Kensington Market, Toronto, 1971 or 1972

This series of 20 photos records a short wander through Kensignton Market and includes the customers and interiors of a cheese store and bakery. As far as I can determine, they are posted in the order they were taken. If you can identify people or store names,

Photo 1.

Photo 2.

Minnie's Snack Bar and Portuguese Food Store are across the street.

Photo 3.

Peter Zorzi is the young man in the checked jacket on the far right.

Photo 4.

Photo 5.

Kaplan's Cheese House – see comments below Photo 7.

Photo 6.

Kaplan's Cheese House – see comments below Photo 7.

Photo 7. Kaplan's Cheese House.

Many thanks to Leah-Rochelle Ilutowicz who emailed me the following:
"My father, Harry Ilutowicz, appears in three photos of 'Kaplan's Cheese House.' He is (in middle foreground, white shirt and glasses) in this photo. You can spot him in the other two photos (5 & 6) as well.

"A bit of background: My father was a Holocaust survivor. He was born Gerszon Zylbercwajg, in Grabowiec, a small town in southeast Poland. He was given a new identity – Abraham Ilutowicz – in a DP camp in Germany after the war. In 1948, he immigrated to Canada, via the War Orphans Project.

"My father purchased Kaplan's Cheese House from the Lottman family, ca. 1973. I worked there on Saturdays, when I was in high school."

Europa Butcher, Kensington Market, Toronto, 1971/72.

Photo 8.

In front of Europa Butcher.

Photo 9.

In front of Europa Butcher.

A. Perlmutar Bakery, 175 Baldwin Street, Kensington Market, Toronto.

Photo 10 : A. Perlmutar Bakery, 175 Baldwin Street.

A grand-daughter of the bakery founders emailed me: "My grandparents Arrin & Annie Perlmutar opened the bakery in about 1908, when Baldwin was mostly just houses. The woman in the first 2 photos is my Aunt Bessie (Perlmutar) Zalavinsky. The gentleman in the (next) pic is my uncle Arthur, aka Art, Perlmutar. They were born above the bakery, which remained my grandmother's home until they sold the business in 1975. Lottman's Imperial Bakery was next door on the corner of Baldwin and Kensington."

Photo 11.

As in the photo above, the woman in white is Bessie (Perlmutar) Zalavinsky; the young woman at far left is Donna Bronstine; and the man with the smile just next to her is Harry March.