Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds.

Bliss family series

Level

Series

Fonds

25

Series

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1900]-[1954 or 1955]

Physical Description

8 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller.

Admin History/Bio

Harry Bliss (1882-1931) was born in Russia and immigrated to Canada around 1909. He lived at 442 Ontario Street, in Toronto, from 1916 until his death and was employed as a vest-maker and an insurance agent. He had three sons: Barney, Henry and Johnny. Their mother, whose name may have been Tobby, remarried after Harry’s death, to a Mr. Raymond.

Dorothy Bliss (née Levine) (1909-1992) was the daughter of Moses and Sarah Levine. She was married to Barney A. Bliss (d.1985) and they had one daughter, Helen Woolven (née Bliss) (b.1938) who worked as a medical secretary. She married Ed Woolven and they lived in Ottawa. They had two children: Stephen (b.1962) and Linda (b.1965).

Henry Bliss (d.1992), Barney’s brother, married Ida Bliss, and they had three children: Harvey and Eileen Bliss and Barbara (m.Gastman).

Scope and Content

Series consists of photographs of members of the Bliss family.

Name Access

Bliss family

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Bliss family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

8

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1900]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of two Bliss family children taken at a studio in Toronto. There is a little girl standing on the left and a baby swaddled in a blanket on a chair to her right.

Notes

Albumen print

Photographer: Centennial Studio, 452 Queen West, Toronto

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

There is a stain on the photograph

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Bliss family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

8

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1934

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Harvey Bliss at seven months old that may have been taken in Toronto.

Notes

Inscription on inside of card frame: "To Aunt Dorothy and Uncle Barney, From Harvey"

Mounted in card frame

Photographer: Thornton Johnston

Name Access

Bliss, Harvey

Subjects

Infants

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

Bliss family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

8

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond in London, England.

Notes

Mounted in card frame

Photographer: Mayfair Portraits

Name Access

Raymond family

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.

Places

England

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Bliss family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

8

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1943]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Helen Bliss as a young girl in Toronto.

Name Access

Bliss, Helen

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.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Bliss family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

8

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Helen Bliss as a young girl in Toronto. She is standing outside of a home and is wearing a tutu.

Name Access

Bliss, Helen

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

There is a tear at the bottom of the photograph

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Bliss family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

8

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Helen Bliss as a young girl taken in Toronto. She is standing outside a home and is wearing a costume with a heart shape on her chest and a matching head piece in her hair.

Name Access

Bliss, Helen

Subjects

Children's costumes

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

Bliss family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

8

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Henry Bliss.

Notes

Photographer: Haynee Studio.

Mounted in card frame.

Name Access

Bliss, Henry

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

Bliss family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

8

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1954 or 1955]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Helen Bliss with her mother, Dorothy, in Toronto. The two women are seated together on a chair, smiling for the camera. Helen has her arm around Dorothy.

Name Access

Bliss, Dorothy

Bliss, Helen

Subjects

Mothers and daughters

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions