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Muriel Mosler Brill photograph collection, 1892-1991
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Brill, Muriel Mosler, 1903-2000
- Title
- Muriel Mosler Brill photograph collection
- Dates
- 1892-1991 (inclusive)18921991
approximately 1900-1930 (bulk)19001930 - Quantity
- 42 photographic prints (1 box and 2 oversize folders) ; various sizes
- Collection Number
- PH1059
- Summary
- Photographs of a Seattle Jewish family, Samuel and Bertha Rickles Mosler, also includes images of the Jewish Community Relations Council and the Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath Sisterhood
- 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
-
Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Samuel Mosler (1873-1948) was born in Austria to Lazarus and Mirel Mosler. He and his brother, Herman Mosler (1879-1948) immigrated to the United States in 1891 and opened several bakeries. They settled in Seattle, WA where they opened Mosler Bakery on Yesler Way. Samuel married Bertha Rickles (1880-1947) in 1900. They had three children, Nathan (1901-1956), Muriel (1903-2000) and George (1910-1989). Muriel Mosler married Benjamin Brill (1898-1971) on March 20th, 1932.The family is know to have resided at a house on Jackson Street (1902-1910) and an apartment building on Yessler Way. Bertha was born to Gershon Rickles (1853-1910) and Rochel Libeh Tomashin Rickles (1853-1938). The couple also had 8 other children: David J (a.k.a. Jake) (1872-1945), Max (1876-1945), Sophie (1878-1949), Simmie (1883-1978), Goldie (1886-1972), Samuel (1888-1978), Ester (1892-1993), and Pinchas Allen (1895-1959). Jake Rickles and Max Rickles owned the Red Front Furniture Company on 2nd Avenue.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs of the Samuel Mosler and Gershon Rickles families in Seattle, Washington. Includes Jewish Community Council convention groups.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Custodial History
Collected by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society.
Acquisition Information
Donor: Muriel Mosler Brill, November 1976, February 1986, December 1993.
Processing Note
Processed by Jack Falk, 2012; Libby Hopfauf, processing completed in 2014.
Transferred from Muriel Mosler Brill Papers, Accession No. 2015-1, January 7, 1980
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Samuel Mosler and Bertha Rickles Mosler FamilyReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/1 | 1 | 1892 | |
| 1/1 | 2 |
Rear of house on 5th Avenue and Jackson
Street, Seattle, with three Japanese children sitting on a board, Seattle,
Washington.
This is the house where Muriel and Nathan Mosler were born.
|
ca. 1905 |
| 1/1 | 3 |
Group in front of Red Front Furniture
Company, 308-310 2nd Avenue South, Seattle, after a parade.
Back row, 2nd from left: Sophie (Rickles) Steiner; 3rd from
left: Simmie (Rickles) Mosler; Bertha (Rickles) Mosler holding baby; Samuel
Mosler on far right.
|
ca 1909-1918 |
| box-folder:oversize | |||
| OS5 | 4 |
The five Rickles sisters.
Seated: Sophie Rickles Steiner and Goldie Rickles Cohen;
standing: Simmie Rickles Mosler, Esther Rickles Weiss King, Bertha Rickles
Mosler.
|
ca 1910 |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/1 | 5 |
The four Mosler Brothers.
James & Bushnell, Seattle
(photographer)
Left to right, seated: Simon Mosler and Herman Mosler,
co-founders of Mosler Bakery on Yesler Way, Seattle; Standing: Harry Mosler,
founder of Mosler Bakery in Portland, OR, and Samuel Mosler, founder of New
York Bakery.
|
ca 1915 |
| 1/1 | 6 |
Interior of Mosler Coffee Shop in the
Prefontaine Building, showing people seated at the counter with servers behind
counter, Seattle, Washington.
Menu items and corresponding prices are posted above the back
bar. "Happy New Year 1915" is written across back bar.
|
1915 |
| 1/1 | 7 | ca 1915 | |
| 1/2 | 8 |
8th grade class of the Pacific School,
Seattle, Washington.
Jacobs Photo Shops, Seattle
(photographer)
Muriel's class, she is seated in the middle of the second to
back row. A dot has been marked over her head.
|
December 1917 |
| 1/2 | 9 | ca 1918 | |
| 1/2 | 10 | ca 1918 | |
| 1/2 | 11 |
Previa Rickles Smith with bridesmaids
on her wedding day.
Seated, left to right: Florence Golan Schwam (aunt of bride),
Previa Rickles Smith (bride and daughter of Jake Rickles), Blanche Gordon
Narodick (cousin of bride); standing: Ms. Weis, Muriel Mosler Brill, Rebecca
Neft, Stella Stein Richards.
|
1919 |
| 1/2 | 12 | 1925 | |
| 1/2 | 13 | 1925 | |
| 1/2 | 14 | 1925 | |
| 1/2 | 15 |
Muriel Mosler Brill
Hartsook, Inc., Seattle
(photographer)
|
circa 1935-1945 |
| 1/2 | 16 | 1991 |
Fred Rickles FamilyReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/3 | 17 |
Gittel Rickles in Romanian
dress
Rothi, Seattle
(photographer)
|
ca 1900 |
| 1/3 | 18 |
Max and Gittel Rickles on wedding
day.
Rothi, Seattle
(photographer)
|
1903 |
| 1/3 | 19 |
Max and Gittel Rickles
Meyer, Seattle
(photographer)
|
ca 1903 |
| 1/3 | 20 |
Samuel Cohen
Broback, Seattle
(photographer)
As a soldier Samuel Cohen escaped from the Czar's army. He
married Goldie Rickles.
|
ca 1905 |
| 1/3 | 21 |
Julius Rickles and Julia Erdrich
Rickles.
True's Studio, 1314 2nd Avenue, Seattle, Washington
(photographer)
married 1909
|
ca 1909 |
| 1/3 | 22 |
Julius Rickles with violin
Boyd, Seattle
(photographer)
Julius Rickles was a violinist, and also a wrestler
|
ca 1909 |
| 1/3 | 23 |
George Rickles as a baby
Son of Jake and Tillie (Galov) Rickles.
|
circa 1912 |
| 1/3 | 24 |
George Rickles as a young boy sitting
at a child's table and reading
Son of Jake and Tillie (Galov) Rickles
|
ca 1913 |
| 1/3 | 25 | ca 1913 | |
| 1/3 | 26 | ||
| 1/3 | 27 |
Dr. McClure
Note on verso: Rickles family doctor, famous for his pink
pills
|
|
| box-folder:oversize | |||
| OS5 | 28 | circa 1930 | |
| JD1 | 29 | undated |
Jewish CommunityReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| box-folder:oversize | item | ||
| OS5 | 30 |
Herman (Pat) Kessler and Family. Left
to right: Lou Kessler, H.K. (Herman Kessler Jr?), Herman (Pat), Ethel (Kessler)
Levinson, Mrs. Herman Kessler, Fannie (Kessler) Levine(?)
Herman Kessler was charter member and president of Congregation
Bikur Cholim from 1898-1910
|
circa 1910s-1920s |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/4 | 31 | ca 1925 | |
| box-folder:oversize | |||
| OS5 | 32 |
Jewish Community Relations Council
convention group picture. Bertha Rickles Mosler standing 2nd from
left
Mile High Photo Co., Denver
(photographer)
|
ca 1930s |
| OS5 | 33 |
Jewish Community Relations Council
convention group.
Mile High Photo Co., Denver
(photographer)
Bertha Rickles Mosler standing 5th from left.
|
ca 1930s |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/4 | 34 | ca 1956 | |
| 1/4 | 35 | June 1957 | |
| 1/4 | 36 | June 1957 |
Unknown SubjectsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/5 | 37 |
Small child with tricycle
Russoff, Brooklyn, NY
|
ca 1900 |
| 1/5 | 38 |
Woman and three children
Caginem
(photographer)
|
1906 |
| 1/5 | 39 | ca 1910s | |
| 1/5 | 40-41 | ca 1930s-1940s |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
