PPLD Digital Collections

After arriving in New York City in October of 1940, Leo took a Bakers retraining Course with the National Refugee Service. Leo is standing on the left watching, as cookies are being squeezed out of a pastry bag. 1

An outbuilding constructed on the Mohl family ranch to house their weaving and book businesses. 1

Beautiful formal portrait of Leo and Hertha Mohl done in New York City a year after their arrival in the United States. Signature at the bottom appears to be Yvonne Le Roux. 1

Bob Mohl and friend feed the chickens at the Mohl Family Ranch. 1

Bridge over a culvert at the Mohl's family ranch in Husted. 1

Clearing timber at Mohl family ranch on land that is now the Air Force Academy. 1

Converted chicken coop at Mohl Hill. 1

Feeding a rabbit and guinea pig on the Mohl ranch. 1

Formal colorized portrait of Leo Mohl standing on a chair with a doll, taken in Vienna about age 2. 1

Formal portrait of Hertha Mohl 1

Formal portrait of Leo Mohl taken in Viena at about age 13. 1

Formal portrait of Leo and Hertha Mohl done in New York City a year after their arrival in the United States. Signature at the bottom appears to be Yvonne Le Roux. 1

Formal portrait of Private Leo Mohl, resident of Colorado Springs, after enlisting in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. 1

Frieda Mohl, Leo Mohl's mother. 1

German Prisoners of War interned at Fort Carson are baking bread in the camp bakery. 1

Gustav Pistol, Hertha (Pistol) Mohl's father. 1

Hertha (Pistol) Mohl's brother Fritz who lived in England. 1

Hertha - 2nd from right (back row) 1930-34 poses with other members of the Lifesavers Service. Hertha earned her certificate as a life saver (lifeguard) from the Workers Water Lifesavers Service in September 1930. 1

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Hertha Mohl drives her herd back through an underpass on a ranch in what is now the Rockrimmon area. 1

Hertha Mohl in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 22, 1940. This photo may have been taken to send to her husband, Leo, at Huyton Internment Camp where he was incarcerated earlier that month. 1

Hertha Mohl in front of The Book Home at 119 East Dale Street, Colorado Springs. 1

Hertha Mohl leads the family's herd of Black Angus cattle towards an underpass on their leased land north of Colorado Spring. This area is now known as the neighborhood of Rockrimmon. In the background is a corral and hay stack. 1

Hertha Mohl sits atop a horse belonging to Glen Gray on land leased by the Mohls north of Colorado Springs. 1

Hertha Mohl's business, Master Weavers of America moved from downtown Colorado Springs to their ranch in Husted. Here employees take a picnic on the grounds. 1

Hertha Pistol about five, and her brother Robert about 8 wearing traditional Austrian walking costumes. 1

Hertha Pistol as a young girl in Austria. Hertha was an outdoor woman. Before she left Austria when she was 25, she bicycled over mountain passes and climbed the highest mountain in Austria, Gross Glockner. 1

Hertha Pistol poses holding her younger brother Fritz. 1

Hertha Pistol standing, fourth from right, poses for a class photo. The girls look to be 11 or 12 years old. 1

Hertha Pistol, age 18, (seated center) with girlfriends before a day of swimming. Hertha often swam in the Danube River. 1

Hertha and Leo Mohl in Colorado Springs posing on the porch of 604 East Boulder Street. 1

Hertha and Leo Mohl watch their son Dick feed a calf while son Bob holds the calf still on their ranch in Husted, Colorado. This location now hosts the Air Force Academy. 1

Hertha and Leo Mohl with their dog, Spotty, and a calf on their ranch/dairy farm in Husted, north of Colorado Springs 1

Hertha center with brothers Fritz and Robert, and parents Auguste and Gustav. 1

Hertha holding daughter Gerda, with Leo and the two boys, Robert (Bob) and Richard (Dick). 1

Hertha pretending to drive. 1

Informal portrait of Hertha Mohl leaning against a tree. 1

Lake "Leopold" on a ranch leased by the Mohl family in what is now the Rockrimmon and Pulpit Rock areas. The Mohls created this pond to water their cattle. 1

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Leo Mohl about age 9 poses in front of a fenced yeard. 1

Leo Mohl and his younger brother Kurt. 1

Leo Mohl as an infant, photographed in Vienna, Austria 1910. 1

Leo Mohl enjoys a meal on board S.S. "Statendam" Holland-America Line. The Mohls loved to travel and visited fifty countries on six continents as well as most of the fifty states in the U.S. 1

Leo Mohl in Austria as a young man. 1

Leo Mohl rides horseback, possibly in Scotland or Europe. 1

Leo Mohl with "Curly Face", one of the Black Angus cattle raised on land north of Colorado Springs. 1

Leo Mohl with his father, Adolf in WWI Austrian Army uniform, and his mother Frieda. circa 1915. 1

Leo Mohl's father, Adolf Mohl. 1

Leo and Hertha Mohl cut into the anniversary wedding cake at their family celebration. This party also celebrated Leo's birthday. 1

Leo and Hertha Mohl dancing the first dance at their anniversary party. 1

Leo and Hertha Mohl in Scotland about the time of their wedding, December 21 1939. 1

Leo and Hertha Mohl in the winter of 1983. 1

Leo and Hertha Mohl on a bicycle trip, probably in Scotland after their marriage. 1

Leo and Hertha Mohl out for a walk with their dog on their ranch north of Colorado Springs. 1

Leo and Hertha Mohl pose with a friend on the rocks near Will Rogers Shrine to the Sun. The title of the photo may be a reference to the German word for "peak." 1

Leo and Hertha Mohl pose with a group of employees of The Book Home and Master Weavers, on the front stoop of 220 E. Monument. 1

Leo and Hertha Mohl with a friend, posing by the Will Rogers bust at Shrine of the Sun in Colorado Springs, CO. The title of the photo may reference the German word for "peak." 1

Leo and Hertha Mohl with their dog at Mohl Hill Ranch. 1

Leo and Hertha ride horses on their range north of Colorado Springs in what is now known as the Rockrimmon and Pulpit Rock areas. 1

Leo and Hertha's son Bob, about age 2, having a bath in a steel wash tub on the ranch at Mohl Hill. 1

Leo enlisted in the U.S. Army on May 10, 1943. This portrait of the two of them was taken before he left Denver for Camp Crowder located south of Neosho, Missouri. 1

Leo on the high school football team (age 15 or 16). Leo is standing on the far right, and is not in uniform. 1

Leo with his mother on the left, father in middle and grandmother on the right photographed at the Atelier Elsa, Vienna, Austria about 1912. 1

Leo with his mother, Frieda Mohl. 1

Leo's brother Kurt about age 14. 1

Leo's father, Adolph. 1

Leo's mother, Frieda Mohl photographed at Atelier Strauss in Vienna, Austria. 1

Leo, Hertha, and sons Dick and Bob on a hill overlooking their house and barns in Husted, on land now part of the Air Force Academy. 1

Leo, about age 13, with his parents, Frieda and Adolf Mohl. 1

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from Hedda Mohl and Associates. Reweavers / Colorado Springs. 1

Mohl relative Onkel Hugo 1

Monument Creek as seen on the ranch of the Mohl Family in Husted. This land is now part of the Air Force Academy. 1

Monument Creek runs along a ranch owned by the Mohls in Husted. The land was purchased by the U.S. Government in 1955 for the Air Force Academy. 1

On reverse "Ghandi in his veranda". This photo of Leo Mohl may have been taken at the Huyton Internment Camp in England where he stayed from May to September 1940. 1

Photo Portrait of Hertha Mohl age 31. 1

Photo portrait of Leo and hertha Mohl in Scotland about the time of their wedding, December 21 1939. They lived in Edinburg from 1939- 1940. 1

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Portrait of Leo Mohl. 1

Portrait of Leo and Hertha Mohl 1

Prisoners of War at Camp Carson in Colorado Springs, working the massive machinery needed to produce hundreds of loaves of bread for the camp every day. 1

Prisoners of war at Camp Carson, Colorado Springs doing leather work. 1

Private Leo Mohl on the grounds of the Army Hospital, Camp Crowden, Missouri. 1

Richard Mohl at 10 months playing with his daddy, Leo, on the porch of 604 E. Boulder. 1

Richard Mohl on a ladder at the storage facility on their ranch with Leo Mohl's collection of 40,000 books at Husted. 1

Robert and Hertha Pistol as children aged about 4 and 2, taken in a Vienna studio. 1

Seamstress Hertha Mohl measures Ursula Gray's dress as she hugs philosophy instructor Jane Cauvel on the left. Gray worked as a dance instructor at Colorado College and was married to philosophy professor Glen Gray. 1

Seasons Greetings from Tom, Sue, and Larry Lehman, ranch neighbors and friends of the Mohl family. 1

Son Richard (Dick) Mohl with Curly Face, part of a large Black Angus herd kept on land north of Colorado Springs. 1

The Mohl family, Leo and Hertha (seated), and their children Bob, Richard, and Gerda. 1

The Mohl Brothers, Dick (in the truck) and Bob help their dad with hay for the cows. 1

The Mohl brothers, Kurt on chair (4 years old), and Leo standing (15 years old). 1

The Mohl family delivers hay to cows in a field at their ranch in what is now Rockrimmon. Two cows can be seen at the back of the vehicle. 1

The Mohl family on their ranch in winter with their dog Spotty. 1

The Mohl family ranch as viewed from a county road in Husted, Colorado. This area is now occupied by the Air Force Academy. 1

The Mohl family ranch in Husted, Colorado. This land was later purchased for the Air Force Academy. 1

The Mohl ranch and dairy farm at Husted, Colorado where the Air Force Academy is currently located. 1

The Mohl's Home in Husted. It was torn down during the construction of the US Air Force Academy in 1955. 1

The Mohl's first house on 604 E. Boulder Street. 1

The Mohl's house on their ranch in Husted, Colorado. 1

The Mohl's three children, Dick, Gerda and Bob on land the Mohls leased in the Rockrimmon area where they raised Black Angus cattle. 1

The Mohl's two businesses were colocated at 16 E. Kiowa St. Window lettering on left "Hedda Mohl / Ladies Tailoring". Window lettering on right "Leo Mohl / The Book Home". Books can be seen displayed in the store window. 1

The chicken coups at Mohl family ranch housed laying chickens. The eggs were sold to retailers and restaurants. 1

View of a building constructed on the Mohl family ranch for their two businesses The Book Home and Master Weavers of America. 1

WWI Austrian Army group photo. Adolf Mohl is in a white coat, bottom right on floor next to the fiddle player. 1

Written on back "A salute to my Privat[e] husband from your P. First Class wife Hertha." Leo had enlisted in the Army on May 10th. Hertha poses in his uniform at Camp Crowder in Missouri. 1

Written on the back of this photo "'Cowboy' in Greely, Colorado." 1