Canada
An invitation to a confirmation celebration and dance at Gleneagles Golf and Country club in Vancouver. Confirmants listed were Marcia Kahn, Judy Freeman, Judy Greenberg, Fran Charkow, Bertie Lando, Irene Heller, Connie Friedberg, Toby Fouks, Myrna Margulius and Lorilee Mallek.
A confirmation alumnae patch, given to Margaret Segal on May 16, 1956 at Beth Israel Congregation, Vancouver.
Used at the Vancouver Manufacturing Umbrella Co. for steaming creases out of fabric used to make umbrellas.
Odd Fellows Medallion. Judah Davies' eldest son, Joshua Phillip Davies, was an accountant in his father's auction house and took over the business when his father died. He was president of the Royal Jubilee Hospital and belonged to the Odd Fellows, the Masons, and the Pioneer and British Columbia Benevolent Societies. During his two terms as Grand Master of the Odd Fellows, he made it the strongest and wealthiest club in the province. Because of his extraordinary efforts as a member of the Odd Fellows, Joshua Davies was awarded this medallion.
This silver-plated pewter teapot belonged to Maria Davies, wife of Judah Phillip Davies. In 1863, the Davies family arrived in Victoria from San Francisco and soon achieved success selling paintings, musical instruments, household objects, and jewellry, as well as land lots and homes, in the auction house J.P. Davies and Co. Judah Davies helped others as a founding member of Victoria's Odd Fellows and Masons. He gave the keynote address when the Masons laid one of the cornerstones of Temple Emanu-El in 1863.
Men's sweater, Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) B'nai B'rith youth group. Owned by David Segal, active member of AZA Totem 646.
Men's sweater, Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) B'nai B'rith youth group. Owned by David Segal, active member of AZA Totem 646.
An invitation to a confirmation celebration and dance at Gleneagles Golf and Country club in Vancouver. Confirmants listed were Marcia Kahn, Judy Freeman, Judy Greenberg, Fran Charkow, Bertie Lando, Irene Heller, Connie Friedberg, Toby Fouks, Myrna Margulius and Lorilee Mallek.
Max and Mandel Dodek immigrated from Poland to Canada in the mid-1920s and moved to Vancouver in the mid-1930s. They established
Used by Max Dodek of Max Dodek Fur Ltd. Tool used for pounding nails into and pulling nails out of skins.
