Showing 136 results

Archival description
Manitoba
Print preview View:

32 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects

Ben Kopelow fonds

  • CA JMABC A.2014.016
  • Fonds
  • 1825, ca. 1930-2009

The fonds consists of business and family correspondence, production material, newspaper clippings, photographs and scrapbooks.

The fonds is arranged into eight series: Dolly Halpern; Personal life; Vancouver Little Theater Association; Barnstomers; Theater Under the Stars; Pacific Shows Productions Limited; Watercolors; and Scrapbooks

Kopelow, Ben

Dalkin family portrait, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Sepia portrait of Esther Seidelman's (nee Dalkin) family. Sepia family portrait with vignette exposure. Woman and bearded man wearing a kippah seated in front row; woman is holding child on her lap. Two men stand behind with woman wearing hat in between them.

Letter - July 1916

Undated letter from 1916 from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Private Seidelaman's family members in Vancouver (although it seems that the letter is directed more to his mother) . Letter describes Private Seidelman's train journey from Vancouver to Manitoba, and Manitoba's intense weather. Private Seidelman also mentions upon arriving at Camp Hughes, he and his fellow soldiers were received by the Duke of Connaught.

Letter - August 1916

Undated letter from 1916 from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver.

Letter - August 1916

Undated letter from 1916 from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman mentions enclosing a picture that was taken of him with the guys in his tent. He mentions that he also had a company and battalion picture taken (may be similar to photograph in File 18, item 4).

Letter - August 1916

Undated letter from 1916 from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman writes that he thinks there are measles in the camp. He also mentions, from reading in a Vancouver newspaper, the son of someone he knows in Vancouver was honoured by Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commander-in-Chief.

Letter - September 23, 1916

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated September 23, 1916. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman mentions that Mr. M.A. Macdonald was appointed Attorney-General of British Columbia. He also mentions that he will be leaving for England around October 6, to train there. In addition, Private Seidelman says a Manitoba officer of his battalion, Lieutenant Tobias, who is also Jewish, is inviting him to come along on September 27 to spend the Jewish New Year at Lieutenant Tobias' residence in Winnipeg.

Letter - October 23, 1916

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated October 23, 1916. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman writes that he will be leaving Camp Hughes in the afternoon on Thursday, October 26.

West Universities Battalion - 196th

"WUB" Western Universities Battalion 196th [newspaper] published October 21, 1916, No. 1, Vol. 1, from Camp Hughes, Canada. The newspaper contains articles, photographs, cartoons and editorials.

D Company

"D Company" feature includes a history of the company, a list of members, company notes, and photographs. Photograph of battalion may be similar to a photograph mentioned in August 1916 letter (File 2, item 4).

Results 1 to 10 of 136