Ruth Leeds Love photograph collection, 1914-1980s
Table of Contents
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
-
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. Selections of collection are available on digital site. Use digital site to preserve original photographs.
- Additional Reference Guides
-
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 Note
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 Description
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 Collection
Alternative Forms Available
View selections from the collection in digital format
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
-
Flora Kleinmann
-
Description: Fanny Mattersdorf (Flora's mother) with Egon and EdithErstes Wiener Kunstlicht-Atelier, Vienna (photographer)Dates: circa 1910sContainer: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 1
-
Description: Portrait of Flora KleinmannDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 2
-
Description: Holocaust Memorial showing Flora Kleinmann's name
This is at the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island, Washington.
Dates: 1981Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 3-5
-
-
Loewenstein Family
-
Dates: 1914Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 6-7
-
Description: Ferdinand Loewenstein posing in photographer's studioDates: circa 1910sContainer: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 8
-
Description: Ferdinand Loewenstein, possibly on a shipDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 9
-
Dates: circa 1910sContainer: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 10
-
Description: Studio portrait of Egon, Alice and Edith Loewenstein in ViennaErstes Wiener Kunstlicht-Atelier, Vienna (photographer)Dates: 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 11
-
Description: Probably Alice and Edith Loewenstein posing outdoorsDates: circa 1915-1917Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 12
-
Description: Egon holding baby Inge after a bathDates: 1935Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 13
-
Description: Trude sitting on bench wearing skisDates: 1937Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 14
-
Description: Trude sitting on park benchDates: 1938Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 15
-
Description: Portrait of Alice Loewenstein
This is a passport photo.
16b has partial printing on it, likely from the American Consulate.
Dates: 1938Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 16a,b -
Description: Portrait of Alice Loewenstein wearing hatDates: 1938Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 17
-
Dates: 1945Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 18
-
Description: Alice Loewenstein sitting indoorsDates: 1971Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 19
-
Description: Portrait of a woman, possibly Loewenstein relativeDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 20
-
-
Edith and Otto Braun
-
Edith Braun
-
Description: 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.
Dates: 1930Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 21 -
Dates: 1930Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 22
-
Description: Trude, Edith Loewenstein Braun, Flora Kleinmann (Gute Mutter) and her sister Martischi in ViennaDates: 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 23
-
Description: Edith Loewenstein Braun passport photoDates: 1938Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 24
-
Description: Edith Loewenstein BraunDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 25
-
Description: Edith Loewenstein BraunDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 26
-
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 27
-
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 28
-
-
Edith Loewenstein Braun and Otto Braun in the United States
-
Description: Edith and Otto Braun wearing swimsuits, probably at the beachDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 29
-
Description: Edith, Otto and Alice Vodecka next to Dodge sedanDates: July 1949Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 30
-
Dates: circa late 1950sContainer: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 31
-
Description: Edith on outdoor lounge chair with dog named SnoopyDates: circa late 1950sContainer: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 32
-
Description: Otto on outdoor lounge chair with dog named SnoopyDates: circa late 1950sContainer: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 33
-
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 34
-
Description: Trude and Edith at motel swimming poolDates: circa 1960sContainer: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 35
-
Description: Edith and Egon at Mt. RainierDates: July 1965Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 36
-
Description: Edith standing next to man [Egon?] near body of waterDates: 1965Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 37
-
Dates: 1965Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 38
-
Dates: 1966Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 39
-
Description: Edith with dog and possibly Trude sitting on rocks in forestDates: 1970Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 40
-
Dates: 1971Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 41
-
Description: Edith with dog standing next to body of waterDates: 1971Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 42
-
Description: Edith with dog and possibly Trude, sitting on wall at Crater Lake, OregonDates: 1977Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 43
-
Dates: 1977Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 44
-
Dates: 1977Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 45
-
Description: Dog and cat lying on bed
Written on verso: Edith's pets.
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 46 -
Description: Edith on balcony near beachDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 47
-
Dates: September 25, 1984Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 48
-
Description: Edith sitting in chair outdoors
Written on verso: Sunbathing beauty.
Dates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 49
-
-
Otto Braun in Austrian Army
Otto Braun served as a Cavalry officer in the Austrian Army during WW I.
-
Description: Otto Braun sitting for studio portrait in uniformDates: 1914Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 50
-
Description: 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.
Dates: circa 1914-1915Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 51 -
Description: 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.
Dates: circa 1914-1915Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 52 -
Dates: 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 53
-
Dates: 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 54
-
Dates: 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 55
-
Description: Otto Braun in back seat of open car with driverDates: circa 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 56
-
Dates: circa 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 57
-
Description: Otto Braun sitting on fence or barricadeDates: circa 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 58
-
Dates: circa 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 59
-
Dates: circa 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 60
-
Description: Otto Braun and another officerDates: circa 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 61
-
Description: Probably Otto Braun on a horseDates: circa 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 62
-
Dates: circa 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 63
-
Dates: 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 64a,b
-
Description: Otto Braun sitting at table writing a letter
64b is a postcard version of the same image.
Dates: 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 65a,b
-
-
Otto Braun
-
Description: Probably Otto on skis with car in backgroundDates: 1937Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 66
-
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 67
-
Description: Otto probably with family members on outingDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 68
-
Description: Otto and possibly his wife posing indoorsDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 69
-
Description: Portrait of Otto BraunDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 70
-
Description: Otto posing with two marlins and a dorado on dockFoto Astorga, Acapulco (photographer)
Written on verso: Otto and his catch. He was an enthusiastic fisherman.
Dates: July 28, 1955Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 71 -
Description: 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.
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 72 -
Description: House with Otto Braun Realty sign in front of it.Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 73
-
Description: Wooden hut with thatched roof, possibly in AustriaDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 74
-
Description: Town on bank of lake, possibly in AustriaDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 75
-
Description: Town square, possibly in AustriaDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 76
-
-
Friends and Acquaintances of Otto Braun
-
Description: Portrait of a womanDates: 1929Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 77
-
Description: Portrait of a womanDates: 1935Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 78
-
Description: Woman posing in parkDates: 1938Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 79
-
Description: Woman wearing fur coat leaning on railingDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 80
-
-
-
Braun Fruit Business
-
Description: Edith, Otto and another man in front of fruit standDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 81
-
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 82
-
Description: Fruit stand with woman behind counterDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 83
-
Description: Otto, Edith, and dog in front of fruit standDates: 1949Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 84
-
Description: Edith standing in doorway of fruit standDates: 1950Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 85
-
Dates: 1950Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 86
-
Dates: circa 1952Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 87
-
Description: Edith holding papers with dog next to her in front of fruit standDates: circa 1952Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 88
-
Description: Fruit stand building viewed from across the streetDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 89
-
Description: Fruit stand building with two cars parked in frontDates: circa 1959Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 90
-
-
Inge Ruth Leeds Love and Ken Love
-
Dates: 1965Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 91-92
-
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 93
-
Description: Inge Ruth Leeds Love and Ken Love sitting at table at Mt. RainierDates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 94
-
Dates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 95
-
Description: Erna in front of Paradise Visitor Center at Mt. RainierDates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 96
-
Description: Erna in parking lot with Mt. Rainier in backgroundDates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 97
-
Description: Inge Ruth Leeds Love and Ken Love with beach in backgroundDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 98
-
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 99
-
-
Possible Family Members
-
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 100
-
Description: Man standing near tree in front of building in ViennaDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 101
-
Description: Man standing on lawn, possibly in a park in ViennaDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 102
-
Description: Man with elderly woman possibly in a park in ViennaDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 103
-
Description: Man wearing suit possibly in a park in ViennaDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 104
-
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 105
-
Description: Two women with Roman ruins in backgroundDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 106
-
Description: Woman standing on road or path in forestDates: 1944Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 107
-
-
Actresses/Performers Postcards
Otto Braun apparently collected these postcards while he lived in Europe.
-
Description: Stefa Warrent wearing dark dress and mantillaDates: circa 1927Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 108
-
Dates: circa 1928Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 109
-
Description: Lottcheu wearing hatDates: 1929Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 110
-
Dates: circa 1929Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 111
-
Dates: circa 1929Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 112
-
Description: Luria Egischa[?] in dance costumeDates: circa 1929Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 113
-
Dates: 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 114
-
Dates: 1935Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 115
-
Description: Woman wearing head scarfDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 116
-
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 117-118
-
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 119
-
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 120
-
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 121
-
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 122
-
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 123
-
Description: Margitte and Mariya in dance poseSteinberg, Berlin (photographer)
This is not a postcard.
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 124
-
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Love, Ruth Leeds--Photographs
Loading...
Loading...
