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Ruth Leeds Love photograph collection, 1914-1980s
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Love, Ruth Leeds
- Title
- Ruth Leeds Love photograph collection
- Dates
- 1914-1980s (inclusive)19141989
- Quantity
- 129 photos (1 box) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH1169
- Summary
- The collection includes images of family members in Austria and the United States, Otto Braun in the Austrian Army during WWI, and the Brauns fruit stand business in Florida.
- Repository
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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
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The collection is open to the public. Selections of collection are available on digital site. Use digital site to preserve original photographs.
- Additional Reference Guides
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These materials form part of the Ruth Leeds Love papers , which are described and indexed in the guide to the Ruth Leeds Love Papers, Manuscript Accession No. 5751-001 .
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Ruth Love is the granddaughter of Alice Lowenstein and the niece of Edith Braun. Flora Kleinmann, also known as "Gute Mutter" is her great grandmother. Flora's daughter Alice, married Ferdinand Lowenstein and had two children, Egon and Edith. Egon married Trude Furnberg and had a daughter, Inge Ruth. Edith married Leopold Reingruber (Boxl), her first husband, in Austria. Edith would later marry Otto Braun in the United States. Inge Ruth and her parents, Alice's son Egon Loewenstein and his wife Trude, moved to Seattle in 1946. Egon Herman Loewenstein became George Egon Leeds while in the United States. Inge Ruth Leeds later married Kenneth Love.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The photos date from the 1910s through the 1980s, some in Europe, some in the United States. Photos include Loewenstein and Kleinmann family members in Austria, Braun and Love family members in the United States, Otto Braun in the Austrian military (WWI) and the Braun fruit stand business in Florida.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Flora KleinmannReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/1 | 1 |
Fanny Mattersdorf (Flora's mother) with Egon and
Edith Erstes Wiener Kunstlicht-Atelier, Vienna (photographer)
|
circa 1910s |
1/1 | 2 | undated | |
1/1 | 3-5 | Holocaust Memorial showing Flora Kleinmann's
name This is at the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer
Island, Washington.
|
1981 |
Loewenstein FamilyReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/2 | 6-7 | 1914 | |
1/2 | 8 | Ferdinand Loewenstein posing in photographer's
studio |
circa 1910s |
1/2 | 9 | undated | |
1/2 | 10 | circa 1910s | |
1/2 | 11 |
Studio portrait of Egon, Alice and Edith Loewenstein in
Vienna Erstes Wiener Kunstlicht-Atelier, Vienna (photographer)
|
1915 |
1/2 | 12 | Probably Alice and Edith Loewenstein posing
outdoors |
circa 1915-1917 |
1/2 | 13 | 1935 | |
1/2 | 14 | 1937 | |
1/2 | 15 | Trude sitting on park bench |
1938 |
1/2 | 16a,b | Portrait of Alice Loewenstein This is a passport photo.16b has partial printing on it, likely from the American
Consulate.
|
1938 |
1/2 | 17 | 1938 | |
1/2 | 18 |
Alice Loewenstein Photo is the same as on her U.S. Certificate of
Naturalization.
|
1945 |
1/2 | 19 | 1971 | |
1/2 | 20 | undated |
Edith and Otto Braun Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Edith Braun |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/3 | 21 | Edith Loewenstein Braun wearing swimsuit standing next
to Leopold Reingruber (Boxl) and three women Written on verso: Center-Edith and Boxl, her first spouse.
Others may include his mother and sister, for which reason he stayed in Austria
among others.Boxl is Leopold Reingruber.
|
1930 |
1/3 | 22 | 1930 | |
1/3 | 23 | 1934 | |
1/3 | 24 | Edith Loewenstein Braun passport photo |
1938 |
1/3 | 25 | undated | |
1/3 | 26 | Edith Loewenstein Braun |
undated |
1/3 | 27 | undated | |
1/3 | 28 | undated | |
Edith Loewenstein Braun and Otto Braun in the United
States |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/4 | 29 | Edith and Otto Braun wearing swimsuits, probably at
the beach |
undated |
1/4 | 30 | July 1949 | |
1/4 | 31 | circa late 1950s | |
1/4 | 32 | Edith on outdoor lounge chair with dog named
Snoopy |
circa late 1950s |
1/4 | 33 | Otto on outdoor lounge chair with dog named
Snoopy |
circa late 1950s |
1/4 | 34 | undated | |
1/4 | 35 | Trude and Edith at motel swimming pool |
circa 1960s |
1/4 | 36 | July 1965 | |
1/4 | 37 | Edith standing next to man [Egon?] near body of
water |
1965 |
1/4 | 38 | 1965 | |
1/4 | 39 | 1966 | |
1/4 | 40 | Edith with dog and possibly Trude sitting on rocks in
forest |
1970 |
1/4 | 41 | 1971 | |
1/4 | 42 | Edith with dog standing next to body of
water |
1971 |
1/4 | 43 | Edith with dog and possibly Trude, sitting on wall at
Crater Lake, Oregon |
1977 |
1/4 | 44 | 1977 | |
1/4 | 45 | 1977 | |
1/4 | 46 | Dog and cat lying on bed Written on verso: Edith's pets.
|
undated |
1/4 | 47 | undated | |
1/4 | 48 |
Luncheon at Rathaus in Vienna; Dr. Stroer is the
speaker Edwin Walter (photographer)
|
September 25, 1984 |
1/4 | 49 | Edith sitting in chair outdoors Written on verso: Sunbathing beauty.
|
1986 |
Otto Braun in Austrian Army Otto Braun served as a Cavalry officer in the Austrian Army
during WW I.
|
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/5 | 50 | 1914 | |
1/5 | 51 |
Otto Braun in portrait with another man in uniform and
man in a suit [possibly father and brother?] Both men are wearing Officers-Candidate insignias.
|
circa 1914-1915 |
1/5 | 52 | Otto Braun in portrait with another man in
uniform Both men are wearing Officers-Candidate insignias. The other
officer is the same man in item 51.
|
circa 1914-1915 |
1/5 | 53 | 1915 | |
1/5 | 54 | 1915 | |
1/5 | 55 | 1915 | |
1/5 | 56 | circa 1915 | |
1/5 | 57 | circa 1915 | |
1/5 | 58 | Otto Braun sitting on fence or barricade |
circa 1915 |
1/5 | 59 | circa 1915 | |
1/5 | 60 | circa 1915 | |
1/5 | 61 | Otto Braun and another officer |
circa 1915 |
1/5 | 62 | Probably Otto Braun on a horse |
circa 1915 |
1/5 | 63 |
Patients and staff inside hospital It is unclear if Otto Braun is among those pictured.
|
circa 1915 |
1/5 | 64a,b | 1916 | |
1/5 | 65a,b |
Otto Braun sitting at table writing a
letter 64b is a postcard version of the same image.
|
1916 |
Otto Braun |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/6 | 66 | 1937 | |
1/6 | 67 | undated | |
1/6 | 68 | undated | |
1/6 | 69 | undated | |
1/6 | 70 | Portrait of Otto Braun |
undated |
1/6 | 71 |
Otto posing with two marlins and a dorado on
dock Foto Astorga, Acapulco (photographer)
Written on verso: Otto and his catch. He was an enthusiastic
fisherman.
|
July 28, 1955 |
1/6 | 72 |
Otto wearing a sarape and straw hat posing next to
child Written on verso: Otto in costume. Edith and Otto drove to
Mexico for vacation frequently.
|
undated |
1/6 | 73 | House with Otto Braun Realty sign in front of
it. |
undated |
1/6 | 74 | Wooden hut with thatched roof, possibly in
Austria |
undated |
1/6 | 75 | undated | |
1/6 | 76 | undated | |
Friends and Acquaintances of Otto Braun |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/7 | 77 | 1929 | |
1/7 | 78 | 1935 | |
1/7 | 79 | 1938 | |
1/7 | 80 | undated |
Braun Fruit BusinessReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/8 | 81 | Edith, Otto and another man in front of fruit
stand |
undated |
1/8 | 82 | undated | |
1/8 | 83 | Fruit stand with woman behind counter |
undated |
1/8 | 84 | 1949 | |
1/8 | 85 | Edith standing in doorway of fruit stand |
1950 |
1/8 | 86 | 1950 | |
1/8 | 87 | circa 1952 | |
1/8 | 88 | Edith holding papers with dog next to her in front of
fruit stand |
circa 1952 |
1/8 | 89 | Fruit stand building viewed from across the
street |
undated |
1/8 | 90 | circa 1959 |
Inge Ruth Leeds Love and Ken LoveReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/9 | 91-92 | 1965 | |
1/9 | 93 | undated | |
1/9 | 94 | Inge Ruth Leeds Love and Ken Love sitting at table at
Mt. Rainier |
1986 |
1/9 | 95 | 1986 | |
1/9 | 96 | Erna in front of Paradise Visitor Center at Mt.
Rainier |
1986 |
1/9 | 97 | Erna in parking lot with Mt. Rainier in
background |
1986 |
1/9 | 98 | Inge Ruth Leeds Love and Ken Love with beach in
background |
undated |
1/9 | 99 | undated |
Possible Family MembersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/10 | 100 |
Portrait of a woman This is a small painting possibly on vellum or ivory.
|
undated |
1/10 | 101 | Man standing near tree in front of building in
Vienna |
undated |
1/10 | 102 | undated | |
1/10 | 103 | Man with elderly woman possibly in a park in
Vienna |
undated |
1/10 | 104 | undated | |
1/10 | 105 | undated | |
1/10 | 106 | Two women with Roman ruins in background |
undated |
1/10 | 107 | 1944 |
Actresses/Performers PostcardsReturn to Top
Otto Braun apparently collected these postcards while he lived in Europe.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/11 | 108 | circa 1927 | |
1/11 | 109 |
Marge Wolframm in dance pose Jacobi, Berlin (photographer)
|
circa 1928 |
1/11 | 110 | 1929 | |
1/11 | 111 |
Woman in white dress Edith Barakovich, Vienna (photographer)
|
circa 1929 |
1/11 | 112 |
Woman wearing dark clothing and hat Willinger, Vienna (photographer)
|
circa 1929 |
1/11 | 113 | circa 1929 | |
1/11 | 114 |
Margitte and Mariya Steinberg, Berlin (photographer)
|
1934 |
1/11 | 115 |
Woman wearing white blouse Manger (photographer)
|
1935 |
1/11 | 116 | undated | |
1/11 | 117-118 |
Woman wearing pearls Godfried de Groot, Amsterdam (photographer)
|
undated |
1/11 | 119 |
Woman wearing feathers Godfried de Groot, Amsterdam (photographer)
|
undated |
1/11 | 120 |
Woman wearing robe Tayer [?],Vienna (photographer)
|
undated |
1/11 | 121 |
Woman in white gown Residenz Atelier, Vienna (photographer)
|
undated |
1/11 | 122 |
Woman in sweater and skirt Residenz Atelier, Vienna (photographer)
|
undated |
1/11 | 123 |
Woman holding ski poles with mountains in
background Echte Photographie (photographer)
|
undated |
1/11 | 124 | undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Love, Ruth Leeds--Photographs