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D.R. Judkins photographs, approximately 1880-1890
Overview of the Collection
- Photographer
- Judkins, David R. (David Roby), 1836-1909
- Title
- D.R. Judkins photographs
- Dates
- approximately 1880-1890 (inclusive)18751895
- Quantity
- 44 photographic prints (1 box) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH0280
- Summary
- Photographs by early Seattle photographer depicting various locations
- Repository
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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
Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
David Roby Judkins was born on January 17, 1836 in Chesterville, Maine. He spent most of his early years as a photographer travelling between Illinois and California; by 1879, he had established a studio in Port Townsend, Washington. By March 1880, Judkins had begun doing business on the Seattle waterfront; later, he had his studio mounted on a barge, to become "Judkins' Floating Sunbeam Gallery", or the "Cottage Gallery", thus being able to visit and do business in various ports in Puget Sound. He married Ida A. Bangs on December 25, 1880. Following the birth of the couple's first child, John Roby (1882-1903), Judkins sailed his gallery up the Fraser River and settled in Vancouver Island for 11 months. During that time, his second child Edith (1883-1900) was born. The family returned to Seattle in 1884, at which point Judkins sold his "Floating Gallery". For the next few years, Judkins would operate studios around Seattle (including the southwest corner of Second and Columbia Streets, and Judkins' house at 522 Depot Street). A third child, Etta Hazle (d. 1974) was born in January 1891; four years later, Ida died. Between 1898 and 1899, Judkins followed the Yukon gold rush; during the latter part of this period, he ran his "Pullman Photographic Gallery" in Skagway, Alaska. Following Edith and John Roby’s deaths from consumption, Judkins and Etta Hazle moved to California in 1903. Judkins died on December 11, 1909.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs of the D. R. Judkins family and Judkins photography studio. portraits of Governor Watson Squire and staff, Charles Peters, and members of the 14th Infantry Regiment. Also includes the steamer City of Quincy having freight unloaded, the Thomas Burke residence, the A. W. Bash residence in Port Townsend, the Fremont district, the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway and scenes in Alaska.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Miles W. Weaver (Etta Hazle Judkins), 1986, 1990; Michael Maslan, 1988; Margaret Maxson, August 1956; purchase, 1987; E. S. Meany Bequest.
Processing Note
Processed by Beck Prigot, 2015.
Judkins's stereoscopic photographs have been relocated to the Pacific Northwest and Alaska Photographers Stereocard Collection, PH Coll 31 in the repository.
Some portrait photographs and portrait of Judkins have been relocated to the Portraits Collection, PH Coll 563 in the repository.
Two photographs of the Seattle Fire of 1889 and its aftermath have been relocated to the Seattle Fire Collection, PH Coll 684 in the repository.
Related Materials
D.R. Judkins Oak Harbor Photographs, PH1352.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Judkins familyReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/1 | 1 | between 1890 and 1900 | |
| 1/1 | 2 |
Stereoscopic image of Ida Bangs Judkins and other people
picnicking at Deception Pass, Washington Stamped on photograph: D. R. Judkins, Photo. Washington
Territory.Written on verso of original photograph: A picknick from la
conna [sic] got fore benefit Wash. Ida sits near
the basket. Out at decepcian [sic] pass.
|
between 1880 and 1889 |
| 1/1 | 3 | between 1888 and 1895 | |
| 1/1 | 4 | between 1888 and 1895 | |
| 1/1 | 5 | between 1888 and 1895 | |
| 1/1 | 6 | between 1888 and 1895 | |
| 1/1 | 7 | between 1887 and 1905 | |
| 1/1 | 8 | between 1897 and 1903 | |
| 1/1 | 9 | 1898? | |
| 1/1 | 10 |
David R. Judkins fishing with other people Stamped on verso of original photograph: D. R. Judkins,
Skaguay Alaska Written on verso of original photograph: D. R. Judkins with
fish pole, beard
|
between 1898 and 1899 |
| 1/1 | 11 |
Women carrying Edith Judkins' coffin to a
hearse Theodore E. Peiser (photographer)
Written faintly on photograph: In memoreum [
sic] of Edith A Judkins. Departed Aug 29th 1900.
Aged 17 years 3 months
|
1900 |
| 1/1 | 12 |
Memorial to Edith Judkins Theodore E. Peiser (photographer)
Written faintly on photograph: Tribute of friends in memory of
Edith A Judkins
|
1900 |
PortraitsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/2 | 13 | between 1880 and 1899 | |
| 1/2 | 14 | between 1880 and 1899 | |
| 1/2 | 15 |
Nellie Wood (Mrs. Lyman Wood) in Rebekah Lodge
regalia Written on verso: First Noble Grand of the First Rebekah Lodge
in Seattle 1886 - Ridgely Rebekah Lodge No. 6 - and afterwards the Chaplain of
that Lodge for about 21 years. Born 1837. Mrs. Lyman Wood.
|
1886 |
| 1/2 | 16 |
Charles Peters Peters was the second husband of Laura Hall Peters, who was
well-known at the time as a radical advocate for labor reform,
communitarianism, spiritualism, and populism, among other interests. The couple
were members of the utopian Puget Sound Cooperative Colony and were said to be
the first couple to be married in Port Angeles.
|
between 1887 and 1888 |
| 1/2 | 17 |
Man and woman with two children Stamped on verso: D. R. Judkins. Artist, photographer.
|
between 1880 and 1899 |
| 1/2 | 18 |
Captain A. H. Jackson, General John Gibbon, Lieutenant
John P. Wisser, and Colonel Isaac DeRussy Jackson, Gibbon, Wisser, and DeRussy were sent to Seattle by
Grover Cleveland to intervene in the anti-Chinese riots of February 1886.
|
between 1880 and 1890 |
| 1/2 | 19 |
Members of the United States 14th Infantry
Regiment People identified: (Back row, left to right) Doctor Moseley,
Captain Thomas F. Tobey, Captain Charles H. Warrens, Lieutenant Stephen J.
Mulhall, Lieutenant Frank Taylor; (front row, left to right) Captain Augustus
H. Bainbridge, Captain Charles B. Western, Captain Daniel W. BurkeThe 14th Infantry was sent to Seattle by Grover Cleveland to
intervene in the anti-Chinese riots of February 1886.
|
between 1880 and 1890 |
| 1/2 | 20 |
Watson C. Squire and cabinet staff Caption printed on photo: Col. S. W. Scott, Ass't Provost
Marshall. J. H. McGraw, Sheriff of King County, Aid to the Governor. Col. G. G.
Lyon, Aid to the Governor. G. M. Haller, Asst. Adjt Gen., Act'g Adjt Gen. and
Chief of Staff. Dr. T. T. Miner [sic], Surgeon
General. C. H. Kittinger, Aid to the Governor. Maj. A. E. Alden, Provost
Marshal. Capt. Geo. D. Hill, U. S. A. Retired. Commisary General and Chief of
Ordinance. Watson C. Squire, Governor and Commander in Chief. Col. G. O.
Haller, U. S. A. Retired, Adjutant General.Following his declaration of martial law in response to the
anti-Chinese riots, Governor Squire appointed the cabinet staff on February 8,
1886.
|
1886? |
Washington photographsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Seattle |
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| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/3 | 21 | May 1888 | |
| 1/3 | 22 | between 1880 and 1889 | |
| 1/3 | 23 | between 1883 and 1888 | |
| 1/3 | 24 | between 1885 and 1900 | |
| 1/3 | 25 |
David Judkins' house with John Roby Judkins standing
in front of Frederick & Nelson furniture wagon Written on verso: old house, 522 Denny Way, Seattle. John
Roby drove delivery.
|
between 1887 and 1900 |
Washington industry |
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| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/4 | 26 | between 1888 and 1900 | |
| 1/4 | 27 | between 1888 and 1900 | |
| 1/4 | 28 | 1888 | |
| 1/4 | 29 | between 1892 and 1899 | |
| 1/4 | 30 | between 1889 and 1896 | |
| 1/4 | 31 | undated | |
| 1/4 | 32 | between 1880 and 1889 | |
| 1/4 | 33 | between 1888 and 1889 | |
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/5 | 34-35 | between 1880 and 1884 | |
| 1/5 | 36 | 1890? | |
| 1/5 | 37 | between 1880 and 1899 | |
| 1/5 | 38 | between 1880 and 1899 | |
| 1/5 | 39 | between 1880 and 1899 | |
| 1/5 | 40 | between 1889 and 1900 | |
Alaska photographsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/6 | 41 | between 1898 and 1899 | |
| 1/6 | 42 | between 1898 and 1899 | |
| 1/6 | 43 | between 1898 and 1899 | |
| 1/6 | 44 | between 1898 and 1899 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Railroad companies--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Judkins, David R. (David Roby), 1836-1909,--Archives
- Judkins, David R. (David Roby), 1836-1909,--Family--Photographs
- Judkins, David R. (David Roby), 1836-1909,--Homes and haunts--Photographs
- Judkins, David R. (David Roby), 1836-1909,--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Alaska--Photographs
- Seattle (Wash.)--Photographs
