Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Series
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Series
Fonds
25
Series
10
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[189-]-1951
Physical Description
23 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller
Admin History/Bio
Martha Soskin (née Cass) (1866-1946), Sarah Levine's sister, was married to George Soskin (b.1858), a storekeeper in Waubaushene, Ontario. George was born in Poland and had been previously married. Martha and George were already married when they immigrated to Canada in 1888, via the U.S., where their first child was born, in St. Louis, Missouri. They had as many as ten children: Isaac (1886-1976); Libby (m.Rothbart) (b.1888); Minnie “Hannah” (m.Rotenberg) (b.1891); Benjamin (1894); Beulah (m.Cole) (1896-1953); Sarah Mary (m.Mendel) (b.1898); Lobe Yente “Tesa” (m.Narrol) (b.1900); Abram Benjamin (b.1902); Aaron (b.1905); and “Ralph” Ruben (b.1907). The family moved from Waubaushene after 1901, and were listed as residents at 16 Lansdowne Ave. in the Toronto West region in the 1911 Census.
Isaac married Channah Aungene Abramson (d.1979) in Saskatchewan in 1913. They lived in Los Angeles, where Isaac worked as a clothing merchant, and the couple later moved to San Francisco, where they lived until their deaths. Libby married Maurice Rothbart in 1912 and they moved to Chicago. Beulah married Al Cole in 1916, and the younger Soskin daughters, Sarah and Tesa, were both married in 1919, to Paul Mendel and Albert Narrol respectively. George retired and moved with Martha and the other adult children to Los Angeles, where Benjamin worked in the real estate business. The 1930 US Census record also lists Aaron, Tesa (then divorced), and her son, Albert Narrol (b.1921) as residing in the same Los Angeles household.
Mary Levine (1895-1990), daughter of Moses and Sarah Levine, married Saul Soskin (d.1953), George Soskin's son from his first marriage. They lived in Toronto and later moved to Los Angeles. They had three children: Morton “Bud”, Estelle (b.1922), and Fred (1929-2000). Estelle was married to Irving Liss and worked as a secretary. They were married in Los Angeles in 1946 and lived in Toronto, while the other members of the family remained in California. Bud married Lee and had a son. Fred worked in production control for an aircraft company. He married Diane [?] and had four children: Scott, Christopher, Robin (m.Barnes), and Maria.
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs of members of the Soskin family.
Name Access
Soskin family
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
1
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[189-]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 10 cm
Admin History/Bio
Unknown.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of three Soskin children in formal dress. There are two little boys standing on either side of their baby sibling who has been seated on a chair. The age of the photograph suggests that they are most likely from among the older children of George and Martha Soskin: perhaps Isaac, Benjamin and Beulah; however, they cannot be positively identified.
Notes
Mounted on card frame.
Name Access
Soskin, Benjamin
Soskin, Beulah
Soskin, Isaac
Subjects
Children
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Physical Condition
Photograph has faded and also has some stains on it.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
2
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1901]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. George Soskin and family taken in either Waubaushene or Midland, Ontario. There are six children and one baby in the photograph. The likely identification is from left to right:
Front: Beulah, baby Tesa (on Mother's lap), Minnie, and Sarah.
Middle: Martha (seated), Benjamin, and George (seated).
Back: Isaac and Libby.
Notes
Mounted on card frame.
Name Access
Soskin, Benjamin
Soskin, Beulah
Soskin, George
Soskin, Isaac
Soskin, Libby
Soskin, Martha
Soskin, Minnie
Soskin, Sarah
Soskin, Tesa
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Physical Condition
Photograph is in fairly good condition. One corner is torn, the colour is fading and there are some visible marks and scratches.
Places
Midland (Ont.)
Waubaushene (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
3
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[191-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic postcard of the Kellman children. There are inscriptions on the verso which indicate that the postcard is from Goldie Kellman to Mrs. Mary Soskin and family.
Name Access
Kellman family
Kellman, Goldie
Subjects
Children
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
4
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[191-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Libby Soskin Rothbart taken at a studio in Chicago.
Notes
Mounted on card.
Photographer: N. L. Gordon, 663 W. Taylor St., Chicago.
Name Access
Rothbart, Libby Soskin
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Chicago (Ill.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
5
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1918]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Al Cole, possibly taken in Los Angeles circa 1918.
Name Access
Cole, Al
Subjects
Married people
Portraits
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Physical Condition
There are stains on the photograph.
Places
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
6
Material Format
graphic material
Date
27 Jul. 1922
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Estelle Rena Soskin at age seven months in Pasadena, California taken on July 27th, 1922. She has been seated on a chair outside on the grass. There are houses in the background.
Name Access
Soskin, Estelle Rena
Subjects
Infants
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Physical Condition
Photograph is faded and creased
Places
Pasadena (Calif.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 7
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
7
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1922]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Mr. and Mrs. George Soskin in Toronto.
Notes
Mounted in cardboard frame.
Photographer: The Eaton Studio, Toronto.
Name Access
Soskin, George
Subjects
Married people
Portraits
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 8
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
8
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1924
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Mrs. Martha Soskin taken in a studio in Hamilton in 1924.
Notes
Gelatin silver-print.
Photographer: Max Beube, King Studio, 181 King East, Hamilton, Ontario.
Mounted in card frame.
Name Access
Soskin, Martha
Subjects
Portraits
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Physical Condition
Silver mirroring
Places
Hamilton (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 9
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
9
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1926
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Mr. Saul Soskin with his children Estelle and Bud at Cawston Ostrich Farm in South Pasadena, California. The children are sitting in a cart being pulled by an ostrich and Mr. Saul Soskin is standing behind the cart.
Notes
Postcard photograph.
Inscribed on verso: "To Grandma".
Name Access
Soskin, Bud
Soskin, Estelle
Soskin, Saul
Subjects
Farms
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
South Pasadena (Calif.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 10
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
10
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[192-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 3 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a small photograph of Mrs. Martha Soskin taken in Toronto in the 1920s.
Notes
Photographer: Chic Photo, 293 Yonge St., Toronto.
Name Access
Soskin, Martha
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 11
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
11
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1932
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Fred Soskin at two and a half years of age. He is standing in front of a door and is wearing a coat and hat. He has his hands in his pockets and is smiling. The photograph was taken in Los Angeles in 1932.
Notes
Mounted in card frame.
Name Access
Soskin, Fred
Subjects
Children
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 12
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
12
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[193-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Freddy Soskin probably taken in California in the early 1930s.
Notes
Photographer: Ronald Kasmith.
Inscribed in bottom right-hand corner: "To Grandma with Love Freddy".
Mounted in card frame.
Name Access
Soskin, Freddy
Subjects
Children
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
California
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 13
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
13
Material Format
graphic material
Date
24 June 1945
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Lee and Bud Soskin taken in California in June 1945.
Notes
Photographer: Austin Studios, California.
Inscription on inside of card frame: "Love, Lee and Bud 6-24-45".
Name Access
Soskin, Bud
Soskin, Lee
Subjects
Portraits
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
California
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 14
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
14
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1946
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Lee Soskin feeding her new born baby with a bottle. The picture was taken in Los Angeles in 1946.
Name Access
Soskin, Lee
Subjects
Mother and child
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 15
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
15
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1946
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Lee and Bud Soskin's newborn baby. The baby is crying.
Name Access
Soskin, Bud
Soskin, Lee
Subjects
Infants
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 16
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
16
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1946
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Lee and Bud Soskin's newborn baby taken in 1946.
Name Access
Soskin, Bud
Soskin, Lee
Subjects
Infants
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 17
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
17
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1946
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Lee Soskin holding her newborn baby. The photograph was taken in 1946.
Name Access
Soskin, Lee
Subjects
Mother and child
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 18
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
18
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[194-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Liss in Los Angeles in the 1940s.
Notes
Photographer: Hoffman-Luckhaus Studio of Photography, Los Angeles.
Name Access
Liss, Irving
Subjects
Married people
Portraits
Weddings
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 19
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
19
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1951
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of two photographs in the same card mount of Estelle and Irving Liss's children, a boy and girl, taken in Toronto in 1951.
Notes
Photographer: Eisenstat.
Mounted in card frame.
Name Access
Liss, Estelle
Liss, Irving
Subjects
Children
Repro Restriction
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 20
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
20
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[1946?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This photo appears to be a match with the other photos of Bud and Lee's baby.
Name Access
Soskin, Bud
Soskin, Lee
Subjects
Infants
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 21
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Soskin family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
10
Item
21
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
These children appear to be the same children, only younger, as in photos #160 & #161.
Notes
Photographer: Home Portrait Co.
Mounted in card frame.
Name Access
Liss family
Subjects
Children
Portraits
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Source
Archival Descriptions