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- 39th Henry Hank Torontow Scouts fonds 134
- =Jewish Community Centre of Ottawa fonds 2
- =Ottawa Women s ORT fonds 2
- A. L. Florence fonds 5
- AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds 23
- AJA 50+ fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50+ fonds 52
- Abe Carlofsky fonds 74
- Abe and Bertha Palmer family fonds 2
- Abelson family fonds 203
- Abraham Caplin fonds 2
- Abraham Kert Family fonds 11
- Abraham Shaffer fonds 3
Name
- 1. New Paramount, Ottawa 2. Hugo Levendel 1
- A. A. Sima 1
- abc new pictures, Montreal 1
- Adrian Goulet, 50 Tilson Rd, hu 5-8827 2
- Adrian Goulet, 50 Tilson Road. 2
- A.G. Dill, Ottawa 2
- Agence L.A.P.I, 12 Rue de Pat Mhon 1
- A.G. Pittway, Ottawa 2
- Agriculture Canada 1
- Agriculture Canada Information Division 1
- Ahley & Crippem 1
- A.J. Castonguay, Ottawa 1
Four schoichet knives owned by Abraham Caplin.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107499
- Collection
- Abraham Caplin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 4 butcher knives
- Fonds No.
- I0007; OJA 1-1201
- Date
- [between 1850 and 1915]
- Collection
- Abraham Caplin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 4 butcher knives
- Date
- [between 1850 and 1915]
- Fonds No.
- I0007
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1201
- Storage Location
- vault
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Moses Bilsky as a young man.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101779
- Collection
- Bilsky family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0037; OJA 1-167
- Date
- 1860
- Collection
- Bilsky family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1860
- Fonds No.
- I0037
- Item No.
- OJA 1-167
- Storage Location
- vault
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Freida Hymovitch before her marriage to Abraham Marcovitch.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103933
- Collection
- Marcovitch family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0156; OJA 1-314
- Date
- 1880
- Collection
- Marcovitch family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1880
- Fonds No.
- I0156
- Item No.
- OJA 1-314
- Storage Location
- vault
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Yente Rifkin Bodovsky.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107617
- Collection
- Sylvia and Harry Kershman Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0230; OJA-1-574-077
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Collection
- Sylvia and Harry Kershman Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Responsibility
- Sylvia Kershman
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Fonds No.
- I0230
- Item No.
- OJA-1-574-077
- Storage Location
- vault
- Physical Condition
- photograph and support are warped with creases at corners.
- History / Biographical
- Yente Rifkin Bodovsky was the wife of Berke Bodovsky and the mother of Wolf Bodovsky. Wolf immigrated from Russia to Ottawa in 1913. He would be joined by his wife Kele four years later in 1917, and sponsored his parents immigration to the city in 1925.
- Notes
- Yente Rifkin Bodovsky is Mrs. Sylvia Kershman's grandmother.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Kert with their children Rachel, Sarah, Harris and Elizabeth.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103890
- Collection
- Abraham Kert Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; reproduction
- Fonds No.
- I0008; OJA 1-119
- Date
- 1885
- Collection
- Abraham Kert Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; reproduction
- Date
- 1885
- Fonds No.
- I0008
- Item No.
- OJA 1-119
- Physical Condition
- tear through centre of the orginal photograph.
- Notes
- L-R: Abraham Kert, Rachel Kert, Sarah (Kert) Rosenstein, Harris Kert, Mrs. Kert, and Betsy (Elizabeth) (Kert) Benwick.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Abraham Marcovitch in Romania.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103934
- Collection
- Marcovitch family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0156; OJA 1-315
- Date
- 1886
- Collection
- Marcovitch family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1886
- Fonds No.
- I0156
- Item No.
- OJA 1-315
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Rachel Kert
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103888
- Collection
- Abraham Kert Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0008; OJA 1-129
- Date
- 1889
- Collection
- Abraham Kert Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1889
- Fonds No.
- I0008
- Item No.
- OJA 1-129
- Notes
- Rachel is thought to be sixteen years old in this photograph.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
German / Hebrew Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah prayer book.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106000
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Fonds No.
- I0146; OJA 5-325-01
- Date
- 1889
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Date
- 1889
- Fonds No.
- I0146
- Item No.
- OJA 5-325-01
- Conservation
- Light surface cleaning completed on front of book using polyvinyl eraser; slight loss of the ivory detailing on the front cover.
- Acquisition Source
- Daniel Kimmel
- Notes
- Book has painted metal covers (tin?) with cutout details of ivory nailed to the front cover.
- Related Material
- 5-325-02, 5-325-03, 5-325-04, 5-325-05.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
German / Hebrew Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah prayer book.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106004
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Fonds No.
- I0146; OJA 5-325-02
- Date
- 1889
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Date
- 1889
- Fonds No.
- I0146
- Item No.
- OJA 5-325-02
- Acquisition Source
- Daniel Kimmel
- Notes
- "Before Treatment" photo. Book has painted metal covers (tin?) with cutout details of ivory nailed to the front cover.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
German / Hebrew Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah prayer book.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106005
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Fonds No.
- I0146; OJA 5-325-03
- Date
- 1889
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Date
- 1889
- Fonds No.
- I0146
- Item No.
- OJA 5-325-03
- Acquisition Source
- Daniel Kimmel
- Notes
- "During Treatment" photo. Book has painted metal covers (tin?) with cutout details of ivory nailed to the front cover.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Detail of German / Hebrew Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur prayer book.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106009
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Fonds No.
- I0146; OJA 5-325-04
- Date
- 1889
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Date
- 1889
- Fonds No.
- I0146
- Item No.
- OJA 5-325-04
- Acquisition Source
- Daniel Kimmel
- Notes
- Detail photo of prayer book, inner information page.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Detail of German / Hebrew Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur prayer book.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106010
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Fonds No.
- I0146; OJA 5-325-05
- Date
- 1889
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Date
- 1889
- Fonds No.
- I0146
- Item No.
- OJA 5-325-05
- Acquisition Source
- Daniel Kimmel
- Notes
- Detail photo of two pages of prayer book showing layout.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Portrait of Jacob Schoepser
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn111471
- Collection
- Elsbeth Heckers fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0011; OJA 1-011-001
- Date
- 1889-1899
- Collection
- Elsbeth Heckers fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1889-1899
- Fonds No.
- I0011
- Item No.
- OJA 1-011-001
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Wilh. Lubrecht, Strasburg
- History / Biographical
- Jacob Schoepser born Febraury 21, 1875, Grossglombotchek bei Graidenz, West Prussia. He fought for Germany in World War One and captured the first Russian flag at the Battle of Tannenberg. For this he received a medal and had "afternoon tea" with the Emporer and Empress. Later he was wounded - shot in the lung - which caused his deather 4 years later. He died November 16, 1924 in Hohenstein Kreis Osterode, East Prussia.
- Notes
- Photo is attached to a page from a photo album. Page information about photo included on it. Photo is a reproduction of original.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Moishe Mendel Applebaum and family.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102894
- Collection
- B. Applebaum & Son fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- B0002; OJA 1-062
- Date
- [ca. 1890]
- Collection
- B. Applebaum & Son fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [ca. 1890]
- Fonds No.
- B0002
- Item No.
- OJA 1-062
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Dorothy Hymes
- Notes
- L-R standing; Rae, Gershon, Ben, and Pinhey Applebaum. Sitting: Moishe Mendel Applebaum, Ethel (Baker) and Mike (Motel).
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Zolman Soloman and Eudasha Soloman (nee Kaidan-Sky).
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102926
- Collection
- Saslove family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0216; OJA 1-591-015
- Date
- [ca.1890]
- Collection
- Saslove family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [ca.1890]
- Fonds No.
- I0216
- Item No.
- OJA 1-591-015
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Martin Saslove
- Notes
- Photograph was taken in Russia.
- Zolman and Eudasha Soloman lived in Borisov, Russia.
- Great-grandparents to all Torontows.
- Parents of Ethel Torontow and grandparents of Sarah (Torontow) Saslove and her nine siblings.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Mrs. Lepofsky.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103913
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w
- Fonds No.
- R0001; OJA 1-140
- Date
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w
- Date
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Fonds No.
- R0001
- Item No.
- OJA 1-140
- Notes
- She was grandmother to Pearl and Cecil Lepofsky.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Alice Cobletz Edelson.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105037
- Collection
- Edelson Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0061; OJA 1-803-08
- Date
- [1890]
- Collection
- Edelson Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [1890]
- Fonds No.
- I0061
- Item No.
- OJA 1-803-08
- Acquisition Source
- Sharon Edelson
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Mr. B. Berman, an early Jewish settler
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105471
- Collection
- Martin K. Levinson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0158; OJA 1-093
- Date
- [ca. 1895]
- Collection
- Martin K. Levinson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [ca. 1895]
- Fonds No.
- I0158
- Item No.
- OJA 1-093
- Physical Condition
- Some marks on photograph
- History / Biographical
- Mr. B. Berman arrived in Ottawa in 1892. He was the grandfather of Martin Levinson
- Acquisition Source
- Martin Levinson
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Portrait of Hershel Glustein
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105977
- Collection
- Osterer Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0184; OJA 1-941-04
- Date
- [ca. 1890]
- Collection
- Osterer Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [ca. 1890]
- Fonds No.
- I0184
- Item No.
- OJA 1-941-04
- Acquisition Source
- Betty (Osterer) Finkelman
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Israel Cohen
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn112357
- Collection
- William Moses Cohen fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0242; 1-184-05
- Date
- 1891
- Collection
- William Moses Cohen fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; b&w
- Date
- 1891
- Fonds No.
- I0242
- Item No.
- 1-184-05
- Acquisition Source
- Bennett McCardle.
- Custodial History
- Imahe found by a later occupant of Mr. Cohen's home or business premises in a disused garage. These materials were sold along with other contents of the garage in mid-1993 to a picker named Mr. Belanger who broke up the collection and sold the photos of Mr. Cohen's store to "Larry" a former OPP officer who collects and deals in Ottawa Valley ephemera. The present collection was bought from Mr. Belanger by Bennet McCardle at the Bently Aveue Flea Market Ottawa on September 12, 1993.
- Notes
- Inscription on verso: "To my uncle and auntie Mr. and Mrs. Cohen from your nephew Israek Cohen. Montreal 25/10/91"
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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