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Prosch Washington views photograph album, circa 1858-1903
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Prosch, Thomas Wickham, 1850-1915
- Title
- Prosch Washington views photograph album
- Dates
- circa 1858-1903 (inclusive)18581903
- Quantity
- 232 photographic prints in one album ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH0028
- Summary
- Album of photographs, mainly of Seattle street scenes and architecture including the Seattle Fire of 1889. It also includes scenes of Wenatchee Valley, Chelan, Okanagon, Neah Bay, Snoqualmie Falls and other Washington 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.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Son of pioneer parents, Charles and Susan Prosch, Thomas Prosch came with his family to the Pacific Coast in 1855 from Brooklyn, New York. The elder Prosch was a printer and in 1858 founded the Puget Sound Herald at Steilacoom. Thomas Prosch worked at his father's trade as well as a salesman and a logging camp hand. At nineteen he was a clerk in the State legislature and a clerk in the customs office at Port Townsend at twenty.
About 1869 Charles Prosch and his two sons, Fred and Thomas, acquired the Pacific Tribune from Randall H. Hewitt and continued its publication in Olympia. The complete ownership of the paper passed to Thomas in 1872 because of financial reasons. In 1873 Thomas moved to Tacoma where he continued publication of the paper for nearly two years and then moved it to Seattle where it continued about three years longer. He then sold the paper.
About 1879 he and Samuel L. Crawford bought the Intelligencer . Two years later the paper was merged with the Post to become the present day Post-Intelligencer . Early in 1886 Prosch sold the paper to a joint stock company.
In 1876 Prosch was appointed postmaster of Seattle by President Grant. He resigned the post after two years. He had charge of the municipal census of Seattle in 1890 and at the same time was special agent in charge of the federal census here. In the early 1890's he served three years as a member of the Seattle School Board. In 1894 he aided in platting the tidelands of Seattle and Tacoma. He was active in the Seattle Chamber of Commerce; he was secretary for three years and a member of the board of trustees for fourteen. He was member and officer of various pioneer and historical societies including the Washington Pioneer's association. His later life was devoted to historical writing and collecting. He died in 1915.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Album of photographs, mainly of Seattle street scenes and architecture including the Seattle Fire of 1889. It also includes scenes of Wenatchee Valley, Chelan, Okanagon, Neah Bay, Snoqualmie Falls and other Washington locations. The photographs of copies of work done by various local photographers including Boyd & Brass, Carlton Watkins, and M. P. Spencer.
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Prosch Washington Views Photograph AlbumReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | item | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lake Wenatchee and
mountains |
undated |
| 1 | 2 | Upper Wenatchee valley |
undated |
| 1 | 3 | Mission in Cashmere, Wenatchee
Valley |
undated |
| 1 | 4 | Burbank house and farm, Wenatchee
Valley |
undated |
| 1 | 5 | River and farmland Written on page: Brown's Flat, Wenatchee Valley.
|
undated |
| 1 | 6 | Cows grazing in pasture Written on page: On Riverside Stock Ranch, Wenatchee
Valley.
|
undated |
| 1 | 7 | View of farm and hills Written on page: Wenatchee Valley and town from Lanham's.
|
undated |
| 1 | 8 | Steamboats docked at
Wenatchee M. P. Spencer (photographer)
|
1881 |
| 1 | 9a | Woman in tent, man standing by rocking
chair Written on page: Campers at Chelan.
|
1903 |
| 1 | 9b | View of Chelan |
undated |
| 1 | 10a | St. Andrew's P.E. Church covered in
snow, Chelan |
January 1903 |
| 1 | 10b | Woodin Avenue, Chelan |
1903 |
| 1 | 11a | Chelan Falls |
undated |
| 1 | 11b | Chelan and Columbia Rivers |
undated |
| 1 | 11c | Chelan River and Lake with
bridge |
undated |
| 1 | 11d | Chelan River |
undated |
| 1 | 12a | Man in horse drawn carriage on road
with fence Written on page: The Chelan Country.
|
undated |
| 1 | 12b | Steamboats on Lake Chelan |
undated |
| 1 | 13a | Lake Chelan shoreline Written on page: Lakeside at high water.
|
undated |
| 1 | 13b | Lake Chelan shoreline with
buildings Written on page: Lakeside at high water.
|
undated |
| 1 | 13c | Lake Chelan waterfront with boats and
dock |
undated |
| 1 | 14a | Man on horse drawn cart in
field Written on page: Near lakeside.
|
undated |
| 1 | 14b | Dompky Falls |
undated |
| 1 | 14c | House surrounded by trees Written on page: Moore's.
|
undated |
| 1 | 14d | Man working next to tent Written on page: Camp at 25 Mile Creek.
|
undated |
| 1 | 15a | View of Lake Chelan from Canoe
Creek |
undated |
| 1 | 15b | View of mountains Written on page: Chelan Scenery.
|
undated |
| 1 | 15c | View of mountains Written on page: Chelan Scenery.
|
undated |
| 1 | 15d | Rocky mountain peaks Written on page: Castle Rock.
|
undated |
| 1 | 16a | View of forest between large
rocks Written on page: A Chelan gateway.
|
undated |
| 1 | 16b-c | View of Rainbow Falls Written on page: Rainbow Falls, one of Stehikin Valley's
attractions.
|
undated |
| 1 | 16d | Close-up of wild flowers in
Chelan |
undated |
| 1 | 17a | Men hanging deer carcasses Written on page: A Chelan deer hunting party.
|
undated |
| 1 | 17b | Mountain goats in snow Written on page: Wild goats in the mountains of Chelan.
|
undated |
| 1 | 17c | Victor Denny and Lawrence Lindsley on
mountainside with dead mountain goat Written on page: Wild goats in the mountains of Chelan.
Lawrence Denny Lindsley (photographer)
|
undated |
| 1 | 18a | Black bear behind boulder Written on page: Chelan game.
|
undated |
| 1 | 18b | Two trout Written on page: Chelan game.
|
undated |
| 1 | 18c | Lynx caught in trap in the
snow Written on page: Chelan game.
|
undated |
| 1 | 18d | Wood rat on tree stump caught in
trap Written on page: Chelan game.
|
undated |
| 1 | 19a | Nespelem Falls, Okanagan
County Written on page: In summer.
|
undated |
| 1 | 19b | Nespelem Falls, Okanagan
County Written on page: In winter.
|
undated |
| 1 | 20 | Nespelem Falls, Okanagan
County Written on page: In spring.
|
undated |
| 1 | 21 | Interior of St. Andrews Church,
Chelan Written on page: House built of logs, furniture to match.
|
undated |
| 1 | 22 | Steamboats at dock Written on page: Steamboats at Lakeside.
|
undated |
| 1 | 23 | Lake Chelan with mountains in
background Written on page: View of Lake Chelan and Mountains from
Moore's.
|
undated |
| 1 | 24 | Snow-covered street with storefronts
and sleigh Written on page: Lakeside's business street.
|
undated |
| 1 | 25 | The Wentworth Sanitarium in Chelan with
snow on ground |
undated |
| 1 | 26 | Men working on mining
equipment Written on page: Hydraulic mining in Sultan River district
|
undated |
| 1 | 27a | Man spraying water at mining
operation Written on page: Mining for gold at De Soto mine, Sultan River
District, Cascade Mountains.
|
1902 |
| 1 | 27b | Group with cook in front of
buildings Written on page: Mining for gold at De Soto mine, Sultan River
District, Cascade Mountains.
|
1902 |
| 1 | 28a | Mt. Rainier viewed from
Tacoma |
undated |
| 1 | 28b | Snoqualmie Falls Written on page: An early day photograph.
|
undated |
| 1 | 28c | Snoqualmie Falls Written on page: From a painting by T. A. Harrison in
1876.
|
undated |
| 1 | 29a | Group portrait taken in the
woods Printed on photo: Souvenir of excursion of the State Press
Association. From Seattle to Snoqualmie.
|
September 27, 1893 |
| 1 | 29b | Greek Church in Sitka,
Alaska |
undated |
| 1 | 29c | U.S. Penitentiary at McNeil
Island |
1877 |
| 1 | 29d | Men sitting on large felled cedar
tree Written on page: A fallen giant-cedar.
|
undated |
| 1 | 30a | Rocky shoreline of west coast of
Destruction Island |
undated |
| 1 | 30b | Lighthouse under construction on
Destruction Island |
1877 |
| 1 | 31a | Rocky shore near Neah Bay |
undated |
| 1 | 31b | Tall boulders and cliff at Cape
Flattery |
undated |
| 1 | 31c | Tall boulders at Cape
Flattery |
undated |
| 1 | 31d | Tatoosh lighthouse |
1877 |
| 1 | 32a | Suspension bridge over Fraser
River |
undated |
| 1 | 32b | Man holding saw and axe in front of
small building Written on page: The beginning of a Puget Sound farm or
town.
|
undated |
| 1 | 32c | Railroad bridge over Fraser
River |
undated |
| 1 | 32d | Floating dry dock at Port
Hadlock McMurray Photo (photographer)
Written on photo: 325 feet long, 100 feet wide.
|
March 14, 1891 |
| 1 | 33a | View of Yale, British
Columbia |
undated |
| 1 | 33b | Steamer George E.
Starr in Victoria Harbor, British Columbia |
1882 |
| 1 | 33c | View of Fraser River and New
Westminster, British Columbia |
undated |
| 1 | 33d | Houses in Victoria, British
Columbia |
1882 |
| 1 | 34a | Main Street, Olympia |
1873 |
| 1 | 34b | Mill and log boom at Port Gamble,
Washington |
1877 |
| 1 | 34c | Residence street in Port Gamble,
Washington |
1877 |
| 1 | 34d | Buildings and water view in Union,
Washington |
1877 |
| 1 | 34e | Buildings on waterfront in Tumwater,
Washington |
1877 |
| 1 | 35a | Ships docked at Railroad wharf in
Tacoma, Washington |
1882 |
| 1 | 35b | May Day picnickers in
Tacoma |
1875 |
| 1 | 35c | Territorial Insane Asylum at Fort
Steilacoom |
1870s |
| 1 | 35d | St. Peters Church, Rectory, and Prosch
house in Tacoma |
1875 |
| 1 | 36a | The Crawford, Harrington and Yesler
wharves with steamship Dakota at dock |
1878 |
| 1 | 36b | Steamship Mexico
|
1880 |
| 1 | 36c | Seattle Harbor |
1880 |
| 1 | 36d | Trinity S.S. picnic on steamer
Zephyr at Port Madison |
1876 |
| 1 | 37a | Steamer Dakota at Yesler Wharf |
1882 |
| 1 | 37b | Post Building, which housed offices of
the Post-Intelligencer Moore Photo (photographer)
|
between 1880 and 1890 |
| 1 | 37c | Five stern wheelers docked at Yesler
wharf |
1880 |
| 1 | 38a | Seattle wharf and
waterfront |
1882 |
| 1 | 38b | Crowd of people in front of Occidental
Hotel, Seattle Written on page: Scene of the funeral obsequies of President
Garfield in front of Occidental Hotel.
|
October 1881 |
| 1 | 38c | First Avenue viewed from Yesler North,
Seattle |
1878 |
| 1 | 38d | First Avenue South near Washington
Street, Seattle |
1878 |
| 1 | 39a | Steamship Queen
of the Pacific entering the harbor Written on page: Celebration at Seattle September 16, 1883, of
the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and driving of the last (gold)
spike, in Montana some days before. Twelve following pictures.
|
September 16, 1883 |
| 1 | 39b | Steamship Queen
of the Pacific at dock Written on page: Same ship arriving at the wharf, with guests
on board of President Henry Villard.
|
September 16, 1883 |
| 1 | 40a | Group portrait of the town band on
First Avenue, Seattle |
September 16, 1883 |
| 1 | 40b | Archway with banners on First Avenue
South near Yesler, Seattle |
September 16, 1883 |
| 1 | 40c | Group portrait of Knights of Pythias at
First Avenue South and Marion Street, Seattle |
September 16, 1883 |
| 1 | 41a | University building with welcome
banner Written on page: The University bedecked for the
celebration.
|
September 16, 1883 |
| 1 | 41b | People posing with cattle Written on page: Exhibition of old time logging team.
|
September 16, 1883 |
| 1 | 41c | Crowd in exhibition
structure Written on page: View from cupola of University of this
occasion.
|
September 16, 1883 |
| 1 | 42a | Men cooking beef on large
rotisseries Written on page: The two Barbecues-one of meats by the whites,
and one of clams and fish by the Indians.
|
September 16, 1883 |
| 1 | 42b | Native Americans cooking clams and
fish Written on page: The two Barbecues-one of meats by the whites,
and one of clams and fish by the Indians.
|
September 16, 1883 |
| 1 | 43a | Crowd of people at the eating
area |
September 16, 1883 |
| 1 | 43b | Crowd of people at the speaking
area |
September 16, 1883 |
| 1 | 44a | View of Seattle waterfront Written on page: Two views of the same scene taken four years
apart.
|
1882 |
| 1 | 44b | View of Seattle waterfront Written on page: Two views of the same scene taken four years
apart.Written on photo: Seattle showing Mt. Rainier.
|
1886 |
| 1 | 45a | Seattle's first stone buildings at
First Avenue South and Washington Street. |
undated |
| 1 | 45b | Seattle waterfront |
1887 |
| 1 | 45c | Sailing ship Bark
Memnon tipped over on her side at dock Written on page: Bark Memnonon
her beam ends at Stetson & Post wharf in 1885.
|
1885 |
| 1 | 45d | Two men standing near fence with
buildings in background Written on page: Looking southeast from Pike Street near First
Avenue.
|
1883 |
| 1 | 46a | Snow-covered logs in water Written on page: Real winter in Seattle, 1884-5.Written on page: From coal bunkers, foot of King Street,
looking south and east.
|
circa 1884-1885 |
| 1 | 46b | Snow-covered docks and
buildings Written on page: Real winter in Seattle, 1884-5.Written on page: From same place, looking north and east.
|
circa 1884-1885 |
| 1 | 47a | People standing in snow-covered
street Written on page: From First Avenue South, and Yesler, looking
east.
|
circa 1884-1885 |
| 1 | 47b | Steamers City of
Kingston and North Pacific in Puget
Sound Written on page: Steamer City of
Kingston with 200 Chamber of Commerce excursionists on board, leaving
Seattle on morning of December 26, 1890, to meet the new steamer
City of Seattle at Port Townsend, excursionists
returning on new steamer in evening. Two old-time Puget Sound favorites.
|
1890 |
| 1 | 48a | Crowd in street looking at clouds of
smoke coming from buildings Written on page: Nineteen pictures representing the great fire
of June 6, 1889, in which all the main business portion of Seattle was burned
over, thirty blocks, houses and contents, with losses in all aggregating
$15,000,000.The fire began as here shown on southwest corner First Avenue
and Madison Street about 2pm in a paint shop, caused by the overturned contents
of a glue pot igniting.
|
June 6, 1889 |
| 1 | 48b | Cloud of smoke coming from burning
building Written on page: An early view of the fire, while yet confined
to the block in which it originated, from Pike street
|
June 6, 1889 |
| 1 | 49a | Smoke over the Seattle, Lakeshore &
Eastern Depot, west end of Columbia Street Written on page: Depots, warehouses, wharves, sidewalks,
railroads, even the streets, were destroyed.
|
June 6, 1889 |
| 1 | 49b | Charred remains of the Occidental
Hotel Written on page: This fine building went as if it were made of
boards and paper. The people then gave up hope, and allowed the fire to burn
until all was gone that would burn.
|
June 6, 1889 |
| 1 | 50a | People standing in front of the remains
of Post Building after the Seattle fire Written on page: This was the Post Building; erected in 1881,
occupied then and for eight years by the Post
Intelligencer . It stood on Yesler Way, where the Mutual Life house now
is.
|
June 6, 1889 |
| 1 | 50b | Charred ruins of buildings Written on page: Here were the Post, Yesler, and Yesler-Leary
Buildings, facing 160 feet on Yesler Way.
|
June 6, 1889 |
| 1 | 51a | Charred ruins of the Safe Deposit,
Poncin, Union and San Francisco buildings Written on page: The finest lot of business houses in the
city, in 1888-89, were those represented by these ruins. The block extended
from Yesler Way to Columbia Street, 550 feet, and then down Yesler 160 feet
more. The people were proud of this great block. The fire wiped it out in an
hour.
|
June 6, 1889 |
| 1 | 51b | People cleaning street and house debris
on First Avenue |
June 6, 1889 |
| 1 | 52a | Charred ruins looking south from Second
and Marion Streets Written on page: Second Avenue in June, 1889, had but two
brick buildings. North of Columbia it was used for residence purposes only. Its
shade trees checked the flames. Not a house was left standing on its west side
from Spring Street south.
|
June 6, 1889 |
| 1 | 52b | Charred ruins of buildings Written on page: Desolation, wreck, ruin. In the heart of the
devastated district. Scene from Washington Street and Occidental Avenue
|
June 6, 1889 |
| 1 | 53a | Ruins of the Washington Iron
Works Written on page: Though all but the iron here was burned and
destroyed, the Washington Iron Works have since risen greater in every respect
than before.
|
June 1889 |
| 1 | 53b | Charred ruins in distance looking north
from transfer stables Written on page: Here, where it encountered the bay, and less
material, the fire ceased of sheer necessity.
|
June 1889 |
| 1 | 54a | Charred ruins on the
waterfront Written on page: The waterfront from Main to Madison, also
First Avenue, a few days after the fire.
|
June 1889 |
| 1 | 54b | Charred ruins with new construction in
foreground Written on page: First Avenue from Madison Street north, as
seen from wharves, with houses to the east on Second, Third and Fourth
Avenues.
|
June 1889 |
| 1 | 55a | The burned blocks between First and
Second Avenues, Columbia and James streets Written on page: This is as it looked a week or two after the
fire. The debris was being removed, tents were everywhere, and new brick houses
were constructing. It was a tented city later.
|
June 1889 |
| 1 | 55b | People and tents near Third and
Jefferson looking to the south and west |
June 1889 |
| 1 | 56a | Dexter Horton Bank building Written on page: The first stone houses in Seattle. They
withstood the fire almost successfully, and were the only buildings in the
burned section used after the fire. In 1891 they gave way to a new and more
pretentious structure.
|
June 1889 |
| 1 | 56b | Group gathered under Tacoma Relief
Bureau Tent Written on page: Third Avenue, where Federal Building now
stands. Tacoma people raised $20,000 which they gave to the Seattle Committee
for relief of the destitute and suffering. With part of the money lodgings and
meals were furnished free to the needy for some weeks.
|
1889 |
| 1 | 57a | People standing next to tent with
buildings in background Written on page: A Bureau of found goods was established in
the Denny yard at Third and Union, on the present Government building ground,
and which Bureau is here represented.
|
1889 |
| 1 | 57b | Ships docked in Seattle Written on page: President Harrison visited Seattle in June,
1891, arriving on the steamerCity of Seattleamid
whistle blowing, flag flying, cannon firing, band playing and people shouting.
The day was cloudy and some rain fell, marring the enjoyment considerably.
Boyd and Brass, Seattle (photographer)
|
June 1891 |
| 1 | 58a | Crowd gathered near Occidental
Square Written on page: These three views are of the Presidential
party and populace on Yesler Way and First Avenue. After a drive through the
city, short speeches and a reception were indulged in on the University
ground.
|
June 1891 |
| 1 | 58b | Crowd gathered in front of South park
Land Company building. Written on photo: President Harrison passing through the arch,
Occidental Square.
Boyd and Brass, Seattle (photographer)
|
June 1891 |
| 1 | 59a | Crowd on street watching
parade Written on page: First Avenue from Cherry Street north.
|
July 4, 1888 |
| 1 | 59b | Crowd on street under large American
flag Written on page: First Avenue from Cherry Street north.
|
July 4, 1888 |
| 1 | 60 | Group of pioneers at Madison Park
Pavilion Written on page: Pioneers at the reunion of 1899.
|
1899 |
| 1 | 61a | Group of pioneers in front of
Washington Pioneers building Written on page: At the Pioneer reunion. Before the
session.
|
June 21, 1904 |
| 1 | 61b | Group of pioneers in front of
Washington Pioneers building Written on page: At the Pioneer reunion. After the
session.
|
June 21, 1904 |
| 1 | 62a | View of Seattle from Denny
Hill Written on page: As Seattle looked three years after the great
fire of 1889. The last business quarter had then been replaced by streets and
houses greater, finer and in every way more suitable.
|
1892 |
| 1 | 62b | View of Seattle from Denny
Hill Written on page: As Seattle looked three years after the great
fire of 1889. The last business quarter had then been replaced by streets and
houses greater, finer and in every way more suitable.
|
1892 |
| 1 | 63a | Seattle viewed from the
harbor |
circa 1895-1896 |
| 1 | 63b |
City of
Seattle ship near docks Written on page: Popular passenger carriers.
|
circa 1895-1896 |
| 1 | 63c |
Fleetwood
ship in Puget Sound Written on page: Popular passenger carriers.
|
circa 1895-1896 |
| 1 | 64a | Trinity Church at Eighth and James
Streets Written on page: Destroyed by fire Jan. 1902.
Gow (photographer)
|
1900 |
| 1 | 64b | Ships, including the
Olympian, at the Columbia and Puget Sound railroad
docks Written on page: This group of nine pictures is illustrative
of Seattle in 1888. All the wharves and all the fine houses shown but one were
burned on the 6th of June, 1889.
Gazzam and Company, Seattle (photographer)
|
1888 |
| 1 | 65a | Print of Seattle waterfront |
circa 1888 |
| 1 | 65b | Print of coal bunkers and
ships |
circa 1888 |
| 1 | 65c | Print of Yesler Block and Schwabacher
Brothers buildings |
circa 1888 |
| 1 | 65d | Print of building on Front street,
looking north |
circa 1888 |
| 1 | 65e | Print of Toklas & Singerman Block
buildings |
circa 1888 |
| 1 | 65f | Print of Frye's Opera House |
circa 1888 |
| 1 | 65g | Print of Boston Block and Post Office
building |
circa 1888 |
| 1 | 65h | Print of Union Block
buildings |
1888 |
| 1 | 66a | Print of ships near Seattle,viewed from
harbor Written on page: Seattle in 1887. Sixteen pictures. It's
people numbered about 12,000. It was then the largest town in Washington
Territory.
|
1887 |
| 1 | 66b | Postcard-style print of Mount Baker,
from Lake Washington |
1887 |
| 1 | 66c | Print of Seattle, from Capitol
Hill Written on page: From Second Avenue and Steward Street.
|
1887 |
| 1 | 66d | Print of Olympic Mountain Range, from
Seattle Harbor |
1887 |
| 1 | 67a | Print of Schwabacher Bros & Co. and
Fry's Opera House buildings Written on page: These were the large, fine business houses of
the city. Such houses relatively were greater than like houses in later
days.
|
1887 |
| 1 | 67b | Print of the Arlington House
building |
1887 |
| 1 | 67c | Print of a Front Street business
block |
1887 |
| 1 | 67d | Print of Occidental Hotel |
1887 |
| 1 | 67e | Print of Bell's Hotel, North Seattle;
Squires Building, W.D. Scott & Co., M. Densmore buildings |
1887 |
| 1 | 67f | Print of Yesler-Leary Block
buildings |
1887 |
| 1 | 68a | Print of Sullivan's Block and the
Golden Rule Bazaar buildings |
1887 |
| 1 | 68b | Print of Territorial University and
Central School buildings Written on page: Of these school houses the people were proud.
They were the best yet built.
|
1887 |
| 1 | 68c | Print of North School and Sisters
Academy buildings |
1887 |
| 1 | 68d | Print of homes of Jas. McNaught, M.V.
Stacy, H.L. Yesler, and John Leary Written on page: These were the costly, elegant dwellings of
the city.
|
1887 |
| 1 | 68e | Print of homes of S. Gatzert, O.J.
Carr, M. Densmore, and D.B. Ward |
1887 |
| 1 | 68f | Print of homes of Fred E. Sander,
Joseph F. McNaught, G.C. Phinney, and George W. Hall |
1887 |
| 1 | 69a | Print of the Pioneer Building, Chief
Seattle, King County Court House, people picking hops, Angeline, daughter of
Chief Seattle, and the New York Building |
1893 |
| 1 | 69b | Print of the Denny Hotel, Bailey
Building, Haller Building, Front Street, Hotel Rainier, and the Burke
Building |
1893 |
| 1 | 70a | Print of Seattle waterfront and harbor
with sailing and steamships, Section 1 Written on page: These views represent Seattle as it was in
1893. The changes of the preceding few years were among the most remarkable in
the experiences of the cities of the world. This photo is in two parts, section
2 is on page 71.
|
1893 |
| 1 | 70b | Print of Seattle waterfront and Olympic
Mountains as seen from Court House, Section 1 This photo is in two parts, section 2 is on page 71.
|
1893 |
| 1 | 71a | Print of Seattle waterfront and harbor
with sailing and steamships, Section 2 Written on page: During the six years from 1887 to 1893
Seattle increased its inhabitants four times and more, from 12,000 in number to
55,000.This photo is in two parts, section 1 is on page 70.
|
1893 |
| 1 | 71b | Print of Seattle waterfront and Olympic
Mountains as seen from Court House, Section 2 This photo is in two parts, section 1 is on page 70.
|
1893 |
| 1 | 72a | Print of Mount Rainier; view of Second
Street, north from Yesler Avenue |
1893 |
| 1 | 72b | Print of homes of Otto Ranke and H. L.
Yesler; Central School; Congregational School; Academy of the Holy
Names |
1893 |
| 1 | 72c | Print of Snoqualmie Falls; a cedar
stump with 72 persons on top; railcar with logs |
1893 |
| 1 | 73 | H.L Yesler's residence Written on page: Below is a photograph copied from another
preserved by Mr. Yesler; also photographic copy of his certificate to the
authenticity of the picture. Mrs. Yesler, in old style hoopskirt is depicted on
the porch.This view was taken from the intersection of First Avenue,
James Street and Yesler way, in 1860. The house on the front was that of the
Yeslers. It was enlarged later. The sawmill was across First Avenue from it.
Seattle's first water enterprise is shown in the V-shaped flume on poles on
James street. The house on the right was that of Captain S.D. Libby, afterwards
of Dr. H.A. Smith. Between Smith's and Yeslers is the Hillory Butler house. The
other dwelling is that of L.V. Wyckoff. The other houses are Yesler's barns.
The timber line then was the present Third Avenue. Yesler's maples had just
been planted.
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1860 |
| 1 | 74a | Seattle waterfront Written on page: As Seattle looked in 1871. From a painting by
Fife. It is difficult now to conceive that the land east of Third Avenue was so
broken as here depicted. Prominently shown are the University, Central School,
Brown, White and Catholic Churches, Denny, Brown, Shoudy, Young.
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1871 |
| 1 | 74b | Home of Dr. D.S. Maynard Written on page: This photograph is from a painting by Coombs.
It represents the house built by Dr. D.S. Maynard on the NW corner of First
Avenue South and Main Street, in 1852. Here he lived and did business as a
merchant and salmon packer. Of course, the picture is only an approximate
likeness.
Peiser (photographer)
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| 1 | 75a | Photo of a drawing depicting the Battle
of Seattle in 1856 Written on page: This also from a sketch, or painting, by
Clarence Hanford. It is somewhat inaccurate. The west row of houses stood on
the beach, the tide under several of them. The mill was opposite the first
house near it. The house to south was on the point. Bark Brontes and U.S. ship Decatur are the vessels.
Peiser (photographer)
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| 1 | 75b | Seattle waterfront Written on page: Seattle, from Marion Street to Union, in
1870. The prominent buildings are Woodwards warehouse, Amos Brown's dwelling,
M.P. Church, Central School, University, John Denny, W.H. Shoudy and other
dwellings.
Peiser (photographer)
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circa 1870s |
| 1 | 76a | Seattle street showing businesses
including the Pony Saloon Written on page: These two pictures, about 1871, were taken
from Main Street, looking north. They show among other houses Yesler's Hall,
the Masonic Hall, Central School and University, M.E. Church, the main business
section of the town, and the homes of L.B. Andrews, D. N. Hyde, Wm.
Meydenbauer, O.C. Shorey and C.D. Emory. The timber line is about Fifth
Avenue.
Peiser (photographer)
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circa 1871 |
| 1 | 76b | Seattle street showing businesses
including the Cosmopolitan Hotel Peiser (photographer)
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circa 1871 |
| 1 | 77a | Buildings on Fourth Avenue Written on page: Fourth Avenue, in 1872, from Seneca South.
The dwellings on east side are those, beginning at north, of D.S. Lacey, O.
Jacobs, H.B. Bagley, H. Burnett and S. P. Randolph, on the west side L. B.
Andrews, I.M. Hall, D.R. Lord, H.A. Atkins and S.W. Russell. The churches are
the Baptist and Catholic.
Peiser (photographer)
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circa 1872 |
| 1 | 77b | Buildings viewed from Pike and Third
Streets Written on page: From Pike and Third in 1874. Among the
dwellings on Third Avenue are those of Dr. Calhoun, Captain Nickels, John
Denny, A. Makintosh and Dexter Horton.
Peiser (photographer)
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circa 1874 |
| 1 | 78a | Ships and docks in Seattle Written on page: The waterfront of Seattle from Columbia
street north in 1876. The buildings are those of the North Pacific Brewery; the
hulk that of the barkWindward; the wharf that of
the S.C. & T Co. foot of Pike Street, and the steamship the
City of Panama
Peiser (photographer)
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1876 |
| 1 | 78b | Seattle street showing
storefronts Written on page: Seattle, from the New England Hotel, Main
Street and First Avenue South, in 1875. The Horton Bank (stone) and the
Schwabacher brick are to be seen on the left; but not the Colman, 1875, brick
on the right.
Peiser (photographer)
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1875 |
| 1 | 79a | Log house on hill Written on page: Jacob Galer's log house. The location of this
house was the NW corner of Highland Drive and Fifth Avenue North, on Queen Anne
Hill.
Peiser (photographer)
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1900 |
| 1 | 79b | Wood-framed house Written on page: The oldest house in Seattle. Built by Thomas
Mercer in 1853, and occupied by him and family as home on his donation claim in
north part of city.
Peiser (photographer)
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1900 |
| 1 | 80 | Charles Plummer house Written on page: This house was built by Charles Plummer in
1859. It was one of the best business houses in Seattle. It stood on the
southwest corner of First Avenue South and Main Street. The wharf in the rear
was also Plummer's. The water in the V shaped flume came from a spring near
Washington Street and Third Avenue South. The store was for a time conducted by
Plummer alone; later by Plummer & Harris, Plummer & Deshaw and Plummer
& Hinds. On the upper floor was a popular hall. The Tremont Hotel was kept
in it during its later years. It was burned June 6, 1889.
Peiser (photographer)
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| 1 | 81 | E.M. Sammis house Written on page: This house was built by E.M. Sammis,
photographer, in 1865. The location was on south side of Yesler Way, between
First Avenues South and Occidental. His gallery was on upper floor; A.S.
Pinkham's Variety Store, and Kellogg Brother's drug store below. In the 70s Dr.
H.B. Bagley had the upper floor, and M.R. Maddocks drugstore the lower.
Peiser (photographer)
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| 1 | 82a | Captain Leonard M. Felker
house Written on page: August 4th, 1853, D.S. Maynard sold to
Captain Leonard M. Felker block 4 for $350. It was surrounded by Jackson and
King Streets, First and Railroad Avenues. Felker at once built this house, the
finest in Seattle for a number of years. In it the District Court was held,
public meetings, and fine social affairs. M.R. Maddocks, John Leary, Bailey
Gatzert, A.C. Anderson, J.S. Hill, S. Kermey, and other pioneers lived in it
with their families. Burned June 6, 1889. Mrs. Conklin, otherwise known as
"Mother Damnable" was, perhaps the most noted tenant. The house cost Felker
$4500. He sold the property to A.C. Anderson in 1861 for $2000. Anderson held
it about thirty years, getting for it, out of three different transactions,
$51,000.
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| 1 | 82b | Charles Plummer house Written on page: The Charles Plummer house built 1858, on
northeast corner Jackson street and Occidental Avenue. The picture was taken
about 1885, the house having been enlarged and improved in the meantime. Many
of Seattle's prominent citizens roomed here in the 70s and 80s.
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circa 1885 |
| 1 | 83a | Seattle waterfront and
buildings Written on page: This picture, or pair of pictures, represents
Seattle as it was in 1871. They were taken from a point just north of Pike
Street near Second Avenue. Steamer Black Diamond
is alongside the Yesler wharf. The most prominent dwelling is that of Arthur A.
Denny. The Frank Guttenberg Garden, on Second Avenue north of Madison street,
shows up. The Methodist Protestant Church is seen; also the Catholic. The
dwellings include those of Goodburn, Mackintosh, Fisher, Guye, Smith (D.S.),
Whitworth, Bagley (H.B.) and others. The line of tall timber was then about
Fifth Avenue.
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circa 1871 |
| 1 | 83b | Buildings and fenced properties in
Seattle |
circa 1871 |
| 1 | 84a | Seattle street and
buildings Written on page: Seattle in 1872. View from Main Street and
Occidental Avenue, looking north. Occidental Hotel is the conspicuous building
in center. The Central School, then the only schoolhouse in town, is to be
seen; also the M.E. Church tower, and the dwellings of the Emory, Hyde,
Meydenbauer, Shorey, Atkins and Terry families.
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circa 1872 |
| 1 | 84b | Seattle buildings and water
view Written on page: Seattle in 1872, as seen from the cupola of
the University. The Yesler, Horton and Plummer wharves are the most noteworthy
objects. Yesler's mill and the steamer Zephyr are
seen. Third Avenue is shown from Seneca south to near Madison Street. The
changes of later years have caused the disappearance of much of the bay shown
in pictures of the olden times.
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circa 1872 |
| 1 | 85a | Snow-covered street and buildings in
Seattle Written on page: The deepest snow on record. Four feet on the
level; five feet in drifts. Date: January 1880. View is from First Avenue east
on Cherry street. On the right are Yesler's Hall, Wyckoff dwelling and Baptist
Church; on the left are business houses, and dwellings of J.R. Lewis and A.C.
Anderson.
Peiser (photographer)
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1880 |
| 1 | 85b | Seattle street and
buildings Written on page: First Avenue looking north from Cherry Street
in 1878. Parts of the Kenney, Hall, Maddocks, Brown and Denny dwellings are
shown.
Peterson & Bro (photographer)
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1878 |
| 1 | 85c | People on snow-covered
street Written on page: The same view in January 1880, with four feet
of snow on the ground.
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1880 |
| 1 | 86a | Buildings and ships at Seattle
waterfront Written on page: These two views together represent the city
of Seattle as it looked in 1878. The camera stood at Pike Street and Second
Avenue.
Peterson Brothers (photographer)
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1878 |
| 1 | 86b | Seattle houses and
buildings Peterson Brothers (photographer)
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1878 |
| 1 | 87a | Marching band on Second Avenue in
Seattle Written on page: The east side of Second Avenue from near
Cherry street looking north in 1886.
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1886 |
| 1 | 87b | Large building on First Avenue in
Seattle Written on page: This was the finest business block in the
Territory of Washington on the 6th of June, 1889. At 6 o'clock that evening it
was a burning, smouldering mass of ruins. It was supposed to be safe against
fire. It was the west side of First Avenue north from Yesler.
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June 1889 |
| 1 | 88 | People walking on wooden sidewalk in
Seattle Written on page: The great fire of June 6, 1889, started in
the basement of the Pontius building, and burned every house standing on the
ground shown in this picture, not including the hill beyond. Many of the houses
here had been replaced with large and finer structures. Piece of building on
right is Pontius house, corner Madison Street. Next is the Woodward flour mill,
corner of Marion. Next the North Pacific Brewery, corner of Columbia. Third
story of Arlington Hotel shows in center of picture. A.W. Piper and son are in
the foreground, Beacon Hill in background.
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1880 |
| 1 | 89 | Photo of a drawing of the execution of
James Sullivan, William Howard and Benjamin Payne Written on page: For the murder of George B. Reynolds January
17th, 1882, James Sullivan and William Howard were hung by the people the day
following. At the same time Benjamin Payne was hung for the murder of David
Sires. The two named first were given examination before Justice Coombs. This
photograph is copy of a drawing by A.W. Piper. It is very accurate, and easily
recognized by eyewitnesses of the transaction. This event occurred on James
Street, near First Avenue, on the south side of the Yesler dwelling. The trees
were maples planted in 1859. H.L. Yesler and William Gross are plainly seen in
the foreground, Gross in lower right hand corner, Yesler with knife and stick
in hand. Gross weighed 400 pounds. Atkins, Jordan, Kellogg, ?, Green, Wyckoff
were prominent actors in this affair.
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| 1 | 90 | Parade on Commercial Street, now First
Avenue South Written on page: In this picture are shown bits of the
three-story wooden buildings known as the Brunswick, Arlington and New England
Hotels; also W.D. Scott's store. The brick and stone buildings are
Schwabacher's, Horton's, Marshall's, Parker's, Colman's and McNaught's. This
was then the best business part of Seattle.
Souvenir Art Studio (photographer)
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1887 |
| 1 | 91 | Houses and water tower in
Seattle Written on page: Block bounded by Cherry and Columbia Streets,
Ninth and Terry Avenues, Seattle. The houses shown were built by Charles Coppin
in the 70s and 80s. The tower was used as a tank in connection with the Coppin
water works. The property passed from Coppin to Harrington & Smith.
Peiser (photographer)
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| 1 | 92a | Ships docked at Yesler
wharf Written on page: The outer end of the Yesler wharf in the
later 70s, where Railroad Avenue now is. The sawmill fronted in Post Street.
The building near center on right was used at first as a coal bunker,
afterwards as a workshop and warehouse.
Peterson Brothers (photographer)
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1878 |
| 1 | 92b | Buildings on First Avenue in
Seattle Written on page: East side of First Avenue from Cherry Street
to Columbia in 1880. The houses from left to right were W.W. White's, Leonard
Reinig's, John Sullivan's and Chris Scheurman's.
Peiser (photographer)
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1880 |
| 1 | 93a | R.W. Pontius house Written on page: The home of the Pontius family, on their farm
midway between Seattle bay and Lake Union. House was erected by R.W. Pontius
about 1870. Mrs. Margaret J. Pontius stands in front. Picture was taken about
1890. A few years later a fine new home nearby was occupied.
Peiser (photographer)
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circa 1890 |
| 1 | 93b | Group of buildings and homes in
Seattle Written on page: The central property here shown was the W. N.
Bell residence block as it was in 1886. The most central building is the Bell
home. The largest house is the Bell Hotel, erected 1884. Block is surrounded by
Bell and Battery Streets First and Second Avenues.
Peiser (photographer)
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1886 |
| 1 | 94a | Arthur A. Denny house Written on page: The dwelling of Arthur A. Denny, built in
1865, but enlarged and beautified in 1880. Location-First Avenue, east side,
between Union and University Streets. When built it was one of the finest
houses in Seattle. Mr. Denny died here in 1899. This house was torn down in
1906, to make room for a new large modern business block.
Peiser (photographer)
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1900 |
| 1 | 94b | J.J. McGilvra house Written on page: The J.J. McGilvra home, known as "Laurel
Shade," built on Lake Washington. Before the extension of Madison Street, it
was the landing and shipping place for that neighborhood, the Portage and
Yesler's being the other two on the west side of the lake.
Peiser (photographer)
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1900 |
| 1 | 95a | Charles C. Terry house built in
1865 Written on page: The dwelling of Charles C. Terry, built in
1865, on Third Avenue, between James and Cherry. It was moved in 1889 to the
rear, and fronted on James Street, where (in 1906) it still stands. For twenty
years it was one of Seattle's finest houses. Since above was written, this
house was torn down, to make room for a large business block-February,
1906.
Peiser (photographer)
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circa 1900s |
| 1 | 95b | Itas F. Roberts house Written on page: This house was built in 1869 on the southeast
corner of Fourth and Madison streets, by and for Itas F. Roberts, the first
Protestant Episcopal minister in Seattle. It still stands, in the midst of
houses that are many times larger, and in some cases a hundred times more
costly. Roberts did not live long here. He was one of the earliest of his
denomination in Oregon or Washington.
Peiser (photographer)
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1900 |
| 1 | 96a | Robert Russell house Written on page: The house of Robert Russell, built about
1870, on the southeast corner of Fourth Avenue and James Street. The two lots
were sold by the family in 1900 for $80,000. In 1906 they were sold again for
$110,000.
Peiser (photographer)
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circa 1900s |
| 1 | 96b | Steamship Alida docked in Seattle Written on page: Seattle from the Yesler wharf looking to the
northeast in 1870. Steamer Alida is at the foot of
Columbia street, about Post. The most showy dwelling is at Second and Marion,
where Burke building now is. It was then C.P. Stone's home. The
Alida then was a new boat, owned by Starr
Brothers, and for a time was a favorite. She ran out of Seattle a number of
years.
Peiser (photographer)
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1870 |
| 1 | 97a | View of Seattle buildings and
homes Written on page: Seattle north of Columbia Street in 1880. The
bay then came up to First Avenue, which on the west side, was held up by a wall
of logs. The building on the left over the water was the Pontius, in which the
fire of June 6, 1889 started. Next to it on the right was a house built for a
flour mill by Woodard after whom the house was long known.
Peiser (photographer)
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1880 |
| 1 | 97b | Seattle houses and on Pike
Street Written on page: A view from Pike Street and Second Avenue to
the southeast in 1880. The dwellings shown include John T. Jordan's, A.W.
Piper's, John Denny's, Harmon's, Whitworth's and other of well known people of
that time.Photo is a Peiser copy of Peterson Brothers original.
Peterson Brothers (photographer)
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1878 |
| 1 | 98a | Buildings along First
Avenue Written on page: First Avenue from Yesler Way North looked
like this in 1880. On the right was first Yesler's home, east of the shade
trees, and next to it was the Masonic Hall; just beyond the steps indicating
Yesler's Hall. Across the street were the Malson Meat Market, Doane's Baths,
Chilberg and Roe groceries, Boyd, Poncin & Young dry goods store, and the
Intelligencer newspaper.
Peiser (photographer)
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1880 |
| 1 | 98b | Construction site with sign reading:
Denny & Hoyt, Town Site Written on page: In this picture is shown the beginning of
Fremont, May, 1888. It became quite a town, but in 1891, was annexed to
Seattle. It is on Lake Union, at the outlet or canal. It was named after
Fremont in Nebraska.
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May 1888 |
| 1 | 99a | Elevated railroad tracks above the
water Written on page: The Seattle lake shore and Eastern Railroad
in 1888, from Union Street north. The houses on the highland are the Ingraham,
Root, Coombs and other dwellings between First and Second Avenues. The houses
below are those of fishermen, beachcombers and other undesirable classes.
Peiser (photographer)
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1888 |
| 1 | 99b | The Intelligencer office building Written on page: The location was on First Avenue at the west
end of Cherry Street.
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1874 |
| 1 | 99c | View of Seattle across the water from
Marion Street North |
1870 |
| 1 | 100a | The first court house for King
County Written on page: The first courthouse of King County, at the
corner of Jefferson street and Third Avenue, built in 188[?] The second story
of the county jail appears on the right or south. Sold to the city of Seattle
in 1891, and used since with many changes and additions for a City Hall. The
house on the hilltop is the dwelling of Beriah Brown, on Seventh Avenue and
Terrace Street. Three blocks to the west is the M.S. Booth dwelling.
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| 1 | 100b | D.R. Lord house Written on page: House built by D.R. Lord in 1868. It was
occupied as a dwelling by the Lord family that of M.S. Booth, David Kellogg and
L.S.J. Hunt. After the great fire of 1889, the P.I. for a time was issued from
it add a tent in the rear. Location: Northwest corner of Columbia street and
Fourth Avenue. In the picture are to be seen the front of the A.B. Young house,
the rear of B.F. Briggs house and the top of Providence Hospital.
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Prosch, Thomas Wickham, 1850-1915--Photographs
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