Leo Goldschmidt Photograph Collection, 1878-1899
MS 437
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Leo Goldschmidt Photograph Collection, 1878-1899
MS 437
Collection Number: MS 437
Creator:
Goldschmidt, Leo
Title:
Leo Goldschmidt Photograph Collection
Inclusive Dates:
1878-1899,
Bulk Dates:
(bulk 1880-1889)
Quantity:
2 linear feet
Abstract:
Glass plate negatives and some printed material, 1878-1899 (bulk 1880-1889). The bulk of the material is comprised of the photographic plates taken by Leo Goldschmidt, a pioneer of the Tucson area. The plates cover a range of persons, subjects and locations, including; family, businesses, personal residences in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico.
Identification:
Collection Number: MS 437
Language:
English
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
Biographical Note
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Controlled Access Terms
Personal Name(s)
Goldschmidt, Leo, 1852-1944 -- Photographs.
Family Name(s)
Goldschmidt family -- Photographs.
Mansfeld family -– Photographs
Corporate Name(s)
Campana Mill (Sonora, Mexico) -– Photographs
Eagle Flour Mill (Tucson, Ariz.)-- Photographs
Mission San Xavier del Bac (Tucson, Ariz.) -– Photographs
Old Main (Tucson, Ariz.) -– Photographs
Owl’s Club (Tucson, Ariz.) -- Photographs
University of Arizona -– Photographs
Geographic Name(s)
Baboquivari Peak (Ariz.) -– Photographs
Santa Cruz River (Ariz. and Mexico) -– Photographs
Sentinel Peak (Tucson, Ariz.) -– Photographs
Sonora (Mexico : State) -– History -– Photographs
Tucson (Ariz.) -– History -– Photographs
Subject(s)
Bankers -– Arizona -– Tucson -– History
Businessmen -– Arizona -– Tucson -- History.
Flour mills -– Arizona -– Tucson -- History
Furniture industry and trade -– Arizona -– Tucson -- History
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
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
