Identification card : Paper : Printed, Typed, Handwritten : Ink; Graphite Pencil : White, Green, Black, Red, Grey, Blue ; Ht: 7,5 cm x W: 12,5 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
March 24, 1943
Physical Condition
Excellent
Language
English
Notes
1 rectangle, double-sided. Square b&w photograph of Meilach Magid affixed at centre left, recto. Printed form with personal characteristics typed in, signature of Vice Consul of U.S.A. in blue ink; illegible annotations added in pencil. On verso, Signed by Canadian Immigration Officer. Narrative: The donors parents were Meilach Magid and Yocheved Bejlach, both teachers. They came to Canada in 1921, returned to Poland, and then settled in Canada in 1924. Meilach was born in Knyszyn, Poland in 1894. He graduated from McGill in 1929. He was the principal of United Talmud Torah School and later founded Herzliah High School in 1946.