# Lol Solman

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{{Short description|Canadian businessman (1863–1931)}}
{{Infobox person
| name   = Lawrence Solman
| image     = Lawrence Solman portrait (F1257 s1057 it4300).jpg
| caption  = Solman, {{circa|1930}}
| birth_date  = May 14, 1863
| birth_place = [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Canada West](/source/Canada_West)
| death_date  = March 24, 1931 (aged 67)
| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| occupation     = businessman
| spouse         = 
| parents        =
| children       =
}}
'''Lawrence "Lol" Solman''' (May 14, 1863 &ndash; March 24, 1931<ref>[https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/lawrence-sol-solman-24-1j39slq Lawrence Solman] ancestry.com</ref>) was a prominent businessman in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada.

==Biography==
Born in Toronto, Solman was educated in public schools.<ref>[http://www.mountpleasantgroup.com:443/new/interest/filey/archives/solman Lawrence Solman]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Mount Pleasant Cemetery</ref> After attending the Mechanic's Institute, he began business in a mail-order operation in [Detroit](/source/Detroit); operated a restaurant at [Hanlan's Point](/source/Hanlan's_Point); married Emily Hanlan in 1893, sister of noted rower [Ned Hanlan](/source/Ned_Hanlan) and helped him advance in his business career; established [Toronto Ferry Company](/source/Toronto_Ferry_Company), which held a monopoly on traffic to the [Toronto Islands](/source/Toronto_Islands); owner of the [Toronto Maple Leafs](/source/Toronto_Maple_Leafs_(International_League)) baseball club; co-founder of the Tecumseh Lacrosse Club; managing director of the [Royal Alexandra Theatre](/source/Royal_Alexandra_Theatre), [Sunnyside Amusement Park](/source/Sunnyside_Amusement_Park), [Hanlan's Hotel](/source/Hanlan's_Hotel), the [Hanlan's Point Amusement Park](/source/Hanlan's_Point_Amusement_Park), [Hanlan's Point Stadium](/source/Hanlan's_Point_Stadium), and [Arena Gardens](/source/Mutual_Street_Arena) in Toronto; vice-president of [Loews](/source/Loews_Cineplex_Entertainment) Canadian theatres.

Solman is buried at [Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto](/source/Mount_Pleasant_Cemetery%2C_Toronto), while his wife, Emily Durnan Hanlan Solman, is buried at the Hanlan plot at [Toronto Necropolis](/source/Toronto_Necropolis) cemetery.

==Gallery==
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File:Sunnyside Boardwalk Toronto 1931.jpg|Solman was Managing Director of Toronto's Sunnyside Amusement Park.
File:Hanlon's Hotel, Toronto Island (ca 1908).jpg|Solman was Managing Director of brother-in-law Ned Hanlon's "Hanlon Hotel" on Toronto Island.
File:Royal Alex 2009.jpg|Solman was a partner – along with Stephen S. Haas, Robert Alexander Smith, & Cawthra Mulock – in Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre, now a National Historic Site. Lol was the theatre's manager/impresario.
File:Mutual Street Arena interior.jpg|Solman was partner in & managing Director of Toronto's Mutual St. Arena, home of the N.H.L.'s Toronto St. Patricks, who became the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1927.
</gallery>

==Sources==
* Bossin, Hy. "Stars of David: Toronto, 1856-1965". Canadian Jewish Congress, 1957
* "Lawrence Solman is dead following long illness," ''[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)'', March 24, 1931, p.&nbsp;1.

==References==
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Category:1863 births
Category:1931 deaths
Category:Canadian Jews
Category:Toronto Maple Leafs (International League)
Category:Businesspeople from Detroit
Category:People from Old Toronto

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