- Ottawa Jewish Archives
- Abelson family fonds
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203 images · showing 1–48 · small copies hosted here, credited to Ottawa Jewish Archives
Jess Abelson.
Mr. Wolfe Abelson.
Julia (Rosenblum) Abelson.
Group photograph from a Purim play.
Canadian Champions of the one mile war canoe race at Brittania Park, Ontario.
Jess Abelson.
Jess Abelson in his Ottawa Rough Rider football uniform.
Jess Abelson on his wedding day.
Duke Abelson with co-pilot Alan Haig.
Wedding portrait of Mollie (Gray) Abelson.
Mollie and Jess Abelson with their children.
Jess Abelson's clothing store.
Jess Abelson with fellow directors of the Y.M.C.A.
Jess Abelson dressed for Mrs. Lillian Freiman's funeral.
Ottawa Football Club Q.R.F.U. 1913 Champions team photograph.
Ottawa Football Club Q.R.F.U. 1914 Champions Team photograph.
Detail of Jess Abelson from a team photograph of the Britannia Boating Club, War Canoe Crew 1914 one mile champions.
Detail of Jess Abelson from a team photograph of the Ottawa Y.M.C.A. Basketball Team 1913-1914 Champions.
Duke Abelson.
Duke Abelson.
Alan Abelson's graduation portrait from law school.
Duke Abelson.
Strathcona Softball Team.
City of Ottawa Bowling League Champions.
Jess Abelson's Beth Shalom Congregation Plaque.
Panoramic photograph of the McGill football team.
Lawrence Abelson's Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot Officer certificate.
Basin Lake.
Football practice.
Stan Abelson posing with baseball mitt.
Jess Abelson posing with a baseball mitt.
Duke Abelson with unknown.
Unknown Naval Ship.
Jess, Mollie and Sylvia Abelson.
Alan Abelson and unknown woman.
Unknown woman.
Canoe Club.
Alan Abelson and Bobby Abelson.
Four young boys.
Parliament Hill.
Stan Abelson.
Jess Abelson.
Parliament Hill.
Alan Abelson.
Mollie (Gray) Abelson.
Alan Abelson.
Sylvia Abelson (Gellman).
Young boy.
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- Held by
- Ottawa Jewish Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
- Dates
- 1913-2002 (indexed as 1913–2002)
- Level
- fonds
- Extent
- multiple media
- Scope & content
- Fonds consists of records of Wolf and Julia Abelson obituaries; Jess Abelson business life, photographs of his sporting life, Duke (Lawrence) Abelson’s early education and World War II career as a flyer with the Royal Canadian Air Force including his Canadian log book, commission, Certificate of Promotion to rank of Pilot Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force - November, 1941 (see 1-992), correspondence of 160 letters as well as telegrams to his family, 1941-1943; Alan Abelson educational, sporting, and married life; 2002; Brief to the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame for induction of Jess Abelson. Artifacts include one Boy Scout uniform (worn by Alan Abelson), 2 of Alan Abelson tennis racquets, 1 velvet jacket (worn by Julia Rosenblum on her marriage to Wolf Abelson), 3 infant dresses and 1 bonnet (worn by Jess and Mollie Abelson's children), 1 sweater with an “O” for Ottawa Football Team, Duke Abelson Officer hat; 4 World War II medals; 4 photograph albums, 1 scrapbook, and 1 siddur donated to Adath Jeshurun in 1950 Later accrual of textiles include 2 baby capes, hand made by Molly Abelson in the 1920's for daughter Sylvia and a pink crochet sweater or coat. 1. Alan Abelson provided the details of Wolf Abelson's heritage in September 2006. 2. A note from Shirley Berman is attached to the textile items providing additional information.
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- Genre / form
- multiple media
- Harvested
- 2026-10-16T07:54:25Z · source datestamp n/a · cjhn