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Susie Michael Friedman photograph collection, 1924-1976
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Friedman, Susie M. (Susie Michael)
- Title
- Susie Michael Friedman photograph collection
- Dates
- 1924-1976 (inclusive)19241976
- Quantity
- 122 photographic prints (1 box) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH0688
- Summary
- Photographs of Jewish musical performers Susie Michael, Maurice Friedman, and film actor David Hoffman, originally from Seattle, as well as images of other Jewish performers
- Repository
-
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
The collection is open to the public. Contact Special Collections for more information. Selections of collection are available on digital site. Use digital site to preserve original photographs.
- Languages
- English, Hebrew, Yiddish
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by King County 4Culture.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Susie Michael (1898-1990) was a music teacher and pianist in Seattle when she met Maurice Friedman who sang baritone in the Seattle Bikur Cholim choir. Maurice immigrated to Seattle from Vilna, Poland when he was six years old, and his father, Sam Friedman, was Seattle's first cantor at Bikur Cholim. Susie Michael married Maurice Friedman in 1930 and they spent many years thereafter performing together. After participating in a lecture series arranged by Rabbi Philip Langh (Herzl) in 1935 on Jewish music, they became concerned with the importance of sharing Jewish folk music with others. Together they created "The Cavalcade of Jewish Music," and other Jewish music programs infused with humor, using Hebrew, Yiddish, and English liturgical and secular music. Maurice sang and pantomimed while Susie narrated and played piano. They moved to New York in 1939 and toured their Jewish musical programs throughout the United States and Canada for nearly two decades. They returned to Seattle in the 1950s and became actively involved in the Jewish Music Festival sponsored by the Seattle Jewish Community Center. Following Maurice's death in 1962, Susie Michael Friedman started a business selling dolls to earn extra income. She died in 1990.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists of photographs of Susie Michael and Maurice Friedman, Jewish music performers, and Jewish actor David Hoffman. The Friedman photographs include publicity pictures and photographs of other Jewish performers. The Hoffman photographs are studio photographs of movie scenes and plays. The collection also includes color photographs of various dolls from Susie Friedman's business after the death of her husband.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
As performers, the Friedmans were known as Susie Michael and Maurice Friedman. The name Susie Michael has been used to describe photographs from their professional life; the name Susie Michael Friedman is used when describing photographs from their personal life.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
View selection from the collection in digital format
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions might exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact the repository for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Custodial History
Following Susie Michael Friedman's death, the collection passed to her late husband Maurice's niece, Tibe Hoda (Stusser) Greenberg. Tibe Greenberg donated the collection to the Jewish Archives Collection in the Archives and Manuscripts Division, University of Washington Libraries in 1990.
Acquisition Information
Donor: Tibe Hoda Greenberg, received 1990.
One photograph was donated by Susie Michael Friedman in 1973.
Processing Note
Processed by Toby Harris, 2005; Ryan Hard, 2008, and Don Romero, 2013.
Photographs were relocated from the Susie M. Friedman Papers, Manuscripts Accession Nos. 2115-001 and 2115-002 in the repository, on May 10, 1990.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Susie Michael Friedman and Maurice FriedmanReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Portraits |
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| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/1 | 1 | Maurice Friedman S. Walters, Walters
Studio, Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1930s-1950s |
| 1/1 | 2 |
Maurice Friedman Walters Studio,
Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1930s-1950s |
| 1/1 | 3 | Maurice Friedman |
circa 1930s-1950s |
| 1/1 | 4 |
Maurice Friedman next to
piano James Abresch, New
York City (photographer)
|
circa 1930s-1950s |
| 1/2 | 5 | circa 1930s-1950s | |
| 1/2 | 6 | Susie Michael S. Walters, Walters
Studio, Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1930s-1950s |
| 1/2 | 7 | Susie Michael Suttell (photographer)
|
circa 1930s-1950s |
| 1/2 | 8-9 | Susie Michael James Abresch, New
York City (photographer)
|
circa 1930s-1950s |
| 1/2 | 10 | Susie Michael M. Berman, New
York (photographer)
|
circa 1930s-1950s |
| 1/2 | 11 | Susie Michael Voss (photographer)
|
circa 1930s-1950s |
| 1/2 | 12 | Susie Michael Bushnell (Photographer)
|
circa 1930s-1950s |
| 1/3 | 13 | Susie Michael and Maurice
Friedman S. Walters, Walters
Studio, Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1930s-1950s |
| 1/3 | 14-15 |
Susie Michael and Maurice
Friedman James Abresch, New
York City (photographer)
|
circa 1930s-1950s |
| 1/3 | 16 |
Susie Michael and Maurice Friedman
holding sheet music: "Songs of Israel" Voss (photographer)
|
circa 1930s-1950s |
| 1/3 | 17 |
Susie Michael and Maurice
Friedman Moss Photo, New
York (photographer)
Photographic postcard: "Susie Michael and Maurice Friedman,
Creators of 'Cavalcade of Jewish Music' & 'Jewish Humor Through Jewish
Song'."
|
circa 1930s-1950s |
| 1/3 | 18-19 | Susie Michael and Maurice Friedman
performing Voss (photographer)
|
circa 1930s-1950s |
| 1/3 | 20 | Susie Michael and Maurice
Friedman Voss (photographer)
|
circa 1930s-1950s |
Friends and
celebrities |
|||
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/4 | 21 | 1924 | |
| 1/4 | 22 | Sigismund Stojowski in center of a
group or class, with Susie Michael to his left |
circa 1925 |
| 1/4 | 23 | Sigismund Stojowski in front of a
building, with Susie Michael just behind him, seated with group or
class |
circa 1925 |
| 1/4 | 24 |
Sigismund Stojowski, surrounded by
group or class (Susie Michael on right), Seattle Linkletter Studio (photographer)
Signed with note to Susie.
|
August 1928 |
| 1/4 | 25 |
Sigismund Stojowski,
Seattle Signed with note to Susie Michael and Maurice Friedman.
|
July 1936 |
| 1/4 | 25a | Sigismund Stojowski with Susie
Michael and another woman near Seattle Art Museum (now the Seattle Asian Art
Museum) |
undated |
| 1/4 | 25b | Sigismund Stojowski with Susie
Michael |
undated |
| 1/4 | 26 | Lazar Weiner, New York Ossip Garber, New
York (photographer)
Lazar Weiner, born in 1897, was a composer of Yiddish
art-songs.Signed to the Friedmans.
|
January 1940 |
| 1/4 | 27 |
Leo Lowe, New York Leo Lowe was a choirmaster.Signed to the Friedmans.
|
June 24, 1948 |
| 1/4 | 27a | Maurice Friedman, Susie Michael, Mrs.
Lowe and Leo Lowe in a park |
undated |
| 1/4 | 27b | Leo Lowe and man in a park
|
undated |
| 1/4 | 27c | Leo Lowe near bushes |
undated |
| 1/4 | 27d | Mrs. Lowe and Leo Lowe near
bushes |
undated |
| 1/4 | 27e | Maurice Friedman, Mrs. Lowe, Leo Lowe
and other woman under trees |
undated |
| 1/4 | 27f | Susie Michael, Leo Lowe, Mrs. Lowe
and other woman |
undated |
| 1/4 | 28 | July 24, 1924 | |
| 1/4 | 29 |
Mort Sahl Autographed in Hebrew or Yiddish.
|
circa 1940 |
| 1/4 | 30 |
Gertrude and Manny Okkuu Signed to the Friedmans.
|
circa 1940 |
| 1/4 | 30a | Gertrude and Manny Okkuu sitting on
steps outside a house |
1947 |
| 1/4 | 30b | Gertrude and Manny Okkuu outside a
house |
undated |
| 1/4 | 30c | Gertrude and Manny Okkuu near a
statue of a camel outside the Seattle Art Museum (now the Seattle Asian Art
Museum) |
undated |
| 1/4 | 30d | Manny and Gertrude Okkuu with Susie
Michael near a statue of a camel outside the Seattle Art Museum (now the
Seattle Asian Art Museum |
undated |
| 1/4 | 31 | Portrait of a man |
circa 1940 |
| 1/4 | 31a | Man sitting in chair |
1948 |
| 1/4 | 31b | Man and woman in a chair |
1948 |
| 1/4 | 31c | Leo Lowe and two men near a piano
|
1948 |
| 1/4 | 31d | Two women sitting in front of
piano |
1948 |
| 1/4 | 31e | Leo Lowe and woman sitting in front
of piano |
1948 |
| 1/4 | 31f | Group of people; Susie Michael and
Maurice Friedman in front row, Leo and Mrs. Lowe in upper left hand
corner |
1948 |
| 1/4 | 31g | Susie Michael, Leo Lowe, Mrs. Lowe
and Maurice Friedman |
1948 |
| 1/4 | 31h | Maurice Friedman, Susie Michael and
others sitting at dinner table |
undated |
| 1/4 | 31i | Man standing near a microphone in
front of a group of people |
undated |
Performances and activities of
Susie Michael and Maurice Friedman |
|||
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/5 | 32-33 | Children at a performance in
Nebraska Jordan, Omaha,
Nebraska (Photographer)
|
circa 1940 |
| 1/5 | 33a | Susie Michael and Maurice Friedman
with soldiers around a piano in Orlando, Florida |
December 2, 1944 |
| 1/5 | 33b | Susie Michael and Maurice Friedman
with men at USO club |
undated |
| 1/5 | 34-35 | Maurice Friedman performing at Camp
Parks, California |
1943-1946 |
| 1/5 | 36 | August 8, 1948 | |
| 1/5 | 37 | 1948 | |
| 1/5 | 38-39 | Susie Michael, Maurice Friedman, and
others at meal during Memories of Jewish Music Festival, Poughkeepsie, New
York |
February 1950 |
| 1/5 | 40 | Melvin A. Block Award
plaque Peter A. Juley & Son, New York City (Photographer)
Melvin A. Block Award is given for Professional Distinction
from the Associated Young Men's/Young Women's Hebrew Association (YM-YWHA) of
Greater New York.
|
undated |
| 1/6 | 41 | Susie Michael performing in music
festival at Jewish Community Center, Seattle |
1957 |
| 1/6 | 42 | Lucille and Bill Rosenberg, folk
singers, performing at the Second Annual Jewish Music Festival,
Seattle Heib (Photographer)
|
March 10, 1957 |
| 1/6 | 43 | Susie Michael and Maurice Friedman
shaking hands with Norman Davis, at Cultural Series sponsored by the Jewish
Community Center Heib (Photographer)
|
October 20, 1957 |
| 1/6 | 44 | Susie Michael performing "Cavalcade
of Jewish Music," Seattle Heib (Photographer)
|
1965 |
| 1/6 | 45 | 1965 | |
| 1/6 | 46-47 | Audience watching Susie Michael
performing "Cavalcade of Jewish Music," Seattle Heib (Photographer)
|
1965 |
| 1/6 | 48 | Reception tables at "Cavalcade of
Jewish Music," Seattle Heib (Photographer)
|
1965 |
| 1/6 | 49 |
Mrs. Stan Fleischmann, Elsa Levinson,
and Minnie Bergman with record albums of The Best of
Maurice Friedman These women are the Planning Committee for "Cavalcade of
Jewish Music," Seattle.
|
1965 |
| 1/6 | 50 | 1965 | |
David HoffmanReturn to Top
David Hoffman was a Jewish performer born in Seattle in 1904. He was the son of Louis Hoffman, who owned a grocery and delicatessen in Seattle's Jewish neighborhood. David sang in the Bikur Cholim choir as a youth and went on to radio in 1924 as an announcer and storyteller at KOMO. Hoffman moved to California in 1930 and later traveled back and forth from Hollywood to New York. He appeared on Broadway, other shows and plays, radio, motion pictures and television, as a character actor.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/7 | 51 | Hoffman in movie scene with two other
men Probably from Warner Brothers movie: The
Mask of Dimitrios
|
1944 |
| 1/7 | 52 | Hoffman in movie scene behind
bars Jack Weiner Agency,
Hollywood, California (creator)
Probably from Warner Brothers movie: The
Conspirators
|
1944 |
| 1/7 | 53 | Hoffman in movie scene from Warner
Brothers movie: Mission to Moscow M. Marigold, Warner
Bros. (photographer)
|
1943 |
| 1/7 | 54-57 | Scenes from Warner Brothers movie:
The Beast with Five Fingers Actor Peter Lorre also appears in the photographs.
|
1946 |
| 1/7 | 58 | Scene in Warner Brothers movie:
The Beast with Five Fingers Earl Kramer Agency, Beverly
Hills, California (creator)
Hoffman at left and Peter Lorre in center.
|
1946 |
| 1/7 | 59 | Hoffman in movie scene |
circa 1940s |
Susie Michael Friedman's doll businessReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/8 | 60 | Susie Michael Friedman selling M.&
S. Shillman doll clothing Amy S. Goldstein; Portland, Oregon (photographer)
|
1965 |
| 1/8 | 61 | Kehagias dolls from Greece |
circa 1965 |
| 1/8 | 62 | Bride doll |
circa 1965 |
| 1/8 | 63-66 | Dolls in different costumes |
circa 1965 |
Personal Photos of Susie Michael and Maurice FriedmanReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Susie Michael and Maurice Friedman |
|||
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/9 | 67 | Susie Michael Friedman and Maurice with group of
people next to building |
1947 |
| 1/9 | 68 | Susie Michael Friedman and Maurice sitting
outdoors Photo also has double exposure of three men.
|
undated |
| 1/9 | 69 | Susie Michael Friedman and Maurice with another
couple |
undated |
| 1/9 | 70 | undated | |
| 1/9 | 71 | Susie Michael Friedman and Maurice with another couple
next to wagon wheel |
undated |
| 1/9 | 72 | Susie Michael Friedman and Maurice sitting at table
with the Rosenbergs |
1960 |
Susie Michael Friedman in different
locations |
|||
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/10 | 73 | 1922 | |
| 1/10 | 74 | Susie Michael Friedman next to NBC Studio |
1941 |
| 1/10 | 75 | Group of women sitting outdoors Written on verso: Left to right: Vera Ginnette-Bellingham,
WA; Myself; Gwen Harper-Victoria B.C.; Mrs. Armstrong-Moosejaw, Sask, Canada;
Rhoda Armstrong-her little girl; Miss Terrill-Billings, Montana;
Queenie-Morris's [?] dog. Notice Puget Sound in the background. Building to the
right is the gym.
|
undated |
| 1/10 | 76 | undated | |
| 1/10 | 77 | Susie Michael Friedman standing outdoors with group of
women |
undated |
| 1/10 | 78 | Susie Michael Friedman and three other women with
water in background |
undated |
| 1/10 | 79 | undated | |
| 1/10 | 80 | Susie Michael Friedman and two other women on
lawn |
undated |
| 1/10 | 81 | Susie Michael Friedman standing in front of
building |
undated |
| 1/10 | 82 | Susie Michael Friedman |
1947 |
| 1/10 | 83 | Susie Michael Friedman next to motel or apartment
building |
1969 |
| 1/10 | 84 | 1969 | |
| 1/10 | 85 | Susie Michael Friedman with man and woman in front of
house |
1969 |
Maurice Friedman in different locations |
|||
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/11 | 86 | undated | |
| 1/11 | 87 | Maurice Friedman next to car |
undated |
| 1/11 | 88 | Maurice Friedman in front of 1400 Hubbell Place,
Seattle |
undated |
| 1/11 | 89 | Maurice Friedman with two other men and a
woman |
undated |
| 1/11 | 90 | Maurice Friedman sitting with two other
men |
undated |
Friends and possible family members |
|||
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/12 | 91 |
Man and two women outdoors Written on verso: A good excuse for not writing.
|
1928 |
| 1/12 | 92 | Family standing on porch of house |
undated |
| 1/12 | 93 |
Man and three women sitting on bench Photo is attached to part of album page; verso has photo
that has been cut in half with image of boy on steps.
|
undated |
| 1/12 | 94 | Man standing next to building |
undated |
| 1/12 | 95 | undated | |
| 1/12 | 96 | Man next to house holding a cat |
undated |
| 1/12 | 97 | Group photo of costumed children in
theater |
undated |
| 1/12 | 98 | circa 1950s | |
| 1/12 | 99 | Woman standing outdoors in Century City,
California |
1970 |
| 1/12 | 100 | Woman standing in apartment courtyard |
1972 |
| 1/12 | 101 | Florence sitting on couch |
1973 |
| 1/12 | 102 | 1976 | |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Dolls|zWashington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Folk music festivals--Washington (State)--Seattle vPhotographs
- Jewish actors zUnited States--Photographs
- Jewish composers--United States--Photographs
- Jewish musicians--United States--Photographs
- Jewish musicians--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Friedman, Maurice, -1962--Photographs
- Friedman, Susie M. (Susie Michael)--Photographs
- Hoffman, David, 1904-1961--Photographs
- Michael, Susie--Photographs
Titles within the Collection
- Beast with five fingers (Motion picture)
Other Creators
-
Corporate Names
- Jewish Community Center of Greater Seattle
