File 85 - Kaufman, Emma and Margaret Heilig, Executive Director, Hamilton YWCA. : presentation of fusuma to the Hamilton Y.W.C.A.

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Title proper

Kaufman, Emma and Margaret Heilig, Executive Director, Hamilton YWCA. : presentation of fusuma to the Hamilton Y.W.C.A.

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SCA164-GA138-2-85

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Physical description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

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Biographical history

Jacob and Mary Kaufman were prominent citizens of Kitchener, Ontario from the late 19th century to WWII. Jacob Kaufman and Mary Ratz married in 1877. Jacob began his career in the lumber industry but switched to rubber, forming the Kaufman Rubber Company ... »

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Photograph of Emma Kaufman (at right) smiling and shaking hands with Margaret Heilig, Executive Direction of the Hamilton Young Women's Christian Association next to fusuma painted with a water-themed Japanese landscape donated by Kaufman.

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Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by Mary Ham in 2001.

Language of material

  • English

Availability of other formats

Scanned as TIF file March 2022.

Signatures note

Typed inscription taped to verso of photograph, top centre: "Miss Margaret Heilig / Executive Director Hamilton YWCA / Emma R. Kaufman / Taken at the National YWCA Convention / Hamilton, May 1969. / Fusuma given to Hamilton new / Building by E.R.K."

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Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Described in 2002.
Revised by NM in July 2019.
Revised by DR March 2022.

Language of description

  • English

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