English: A butcher shop sign in "the Ward", the original centre of Toronto's Jewish community. The sign, in Yiddish, identifies the butcher as a "Shechat", or ritual slaughterer. The sign also indicates that the Shechat is a Russian Jew.
Date
circa 1910
date QS:P,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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This image is available from the City of Toronto Archives, listed under the archival citation Fonds 1244, Item 2548.
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History of Toronto, Canada
