- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- [188-]-1973
- Physical Description
- 188 photographs : b&w, some sepia toned ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- 3 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Aaron and Sarah (née Snider) Levine (1832-1915) were from Minsk. Sarah immigrated to Toronto with her children in 1887. In 1892, Abraham (1940-1897) and Rachel Cass (1838-1903) came to Toronto with their younger chilldren, following their elder children who had immigrated before them.
- The Levine children consisted of the following individuals: Annie (m. Salamansky) (1861-1931); Moses (Moishe) Joseph (1864-1919); Michael (1869-1918); Abraham; Sam; and Rebecca (m. Samuels) (b. 1875).
- The Cass children consisted of: Fayge (m. Sax) (1861-1942); Anna (Hannah) (m. Segel) (1863-1930); Martha (m. Soskin) (1866-1946); Dave Cass (1869-1959); Dora (m. Levy) (b.1870); Sarah (m. Levine) (1876-1978); Annie (m. Smith) (1880-1952); Bill Cass; and Phillip Cass.
- Sarah Snider Levine lived with her son, Moses, and daughter-in-law Sarah for thirteen years. The couple first lived on Chestnut Street and then moved to Centre Avenue. They later relocated to Spadina Avenue near Dundas around 1903, and finally, moved to 224 Beverley Street near College.
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of family photographs that document the Cass and Levine families of Toronto. The records were donated by Mary Soskin, who was the daugher of Moses and Sarah (née Cass) Levine. The records document the donor's matriarchal and patriarchal families. In turn, the records also include photographs of her own family, as well as families related to her or her parents through marriage, such as: the Salamansky (Salem), Thuna, Bliss, Samuels, Soskin, Cass, Segel, Sax, Weiner, Levy, and Rosenbes families. The photographs date from the late nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century. The fonds also contains one file of textual records
- The fonds has been arranged into 18 series by family, as well as one series for photographs that cannot be linked to an individual family and another for images that could not be identified. The series consist of the following: Series 1, Moses Levine family; Series 2, Michael Levine family; Series 3, Abraham Levine family; Series 4, Abe Levine family; Series 5, Harry Levine family; Series 6, Salamansky (Salem) family; Series 7, Thuna family; Series 8, Bliss family; Series 9, Samuels family; Series 10, Soskin family; Series 11, Cass family; Series 12, Segel family; Series 13, Sax family; Series 14, Weiner family; Series 15, Levy family; Series 16, Rosenbes family; Series 17, Miscellaneous family members; Series 18, Unidentified photographs.
- The items have been arranged chronologically within each series.
- Name Access
- Cass (family)
- Levine (family)
- Subjects
- Families
- Related Material
- 1982-8-3
- AC 1: Soskin, Mary (Levine)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [189-]-1976
- Physical Description
- 28 photographs : b&w and sepia toned (3 negative) ; 28 x 18 cm or smaller
- 3 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Moses (Moishe) Joseph Levine (1864-1919) immigrated to Toronto from Minsk in 1887. He was the son of Aaron and Sarah Levine (née Snider) (1832-1915). He began working as a peddler and later became a grocer. Sarah Levine (née Cass) (1876-1978) emigrated from Russia to Montreal around 1891, with her younger brother, Phillip. She then came to Toronto and initially lived with her sister, possibly Annie Smith, on York Street. Her first employment in the city was as a dressmaker. She was the daughter of Abraham Cass (1840-1897) and Rachel Rebecca Cass (née Cowart?) (1838-1903), who both immigrated to Canada in 1892.
- Moses and Sarah met in Toronto and were married in 1895. They went to Midland with Moses' brother, Michael, and opened a store there. Their first daughter, Mary Soskin (1895-1990), was born in Midland that same year. However, after a few years, Moses and Sarah decided to move back to Toronto while Michael stayed in Midland with his wife, Anne Woods, and their children.
- Moses and Sarah Levine first lived on Chestnut Street, then moved to Centre Avenue, then 115 Spadina Avenue near Dundas around 1903, and finally to 224 Beverley Street near College. Moses' mother, Sarah, lived with them for thirteen years. They had six additional children: Fanny (1898-1923), Anne Thuna (1899-1964), Abe (b. 1901), Harry (b. 1903), Rita (1905-1975), and Dorothy Bliss (1909-1992).
- In the 1910 Toronto City Directory, Moses is listed as a grocer at 115 Spadina Avenue at Adelaide. Once he was able to, he moved into a larger wholesale grocery at 25 Jarvis Street in Toronto and is listed there in the 1920 Toronto City Directory.
- The Levine family belonged to Goel Tzedec Congregation, which was located in a small church building purchased for the synagogue on University Avenue at Elm Street. A larger building was later built on University Avenue.
- Moses died in 1919 after accidentally falling down an elevator shaft at his grocery store. The family closed the business shortly thereafter and the family continued to live on Beverley Street.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs which include the immediate family members and friends of the Moses Levine family. Series also contains one file of textual records relating to Sarah Levine's 90th and 94th birthdays and life membership in the Baycrest Women's Auxiliary.
- Name Access
- Levine, Moses
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [189-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 14 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rachel Nurich was a friend of Sarah Levine's. She was born in Russia around 1877 to Louis and Sara Nurich. She married Abraham Merkin on 20 August 1896 in York.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Rachel Nurich taken at a studio in Toronto.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Photographer: Dixon Studios, King and Yonge streets, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Nurich, Rachel
- 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
- Photograph is starting to fade and is fragile and torn along the bottom edge.
- Photograph has lifted off its support.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1900]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of (left to right) Mary, Fanny and Anne Levine as young children in Toronto.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on card frame.
- Name Access
- Levine, Anne
- Levine, Fanny
- Levine, Mary
- 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
- Photograph has a small tear, the image has faded, and it is lifting off of the card frame.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1906]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Abe and Harry Levine in matching sailor's outfits.
- Name Access
- Levine, Abe
- Levine, Harry
- 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
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 14 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Phoebe Street School was located in downtown Toronto around Spadina and Queen streets. It later became the Ogden Public School.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Abe Levine's Phoebe Street School class. It was likely his fourth grade class. Abe is sitting in the front row, fourth from the left.
- Notes
- Mounted on card frame
- Name Access
- Levine, Abe
- Subjects
- Students
- 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.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca.1910]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 14 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Phoebe Street School was located in downtown Toronto around Spadina and Queen streets. It later became the Ogden Public School.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Anne Levine's Phoebe Street School class. She was likely in the fifth grade at this time. She is standing in the second row from the top, fifth from the left.
- Notes
- Mounted on card frame.
- Inscribed on verso in pencil: "Miss Annie Levine, 224 Beverley Street, Toronto, Ontario From Mr. M Kinley".
- Name Access
- Levine, Anne
- Levine, Annie
- Subjects
- Students
- 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
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1911]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 14 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Phoebe Street School was located in downtown Toronto around Spadina and Queen streets. It later became the Ogden Public School.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a class photograph from Phoebe Street School in Toronto. It may have been her sixth grade class. Anne Levine is seated in the second row and is the second from the left.
- Notes
- Mounted on card frame.
- Name Access
- Levine, Anne
- Subjects
- Students
- 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
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1913]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 15 x 21 cm (sight) on mat 25 x 30 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of boys at work, using various woodworking tools, in a manual training class at the Lansdowne School in Toronto. Abe Levine is located fourth from the right.
- Name Access
- Levine, Abe
- Subjects
- Manual training
- 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
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1915]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 21 cm (sight) on mat 25 x 30 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a class portrait of the students and teacher in the Lansdowne School manual training class. Harry Levine is fourth from the right.
- Name Access
- Levine, Harry
- Subjects
- Manual training
- 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.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1915]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 21 cm (sight) on mat 25 x 30 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the teacher and students in the Lansdowne School manual training class in Toronto. Many of the boys are wearing aprons and are holding various woodworking tools. The second boy from the right in the front row may be Abe Levine.
- Name Access
- Levine, Abe
- Subjects
- Manual training
- 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
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1913
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 16 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Phoebe Street School was located in downtown Toronto around Spadina and Queen streets. It later became the Ogden Public School.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the Phoebe Street School home economics class. This was a required course for girls at this time. The girls are standing in front of a blackboard around a counter and are wearing aprons and hats. Anne Levine was in this class and can be found in this photograph, likely the second girl from the left.
- 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
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1915]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Anne Black was born in approximately 1900 and was a friend of Anne Levine's.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Anne Black taken in Toronto around 1915.
- Notes
- Mounted in card frame.
- Name Access
- Black, Anne
- 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
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1918]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 28 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a rugby team that might have been the Jarvis Collegiate team or a community league in Toronto. Harry Levine is the second young man from the right.
- Name Access
- Jarvis Collegiate Institute (Toronto, Ont.)
- Levine, Harry
- Subjects
- Sports teams
- 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
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [189-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Moses Levine's mother whose name was Sarah Levine (1832-1915).
- Name Access
- Levine, Sarah
- Subjects
- Mothers
- 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
- Photograph is torn in half.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1915]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Fanny Levine likely taken in Toronto.
- Notes
- Postcard photograph.
- Name Access
- Levine, Fanny
- 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
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1915]
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Fanny Levine likely taken in Toronto. She is seated on a chair with her hands folded on her lap.
- Notes
- Postcard photograph.
- There are four copies of this photograph.
- Name Access
- Levine, Fanny
- 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
- Image is faded.
- Photo #201 has been torn in half.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1924
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of four women in front of what appears to be a Niagara Falls backdrop. The woman standing at the top left is Anne Levine and the woman standing next to her may be Ruth Levy.
- Notes
- Postcard photograph.
- Name Access
- Levine, Anne
- Levy, Ruth
- 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
- Niagara Falls (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1925]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Harry Levine taken in a Toronto studio when he was approximately twenty-two years old.
- Notes
- Photographer: Lyttle & Kennedy Studios.
- Name Access
- Levine, Harry
- 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
- Photograph is in good condition.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- Date
- 1966-1976
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a certificate granting Sarah Levine (née Cass) life membership at the Women's Auxiliary Baycrest Center for Geriatric Care (1973); 1 small box containing plaque honouring occasion of 90th birthday (1966); a 94th birthday certificate from the Government of Ontario (1970); a 100th birthday certificate from the Government of Ontario (1976) and, three telegrams honouring the occasion of her 94th birthday (1970).
- 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
- 1982-8-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Michael Levine family series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1892]-[191-?]
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Michael Levine (1869-1918) and Anne Woods (1876-1933) immigrated to Canada in 1889 from Russia and England respectively. They were married in 1892 in Toronto. They lived at 116 Agnes Street around this time. Michael was a merchant and opened a store in Midland, where the family lived for some years, before eventually moving back to Toronto. Their children were Martha (m. Samuels) (b. 1893), Rachael “Rae” (m. Rose) (b. 1894), Aaron “Harry” (b. 1896), Fanny (m. Gunn) (b. 1897), Mary (m. Ginsberg) (b. 1899), Rebecca “Rita” (b. 1901), Moses “Morris” (b. 1904), Abe (b. 1905), and Lillian (b. 1909). In the 1901 Canada Census, a Joe Woods is also listed in Simcoe East, Midland. Joe was likely the brother of Anne Woods Levine. By 1911, the family was living in Toronto at 65 Sullivan Avenue.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs of members of the Michael Levine family.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Michael Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 18 July 1892
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 16 x 11 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Michael and Annie (Woods) Levine's wedding portrait taken at a studio in Toronto on 18 July 1892.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Photographer: Charles J. Neil, 516 Queen St. W., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Levine, Annie
- Levine, Michael
- Woods, Annie
- Subjects
- Married people
- Portraits
- 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
- The image is scratched.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Michael Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1902]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a photograph of what may be Michael Levine's children, Martha, Rachael, Harry, Fanny, and Mary. A note has been included with the original description of this photo that in the front row, on the left is Mrs. Rae Rose of Hamilton and next to her is Mrs. Mary Ginsberg who lived at 2500 Bathurst Street in Toronto.
- Notes
- Mounted on black card with decorative design.
- Photographer: R. O. Stokes, Midland, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Ginsberg, Mary
- Levine, Fanny
- Levine, Harry
- Levine, Mary
- Levine, Michael
- Levine, Rachael
- Rose, Rae
- 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
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Michael Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 191-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Martha Levine, eldest child of Michael Levine and Anne Woods Levine, taken at a studio in Toronto. She is standing, leaning against the back of a large chair.
- Notes
- Mounted in cardboard frame.
- Photographer: Gledhill, 294 Queen St. West, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Levine, Martha
- 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
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Abraham Levine family series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1900-[193-]
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm and 14 x 10 cm and 10 x 5 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Abraham [Avram?] Levine, was Moses Levine’s brother. He died young, possibly in 1908. He married Sarah Freinkelstein (d. 1948) in 1894, and they lived at 100 Elizabeth St., in Toronto. They had two sons Harry (1899-[1966?]) and Philip, both of whom worked in the building industry. Abraham worked as a dry goods merchant.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs of the Abraham Levine family.
- Name Access
- Levine, Abraham
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Abraham Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1900
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait identified as Abraham [Avram?] Levine.
- Notes
- Mounted on card.
- Photographer: Shorey, 324 Yonge Street, Toronto.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Abraham Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1902]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Abraham Levine. There are two identical copies.
- 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
- One photograph is bent and both are fading.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Abraham Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harry Levine taken in Toronto. He is wearing a tuxedo.
- Notes
- Mounted in cardboard oval frame.
- Photographer: A. A. Gray and co., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Levine, Harry
- 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
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Abe Levine family series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]-[ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 15 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Abe Levine (b. 1901) was the son of Moses and Sarah Levine. He was married to Emma Ciglen Levine (b. 1903), an actress, originally from Meaford, Ontario. Emma was born in Wellington County to Jacob and Minnie Ciglen. Abe and Emma lived in Hanover, Ontario and had a daughter in 1925 named Frances. They eventually moved to Toronto. Frances' married name was Bederman. She became a drama teacher.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs of members of the Abe Levine family.
- Name Access
- Levine, Abe
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Abe Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1924]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Emma Levine wearing a white dress and pearl necklace. She is standing in front of a curtained backdrop and appears to be pregnant.
- Notes
- Inscribed in bottom right-hand corner: "Love, Emma".
- Name Access
- Levine, Emma
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Physical Condition
- The photograph is scratched.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Abe Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm (oval)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Emma Levine. She is wearing a pearl necklace and is dressed in a coat with a fur collar.
- Notes
- Inscribed in the bottom righthand corner: "Love, Emma".
- Name Access
- Levine, Emma
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Abe Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1924]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm (oval)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Emma Levine taken in Toronto. She is wearing a pearl necklace and has a flower in her hair.
- Notes
- Silver gelatin print.
- Mounted in card frame.
- See also photo #128.
- Name Access
- Levine, Emma
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Physical Condition
- There is some silver mirroring.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Abe Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1924]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm (oval)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Emma Levine taken in Toronto. Emma is facing away from the camera and has her head turned to one side. She is wearing a pearl necklace and has a flower in her hair.
- Notes
- See also photo #127.
- Name Access
- Levine, Emma
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Physical Condition
- There is some silver mirroring.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Abe Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Frances Levine when she was approximately five years old in Hanover, Ontario.
- Notes
- The photograph is inscribed in black script: "Love, Frances".
- Mounted in cardboard frame. The frame has a silver border with flowers.
- Photographer: N. Lorenz, Hanover.
- Name Access
- Levine, Frances
- 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
- Hanover (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Abe Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Frances Levine Bederman taken at a studio in Hanover, Ontario.
- Notes
- Mounted in cardboard frame.
- Photographer: N. Lorenz, Hanover, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Bederman, Frances Levine
- 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
- Hanover (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Harry Levine family series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1933]-[194-]
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Harry Levine (b. 1903) was the son of Moses and Sarah Levine. He was married, possibly in 1929, to Doris (b. 1905?) and had a son named Richard. The family lived in Massachusetts in 1930 and later moved to Los Angeles.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs of members of the Harry Levine family.
- Name Access
- Levine, Harry
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Harry Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 5
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1933]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a baby portrait of Richard Levine taken at York Studios in Toronto in approximately 1933.
- Notes
- Photographer: J. Horshave at York Studios, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Levine, Richard
- Subjects
- Infants
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Harry Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 5
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1938]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Doris Levine and her son Richard, taken in Montreal in approximately 1938.
- Notes
- Photographer: Bain Studio, Montreal.
- Name Access
- Levine, Doris
- Levine, Richard
- Subjects
- Mothers and sons
- 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
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Harry Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 5
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1941
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a school photograph from Prince School in Boston, Massachusetts. The photograph is of the third grade class taken in May 1941. Richard Levine is in the last row, fourth from the left.
- Name Access
- Levine, Richard
- Subjects
- Students
- 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
- Boston (Mass.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Harry Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 5
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Richard Levine, which may have been taken in San Francisco.
- Name Access
- Levine, Richard
- 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
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Salamansky family series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [188-?]-[ca. 1927]
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm and 10 x 7 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- [Chana?] (Annie) Levine (1861-1931) was the sister of Moses Levine. She married Pesach (Philip) Salamansky (1861-1943) and they immigrated to Toronto from Russia in 1887. In 1903 the Salamanskys lived at 27 Centre Street and operated a grocery store from the same location. They later moved to 204 Chestnut Street and 268 Brunswick Avenue. Their children were Harry (b. 1889), Louis (b. 1890), Fanny (b. 1893), Gertie (b. 1894), Abe (b. 1899), and Sam (b. 1903).
- A number of Salamanskys lived in Toronto and some of them shortened their names to Salem in the 1920s and 1930s, perhaps in connection with Salem’s Garage on 479 Spadina St., which would have been an identifiable Salamansky family-owned business. Harry and Hinda may have been relations of Pesach.
- Louis Salamansky, son of Pesach and Anna Salamansky, and resident of 204 Chestnut Street, married Anna Kosloff in 1922 and worked as a plumber. Another Louis Salamansky (b. 1883), possibly his cousin, was married to Mary, and had two daughters, Ettie and Sylvia (both born in 1907). Harry Salamansky married Hannah (née Horowitz) in 1911, and also worked as a plumber and hardware merchant.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs of members of the Salamansky (Salem) family.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Salamansky family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 6
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [188-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the Salamansky family. Standing in the back row are Mary and her cousin, Harry. In the second row are Lou, Pesach (father), Chana (mother), and Fanny. Sitting in between the parents is Sam.
- Notes
- Photographer: Barrett, 324 Yonge, 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Salamansky family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 6
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1901]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harry and Hinda Salamansky's wedding portrait.
- Notes
- Photographer: Andrews, Hamilton.
- Mounted on card.
- Name Access
- Salamansky, Harry
- Salamansky, Hinda
- Subjects
- Married people
- Portraits
- 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
- Image is very faded
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Salamansky family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 6
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1903 or 1904]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Louis and Mary Salamansky's wedding portrait taken in Toronto.
- Notes
- Mounted on card
- Photographer: A. Barrett, 324 Yonge St., Toronto
- Subjects
- Married people
- Portraits
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Salamansky family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 6
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1907]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Mary and Lou Salamansky with their baby daughter, Ettie, taken in Toronto in the early twentieth century.
- Notes
- Mounted on card
- Photographer: Lord Photo Co., 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Salamansky family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 6
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1913]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of some of the female members of the Levine family including Mrs. Sarah Levine (1832-1915), Mrs. Chana (Annie) Salamansky, Mary Salamansky, and Ettie Salamansky. On the left is Mrs. Sarah Levine and on the far right is her daughter, Mrs. Chana (Annie) Salamansky. Standing behind them is Mrs. Lou (Mary) Salamansky and standing in the front is her daughter, Ettie.
- Notes
- A 4 x 5 negative is available
- Photographer: Gledhill, 294 Queen W., 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Salamansky family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 6
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harry and Hinda Salamansky.
- Notes
- Mounted in cardboard frame.
- Photographer: Lord Photo Co., 886 Yonge St., Toronto.
- Subjects
- Married people
- 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
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Salamansky family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 6
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1927]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Ettie Salamansky.
- Notes
- Mounted on card.
- Photographer: Barrett, 324 Yonge Street, Toronto.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Thuna family series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]-1942
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Jack Edward Thuna was an herbalist who owned and operated a health food store in Toronto. The business dates back to 1888 and was started by his father, Dr. Max H. Thuna. The store was originally located at 436 Queen Street West and was called Thuna's Balsam Remedies, Limited. Jack and Max were also listed as chiropractors in the 1925 Toronto Jewish City and Information Directory. The store later moved to 298 Danforth Avenue and its name was changed to Dr. Thuna Nature Remedies. It still exists today on Danforth as Thuna Herbals.
- Jack Thuna was married to Anne Levine in 1925, and they had two sons: Mortimer, born in 1928, and Alvin, born in 1934. Mortimer and Alvin also became master herbalists and helped run the family business. Alvin's son, Joel Thuna, is also a master herbalist who currently lives in Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs of members of the Thuna family.
- Name Access
- Thuna family
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Thuna family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a man and boy standing in front of Dr. Thuna Nature Remedies at 298 Danforth Avenue in Toronto. The man on the right is likely Jack Thuna.
- Notes
- Postcard photograph
- Name Access
- Dr. Thuna Nature Remedies
- Thuna, Jack
- Subjects
- Storefronts
- 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
- Danforth Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions