William A. Thompson Photographs

Overview of the Collection

Photographer

Thompson, William A. (William Alfred), 1875-1952

Title

William A. Thompson Photographs

Dates

approximately 1906-1907 (inclusive)

Quantity

48 photographic prints (1 box)

Collection Number

PH1110

Summary

Photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow by William A. Thompson.

Repository

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu

Access Restrictions

The entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections webiste. Permission of curator required to view original photographs. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Request at UW

Languages

English

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Biographical Note

William Alfred Thompson (1875-1952) was born on 20 January 1875 in Port Gamble, Washington on the Kitsap Peninsula. He was one of the earliest photographers in Port Gamble. Thompson's father, James A. Thompson, came from Machias, Maine in 1859 to work in the newly established Port Gamble Mill. Thompson followed in his father's footsteps and worked as a saw filer at the mill until his retirement in 1946. He also ran the local movie theater in addition to photographing the Port Gamble community, and the Puget Mill operations at Port Gamble and Port Ludlow. Thompson and his wife died in an automobile accident in 1952.

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Content Description

Photographs of buildings and town scenes in Port Gamble and Port Ludlow, also views of the operations of the Port Gamble mill.

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Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available

View the digital version of the collection

Restrictions on Use

Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching opyright status before use.

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Administrative Information

Custodial History

It is probable that these were part of the Edwin Ames photograph colletion at one time. The Ames collection contains a number of albums. Most of these photographs, which were found in the subject files, have marks on the backs which clearly indicate that they were once part of an album. Many of them also have Edwin Ames distinctive handwriting on them.

Processing Note

Processed by Cheryl Morrison, 2012; Arlene G. Cohen, 2017; Sara Cordes, 2017.

Transferred from the Washington Localities Subject file, 2012

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Detailed Description of the Collection

William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow

The photographs were made from 6x9 glass plate negatives and are part of a numbered series of views of Port Gamble, Port Ludlow, and the Puget Mill Company, later known as the Pope and Talbot Company. The photographs are arranged by Thompson's negative numbers.
- Description: Schoolhouse, Port Gamble, Washington (Thompson 4)
  
  Dates: September 1906
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 1
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Building in Port Ludlow (Thompson 5)
  
  Dates: September 1906
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 2
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Puget Hotel Porch, Port Gamble, Washington (Thompson 6)
  
  Dates: September 1906
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 3
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Phinney House, Port Ludlow, Washington (Thompson 8)
  Caption on image: Sept. 1906.
  
  Dates: September 1906
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 4
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Admiralty house, Port Ludlow, Washington (Thompson 9)
  
  Dates: September 1906
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 5
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Puget Hotel, Port Gamble, Washington (Thompson 10)
  Built in 1903, damaged in the Columbus Day storm of 1962 and torn down in 1963.
  
  Dates: September 1906
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 6
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Puget Hotel dining room, Port Gamble, Washington (Thompson 12)
  
  Dates: September 1906
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 7
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Puget Mill Company cook house, Port Gamble, Washington, September 1906 (Thompson 14)
  
  Dates: September 1906
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 8
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Child hugging large tree in the woods, Port Gamble, Washington (Thompson 15)
  
  Dates: 1906
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 9
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Port Gamble, Washington (Thompson 11)
  Built in 1879, the church was designed to resemble a Congregational church in East Machias, Maine.
  
  Dates: Septermber 1906
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 10
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Fenced pond in forest, Port Gamble, Washington (Thompson 16) (Thompson 18)
  
  Dates: September 1906
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 11-12
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Hall and schoolhouse, Port Ludlow, Washington (Thompson 19)
  
  Dates: September 1906
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 13
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Puget Hotel Interior, Port Gamble, Washington (Thompson 20)
  
  Dates: September 1906
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 14
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Port Ludlow Hotel, Port Ludlow, Washington, (Thompson 22)
  Caption on image: Sept. 1906.
  
  Dates: September1906
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 15
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Stable for Puget Hotel, Port Gamble, Washington (Thompson 23)
  Originally built in 1906-1907 for horses; by 1920 it was used for automobiles.
  
  Dates: February 1907
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 16
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: View down Rainier Ave., Port Gamble, Washington (Thompson 24)
  
  Dates: February 1907
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 17
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Port Gamble Community Hall and Post Office (Thompson 26)
  Designed by Seattle architects Bebb & Mendel and built in 1906. The first floor had spaces for community needs including office space for a doctor, a dentist, a barber shop, telegraph office, and post office. The second floor had an auditorium, theater, and dance hall.
  
  Dates: February 1907
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 18
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Tall ships at Port Gamble Mill dock, Port Gamble, Washington, (Thompson 27)
  
  Dates: September 1906
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 19
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: View of Rainier Ave. showing the schoolhouse on the left, Port Gamble, Washington (Thompson 29)
  
  Dates: February 1907
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 20
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Residential street, Port Gamble, Washington
  
  Dates: February 1907
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 21
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Puget Mill Company building, Port Gamble, Washington (Thompson 29)
  
  Dates: September 1906
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 22
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Puget Mill Company seen from the water, Port Gamble, Washington (Thompson 33)
  
  Dates: February 1907
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 23-24
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Panoramic view of Puget Mill Company seen from the water, Port Gamble, Washington (Thompson 42)
  
  Dates: February 1907
  
  Container: Box:oversize XH7, Item 25-26
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Residences, Port Ludlow, Washington (Thompson 46)
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 27
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Puget Mill Company loading dock, Washington (Thompson 47)
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 28
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Port Ludlow docks, Port Ludlow, Washington (Thompson 48)
  
  Dates: 1907
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 29
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Sawmill, Puget Mill Company, Washington (Thompson 49)
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 30
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Reservoir, Port Ludlow, Washington (Thompson 51)
  
  Dates: 1907
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 31
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Sawmill interior, Port Ludlow, Washington (Thompson 52)
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 32
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Residences, Port Ludlow, Washington (Thompson 53)
  Residences are similar to those shown in item 20.
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 33
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Puget Mill Company, Port Ludlow, Washington (Thompson 57)
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 34
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Puget Mill Company, employees, Washington
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 35
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Residences on Second St., Port Ludlow, Washington (Thompson 59)
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 36
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Sawmill interior, Port Gamble, Washington (Thompson 61)
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 37
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Port Ludlow seen from water, Port Ludlow, Washington (Thompson 62)
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 38
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Residences on Third St., Port Ludlow, Washington
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 39
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Admiralty house and Port Ludlow seen from the water, Port Ludlow, Washington (Thompson 65)
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 40
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Puget Mill Company power plant, Port Ludlow, Washington (Thompson 66)
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 41-42
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Cut lumber at the Puget Mill Company, Port Gamble, Washington (Thompson 68)
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 43
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Tall ships at the Puget Mill Company docks, Port Ludlow, Washington (Thompson 69)
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 44
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Port Ludlow mill, Port Ludlow, Washington (Thompson 70)
  
  Dates: 1907
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 45
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Log booms, Port Ludlow, Washington
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 46
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Port Gamble docks with tall ships in the background, Port Gamble, Washington
  
  Dates: 1907?
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 47
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow
- Description: Port Gamble Peninsula and Puget Mill company viewed from the water with Olympic Mountains in the background, Port Gamble, Washington
  
  Dates: February 1907
  
  Container: Box:oversize XH7, Item 48
  
  Location: William A. Thompson photographs of Port Gamble and Port Ludlow

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Subject Terms

Hotels--Washington (State)--Port Gamble--Photographs
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Personal Names

Thompson, William A. (William Alfred), 1875-1952--Photographs

Corporate Names

Puget Mill Company--Buildings--Photographs

Geographical Names

Port Gamble (Wash.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs
Port Gamble (Wash.)--Photographs
Port Ludlow (Wash.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs
Port Ludlow (Wash.)--Photographs

William A. Thompson Photographs, approximately 1906-1907

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available

Restrictions on Use

Administrative Information

Custodial History

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the Collection