Muriel Mosler Brill photograph collection, 1892-1991
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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
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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 Note
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 Description
Photographs of the Samuel Mosler and Gershon Rickles families in Seattle, Washington. Includes Jewish Community Council convention groups.
Other Descriptive Information
Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative Information
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 Collection
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Samuel Mosler and Bertha Rickles Mosler Family
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Dates: 1892Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 1
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Description: 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.
Dates: ca. 1905Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 2 -
Description: 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.
Dates: ca 1909-1918Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 3 -
Description: The five Rickles sisters.
Seated: Sophie Rickles Steiner and Goldie Rickles Cohen; standing: Simmie Rickles Mosler, Esther Rickles Weiss King, Bertha Rickles Mosler.
Dates: ca 1910Container: Box folder:oversize OS5, Item 4 -
Description: 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.
Dates: ca 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 5 -
Description: 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.
Dates: 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 6 -
Description: Samuel Mosler (center) and employees behind counter of Mosler Bakery at 3rd Avenue and Union, Seattle, Washington.Dates: ca 1915Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 7
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Description: 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.
Dates: December 1917Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 8 -
Description: Mosler family members in front of Mosler apartments on 12th Avenue and Yesler Way, Seattle, Washington.Dates: ca 1918Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 9
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Dates: ca 1918Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 10
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Description: 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.
Dates: 1919Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 11 -
Description: Bertha Rickles Mosler with elaborate cake on table at 25th wedding anniversary, Seattle, Washington.Dates: 1925Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 12
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Description: Samuel and Bertha (Rickles) Mosler on their 25th wedding anniversary, Seattle, Washington.Dates: 1925Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 13
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Dates: 1925Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 14
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Dates: circa 1935-1945Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 15
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Dates: 1991Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 16
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Fred Rickles Family
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Dates: ca 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 17
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Dates: 1903Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 18
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Dates: ca 1903Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 19
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Description: Samuel CohenBroback, Seattle (photographer)
As a soldier Samuel Cohen escaped from the Czar's army. He married Goldie Rickles.
Dates: ca 1905Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 20 -
Description: Julius Rickles and Julia Erdrich Rickles.True's Studio, 1314 2nd Avenue, Seattle, Washington (photographer)
married 1909
Dates: ca 1909Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 21 -
Description: Julius Rickles with violinBoyd, Seattle (photographer)
Julius Rickles was a violinist, and also a wrestler
Dates: ca 1909Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 22 -
Dates: circa 1912Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 23
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Description: George Rickles as a young boy sitting at a child's table and reading
Son of Jake and Tillie (Galov) Rickles
Dates: ca 1913Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 24 -
Description: Jake Rickles and second wife Tillie (Galov) RicklesDates: ca 1913Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 25
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Description: P. Allen Rickles seated in cap and gownContainer: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 26
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Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 27
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Description: Nathan Rickles familyDates: circa 1930Container: Box folder:oversize OS5, Item 28
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Dates: undatedContainer: Box folder:oversize JD1, Item 29
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Jewish Community
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Description: 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
Dates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box folder:oversize OS5, Item 30 -
Dates: ca 1925Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 31
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Description: Jewish Community Relations Council convention group picture. Bertha Rickles Mosler standing 2nd from leftMile High Photo Co., Denver (photographer)Dates: ca 1930sContainer: Box folder:oversize OS5, Item 32
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Description: Jewish Community Relations Council convention group.Mile High Photo Co., Denver (photographer)
Bertha Rickles Mosler standing 5th from left.
Dates: ca 1930sContainer: Box folder:oversize OS5, Item 33 -
Dates: ca 1956Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 34
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Dates: June 1957Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 35
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Dates: June 1957Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 36
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Unknown Subjects
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Dates: ca 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 37
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Dates: 1906Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 38
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Dates: ca 1910sContainer: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 39
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Description: Carolyn Pearl LaumanDates: ca 1930s-1940sContainer: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 40-41
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Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
