Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

47

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Date

[187-]-1959

Physical Description

6 folders of textual records

2 window plates : brass

58 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

The Scheuer family dates back to at least the eighteenth century in Germany to Moise Scheuer (1765-1846) and Esther Ackerman (1770-1847). Their son, Isaac Scheuer (1809-1889), married Hannchen (Johanna) Strauss (1815-1878) in 1843. Isaac and Johanna had six children: Gabriel (1844-1922), Camilla (1845-1916), Edmund (1847-1943), Emma (1853-1916), Ida (1855-1902), and Benno (Benjamin) (1857-1921).

While Gabriel, Emma, and Ida remained in Europe, Camilla, Edmund, and Benno immigrated to Canada in the late nineteenth century. Camilla came to Hamilton, Ontario after her marriage in 1866 to Herman Levy, co-founder of the Levy Brothers jewellery business. Edmund became a partner in the business when he first immigrated to Canada in 1871, and lived with Camilla and Herman. Camilla became the acknowledged leader of Jewish women in Hamilton. She served in organizations such as the Deborah Ladies' Aid Society, which eventually became an auxiliary of Temple Anshe Sholom, Canada's oldest Reform congregation, often referred to as the Hughson Street Temple. Edmund established the first Sabbath School in Ontario at Anshe Sholom in 1872 and served as president from 1873 to 1886.

After he was established in Hamilton, Edmund returned to Europe in 1873 to marry Oda Strauss (1854-1913) at Forbach, Lorraine, and then brought her back to Canada with him. The couple moved to Toronto in 1886, where he established a wholesale jewellery business on Yonge Street called Scheuer's under his company Edmund Scheuer Limited. Scheuer's was one of the oldest jewellery firms in Toronto and the oldest established wholesale diamond importer in Canada. Edmund's brother, Benno, also worked for the business as the accountant and then secretary-treasurer. Benno was married to Gatella Strauss (1859-1903) and they had three children: Eddie Jr. (1884-1967), Rhoda (1886-1963) and Isadore (1887-1969). Eddie Jr. and Isadore also worked for their uncle's business. Eddie Jr. started as a clerk and then became vice-president, while Isadore started out as a travelling salesman and jeweller. When their uncle retired in 1922, Eddie Jr. took over as president and his brother Isadore became vice-president of Scheuer's.

In addition to his jewellery business, Edmund Scheuer also taught and supervised the religious school at Holy Blossom Synagogue. He went on to serve in every official capacity at Holy Blossom, including vice-chairman and treasurer of the building committee for the Bond Street building. He also founded The Jewish Free School at 206 Beverley Street for Jewish girls and wrote his own textbook for the school, the first Jewish religious school book printed in Toronto. In 1892, he founded the first Jewish benevolent society in Toronto and was later president of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. In 1927, the Beverley Street building, which housed Federation offices, was dedicated in his honour and named the "Scheuer House".

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of records documenting the Scheuer family in Germany, Hamilton, and Toronto. The fonds is made up primarily of photographs of Scheuer family members and friends. It also includes some textual records, including correspondence, marriage certificates, a Toronto Jewish Free School text book, and Holy Blossom Temple Bulletins. Also included are two brass "Scheuer's" window plates which were likely from Edmund Scheuer's jewellery business of the same name.

Notes

Associated Material Note: See the CJC National Archives collection for Edmund Scheuer at: http://www.cjc.ca/template.php?action=archives&Type=1&Language=EN&Rec=253

Name Access

Scheuer (family)

Subjects

Families

Related Material

See OJA vertical file cabinet for "Scheuer, Edmund" and "Levy, Camilla"

See MG3 A1 Holy Blossom

See MG2 G1C - Edumund Scheuer's Zionist Free School

Saarbrücken City Archives - May have records pertaining to Edmund's brother Gabriel Scheuer (1844-1922) who remained in Germany.

Arrangement

The textual records have been arranged in chronological order into five files. The objects have been described as one file. The fifty-eight photographs have been described as two files and thirty-nine items arranged chronologically

Accession Number

1989-4-2

2004-7-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[187-]

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w (1 negative, 1 reprint) ; 16 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Born 14 October 1851 at Bernkastel, Moselle. Née Strauss. Married: 2 July 1873 at Forbach, Fr. to Edmund Scheuer. Died 16 November 1913, Toronto.

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Oda Scheuer probably taken in Hamilton, Ontario in the 1870's. The portrait is a partial facial profile of Oda wearing an elaborate flowered hat.

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.

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[187-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer as a young boy taken in a studio in Stuttgart.

Notes

Albument print mounted on cartes-de-visite.

Studio: F. Willmann, Stuttgart.

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

One corner of the card is chipped.

The print has started to lift off its support.

Places

Germany

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[187-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Isaac Scheuer taken in a studio in Europe.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: St. Johann A/D Saar H. Leonhard Bahnhofstr. 139.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

Good.

Places

Europe

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1877

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w (1 negative, 1 reprint) ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a full-length photographic portrait of Oda Scheuer taken at a studio in Hamilton, Ontario.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Farmer Brothers Photography, London and Hamilton, Ontario.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1877

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Edmund Scheuer at age thirty taken at a studio in Hamilton, Ontario.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: Farmer Brothers Photography, London and Hamilton, Ontario.

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1879

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Gatella Scheuer at twenty, taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century. The portrait is of her head and torso and she is wearing a velvet jacket and her hair is pinned up.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on card.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

The card has been cut into an oval.

Places

Europe

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a full-length portrait of Gatella Scheuer taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on card.

Studio: S. Wilhelm, Photogr. Atelier Neunkirchen Bahnhofstrasse.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Europe

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 2 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a small photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer.

Notes

Tintype.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

Surface is a bit scratched.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Camilla, Emma, and Ida Scheuer. The photograph was taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

The image is stained and torn.

Two of the corners of the card are broken off.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Edmund Scheuer taken in Toronto in the late nineteenth century.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: Perkins 293 Yonge Street, Toronto.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Ida Scheuer taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: St. Johann A/D Saar H. Leonhard Bahnhofstr. 139.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Europe

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1889]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Eddie and Rhoda Scheuer taken in a studio in Toronto in the late nineteenth century. Both children are dressed in overcoats and hats and are posed leaning against a tree trunk. There is a snowy, cottage scene behind the children, used as a backdrop.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: Perkins Photographer, 293 Yonge Street, Toronto.

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

Slightly stained and torn.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

13

Material Format

graphic material

Date

7 August 1882

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 original copy) ; 25 x 12 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer taken at a studio in Hamilton, Ontario. One copy of the photograph has the name of the studio printed on the cabinet card while the other does not and is a bit larger in size with gold trim.

Notes

Albumen prints mounted on cabinet cards.

Studio: Farmer Brothers Photographers, 8 & 10 King St. West, Hamilton, Ontario.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

The emulsion is ripped and curling off the card.

The images are stained and scratched.

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

14

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1884

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

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

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

W. Farmer's Artistic Studio, Hamilton.

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.

Physical Condition

The emulsion and card are damaged.

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

15

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1884

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Admin History/Bio

Adele Strauss' mother or grandmother was Oda Scheuer's sister (née Struass).

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait taken of Adele Strauss in Hamilton, Ontario.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: Eckerson and Millman, Hamilton, Ontario.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

Good.

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

16

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1887]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

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

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: Farmer Brothers Photoraphers, Hamilton, Ontario.

Subjects

Children

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

The corners of the card are damaged.

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

17

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[189-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Oda Scheuer taken in Toronto.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: Gagen and Fraser, 79 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

18

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[189-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

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

Notes

Albumen print mounted on card.

Subjects

Children

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

The card is in poor condition.

The image is scratched.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

19

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[189-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer taken at a studio in Toronto. The portrait is of his head and torso.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: J. Fraser Bryce, 107 King Street West, Toronto.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

20

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[189-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 8 cm (sight) on card 22 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Isadore Simonsky was married to Rhoda Scheuer.

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Isadore Simonsky as a young man taken in Toronto. The portrait is of Isadore's head and upper torso. He is wearing a shirt, tie, vest, and blazer.

Notes

Mat on card frame.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

21

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[189-?]

Physical Description

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

Admin History/Bio

Isadore Simonsky was married to Rhoda Scheuer.

Scope and Content

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

Notes

Mounted on board.

Subjects

Boys

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

The board has been cut into an oval shape.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

22

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1891

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Edmund Scheuer taken in Toronto.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: Bruce 132 King St. W., Toronto, Ontario.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

23

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1900]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 15 cm (sight) on mat 35 x 27 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Edmund Scheuer. Edmund is sitting in a large chair that is carved with lion heads and other details.

Notes

Studio: Esson, Preston, Ontario.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

Mat is faded and damaged.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

24

Material Format

graphic material

Date

17 July 1906

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a group photograph taken at Hanlan's Point in the Toronto Islands. Eddie Scheuer Jr. is the second from the left in the third row from the front. Rhoda Scheuer is the second from the right in the front row. Dely Strauss (King) is the first person on the right in the front row.

Notes

Mounted on card.

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

The mat is damaged.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

25

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

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

Notes

Mounted on card.

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

The top right corner of the mount is damaged.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

26

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1910 and 1929]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

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

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

Negative is curled and in poor condition.

The card mount is damaged and cut.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

27

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm (sight, oval) on card 22 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Rhoda Simonsky (née Scheuer).

Notes

Studio: Leatherdale, Toronto.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

28

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 25 x 15 cm

Admin History/Bio

Isadore Simonsky was married to Rhoda Scheuer.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Isadore Simonsky in Toronto. Isadore is wearing a suit, hat, and overcoat, and is holding a cane. He is standing in front of a bridge and large building.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

29

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 8 cm

Admin History/Bio

Isadore Simonsky was married to Rhoda Scheuer.

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Isadore Simonsky. The portrait is of his head and torso and he is wearing a tuxedo.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

30

Material Format

graphic material

Date

8 June 1925

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm (sight) on mat 35 x 27 cm

Admin History/Bio

In 1920, Holy Blossom invited Rabbi Barnett R. Brickner (1892-1958) to be its rabbi. Rabbi Brickner was ordained at the Hebrew Union College in 1919.

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Rabbi Barnett R. Brickner.

Notes

The mat is inscribed: "To Mr. Edmund Scheuer dear friend and councillor, Affectionately, Barnett R. Brickner" and dated 8 VI 1925.

Subjects

Portraits

Rabbis

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

31

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1929

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 18 cm (sight) on mount 30 x 21 cm

Admin History/Bio

Yvonne Simmons was Rhoda (Scheuer) Simonsky's niece and was the wife of film and theatre executive, Nat Taylor.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Yvonne Simmons taken in 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.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

32

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Eddie Scheuer Jr. standing on a beach which is most likely Sunnyside Beach in Toronto. He is wearing a suit and hat and is holding a cigar.

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

33

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Eddie Scheuer Jr. lying in a deck chair at a beach that was probably Sunnyside Beach in Toronto. He is wearing a suit and hat and has his arms and legs folded. There is a woman lying two chairs over to the left of Eddie and one to the right wrapped in a blanket but only her feet are visible. McCrory's 5 and 10 cent store can be seen in the background.

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

34

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm

Admin History/Bio

Rose was married to Eddie Scheuer Jr.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Rose Scheuer in Toronto. Rose is standing outside and leaning against a gate with a tree in the background.

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

35

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1935]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Edmund Scheuer in Whitby, Ontario, outside of the King home. He is seated on a chair next to the front steps of the home and in front of the window which is surrounded by leaves and bushes. He is wearing a suit and hat.

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

36

Material Format

graphic material

Date

16 June 1935

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Edmund Scheuer in Toronto. He is standing outside of a home in front of a garden. He is wearing a suit and is standing with his arms crossed.

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

37

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1937

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 mounted on card) ; 23 x 17 cm

Scope and Content

Item consists of a photographic portrait taken of Edmund Scheuer at ninety-years old. He is seated, leaning forward with his head on his hand, reading a book.

Notes

Studio: Simpson Brothers, Toronto, 357 Yonge Street.

Subjects

Older people

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

The unmounted photograph is starting to deteriorate at the edges and the matting is damaged.

Accession Number

The unmounted photograph is from accession 2004-7-1 and the mounted photograph is from accession 1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

38

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Isadore Scheuer taken in Toronto. The photograph shows his face and torso and he is wearing a suit and glasses.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

39

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm

Admin History/Bio

Nathan (Nat) A. Taylor (1906-2004) was a film and theatre executive credited with creating the first multiplex theatre in 1948 in Ottawa and coined the term "cineplex".

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Nat Taylor.

Notes

Photograph by F. Roy Kemp, 100 Bloor St. 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.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

47

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

[187-]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a leather bound appointment book with "Levy Brothers & Siheuer, Hamilton" embossed in gold on the front. There are no entries on the pages of the book however, there is a list of expenditures written on the inside back cover.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

47

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1915-1933

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a copy of the Text Book of the Toronto Jewish Free School, written and published in Toronto by Edmund Scheuer in 1915. It was printed by the Traders Printing and Stationery Company. The book has been inscribed "Souvenir of Edmund Scheuer Sept. 1933" on the inside front cover.

The book contains prayers, songs and hymns, information on Jewish holidays, and a chronology of important dates in Jewish history.

Accession Number

2004-7-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

47

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

3 Nov. 1918

Physical Description

2 folders of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a certificate of marriage and a ketubah (marriage contract) prepared for Isadore Scheuer and Jessie Bloom on the occasion of their marriage at Holy Blossom Congregation in Toronto on November 3rd, 1918. Rabbi Solomon Jacobs officiated their wedding with Edmund Scheuer and I. Simonski serving as witnesses.

Name Access

Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Ketubah

Marriage records

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

47

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

1918, 1959

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of two letters. The first, dated November 6th, 1918, is a letter from Edmund Scheuer's brother, Benno, to Jessica (Jessie) Bloom, his daughter-in-law, congratulating her on just having learned of her marriage on Novermber 3rd, 1918, to Isadore Scheuer. The second, dated February 23rd, 1959, is a letter from Edith M. Butt, 15 Minto Place, Toronto, to Edmund Scheuer Ltd. Mrs. Butt was a customer of the store and was writing to thank Scheuer's for her diamond engagement ring purchased thirty-five years earlier.

Physical Condition

Fragile.

Ink has started to create holes in the paper of the letter from 1918.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

47

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1941, 1947

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of two volumes of the Holy Blossom Temple Bulletin with sections written about Edmund Scheuer on the back in the President's Corner. The first was written by Laurie T. Simonsky and discusses Scheuer's contributions on the occasion of his ninety-fourth birthday. The second was a testimonial written by then president, Max E. Enkin, in memory of Edmund Scheuer.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

47

File

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

15 Feb. 1881

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of two photographic portraits taken of Benno Scheuer in a studio in Hamilton, Ontario on February 15th, 1881. In one photograph, Benno's head and torso are framed in a raised oval on the card. The other photograph is almost a full-length portrait and Benno has his arms crossed. This photograph is inscribed to his fiancee.

Notes

Albumen prints mounted on cabinet cards.

Studio: Farmer Bros. Photography, Hamilton, Ontario.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

47

File

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1930]

Physical Description

9 photographs : b&w (3 strips of 3 photographs) ; 6 x 8 cm (photo) 20 x 9 cm (strip)

Scope and Content

File consists of snapshots taken of Isadore Scheuer walking along Yonge Street in Toronto. There are three strips of photographs with three photographs on each strip. Isadore is shown walking along the street and sidewalk and there are passersby, shops, and cars in the background.

Subjects

Streets

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 
• 

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

47

File

8

Material Format

object

Date

[188-?]

Physical Description

2 window plates : brass, green and brass ; 3.5 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of two brass Scheuer's window plates with green background. The plates are attached to a stand which allow them to remain upright. The plates were likely used at the Scheuer's jewellery store.

Notes

Artifact #29 and #30.

Physical Condition

Fair.

Paint is chipped.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions