Collection Number: MS 437
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Leo Goldschmidt was born September 15, 1852 in Hamburg, Germany, died January 25, 1944 in Tucson, Arizona. Goldschmidt came to the United States at the age of eighteen where he later became a successful businessman and amateur photographer.
He began his business career in New Mexico with his brother, Adolf and moved to Tucson Arizona in 1878 where he opened a furniture store that later became the furniture department of the Zeckendorf and Steinfeld department stores. In 1888, he bought the Eagle Flour Milling Company and built it into the most modern mills of its time. He was also a director of the Consolidated National Bank which later became the Valley National Bank and is now Chase Bank.
The glass plates cover a range of persons, subjects and locations including family, businesses, personal residences in the Arizona and Sonora, Mexico area. One of his four sisters, Eva, was married to Jacob Mansfeld, another pioneer in the Tucson area.
Glass plate negatives (bulk 1880-1899). The bulk of the collection is comprised of glass plates of Leo Goldschmidt and family members at their Tucson residences. Goldschmidt was never married and many of his photographs are of his nieces and nephews. The collection also consists of plates of Goldschmidt businesses and places of interest in Arizona, such as the Eagle Milling Company, San Xavier Del Bac Mission and the University of Arizona.
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University of Arizona Special Collections, Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives, SJA 002 Arizona Historical Society/Tucson, Goldschmidt photograph collection, ca. 1885-1920.
Leo Goldschmidt Photograph Collection (MS 437). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
| Series I: People, 1880-1899 | |||||||||||
| Arrangement: Alphabetical. This series contains glass plates of Leo Goldschmidt’s sisters, nieces, nephews and other family members in Tucson, Arizona. It also contains plates of Leo Goldschmidt and others at one of his places of business, La Campana Mill in Sonora, Mexico. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Bertho and nurse 1899 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Eza, Beckie and friend under an umbrella 1887 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Fenner, Gibbon & Rocha in Gibbons yard, 1890 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Fenner, Mrs., Miss Henmore and Mr. Blake (by Herbert Tenney) , 1800s | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Gertrude, 1887 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Gilchrist and myself at El Grupo Sonora , 1895 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7,8 | Goldschmidt sisters: Mrs. Adolf Goldschmidt, Mrs. Erce Mansfeld, Mrs. Gertrude Florsheim, Mrs. Aaron Zeckendorf, Mrs. Helen Leventhal, 1880s 2 plates | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Goldschmidt, Doris, 1897 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10, 11, 12 | Goldschmidt, Leo, 1800s 2 plates | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Goldschmidt, Leo (bedroom) , 1800s | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Goldschmidt, Leo (yard), 1800s | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Goldschmidt, Leo (?) Portrait of man , 1800s | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Goldschmidt, Samuel – First baby picture , 1895 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Helen, Marianne and Hannah at Gibbon garden Tucson, Arizona , 1887 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Howe, Charlie on horseback , 1889 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Indian Duzlinga at El Toen Sonora, México , February 1897 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Luke and his barnyard at El Grupo (Sonora, Mexico) , July 1896 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Mansfeld, Eva, 1888 or 1889 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2, 3, 4 | Mansfeld, Sammie on bike, 1894 3 plates | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Phyllis, Jeanne Z (Zeckendorf?) and two friends in Mansfeld Yard Tucson, Arizona , 1894 | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Unidentified Kids dancing (family)), 1800s | |||||||||
| 2 | 7, 8 | Unidentified kids on a step ladder 1895, 1895 2 plates | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Unidentified man , 1800s | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Unidentified man at writing table in a bedroom, 1800s | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Unidentified man in glasses, 1800s | |||||||||
| 2 | 12 | Unidentified men sitting at table reading , 1800s Broken plate | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | Unidentified Mexicans boys playing marbles, 1894 | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Unidentified people with W.J. Gibbon , 1890 Broken plate | |||||||||
| 2 | 15 | Unidentified woman , 1800s | |||||||||
| 2 | 16 | Unidentified woman in chair1800s, | |||||||||
| 2 | 17 | Unidentified woman with young boy and rocking horse , 1800s | |||||||||
| 2 | 18 | Unidentified women at table/fireplace , 1800s | |||||||||
| 2 | 19 | Unidentified young boy, 1800s | |||||||||
| 2 | 20 | Unidentified young boy on rocking horse , 1800s | |||||||||
| 2 | 21 | Unidentified young man , 1800s | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | Unidentified young man, circa 1899 | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | Unidentified young men, 1800s | |||||||||
| 2 | 24 | Tenney, Herbert & Herford, Frank under fig tree in Gibbon yard, 1800s Broken plate | |||||||||
| Series II: Subjects, 1880-1899 | |||||||||||
| Arrangement: Geographical by Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, Alphabetical. | |||||||||||
| This series contains glass plates of the exterior and interior of Leo Goldschmidt’s place of residence, The Owl’s Club. Also included are general subjects of interest to Mr. Goldschmidt as a photographer such as the Mission San Xavier del Bac, the University of Arizona and various street scenes of Tucson, Arizona in the late 1800s. The series also contains plates of the Eagle Flour Mill in Tucson, Arizona and the Campana Mill and various, associated buildings of the business in Sonora, Mexico. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Canvas tent in landscape Tohons? Stockade? , 1800s | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Church building Exterior view1800s, | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Church Plaza “Old Catholic Church” St. Augustine Cathedral , 1896 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Cows in field, 1890s | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Cows under trees, 1890s | |||||||||
| 3 | 6, 7 | Dog sitting on rug, 1890s 2 plates | |||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Eagle Mill and tanks, July 1986 | |||||||||
| 3 | 9, 10 | Eagle Mill Belts and Machines, 1880s 2 plates | |||||||||
| 3 | 11 | Eagle Mill from South Main Street, 1895 | |||||||||
| 3 | 12, 13, 14, 15 | Eagle Mill Interior 4th Floor Daylight , 1890s 4 plates | |||||||||
| 3 | 16 | Eagle Mill Interior 4th Floor Flashlight – Leo Goldschmidt, 1890s | |||||||||
| 3 | 17 | Eagle Mill Roller Floor, 1890s | |||||||||
| 3 | 18 | Eagle Mill Third Floor, 1800s | |||||||||
| 3 | 19 | Eagle Milling Company Roller Process Floor mills, 1890s Broken plate | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Episcopal Church (Tucson, Arizona) , 1895 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Episcopal Church (Tucson, Arizona) left side, blurred , 1895 | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Landscape – Unidentified Building, 1890s | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Landscape - Unidentified Building and water tanks, 1890s | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | New Eagle Flour Mills (Tucson, Arizona) , 1899 | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Old Eagle Mill on South Main Street shortly after purchase from E.N. Fish, 1890 Broken plate | |||||||||
| 4 | 7, 8, 9 | Owl’s Club - Bedroom, 1895 3 plates | |||||||||
| 4 | 10 | Owl’s Club Christmas decorations, 1895 | |||||||||
| 4 | 11 | Owl’s Club - Dining room, 1890s | |||||||||
| 4 | 12 | Owl’s Club - Dining room with fireplace, 1890s | |||||||||
| 4 | 13 | Owl’s Club - Dr. Fenner’s House-The Owls original annex, 1892 | |||||||||
| 4 | 14 | Owl’s Club - Interior of residence sitting/living room, 1890s | |||||||||
| 4 | 15 | Owl’s Club - Interior residence table, 1890s | |||||||||
| 4 | 16 | Owl’s Club - My room (no info.), 1890s | |||||||||
| 4 | 17 | Owl’s Club on Main Street - facade of building , 1890s | |||||||||
| 4 | 18 | Owl’s Club - Sitting/living room , 1890s | |||||||||
| 4 | 19 | Owl’s Club - Unidentified room , 1890s | |||||||||
| 4 | 20 | Owl’s Club – Unidentified room with stairway , 1890s | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Royal A. Johnson’s Iceworks , 1889 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Saginaw Mill Exterior , 1800s | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | San Xavier del Bac (Tucson, Arizona) Exterior , 1887 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | San Xavier del Bac (Tucson, Arizona) Interior , 1887 | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | San Xavier Hotel Tucson, Arizona , 1890 | |||||||||
| 5 | 6 | San Xavier Mission – Mortuary chapel Tucson, Arizona , 1888 Broken plate) | |||||||||
| 5 | 7 | Southern Pacific Depots (Slide said: California East Freight line), 1890 | |||||||||
| 5 | 8 | Unidentified building, 1890s Broken plate | |||||||||
| 5 | 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 | University of Arizona Panorama , 1800s | |||||||||
| 5 | 15 | University of Arizona, Old Main (Tucson, Ariz.) , 1895 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | Campana Mill, 1897 | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | Campana Mill February, 1897 | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | Campana Mill Blacksmith Shop, circa 1896-1897 | |||||||||
| 6 | 4 | Campana Mill – Brush house, February 1897 | |||||||||
| 6 | 5 | Campana Mill-Front view, 1897 | |||||||||
| 6 | 6 | Campana Mill-Side view, 1897 | |||||||||
| 6 | 7 | El Grupo Sonora (Mexico) - Assay Office & tanks, circa 1896-1897 | |||||||||
| 6 | 8 | El Grupo Store & San Joaquin Ranch House, 1896 | |||||||||
| 6 | 9 | Panorama of El Grupo Mill??? House from Reservoir Dam, July 1896 | |||||||||
| 6 | 10 | El Grupo Sonora (Mexico) - Superintendent’s House and 2 unidentified people, 1896 | |||||||||
| “Place de la Bastille” copy (Paris, France), 1890s | |||||||||||
| Series III: Places, 1880-1899 | |||||||||||
| Arrangement: Alphabetical. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | Baboquivari Park from Buenos Ayres, 1897 | |||||||||
| 7 | 2 | Bear Canyon, Catalina Mountains taken by Prof. Tommey, 1896 | |||||||||
| 7 | 3 | Main Street looking North 1895 (Tucson, Arizona), 1895 | |||||||||
| 7 | 4 | Santa Cruz River Scene (Tucson, Arizona), 1892 | |||||||||
| 7 | 5 | Sentinel Park (Tucson Mountains, Arizona), 1895 | |||||||||
| 7 | 6 | Silver Lake (Tucson, Arizona), 1888 | |||||||||
| 7 | 7 | Silver Lake (Tucson, Arizona) (Broken plate), 1888 | |||||||||
| 7 | 8 | Some old willow trees (Tucson, Arizona) River below Main Street, 1892 | |||||||||
| 7 | 9 | South Main Ave. (Tucson, Arizona), 1890 | |||||||||
| 7 | 10 | South Main Street Eagle Mills, 1895 | |||||||||
| 7 | 11 | Tucson, Arizona from Ice Works, 1887 | |||||||||
| 7 | 12 | Unidentified Panorama (Old sleeve says “Iron Horse”), circa 1800 | |||||||||