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Shafer family photograph collection, approximately 1906-1959
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Shafer family
- Title
- Shafer family photograph collection
- Dates
- approximately 1906-1959 (inclusive)19061959
- Quantity
- 38 photographic prints (1 box) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH1084
- Summary
- The collection includes images of Shafer family members and views of the interior of the Shafer family home in Seattle.
- 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 original photographs. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
Brothers Julius (1873-1951) and Isadore “Izzie” (1874-1952) Shafer were born in Russia, the children of Abraham Schofowitch (shortened to Shafer) and Sarah Jacobs. Julius and Izzie Shafer immigrated to the United States in the 1880s. Together they owned and operated the Shafer Brothers, a retail clothing and men’s furnishing company, as well as working as auctioneers and pawnbrokers. Together they also partnered as property owners, with a real estate portfolio that included the Arcade Building (built in 1906), Columbia Theatre and Mutual Life Building. In 1923, the Shafer Brothers developed the Shafer Building at Sixth Avenue and Pine Street in Downtown Seattle, which is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The former Shafer family home at 907 14th Avenue East is currently a bed and breakfast known as the Shafer Baillie Mansion.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection includes images of Shafer family members, views of the Shafer family home in Seattle, and the Shafer Brothers Clothing Store.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
View the digital version of the collection
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Custodial History
Collected by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society.
Acquisition Information
Donors: Sylvia Shafer Oseran, August 1978; Harriet Katz and Norman Shafer, June 1982; Malcom Katz, December 1991.
Processing Note
Processed by Jack Falk, Don Romero; processing completed in 2014. Revised in 2017.
Related Materials
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Shafer family, home, and businessReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/1 | 1 | circa 1906 | |
| 1/1 | 2 |
Portrait of Julius Shafer Written on photo: President Hildesheimer Seattle Lodge
503.
James and Bushnell, Seattle (photographer)
|
1914 |
| 1/1 | 3 |
Portrait of Shafer family Back row, left to right: Elise Shafer (Mrs. William Topp),
Norton Shafer, Harriet Shafer (Mrs. Archie Katz), Gloria Shafer (Mrs. Gloria
Zacks). Seated in front, left to right: Mrs. Julius Shafer (Rebecca Betty) and
Sylvia Shafer (Mrs. Melville Oseran).
|
circa 1925-1935 |
| 1/2 | 4 |
Shafer family in back of house at 907
14th Ave. East, Seattle Back row, from left: Norton Shafer, Julius Shafer (father),
Rebecca Shafer (mother), Uncle Isidore (Issie or Izzie) Shafer (brother of
Julius), Harriet S. Katz. Front row: Sylvia S. Oseran, Gloria S. Zacks, Elise
S. Topp.
|
circa 1930s |
| 1/2 | 5 | circa 1920s-1930s | |
| 1/2 | 6 | undated | |
| 1/2 | 7 | circa 1930s | |
| 1/2 | 8 | circa 1930s | |
| 1/2 | 9 | circa 1930s | |
| 1/2 | 10 | circa 1930s | |
| 1/3 | 11 | circa 1940s | |
| 1/3 | 12 |
Young boy and girl in studio portrait Boy in item 12 is possibly the same boy on right in item
13.
E.A. Lynn, Tacoma (photographer)
|
circa 1915-1918 |
| 1/3 | 13 |
Woman standing outdoors with children behind
her Boy in item 13 on right is possibly the same boy in item
12.
|
undated |
| 1/3 | 14 | circa 1923 | |
| 1/4 | 15-16 | circa 1920s | |
| 1/4 | 17 |
People on funicular at top of Mt. Lowe,
California Isidore (Issie or Izzie) Shafer is 3rd from left on top,
Julius Shafer is left on 2nd row.
|
circa 1930s |
| 1/5 | 18-19 |
Seattle Y basketball team Norton Shafer is 3rd from left on #18, 2nd from right on
#19.
|
circa early 1940s |
| 1/5 | 20 | circa 1945 | |
| 1/5 | 21 | circa 1945 | |
| 1/5 | 22 | circa 1947 | |
| 1/5 | 23 | undated | |
| 1/6 | 24 |
Group of people sitting at dining table in the Olympic
Bowl at the Hotel Olympic, Seattle Isidore (Issie or Izzie) Shafer at left. Photo is in souvenir
Olympic Bowl mount.
|
circa 1950s |
| 1/6 | 25 |
B'nai B'rith convention banquet Norton Shafer is circled on photo. Photo has been cut from
printed publication.
|
December 29, 1952 |
| 1/6 | 26 | 1955 | |
| 1/6 | 27 |
Group of people at backyard party at Three Tree Point,
Burien, Washington Identified in photo: Mike Shafer, Sam Siegel, Dorothy Starin,
Hortense Shafer, Eva Stusser, Betty Goodglick Shafer, Dr. William Topp, Elise
Topp, Kathy Topp Fishman, Julie Top, Cindy Topp Masin, Edward Starin, Diane
Topp, Julius Shafer.
|
circa 1956 |
| 1/7 | 28 | undated | |
| 1/7 | 29 | undated | |
| 1/7 | 30 |
Group of children outdoors, some with croquet
mallets Identified in photo: Kathy Topp Fishman, Cindy Topp Masin,
Diane Topp, Mike Shafer, Julie Topp, Joel Oseran.
|
circa 1950s-1960s |
| 1/7 | 31 | undated | |
| 1/7 | 32 | undated |
Mt. Rainier ClimbReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/8 | 33 |
Climbers standing on dirt road Isidore (Issie or Izzie) Shafer is 4th from right.
Frank A. Jacobs, Rainier National Park Company (photographer)
|
circa 1920s |
| 1/8 | 34 |
Climbers standing in sloped meadow Isidore (Issie or Izzie) Shafer is 9th from left.
Frank A. Jacobs, Rainier National Park Company (photographer)
|
circa 1920s |
| 1/8 | 35 |
Climbers standing in snow Isidore (Issie or Izzie) Shafer is 5th from left.
Frank A. Jacobs, Rainier National Park Company (photographer)
|
circa 1920s |
| 1/8 | 36 |
Climbers preparing to slide down mountain in a
group Isidore (Issie or Izzie) Shafer is 2nd from right.
Frank A. Jacobs, Rainier National Park Company (photographer)
|
circa 1920s |
| 1/8 | 37 |
Climbers next to and in a crevasse Isidore (Issie or Izzie) Shafer on right.
Frank A. Jacobs, Rainier National Park Company (photographer)
|
circa 1920s |
| 1/8 | 38 |
Climbers on summit of mountain Isidore (Issie or Izzie) Shafer is 4th from top.
Frank A. Jacobs, Rainier National Park Company (photographer)
|
circa 1920s |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
