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Manual typewriter

https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn76748

Collection: Montreal Holocaust Museum

Description Level: Item

Material Format: object

Physical Description: Manual typewriter : Typed, printed, handwritten : Green, Gold, White ; Ht: 29.5 cm x W: 30 cm

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

2 images

Collection: Montreal Holocaust Museum

Description Level: Item

Material Format: object

Physical Description: Manual typewriter : Typed, printed, handwritten : Green, Gold, White ; Ht: 29.5 cm x W: 30 cm

Other Title Information: Written Communication T&E

Physical Condition: Good

Language: English; Hebrew; Yiddish

Notes: Dark green typewriter in wooden, gold-colored case which closes with clamps and lock. Case has a covered handle for transport. Letter keys are in Hebrew/Yiddish. A small black brush is attached to the top inside of the case. The logo for Hermes 2000 is printed on the front in red and silver lettering. Manufacturing information is printed on the back in white letters. Narrative: Donor is Eva Basch, the daughter of Eliezer Basch and Blanka Wiener. The Yiddish-Hebrew typewriter was used by Eliezer to write his memoirs after the war. Eliezer and Blanka were engaged and escaped together in 1940 to the USSR where they were arrested as political opponents and separated. Eliezer was sent to Siberia (he was liberated in 1948), Blanka was sent to Kazakhstan (liberated 1947). They reunited in Budapest in 1948 where one of Eliezer’s brothers still lived.They later went to DP camp in Münich where they got new ID papers (changed birth dates and official location of wedding). They Immigrated to Canada via Halifax in 1950; stayed in Montreal for a short time (Eliezer had a sister there), then moved to Kingston where Eliezer’s brother had a store and lived in Napanee until 1953. In 1953, they moved back to Montreal where Eva could have access to Jewish education. Blanka was a waitress and Eliezer worked different jobs including in an insurance company. Eliezer was the Executive Director of the Labour Zionist organization. They bought a yarn store on St. Laurent bvd, called “Magasin de fibres L.B” (now La Bobineuse on Mont-Royal East) which they managed until they retired.

Accession No.: 2013.12.01

Name Access: Basch, Eva

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Montreal Holocaust Museum

Hebrew typewriter

https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn86801

Collection: Reference Collection

Description Level: Item

Material Format: object

Physical Description: typewritter

Fonds No.: R0001; OJA 99-043

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

1 image

Collection: Reference Collection

Description Level: Item

Material Format: object

Physical Description: typewritter

Date: 19-

Fonds No.: R0001

Item No.: OJA 99-043

Notes: 1. Item has no fonds or links to other collections so it was placed into Reference for its display value. 2. Located in the artifacts section of the vault.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Portrait of Mordechai Ginzburg, at typewriter.

https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn20161

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 12.5 x 8.5 cm

Fonds No.: 1255; 002197

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 12.5 x 8.5 cm

Date: n.d.

Fonds No.: 1255

Item No.: 002197

Notes: Photo colour: speia toned.

Subjects: Ginzburg, Mordechai, 1894-1966

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Portrait of a woman sitting at typewriter, Montreal.

https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn22560

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm

Fonds No.: 1255; 004602

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm

Date: [195-]

Fonds No.: 1255

Item No.: 004602

Subjects: Jewish Community Camps.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Portrait of Mordechai Ginzburg at typewriter, in his home, Montreal.

https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn20154

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 9 x 9 cm

Fonds No.: 1255; 002190

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 9 x 9 cm

Date: n.d.

Fonds No.: 1255

Item No.: 002190

Notes: Location and person in photograph identified on verso.

Subjects: Ginzburg, Mordechai, 1894-1966

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Groyen & Richtman Weltblick Yiddish typewriter with wooden case

https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn92919

Collection: Artefact Collection

Description Level: File

Material Format: artefact

Physical Description: 1 typewriter

Fonds No.: 1442; 001

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Collection: Artefact Collection

Description Level: File

Material Format: artefact

Physical Description: 1 typewriter

Date: 1912

Fonds No.: 1442

File No.: 001

History Biographical: The Weltblick Yiddish typewriter was made in the US by a German-American named Georg Canfield Blickensderfer in Stamford (Connecticut). It was distributed by Groyen & Richtman, and sold by a retailer in St. Petersburg, USSR (now Russia). The typewriter's serial number is 158422, pinning it as a No. 6 Aluminium & Featherweight model and product of 1912 according to: https://typewriterdatabase.com/blickensderfer.35.typewriter-serial-number-database

Custodial History: Donated to the JPL-A by Greg Gransden, February 2021

Accession No.: 21-001

Subjects: Typewriters.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Portrait of unidentified patient at typewriter, Jewish Hospital of Hope, Montreal.

https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn20339

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 9.5 x 7 cm

Fonds No.: 1255; 002376

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 9.5 x 7 cm

Date: n.d.

Fonds No.: 1255

Item No.: 002376

Storage Location: Album

Notes: Proof.

Subjects: Jewish Hospital of Hope (Montreal, Quebec)

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Interior snapshot of man seated at typewriter, office of the Keneder Adler

https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn73710

Collection: Allan Raymond Collection

Description Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Fonds No.: 1034; 1034_0011

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Collection: Allan Raymond Collection

Description Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Fonds No.: 1034

Item No.: 1034_0011

Storage Location: JPL

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Candid shot, Jeff Beer typing on typewriter at desk, Jewish Public Library.

https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn74225

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph :b&w ; 13cm x 9cm

Fonds No.: 1255; 018648

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph :b&w ; 13cm x 9cm

Date: [198-?]

Fonds No.: 1255

Item No.: 018648

Storage Location: JPL

Subjects: Beer, Jeff

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Elderly Reuben Brainin, outdoors, with secretary Dora (nee Kofsky) Rosenfeld with typewriter.

https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn27898

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 9 cm x 14 cm

Fonds No.: 1255; 006229

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 9 cm x 14 cm

Fonds No.: 1255

Item No.: 006229

Notes: Torn and mended with adhesive tape on front and back of photograph.

Subjects: Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1940; Rosenfeld, Dvora.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

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