synagogue, Camp Ogama staff and camper photos, Camp Winnibagoe cabin photos and Royal Winter Fair prize winning photos.

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.

Subjects

Camp counselors

Camps

Farms

Farm tractors

Purim

Name Access

Camp Winnebagoe

Places

Oshawa (Ont.)

Whitby (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2004-5-77

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

16 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Date

1999

Scope and Content

Accession Consists of photographs taken at an Israel Fair and a Purim party at the Bloor JCC, UJA Israel Walkathon, the Yiddish Cultural Club at the Borochov Centre, and dance (Rikudiyah) and choir (Zimriyah) festivals.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2006-8-5

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 23 cm on paper 22 x 28 cm

Date

[ca. 1945]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one copy photograph of a group of Sudbury children, possibly the cheder, taken at the Jewish community centre in Sudbury. The rabbi and teacher are also pictured. Most of the individuals have been identified on a separate piece of paper, which is stored with the accession record.

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.

Subjects

Children

Portraits, Group

Places

Sudbury (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2006-12-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

ca. 500 photographs (10 v.)

Date

1964-1977

Scope and Content

This accession consists of ten photo albums documenting several Purim balls thrown by Tamara Weinreich. The money raised at the parties went towards the Anne Frank Foundation, which supported a kibbutz school for needy children in Israel. The balls took place at several synagogues in Toronto, such as Beth Tikvah, Beth Torah, and Beth David.

The photographs are of the guests in costume.

Administrative History

Tamara Weinreich (née Buchman) was born in Warsaw, Poland on 1 June 1930. She was the eldest child of Israel and Pola Buchman. She worked as an arts and crafts director at Baycrest during the 1960s and 1970s and was an artist by profession. She died on 20 Jan 2017.

Subjects

Purim

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2007-6-16

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

9 photographs : col ; 15 x 10 cm

Date

1998-1999

Scope and Content

Accession consists of nine photographs of events at the Borochov Centre and the Toronto Heschel School. Seven of the photos are of childern observing Yom Hazikaron, one photo is of a Yom Ha'atz-Maul celebration, and one photo is a Yiddish Cultural Club group photo at the Borochov Centre.

Subjects

Religion

Education

Children

Name Access

Borochov Centre

Toronto Heschel School

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2007-6-17

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Date

[195-?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two group photographs taken in Stratford, Ontario. The first is a farewell party photograph for Alec and Ann and the second is a photograph of a children's Purim party.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Religion

Children

Communities

Name Access

Miller, Molly

Places

Stratford, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2008-8-4

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

4 photographs : b&w (jpg)

4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

Date

[194-]-2005

Scope and Content

This accession consists of textual records and photographs documenting the Belleville Jewish community and the Sons of Jacob Synagogue. The textual records include a dedication book from the Synagogue as well as documents related to the synagogue's reunion weekend in 2005. The photographs depict the Judaeans basketball team, a Young Judaea conference, the synagogue's dedication ceremonies, and a children's Purim play.

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.

Subjects

Communities

Purim

Synagogues

Places

Belleville (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2008-8-6

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 41 x 51 cm

Date

Jun. 1952

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one oversized photograph taken at the sixtieth birthday party for Michael Garber. The party was at a club in Montreal. Pictured in the photo are (left to right): Samuel Bronfman, Michael Garber and Edward Gelber.

Subjects

Birthdays

Parties

Places

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2011-9-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Date

[between 1960 and 1962]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one photograph of the sign from the Eastern Children of Israel Congregation, located on Parliament Street, just north of Shuter Street, in Toronto. The sign is in the shape of an arc and was situated on the second floor of a brick building between two windows. It was written in Hebrew and mentions both the synagogue and a Talmud Torah.

Custodial History

The photograph was in the possession of Dr. Dorothy Pullan. She mailed it to the OJA in September 2011.

Administrative History

The Eastern Children of Israel Synagogue (Bnai Israel Hamizrachim or Eastern Children's Congregation) was founded in a house on Berkeley Street before the First World War. Its first synagogue was built at 177-179 Berkeley Street and officially opened in 1918. A Talmud Torah was later added onto the back. The synagogue was bulldozed in 1960 to make way for the Moss Park housing project, although the land sat vacant until 1962. The synagogue subsequently moved to 270 Parliament street until 1962, just north of Shuter Street, but is no longer in existence.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Also available as a JPEG file.

Subjects

Signs and signboards

Synagogues

Name Access

Eastern Children of Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Parliament Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2012-11-3

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

ca. 30 cm of textual and graphic material

Date

[1979?]-[ca. 2007], predominant 1992-2007

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting the governance, operation, and programs of the Hillel Children's Workshop. Included are meeting minutes, correspondence, policy documents, programming records, newsletters, mission statements, financial records, course outlines, class lists, and teacher handbooks. Also included are photographs of special events, such as Hanukkah, Purim, and Sukkot parties.

Administrative History

Established in 1974, the Hillel Children's Workshop was a cooperative Jewish Sunday school that ran programs for both parents and children. The curriculum was focused on Jewish humanist principles and based on biblical and secular sources. As a cooperative group, parents were actively involved in the organization. In 2012, the school closed due to decreased enrolment.

Use Conditions

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

Source

Archival Accessions

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

Accession Number

2014-12-1

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Date

1957-1958

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two photographs of Bernie Shiner's class at Associated Hebrew Schools on Neptune Avenue, Toronto.

Identified individuals from 1957 are: David Zweig; Mitchell (?); Phillip Granovsky; Ian Eckler; Mark Greenspan; Hillel Eisen; Mark Gottlieb; Heidi (?); Mark Shapiro; Bernie Shiner; Gordon Lindsay; Carol Ogden; Vernon Kurtz; Milton Davis; Allan Greenspan; Leonard Feldman; Bobby Posen; Avram Steinman; and Sima Godfrey. The teacher was Mr. Clodman.

Identified individuals from 1958 are: Avram Steinman; David Zweig; Evelyn Klein; Bobby Posen; Emma Applebaum; Vernon Kurtz; Gordon Lindsay; Leonard Feldman; Allan Greenspan; Alan Frankel; Henry Metkiewitz; Bernie Shiner; Ronnie Rosenberg; Phil Granovsky; Deena Mandel; Mitchell (?).

Descriptive Notes

See accession form for location of individuals.

Subjects

Education

Children

Name Access

Zweig, David

Granovsky, Phillip

Eckler, Ian

Greenspan, Mark

Eisen, Hillel

Gottlieb, Mark

Shapiro, Mark

Shiner, Bernie

Lindsay, Gordon

Ogden, Carol

Kurtz, Vernon

Davis, Milton

Greenspan, Allan

Feldman, Leonard

Posen, Bobby

Steinman, Avram

Godfrey, Sima

Shapiro, Mark

Davis, Milton

Klein, Evelyn

Applebaum, Emma

Frankel, Alan

Metkiewitz, Henry

Rosenberg, Ronnie

Mandel, Deena

Associated Hebrew Schools

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-12-4

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

24 photographs : col. ; 20 x 26 cm or smaller

Date

1988-2013

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs of the graduating classes of the Downtown Jewish Community School from the first class in 1988 through to 2013. Missing are the photographs from the years 1998, 1999 and 2011. Also included are identification keys as well as class lists detailing student names, addresses, home schools and parent names.

Subjects

Education

Children

Religion

Name Access

Downtown Jewish Community School (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2016-11-13

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

7 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

1 folder of textual records

Date

2006

Scope and Content

Accession consists of 7 colour photographs of Eisen speaking to students, a thank you card signed by the students and student art work in response to the Holocaust.

Administrative History

Alexander Eisen was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1929. After the Anschluss in 1938, the Eisen family fled to Hungary. In 1939, Alex’s father was arrested and fled to Palestine, leaving his wife alone with their three children. Alex and the rest of the family endured the hardships of the Budapest Ghetto, but later managed to escape and live in hiding until being liberated by the Soviet Army in 1945. He immigrated with his wife Renate to Canada in 1952. Eisen is a Neuberger Holocaust Survivor Speaker and author of A Time of Fear (2010).

Subjects

Children

Education

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Name Access

Eisen, Alexander

Places

Toronto

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

17

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1935

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Fischel Cooper with a group of children.

Notes

Acquired in 1974.

Name Access

Cooper, Fischel

Cooper, Ted

Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Children

Portraits, Group

Synagogues

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

Level

Item

Item

18

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1935 and 1939]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Custodial History

Yisroel Sakowitch had a grocery store at the southwest corner of Major and Harbord Sts.

Scope and Content

Photograph is of a group of boys along with Fischel Cooper and Yisroel Sakowitch (Sacks) taken in High Park. One of the boys, seated second from the right in the second row, is Joe Berhowitz.

Notes

Acquired in 1974.

Name Access

Berhowitz, Joe

Cooper, Fischel

Cooper, Ted

Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Sacks, Yisroel

Sakowitch, Yisroel

Subjects

Children

Portraits, Group

Synagogues

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

High Park (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

66

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1936

Physical Description

1 photograph

Admin History/Bio

Dr. Bernard Manace was a Toronto pediatrician. There is an award in his name at the University of Toronto for a medical student who is undertaking an elective or summer medical experience in Israel.

Scope and Content

Item is a black-and-white photograph at Dr. Bernard Manace's stag party. The photographs depicts a large group of men seated in a dining hall.

Back row, left to right: [Jack Slavens?]; [Trachter?]; [Solway?]; Dr. Louis Kazdan, father of Dr. Manace; Dr. Bernard Manace; Dr. M.A. Pollock; Dr. Harry Leizner; Dr. Charles Markson (Markowitz); Dr. Samuel Norris; Dr. M.K. Bochner; Dr. Bernard Willinsky; Dr. Joseph Gollom; Dr. David Perlman; [unknown]; Dr. Adolf A. Appell; Dr. I.M. Golden; Dr. Jacob Markowitz (at U.of T.); Dr. William Harris; Dr. Samuel Perlman, dentist, brother of David Perlman.

Front row, left to right: Emanuel Pullan; [Ed or Gordon Pullan]; Dr. Lou Harris; Dr. Murray Dyment; Dr. Ben Garfield; Dr. Irwin Smith; Dr. Milton Raymers; Dr. David Eisen; Dr. Gordon Manace; Dr. Nathan Shaul; Dr. Max Sibberman; Dr. Mitchell Cohen; Dr. Jacob Goldstein; Dr. Benjamin Cohen; Dr. Aaron G(lassberg) Volpe; Dr. A.A. Track; Dr. Oscar Lewin; Dr. Harold Taube; Dr. Jacob Pollack; Dr. Maurice Selznick; [unknown]; Mannie Starkman.

Notes

See photo for identification order of front row.

Name Access

Manace, Dr. Bernard

University of Toronto

Slavens, Dr. Jack

Trachter

Solway

Kazdan, Dr. Louis

Pollack, Dr. M.A.

Leizner, Dr. Harry

Markson, Dr. Charles

Norris, Dr. Samuel

Bochner, Dr. M.K.

Willinsky, Dr. Bernard

Gollom, Dr. Joseph

Perlman, Dr. David

Appell, Dr. Adolf

Golden, Dr. I.M.

Markowitz, Dr. Jacob

Harris, Dr. William

Perlman, Dr. Samuel

Pullan, Dr. Emanuel

Pullan, Dr. Gordon

Pullan, Dr. Ed

Harris, Dr. Lou

Dyment, Dr. Murray

Garfield, Dr. Ben

Smith, Dr. Irwin

Raymers, Dr. Milton

Eisen, Dr. David

Shaul, Dr. Nathan

Sibberman, Max

Cohen, Dr. Mitchell

Goldstein, Dr. Jacob

Cohen, Dr. Benjamin

Volpe, Dr. Aaron

Track, Dr. A.A.

Lewin, Dr. Oscar

Taube, Dr. Harold

Pollack, Dr. Jacob

Selznick, Dr. Maurice

Starkman, Mannie

Subjects

Parties

Physicians

Access Restriction

Restricted until April 1984.

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

Item

292

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1911

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Dr. Harry Myer Jolley and Mrs. Eva Jolefsky (née Geller) as children.

Name Access

Berstein, Ida

Geller, Eva

Jolefsky, Eva

Jolley, Harry Myer

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

397

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1927 or 1928]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

The item is a photograph of Clara Love in a costume.

Name Access

Love, Clara

Subjects

Costume

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

Level

Item

Item

398

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1929

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

The item is a photograph of Clara Love outside Isacc Love's grocery on Queen st. in Toronto.

Name Access

Love, Clara

Subjects

Children

Storefronts

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

425

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1916]

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative) : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Harry Goldstein in costume (seated) with an unknown man.

Name Access

Goldstein, Harry

Subjects

Costume

Actors

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

Level

Item

Item

426

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1916]

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative) : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Harry Goldstein in costume.

Name Access

Goldstein, Harry

Subjects

Costume

Actors

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

Level

Item

Item

432

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1916]

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative) : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Harry Goldstein in costume.

Name Access

Goldstein, Harry

Subjects

Costume

Actors

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

Level

Item

Item

434

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1916]

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative) : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is photograph of Harry Goldstein in costume.

Name Access

Goldstein, Harry

Subjects

Costume

Actors

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

Level

Item

Item

443

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1910

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w, mounted on board ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

The item is an original photograph of Carl and Rose (Rosen) Strauss and (L-R) (Dr.) Samuel, (Dr.) Harry, and Nathan. Mr. Strauss was a plasterer and one of the founders of the Workmen's Circle in Toronto.

Notes

A negative is available. .

Name Access

Strauss, Carl

Strauss, Rose

Strauss, Samuel

Strauss, Harry

Strauss, Nathan

Workmen's Circle

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

Acquired April 7, 1975

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

444

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1914

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

The item is a photograph of Ida Strauss, aged 1.5 years.

Name Access

Strauss, Ida

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

Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

447

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1917]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Ida Strauss (Rogers) as a young girl standing in front of 137 Bellwoods Ave., Toronto

Name Access

Rogers, Ida

Strauss, Ida

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

Bellwoods Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

469

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1928

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Lillian C. Smith and 2 children in Miami, Florida, March, 1928.

Notes

Inscription on front: "Miami, Florida, March 1928".

Name Access

Smith, Lillian C.

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

Miami (Fla.)

Accession Number

Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

497

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1887

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 4 x 5

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Barney and Goldie Allen and children, Bradford Penn. Left: Jay J. Right: Jule.

Notes

A 4 x 5 negative is available.

Name Access

Allen, Barney

Allen, Goldie

Allen, Jay J

Allen, Jule

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Bradford (Pa.)

Accession Number

Acquired December 1974.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

642

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1940 and 1945]

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Aaron and Annie Sandler with their children Phyllis and Martin

Name Access

Sandler, Aaron

Sandler, Annie

Sandler, Martin

Sandler, Phyllis

Subjects

Families

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

Dupont Street (Toronto. Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

649

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Aug. 1954

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Allan Lugen as a young child in Wardsville, Ontario.

Notes

Acquired on 20 May 1976.

Name Access

Lugen, Allan

Subjects

Children

Places

Wardsville (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

651

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1942]

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Gail Zalkin on a hobby horse.

Name Access

Zalkin, Gail

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

Acquired May 20, 1976.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

814

Material Format

graphic material

Responsibility

Duke Studio

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

Mervyn Ross was the son of the station agent in Swastika, Ontario.

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a Hanukkah celebration at the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Pictured is a group of children standing around Mervyn Ross who is lighting the menorah.

Name Access

Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Ross, Mervyn

Subjects

Children

Hanukkah

Parties

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

819

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1947]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of several people on stage at a Purim festival in the Adath Israel Synagogue hall. The adults seated at the table are Mrs. Esther Davis and Rabbi Rabinowitz. Mrs. Goldstein is at the piano.

Notes

Photo by Duke Studio.

Acquired in 1976.

Name Access

Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Davis, Esther

Goldstein, Mrs.

Rabinowitz, Rabbi

Subjects

Purim

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

820

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1947]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of people assembled in the synagogue hall in Kirkland Lake for a Purim festival. The woman pictured on the left is Mrs. Sam Goldstein. Her daughter is seated behind her. Mrs. Sam Speigelman, a war bride, is seated on the right.

Notes

Photo by Duke Studio.

Acquired in 1976.

Name Access

Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Goldstein, Mrs. Sam

Subjects

Purim

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

822

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

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

Notes

Photo by Duke Studio.

Acquired in 1976.

Subjects

Weddings

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1930 and 1935]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original and copy photograph of the engagement party of Mr. Mont's eldest daughter in the social hall of the Kirkland Lake synagogue (Legion Hall) in the early 1930s. Outside, left to right: Fanny Scott, Alter Scott, Eli Dubinsky, Mrs. D., Mrs. Friedman and husband, Rabbi Rabinowitz, Mr. Mont, Mary Mont, Mont family.

In corner, a young Bill Jacks and wife Bella, Kay Kadish and wife.

Facing camera, starting left corner: Mrs. Ben Portnoy, Mrs. Faye (Kaplan) Atkins, Mrs. Nathan Kaplan, Max Berjansky, Rose Berjansky, next unknown.

Back to camera with hat on: Hyman Kaplan, Mr. and Mrs. S. Garshon, Mrs. Rabinowitz, her daughter and son-in-law, Rabbi now in Detroit.

Notes

Photo by Duke Studio.

Acquired in 1976.

Identifications of individuals on sheet included with photo; also see accession 2003-12-5 for further identifications.

Name Access

Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Atkins, Faye

Berjansky, Max

Berjansky, Rose

Dubinsky, Eli

Mont, Mary

Scott, Alter

Scott, Fanny

Jacks, Bill

Kaplan, Hyman

Kadish, Kay

Kaplan, Nathan

Portnoy, Ben

Subjects

Bethrothal

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.

Related Material

2003-12-5

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1938 or 1939]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

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

Notes

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

Acquired in 1976.

Photo by Duke Studio.

Name Access

Black, Abe

Helfie, Ella

Rogow, Joe

Subjects

Weddings

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Responsibility

Duke Studio

Date

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Eddie and Mildred Duke and children, Lorne and Libby from Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Notes

Acquired in 1976.

Name Access

Duke, Eddie

Duke, Mildred

Duke, Lorne

Duke, Libby

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Related Material

2003-12-5

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

922

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1922

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 16 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Gurevitch family arrived in Krugerdorf in 1906. Aaron was a blacksmith and also looked after the cemetery. The family later moved to Englehart.

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Gurevitch children on the family farm in Krugerdorf, Ontario. Pictured from left to right are: Rebecca, Min, Dave, Esther, Hymie Lehrman, Ray, and Mendel.

Name Access

Gurevitch family

Subjects

Family farms

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

1976-7-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

944

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mrs. Rose Penzner and children, 172 Chestnut Street, Toronto.

Name Access

Penzner, Rose

Subjects

Mother and child

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Chestnut Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1975-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

945

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1916]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Photograph of three Penzner children, Toronto.

Name Access

Penzner

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

1975-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1013

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1912]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Seated left to right: Sam Collis; Anne Collis (m. Pinsky).

Standing left to right: Eva Collis (m. Einhorn); Mac Collis.

Name Access

Collis, Anne

Collis, Sam

Collis, Eva

Einhorn, Eva

Collis, Mac

Pinsky, Anne

Subjects

Children

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1133

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1959]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of cheder students from Beth David Synagogue in Brantford, Ontario, lighting the Hanukkah candles, while their rabbi looks on.

Pictured in rear are Rabbi Jerry Pruzansky and Mrs. Sybil Pruzansky. Pictured left to right are Neil Spiegal, Ian Gotlieb, Howard Rotberg, Marlene Cohen, Bobby Willinsky, Helene Raimer, Jeffrey Kanter, Andy Brown and Martin Abeles.

Notes

Acquired on June 28, 1976.

Name Access

Beth David Synagogue (Brantford, Ont.)

Subjects

Hanukkah

Heder

Parties

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-6-5

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

Level

Item

Item

1145

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Feb. 1947

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a hosiery sale at Allan B. Collis' ladies' and children's wear store in Oshawa, Ontario. The pictures depicts a line-up of women waiting to be let into the store.

Subjects

Shopping

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

Oshawa (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-6-11

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1147

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1913]

Physical Description

2 photographs : sepia and b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 10 cm on mat 23 x 15 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print and copy negative of Jack Corsonsky (Corson) and David Moldaver of Brantford, Ontario.

Name Access

Corson, Jack

Corsonsky, Jack

Moldaver, David

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

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-6-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1155

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Sarah (née Rovinsky) Moldaver seated with her children, in Brantford, Ontario. Pictured are:

Back row, left to right: David, Sam, Sarah Moldaver.

Front row, left to right: Bertha, Isaac (Jack), Daniel, Abraham.

Name Access

Moldaver, Abraham

Moldaver, Bertha

Moldaver, David

Moldaver, Isaac

Moldaver, Jack

Moldaver, Sam

Moldaver, Sarah

Rovinsky, Sarah

Subjects

Mother and child

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-6-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1162

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Menachem Mendel Hyman was the shochet in Guelph Ont. from ca. 1915.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait photograph of Menachem Mendel and Esther Bayla Hyman with their children Ben Zion and Leah.

Name Access

Hyman, Ben Zion

Hyman, Esther Bayla

Hyman, Menachem Mendel

Hyman, Leah

Mendel, Menachem

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Russia

Accession Number

1977-1-1

Source

Archival Descriptions