Photographs
The Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia has collected over 120,000 photographs to date. These photographs cover the time period of 1860-2010 and document families, organizations and businesses of BC’s Jewish communities.
Leonard Frank Photos Studio Online!
Reitman's Ladies' Store, 1963; Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia; LF.02523
In April 2009, the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia, with help from UBC’s Irving K. Barber BC History Digitization Program and the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Museums Assistance Program, put 4,000 photos from the Leonard Frank Photos Studio fonds online. These photographs are available through the Artefacts Canada database, the largest database of museum collections in Canada.
The Leonard Frank Photos studio was located in suite 44-553 Granville Street, and later 614 West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Leonard Frank Photos Studio fonds is one of the largest collections held by the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia amassing approximately 39,000 photographic images and 2 meters of textual records.
The Jewish Museum has also uploaded some of the finest photographs from this collection to our Flickr site. Click on the following link to be directed to our images on Flickr!
This project was generously funded by:
The Jewish Western Bulletin Photographs Online!
Al Hoot, PLO, 1976; Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia; L.15064
The Jewish Western Bulletin fonds (1950-1990) contains approximately 5,000 stunning images that were generously donated by former owners and editors, Samuel and Mona Kaplan. This collection of photographs documents the people, events and organizational activities of BC’s Jewish Community, as well as documenting local, national and international news relevant to the community.
Visit http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/jwb to explore the Jewish Western Bulletin.
White Elephant sign for Hadassah Bazaar collection, [1950]; Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia; L.10545
Search our Online Database . . . The Jewish Museum and Archives has put a collection online. This easy to search database provides access to hundreds of catalogue records and images from a number of collections held in our archives.
