harvestingUniversity of Waterloo Special Collections & Archives, City of Toronto Archives, Queen's University Archives, Western University Archives and Special Collections, NWT Archives, Archeion (Archives Association of Ontario network). Results will grow as fonds arrive.
59 descriptions
item1949
B&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor scene, in which three women wearing swimsuits are sitting on some steps outside a hotel. The woman in the centre is Alice Eckstein. The two other women are friends of hers.
item1936
Membership card for Hakoah swimming club, Vienna. Folded in two, 12 stamps on inside with the Star of David, one for every month the club card was used. Narrative: Peter Braun (Donor's husband) used this card to access The Hakoah Vienna sports club, which was…
itemJanuary 8, 1946
b&w, outdoor scene. Young boy standing in front of pool in park, trees in background
itemFebruary 24, 1940
One page Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the F…
item1948
b&w with white border, outdoor scene. Five boys standing in front of a house. Maurice Shenkier is on the far left, next to him is Marcel Braistein then Edgar, Guy and Serge. They are all cousins of Maurice's. Narrative: All cousins survived the war
item1936
b&w with white border, outdoor scene. Three adults and 2 children standing behind a wooden wheel, in front of a beach with buildings in the background. From right to left are Alice Eckstein, Sam Shenkier holding Maurice Shenkier, Lizzie Eckstein hold by Heidi …
itemJuly 01, 1945
Pink paper glued on red cardstock, with b&w idnetifty photograph of cardholder stapled on verso ladt hand side. Purple circular stamp on bottom of the photograph.Sports club membership card from the N.V. Sportfondesenback Antwerpen for Zigmund Schick, valid un…
item[ca. 1946-1955]
b&w with white boder, outdoor scene. 9 men and women standing together wearing bathing suits. Woman on right grasping fence with her hands. House in background.
itemMay 10, 1940
b&w, white border with deckled edges. Outdoors, three couples and four children on the deck of a boat. L-R: man wearing a dark shirt and glasses (Arnold Voticky); woman with hair swept up (Anka Voticky); woman with white shirt and shorts (Lidka Winter); man wi…
item1934
b&w with white border, outdoor scene. Three women sitting in the North Seaand holding in other's hands. Alice Eckstein is the woman in the middle. Three men standing in the background, posing for the camera. They are all wearing swimsuits and bathing caps.
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B&W, outdoors. Group photograph of young boys in a river, forest in background. Nearly all are bare-chested, wearing swimsuits. On right side is a fully clothed man standing in knee-deep water, wearing dark pants, a light shirt and a light turban. River bank i…
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B&W, outdoors. Group photograph of children in a river, forest in background. On right side, two women with short dark hair are standing on riverbank in foreground. One wears a long white dress, the other is wearing a shirt and either a slip or bloomers. Narra…
item[ca. 1947]
White border, outdoor scene. The scene takes place on the water in a small wood boat. Elzbieta (Elizabeth) Zilberbogen is on the right holding a paddle. Celinka (Cecile) Zilberbogen is in the back holdding a paddle as well. Two other children are sitting betwe…
item1932
b&w, white border. Outdoor, beach scene.Three young girls in swimsuits laying on the beach. L-R: Erika, Maryla, unidentified.
item1934
b&w, white border. Outdoor, beach scene. Two young girls wearing swimsuits: Erika (left) tossing a ring to her younger sister Maryla (right) at the beach.
item1926
B&w photograph with a black border. An outdoor scene, in which a young woman is sitting on a wooden walkway at a beach. The woman is wearing a strapless one-piece bathing suit with stripes. The woman depicted in the photograph is Fela Eckstein.
itemFebruary 3, 1932
b&w, outdoor scene. Six young men and a young woman wearing swimsuits in the water. The woman is holding a ball in her right hand.
item1938
B&w. Outdoors. Boys and girls of the Austrian Ha’Koach swim team sitting on the grass under the trees beside the Danube river, girl at left is holding a banner which reads “Jugend Schwimmer Der Hakoah” (young swimmers of the Hakoah), banner has a Star of David…
item1935
B&w. Outside. 20 people are posing on the deck of a boat, wearing their official team swimsuit. There are 2 rows of people, men in the back, women in the front, and a little boy lying in front of them. Narrative: Members of the Austrian Ha’Koach swim team on t…
itemNovember 04, 1946
One page. Double-sided. . Personal letter from Elzbieta (Elizabeth) to mother Chana (Anna) Zilberbogen (born Wartens). Handwritten in black ink, Elzbieta tells mother about swimming, school, a Moliere play she might go to and ask if Celinka is writing to her. …