Weedin family photograph collection

Weedin family photograph collection, approximately 1900-1930

Overview of the Collection

Collector: Weedin (Family : Weedin, Luther, 1872-1942)
Title: Weedin family photograph collection
Dates: approximately 1900-1930 (inclusive)
19001930
Quantity: 153 photographic prints (1 box and 3 folders) ; sizes vary
Collection Number: PH0014
Summary: Photographs of the Weedin family and friends, scenes from the Coupville, Deming and Acme areas, and images related to the U.S. Immigration Service at the Washington-Canada border
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: Selections from the collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
Additional Reference Guides
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Luther Weedin was born John Luther Weedin on November 22, 1872 in Otterville, Missouri. The Weedin family moved to Seattle when Luther Weedin was an infant. Following his schooling, Luther Weedin worked in logging on Whidby Island in his twenties. In 1897 he worked as a packer in Skagway, Alaska as part of the Alaska gold rush. On his return he was pursuaded to run for sheriff of Island County. Luther Weedin was the sheriff of Island County, Washington, 1897-1901, serving two terms and then returned to his logging buisiness. In 1907 Luther married Athaleen Harrington. Weedin then served as assessor and treasurer for the county. He was in Island County politics until 1911.The Weedin's son Harrington was born in 1912. In 1913 with proceeds from his timber operation Luther Weedin bought the Island County Abstract Business. He directed it successfully before selling it in 1921. Throughout this time Luther remained involved in politics, serving as an elector, food comissioner, member of the National Defense Comittee and finally chairman of the state Electoral College in 1920. In 1921 he was appointed U.S. Immigration Commissioner in Seattle in 1921 and served until 1933. Subsequently, he ran a title insurance business in Coupeville on Whidbey Island and also attempted a dairy business.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Photographs include portraits of Luther and Athaleen Weedin and their son Harrington; group portraits of the Coupeville chapter of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and scenes in Coupeville; the U.S. Immigration Service Border Patrol employees and buildings near the Washington-Canada border and a panorama photograph of the Annual Conference of Immigration and Naturalization Officials in Washington, D.C. Two albums depict a timber claim, cabins and cabin life, including images of people reading, playing cards, etc., near Acme or Deming, Washington.

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

Acquisition Information

Donor: Mrs. Inger Mathews, February 18, 1981

Processing Note

Processed by Erin Cote, 2017.

Some images were transferred out of the Washington Localities Subject file, 2014. These images are copy prints of originals that can be found in the Weedin Family Papers scrapbook (3158-002).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

U.S. Immigration ServiceReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/1	1	View of the U.S. Immigration Service Border Patrol building, possibly Blaine, WA	1922-1933?
1/1	2	Immigration officers outside the U.S. Immigration Service Border Patrol building, possibly Blaine, WA	1922-1933?
1/1	3	Immigration Officer Jackson sitting at his desk, possibly Blaine, WA	1922-1933?
1/1	4	Heneley Potts and Chief of Immigration Border Patrol, Arthur Trelford, standing on the street, possibly Blaine, WA	1922-1933?
1/1	5	Chief of Immigration Border Patrol, Arthur Trelford, and another border patrol officer standing outside an office near a row boat, possibly Blaine, WA	1922-1933?
1/1	6	Group of Immigration Service employees on a rooftop, Seattle, WA	1922-1933?
1/1	7	Luther Weedin as the Commissioner of Immigration sitting at his desk, Seattle, WA	1922-1933?
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M271	8	Panoramic formal group portrait of immigration officials at the Annual Conference of Immigration and Naturalization Officials, Washington D.C. Frank R. Scherer, D.C. Photo News, Washington D.C (photographer) Written on front: Annual Conference of Immigration and Naturalization Officials, Dept. of Labor Received by President Hoover, Dec 3-5, 1929.	December 1929

Weedin Family PhotosReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/2	9	Men, women and dogs standing near a stream and on fallen logs, possibly Coupeville, WA	1910?
1/2	10	Men and women relaxing in a camp site, Coupeville, WA	1910?
1/2	11	Group standing outside the First Coupeville Courthouse, Coupeville, WA	1910-1920?
1/2	12	Men of Glenwood Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows standing outside a building, Coupeville, WA	1925-1935?
1/2	13	Man sitting in front of a curtain, possibly Luther Weedin, Whidby Island, WA	1910-1930?
1/2	14	Man on the porch of the Weedin home Bayview, Whidby Island, WA	1910-1930?
1/2	15	William L. Weedin standing by a house, Whidby Island, WA	1928?
1/2	16	Harrington L. Weedin, Luther Weedin and William L. Weedin standing by a house, Whidby Island, WA	1928?
1/2	17	Luther Weedin, William L. Weedin and Harrington L. Weedin standing in front of an American flag, Whidby Island, WA	1928?
1/2	18	Harrington and Athaleen Weedin on board the President Jefferson, possibly Seattle, WA	1928
1/2	19	The ship President Jefferson, possibly Seattle, WA	1928
1/2	20	Harrington Weedin near life boats on board the President Jefferson, possibly Seattle, WA	1910-1930?

Family PortraitsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/3	21	Portrait of Luther Weedin as a young man L.H. Seely, Everett, WA (photographer)	1900-1910?
1/3	22	Portrait of Luther Weedin in middle age, Seattle, WA	November 22, 1929
1/3	23	Portrait of Luther Weedin in middle age	1920-1930?
1/3	24	Portrait of Luther Weedin in middle age	1929?
1/3	25	Portrait of Luther Weedin later in life J. Arthur Young, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1930?
1/3	26	Portrait of Albert Johnson Mezzo Studio, Tacoma, WA (photographer) Written on front: With personal regards, Albert Johnson.	1924
1/3	27	Portrait of Athaleen Harrington Weedin as a young woman	1900?
1/3	28	Portrait of a middle aged Athaleen Weedin Myers, Everett, WA (photographer)	1920?
1/3	29	Portrait of a middle aged Athaleen Weedin James & Merrihew, Seattle & Tacoma (photographer)	1925?
1/3	30	Portrait of a middle aged Athaleen Weedin Zenn, Seattle (photographer)	1930?
1/3	31	Portrait of Harrington Weedin as a youth Bushnell, Seattle (photographer)	1905-1915?
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XH1	32	Portrait of Harrington Weedin as a child	1900-1910?
XH1	33	Portrait of Inger A. Matthews as a toddler	1905-1915?

Album A , 1910?Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/4	A1	Two men standing outside a log cabin in the snow, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A2a	Log cabin, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A2b	Log fence near log cabin, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A3	Family and animals in front of house or barn, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A4a	Ivy climbing on a building, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A4b	Three young women in a farm yard, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A5a	Man driving a car near a fence probably for an automobile race, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A5b	Men standing near cars in the forest probably at an automobile race, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A6	Women embroidering and reading, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A7	Men and women drinking at a table, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A8	Men and women playing, pretenting to cheat at cards, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A9	Men, woman and cat in a house, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A10a	Three women and a dog in a yard, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A10b	People cooking in a kitchen, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A11a	Man holding frying pan in a kitchen, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A11b	Woman with dead deer in snow, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A12	Men standing near a cabin with dead animals,possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A13a	People standing with pack horses, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A13b	Horses hitched to a cart, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A14a	Young men and women sitting on a roof, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A14b	Young man and two young women sitting on a log, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A15a	Young man and two young women with dog, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A15b	Two young women with a dog, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A16a	Man and three women with a dog on the coast	1910?
1/4	A16b	Young man leaning against a railing	1910?
1/4	A17a-b	Child and woman on a boardwalk	1910?
1/4	A18	Snow covered cabin and stumps, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A19	Man in cabin reading near a stove and snowshoes hanging on wall, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A20	Snow covered evergreen trees, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A21	Log cabin, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A22	Two men dressed in work wear, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A23a-c	People running in the snow, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A23d	Log cabin, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A24	Three men singing or reading in a cabin, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A25	Two men and a dog resting in the forest, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A26	People standing by a giant tree-stump, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A27a	Man standing outside a log cabin in the snow, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A27b	Man sitting on a log railing, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A28a	Deer hoof gun rack inside a cabin, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A28b	Decorated interior of a cabin, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A29	Man wearing a bandana, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A30a	People standing behind a string of salmon, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A30b	Man behind the counter in a sweet shop, Coupeville, WA	1910?
1/4	A31a-b	People standing outside Griffiths home, Coupeville, WA	1910?
1/4	A32a	Group outside Griffiths home, Coupeville, WA	1910?
1/4	A32b	Men with guns outside a buiding, Coupeville, WA	1910?
1/4	A33a	Men with guns and a dead deer, Coupeville, WA	1910?
1/4	A33b	Man standing, Coupeville, WA	1910?
1/4	A33c	Woman swimming, Coupeville, WA	1910?
1/4	A34a,c	Boats in a harbor, Sitka, Alaska	1910?
1/4	A34b	Two boats pulled up on shore, Sitka, Alaska	1910?
1/4	A35a	People on board the boat 4-Liars, Annacortes, WA	1911
1/4	A35b	Woman on a walkway	1910?
1/4	A36a	People and horses outside a building, Deming, WA	1911
1/4	A36b	People on horseback, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1911
1/4	A37a	Man sitting on a boat, the Sea Otter, on shore, possibly Sitka, Alaska	1910?
1/4	A37b	Men on horseback, one standing straddling two horses, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1910?
1/4	A38a	Man standing in front of trees	1915-1925?
1/4	A38b	Toddler reaching forward	1915-1925?
1/4	A38c	Girl hugging a post	1915-1925?
1/4	A39	Artillery Barracks at Fort Mills, Corregidor, Phillipines	1915-1925?
1/4	A40a-e	Snow covered trees and gravestones, possibly Sunnyside Cemetery, Coupeville, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A41a-c	Woman standing in the snow, Coupeville, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A41d	Snow covered trees, Coupeville, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A41e	Snow on a building, Coupeville, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A42a-b	Woman standing in the snow, Coupeville, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A42c	Man standing in the snow, Coupeville, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A42d	Snow covered bushes, Coupeville, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A42e	Snow covered house, Coupeville, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A43a	Trees near still water, Coupeville, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A43b	Front of a house, Coupeville, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A43c-e	Family scenes in the countryside, Island County, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A44a-c	People posing near water, Island County, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A44d	Man and woman in rowboat, Island County, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A44e	Campsite, Island County, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A45a	Person standing in a field, Island County, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A45b	People seated at a picnic table, Island County, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A44c	Group with fishing poles and dog, Island County, WA	1915-1925?
1/4	A44d	Man and dog at the waterside, Island County, WA	1915-1925?

Album BReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/5	B1	Train station with locomotive, Acme, WA	1907?
1/5	B2	Trees and underbrush, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B3	Trees and a pond, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B4-5	Underbrush and logs, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B6	Women on a boulder near a river, possibly the Nooksack River, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B7	View of a river, possibly the Nooksack River, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B8	View of a river, possibly the Nooksack River, and distant mountains, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B9	People outside a home, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B10	Log and trail in the forest, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B11	Man and dog next to uprooted tree, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B12	Log cabin and underbrush, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B13	Man and dog sitting outside house, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B14	Pack horse standing in a river, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B15	Path to a cabin in the forest, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B16	People constructing a log cabin, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B17	View of a mountain peak called "The Twins," possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B18	Two people outside a cabin with ladder, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B19	Man outside a log cabin, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B20	Cabin and a shed, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B21	Cabin in a cleared area, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B22	Woman outside two cabin buildings, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B23	Family posing outside two cabin buildings, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B24-25	Views of a log cabin, possibly near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?
1/5	B26	View of Mount Baker, possibly from near Acme or Deming, WA	1907?

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Personal Names

Weedin, Athaleen--Photographs
Weedin, Harrington--Photographs
Weedin, Luther, 1872-1942--Family--Photographs
Weedin, Luther, 1872-1942--Friends and associates--Photographs
Weedin, Luther, 1872-1942--Photographs

Geographical Names

Blaine (Wash.)--Photographs
Coupeville (Wash.)--Photographs
Deming (Wash.)--Photographs
Whidbey Island (Wash.)--Photographs

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