Frank Bonds Photographs, 1908-1909

Overview of the Collection

Photographer
Bonds, Frank, 1890-
Title
Frank Bonds Photographs
Dates
1908-1909 (inclusive)
Quantity
69 negatives : glass
Collection Number
PH0006
Summary
Photographs of Frank Bonds's family and friends in Sumas, Washington, and McMinnville, Oregon
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

Glass plate negatives are not available for viewing.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Frank Bonds, the first child of Jesse and Mary Bonds, was born in Texas in 1890. His family moved to Bellingham, Washington, in 1899 and to Sumas in 1902. Frank's younger brother and sisters were Mary, Fred, and Lorene. Frank Bonds attended Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, as well as the University of Washington. His youngest sister, Lorene, married Lawrence J. Zillman, professor of English at the University of Washington.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection contains 69 glass plate negatives and corresponding prints. Pictured are members of Frank Bonds's family, his friends, and various houses and other localities in the towns of Sumas, Washington, and McMinnville, Oregon.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

Photographic prints made from the glass plate negative originals are available for reference purposes.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Gift of Lawrence J. Zillman.

Processing Note

Processed by Shannon Lynch, 2003.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Sumas, Washington, 1908-1909Return to Top

Photographs are of people and places in Sumas, Washington, unless otherwise indicated.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box item
1 1-2
Sumas from Parkinson's Hill
April 26, 1908 or 1909
1 3
Frank Bonds and family group
Back row, left to right: Mary, Frank, Fred. Front row: Jesse Bonds, Lorene, Mary Bonds.
1908 or 1909
1 4
Frank Bonds portrait
August 15, 1908 or 1909
1 5
Fred Bonds as a child
Copied from photograph.
before 1908
1 6
Frank Bonds shingling roof
September 4, 1909
1 7
Frank and Fred Bonds shingling roof
1908 or 1909
1 8
Fred Bonds shingling
1908 or 1909
1 9
Frank and Fred Bonds shingling
1908 or 1909
1 10
Frank, Fred, and Lorene Bonds
1908 or 1909
1 11-12
Fred and Lorene Bonds in playhouse
The playhouse was built by Frank Bonds.
1908 or 1909
1 13
Fred with Lorene Bonds in wheelbarrow
1908 or 1909
1 14
Fred and Lorene Bonds sitting in wheelbarrow
1908 or 1909
1 15
Lorene Bonds behind store and house
April 8, 1908
1 16
Lorene Bonds in grocery wagon
1908 or 1909
1 17
July 4th parade in Sumas; children on horses and mules, carrying flags
July 4, 1908
1 18
Lorene Bonds with doll
1908
1 19
Two young girls
"Mrs. Morgan's baby, Zoe."
1908 or 1909
1 20
Lorene Bonds and friend
1908 or 1909
1 21
Frank Bonds, uncle, and friend
"At Mrs. Morgan's: Bro. Bond [Frank's uncle], Art, and I."
Possibly a double exposure.
September 2, 1908
1 22-23
Man with two young girls
"Bro. Bond and babies."
September 4, 1908
Sumas in flood from Nooksack River
1909
Box item
1 24
Woman on railroad tracks
November 30, 1909
2 25
Flooded street
November 30, 1909
2 26
People on porch looking out at flooded street
1909
2 27-29
Flooded streets
1908 or 1909
Box item
2 30
Baptist church
August 15, 1908 or 1909
2 31
Sumas school house
October 1909
2 32
Frank Bonds in front of school house
1908 or 1909
2 33
School house
August 15, 1908 or 1909
2 34
Frank Bonds sitting on fence with three girls
"Seniors, Central School, Sumas high school."
October 1909
2 35
Sumas high school seniors (Frank Bonds and three girls) on porch
October 1909
2 36
Mr. Colver's house in the snow
January 1907
2 37
Devil's Pulpit, hill near Sumas
August 5, 1908 or 1909
2 38
Eating dinner atop Sumas Mountain
August 5, 1908 or 1909
2 39
Eight women and girls in rowboat
"Girls in new boat."
September 1909
2 40
Two young women and young man on bridge
"[Everson?]."
1908 or 1909
2 41
Young man standing outside theater in Blaine, Washington
"[Irvin Pan?]."
May 22, 1909
2 42
Family posed in front of house
"Mr. Heathman."
August 15, 1908 or 1909
2 43
Family posed in yard in front of house
"Mrs. Morgan's."
June 1, 1908 or 1909
2 44
Two young women with young man
"Nooksack, Everson."
1908 or 1909

McMinnville, Oregon, 1908-1909Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box item
2 45
View of McMinnville
"Bird's-eye from water tank."
1908
2 46
Main Street in McMinnville
"Taken from porch over meat market, circus day while shooting at parade."
1908 or 1909
2 47
McMinnville circus parade
"Sells-Floto shows."
1908 or 1909
3 48
Mayday at Linfield College, McMinnville: crowd of people gathered around Old Oak to see May Queen coronation
May 1, 1909
3 49
Girls and maypole
May 1, 1909
3 50
McMinnville courthouse
Winter, 1909
McMinnville residences
1909
Box item
3 51
"[Fenton's?] house"
1908 or 1909
3 52
"Mr. Perry's house"
1908 or 1909
Dorm rooms at Linfield
1909
Box item
3 53
Two boys studying at desk in dorm room
"Boys' room at Kyle's, Haye's, and Woody."
1909
3 54
Young man at desk in dorm room
"Orel Welsh's room."
1909
3 55-56
Frank Bonds at desk in dorm room
1909
3 57
Young man at chair in dorm room
"Griffick room."
1909
3 58
Four young men studying in dorm room
"Lancill, Hart, Richardson Bros."
1909
3 59
Three young women studying in dorm room
"Ruby Brissnir, [Tina Horn?], and Miss Carlton."
1909
3 60
Three young women studying in dorm room
"Maxwell sisters and [Leo Keming?]"
1909
Trick photographs
Box item
3 61
Frank Bonds pointing at himself
1908 or 1909
3 62
Frank Bonds wheeling himself in wheelbarrow
"Taken by Ford Hand in McMinnville."
1908 or 1909
3 63 1908 or 1909
3 64
Young man ["Nicoll"] boxing with himself
1908 or 1909
Box item
3 65
Boy, dog, and sled in McMinnville
January 1909
3 66
Women and girls on a porch
"Troup [sic] at Mrs. Pettit's."
1908 or 1909
3 67
Frank Bonds and Ira Bright among trees
[June 7, 1909?]
3 68-69
Bessie Clark
1908 or 1909

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Dormitories--Oregon--McMinnville--Photographs
  • Families--Washington (State)--Sumas--Photographs
  • Floods--Washington (State)--Nooksack River--Photographs

Personal Names

  • Bonds, Frank, 1890- --Photographs
  • Bonds, Fred--Photographs
  • Bonds, Lorene--Photographs

Corporate Names

  • Linfield College--Student housing--Photographs

Family Names

  • Bonds family--Photographs

Geographical Names

  • McMinnville (Or.)--Photographs
  • Nooksack River (Wash.)--Photographs
  • Sumas (Wash.)--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Glass negatives
  • Trick photography

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)