- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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