Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Series

Fonds

25

Series

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1894-[192-]

Physical Description

15 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 15 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

Abraham Cass (1840-1897) married Rachel Rebecca Cass (née [Cowart?]) (1837-1903). They were both born in Russia and immigrated to Canada in 1892 to join their eldest children who had already immigrated to Ontario. The children of Abraham and Rachel Rebecca Cass were: daughters: Fayge (m.Sax) (1861-1942), Hannah (m.Segel) (1863-1930), Martha (m.Soskin) (1866-1946), Dora (m.Levy) (b.1871?), Sarah (m.Levine) (1876-1978), and Annie (m.Smith) (1880- 1952); and, sons: David M. Cass (1869-1959), Bill Cass (b.1874?), and Phillip Cass.

Their son David Mitchell Cass had immigrated to Canada earlier than his parents, in 1889. His wife, Hannah (née Kleiman) (1870-1935), immigrated to Canada in 1890, and they were married in 1894. David Cass worked for Pregger's Grocery Dealer as a salesman and gave Moses Levine work-related advice in this area. David and Hannah lived, in Waubaushene and Tey Township, in Simcoe County, where they were neighbours of the Soskins and where most of their children were born. By 1911, however, they had moved back to Toronto. They had eleven children: Ethel I. (m.Gold) (1894-[1998?]), Infant Cass (unnamed, died at 7 weeks, 1895), "Abe" Abraham B. (1897-1987), Leah G. (m.Harser) (1899-1975), Sarah "Sec" Marie (m.Rogers) (1901-1932), Ely "Hilly" (b.1902), "Reuben" Garfield P. (1904-1991), Dorothy (m.Sandler) (b.1906), Anne (m.Solway) (1907-1994), Rita (m.Appleby), and Libby (m.Balick).

As a new immigrant to Canada, having emigrated from Russia in 1896, Louis Smith (1873-1945) was registered as a tailor in the 1901 federal census. He later worked as a contractor in Toronto. He was married to Annie Cass, Sarah Levine's sister, in 1901 and they lived together at 5 Edward Street, along with Rachel Rebecca Cass, with whom they cohabitated following the death of Abraham Cass.

David and Hannah's son, Abraham Cass, was married to Carrie (née Waldman) in 1922. Garfield married Dorothy (née Simon) and had two children, Donna and Danny. Anne Solway was married to a prominent Toronto violinist and music teacher, Maurice Solway (1906-2001), and they had one son, Stephen.

Scope and Content

Series consists of photographs of members of the Cass family.

Name Access

Cass family

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1894

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Hannah Cass taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Photographer: Reger, 1106 11th St., Altoona, Pa.

Name Access

Cass, Hannah

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 cabinet card is coming apart and the image is scratched.

Places

Altoona (Pa.).

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1905 or 1906]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Lou Smith taken at a studio in Toronto in 1905 or 1906.

Notes

Mounted on card frame.

Photographer: H. E. Peagam, 254 Yonge St., Toronto.

Name Access

Smith, Lou

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.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1906

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Bill Cass in San Francisco in 1906.

Notes

Mounted on card.

Name Access

Cass, Bill

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

Poor condition.

The photograph is faded and stained.

Places

San Francisco (Calif.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1914-1919]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Phillip Cass taken at a studio in Detroit.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on card.

Photographer: F. D. Brooks, Detroit.

Name Access

Cass, Phillip

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

Detroit (Mich.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1915]

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of David Cass standing with his horse and cart in Waubaushene, Ontario.

Notes

Post card.

There is a corresponding 4 x 5 negative for this photograph and duplicate prints of the photograph.

Name Access

Cass, David

Subjects

Horses

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 original photograph has faded and is torn at the upper right corner. Copies have been made.

Places

Waubaushene (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Bill Cass in San Francisco, California taken sometime before 1920.

Notes

Photographer: Alisky, S.F.

Mounted on card frame.

Name Access

Cass, Bill

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

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Bill Cass taken at a photography studio in San Francisco.

Notes

Photographer: Alisky, S.F.

Mounted on card frame.

Name Access

Cass, Mrs. Bill

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

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Bill Cass taken at a studio in Tacoma, Washington.

Notes

Photographer: A. Freuck (?), Tacoma, Washington.

Name Access

Cass, Bill

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

Tacoma (Wash.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1926

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 15 cm

Admin History/Bio

Maurice Solway was a prominent Toronto violinist. He studied violin with Eugène Ysaÿe in Brussels from 1926 to 1928. He also wrote and lectured about music and worked as a violin teacher. He was married to Anne Cass, the niece of Sarah Levine. “Dorothy,” to whom the inscription on the photo is made, was likely his sister-in-law, either Dorothy Cass (Garfield's wife) or Dorothy Sandler (Anne's sister).

Scope and Content

This photograph is a portrait of Maurice Solway holding his violin. It was taken in 1926 at a photo studio in Toronto when Maurice was approximately 27 years of age.

Notes

Mounted in card frame

Photographer: Charles Aylett

Inscribed bottom right-hand corner: "To Dorothy with sincerest wishes From Maurice June 4/26".

Name Access

Solway, Maurice

Subjects

Musicians

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.

Related Material

see also the Maurice Solway fonds #13

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca.1920]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of three Cass children standing with a pony on Atlas Avenue in Toronto. There are two girls, a boy, and a man in this photograph. The boy is seated on the pony and is wearing a cowboy hat and kerchief and the two girls are standing on either side of the pony. They are standing on the mud street by the sidewalk in front of a house at 145 Atlas and there is a man standing on the front balcony. It is likely the children are the younger children of David Cass, left to right: Anne, Garfield, and Dora.

Notes

This photo is posed in virtually the same manner as photo # 10, from Fonds 11 (Rebecca Kamarner family fonds).

Name Access

Cass, Anne

Cass, Dora

Cass, Garfield

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

Atlas Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Dave [Hannah] Cass, Mrs. Joseph Simpkin, and Mrs. Cohen. Hannah Cass is in the center, Mrs. Joseph Simpkin is on her right, and Mrs. Cohen is on her left. Mrs. Joseph Simpkin lived in Midland, Ontario, as well as Toronto, Ontario. Mrs. Cohen was from Altoona, Pennsylvania. It is possible they were all Kleimans and that they lived in the United States before they were married.

Notes

Mounted in card frame.

Name Access

Cass, Hannah

Cass, Mrs. Dave

Cohen, Mrs.

Kleiman, Hannah

Simpkin, Mrs. Joseph

Subjects

Sisters

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

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 4 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a small photograph of David Cass taken in Toronto.

Notes

Photographer: Ewing's Sunbeam, 538 Queen St. West, Toronto.

Name Access

Cass, David

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