- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle events series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1943-1958
- Physical Description
- 52 photographs : b&w (26 negatives) ; 18 x 12 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of negatives and proofs produced by Sylvia Schwartz in her portrait studio. The images depict formal portraits of individuals to mark important lifecycle events. These events include bat mitzvahs, bar mitzvahs, graduations and weddings.
- There are twenty-six portraits in total. They depict two children in their bat mitzvah robes, young adults in their graduation gowns, and brides in their wedding dresses both with and without their grooms.
- Two of the graduation portraits feature Sylvia's family: one of Jewell Schwartz, her cousin, and one of Herbert Solway, her nephew. For the other indivduals featured in this series, either their full name or only their last name is known.
- Subjects
- Rites and ceremonies
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Oct. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Melvin Himel (1939-2021) was the son of Howard and Ruth (Clavir) Himel.
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a bar mitzvah portrait of Melvin Himel.
- Notes
- This negative has two images.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1957-1958
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 15 x 11 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Blossom Houpt is the daughter of Abraham and Esther Houpt, and the sister to Benjamin, Joseph and Milton Houpt. She is married to Joel, and has 2 daughters.
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a portrait of Blossom Houpt at her bat mitzvah.
- Subjects
- Bat mitzvah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1951
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 12 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a graduation portrait of Leonard Hanzer.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Dec. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 11 cm x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a graduation portrait of Mr. Keemore.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1951
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 cm x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a graduation portrait of Moe Paperny.
- Notes
- This negative has two images.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- June 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Jewell Schwartz was the daughter of Jack and Minnie Schwartz, and was Sylvia Schwartz's cousin.
In 1955, Jewell opened an upscale craft retail store called Trade Winds at 150 Bloor Street West. In 1963 she relocated the store to 138 Cumberland Street in Yorkville, due to the previous building being torn down. Trade Winds remained at this location until her retirement in 1984. Jewell was known to take courses in the construction of the wares she sold, such as jewelry and pottery to have a better idea of the materials she was selling.
- Jewell has donated several works of Inuit art to the University of Toronto Art Centre's permanent collection.
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a graduation portrait of Jewell Schwartz.
- Notes
- This negative has two images.
- 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
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Herbert Solway is the son of Fanny (d.22 April 1971) (the sister of Sylvia Schwartz) and Alex Solway (d. 1 July 1988) and the borther of Carol Solway.
- Herbert Solway received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1955. He was called to the Bar in 1957. Herbert was a founding member of Goodmans LLP, joining the firm in 1955. He has played a significant role in helping build the foundation of the firm, serving as its chair from 1980 to 1992. He served as a Chariman until 1994 and Partner until 1998. He continues to serve as Counsel to Goodmans. He was appointed to the Queen's Counsel in 1968.
- Herbert has also been a Director of Gluskin Sheff and Associates Inc. since May 2006. He is a Director of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Founding director of the Tarragon Theatre Company. He was a Founding director of Sun Media Corporation, as well as a Director of John Labatt Ltd.
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a graduation portrait of Herbert Solway.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Oct. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Raphael (Ralph) Wintrob is a former journalist, teacher and teacher-librarian. Since retiring he has taught a variety of courses at the senior studies program (L.I.F.E. Institute), Ryerson University, in the areas of philosophy and literature. He has also taught his Hebrew short novels course at a Toronto synagogue. He is now the co-ordinator of Wintrob Editorial Services.Ralph married Kitty, the author of "I'm Not Going Back," in 1959 while he was a journalist with the CBC. They have one daughter, Suzanne who is also a writer and editor. He is also the son of Gertrude Schwartz's sister, Zelda Wintrob. In 1989, Ralph was a founding member and chair of the Toronto Jewish Theatre Committee (TJTC), and the Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition (CJPC). In 1999, the downtown Toronto Miles Nadal JCC adopted this program.
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a graduation portrait of Ralph Wintrob.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1951
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Argyros.
- Subjects
- Married people
- Weddings
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 11 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Davis/Devore.
- Subjects
- Married people
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 12 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ellen "Honey" Dworkin, the daughter of Dorothy and Henry, was called Honey by her parents. She was born on 19 June 1912. She married Lewis Raxlan in 1932. They divorced, and she then married Leon Arthurs (d. 14 November 1980) in August 1943. They had two children, Harry and Linda. Harry later became the Dean of Osgoode Law School. She had 6 grandchildren, Robin, Mark, Laurie, Jeff, Josh, and Gideon. She died on 10 May 1991.
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a wedding portrait of Honey Dworkin.
- Subjects
- Weddings
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 45 for portraits of Honey Dworkin and her family.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Ezrin.
- Subjects
- Married people
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 27 June 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 15 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a bridal portrait of Ruth Freeman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Freeman. Ruth married William Metter of New York in the garden of Chudleigh House. Rabbi Samuel Sachs officiated.
- Subjects
- Weddings
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Sept. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a wedding portrait of George Mortimer and Rae Fulcher.
- Subjects
- Weddings
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- June 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 12 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a bridal portrait of Miss Kerr.
- Subjects
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- June 1951
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 15 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Levine.
- Subjects
- Married people
- Portraits
- Weddings
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 8 June 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 15 x 11 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- May Cohen was born in Montreal in 1931 to Sam and Mania Lipshitz and grew up in Toronto. After graduating from high school as the top student in Ontario, she attended medical school at the University of Toronto and again led her class, earning a gold medal for academic excellence. Dr. Cohen first practiced family medicine in Toronto and then joined McMaster University's Faculty of Health Sciences in 1977 to teach and practice family medicine. She co-founded the Women's Health Office at McMaster and also the Women's Health InterSchool Curriculum Committee for Ontario's medical schools. From 1991 to 1996 she served the Faculty of Health Sciences as associate dean of Health Services.
- Dr. May Cohen is married to Dr. Gerry Cohen, a semi-retired family practitioner in Hamilton, and is the mother of Eric, Russell, and the late Stuart. She has five grandchildren.
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a wedding portrait of Drs Gerry Cohen and May Cohen.
- Subjects
- Married people
- Weddings
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Sept. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 15 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Joseph Lyons (d. 27 December 2003) was married to Molka, and had 2 sons, Michael and Stephen. He had 4 grandchildren, Allan and Alisa Lyons, and Candace and Darren Marks, and 4 greatgranchildren, Jordana, Lindsay, Joshua, and Justin.
- Molka Lyons (d. 2 December 2007) was married to Joseph Lyons.
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Joe and Malka Lyons.
- Subjects
- Married people
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Oct. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 15 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a bridal portrait of Mrs. Powanwarth.
- Subjects
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 20
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Sept. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 15 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a bridal portrait of Adele Rotenberg.
- Subjects
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 21
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 4 Mar. 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a bridal portrait of Myra Rotenberg.
- Subjects
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 22
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 22 Dec. 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 12 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a wedding portrait of Mr and Mrs. Shapiro/Greenberg.
- Subjects
- Married people
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 23
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 19 Oct. 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 14 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a wedding portrait of Mr and Mrs. Siegal.
- Subjects
- Married people
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 24
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 15 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ben Stackle (b. 1 May 1922 - d. 9 January 2008) was born in Toronto to Lazer and Laike Stekel, and had three siblings, Maurice Harry Stekel, Ida Stepak and Anne Steiner. He married Pearl Tureck on 11 July 1943 and had 2 children, Alan and Linda (now Halperin). He has 4 grandchildren, Sasha, Rachel, Jeffrey, and Joshua.
- Pearl Stackle, née Tureck (b. 6 May 1922 - d. 30 November 1974) was born in Toronto and had 2 sisters, Molly Segal (d. 22 July 2010) and Goldie Cooper. She married Ben Stackle on 11 July 1943 and had 2 children, Alan and Linda (now Halperin). She has 4 grandchildren, Sasha, Rachel, Jeffrey, and Joshua.
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a wedding portrait of Mr and Mrs. Ben and Pearl Stackle.
- Subjects
- Married people
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 15 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a bridal portrait of Bettie Rochelle Weiss.
- Subjects
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 4 Apr. 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a bridal portrait of Elenor Winston.
- Subjects
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
