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William F. Boyd photograph album, approximately 1889-1891
Overview of the Collection
- Photographer
- Boyd, William F., 1848-1918
- Title
- William F. Boyd photograph album
- Dates
- approximately 1889-1891 (inclusive)18891891
- Quantity
- 104 photographic prints in 1 album (1 box)
- Collection Number
- PH0034
- Summary
- Views of Seattle, the hops industry, logging and the aftermath of the Seattle fire
- 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
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Most of the 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.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
William Franklin Boyd (1848-1918) was born in Ohio on September 5, 1848. His family later moved to Madison County, Iowa where, in 1865, he apprenticed in a photographic establishment. He married Sarah Ludenbach in 1874. Together they had four childre: Lulu, Reuben, Ruth and Earl. After operating a successful gallery in Des Moines for a number of years, the family relocated to Seattle, Washington in 1888. This studio was destroyed in the Seattle fire on June 6, 1889. He then formed a partnership with George H. Braas which lasted until 1893. During the spring of 1893, Boyd retired from the partnership and established his own business. Boyd died in Portland, Oregon on June 21, 1918.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Images of Seattle street, city park and waterfront scenes; the aftermath of the Seattle Fire of 1889; Snoqualmie Falls; logging activities in Washington; and some Puget Sound Native Americans.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Restrictions on Use
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Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Page | item | ||
1 | 1a |
Seattle looking west in the aftermath of
Seattle Fire from 1st Avenue between Columbia and Cherry Streets. Caption on page: Fire of 1889. Showing ruins of McDougall-
Southwick Building. 1st and Columbia
|
1889 |
1 | 1b |
Aftermath of Seattle fire of June 6,
1889, looking north at the ruins of the Seattle Lake Shore and Eastern Railway
Company tracks, Washington. Caption on page: Fire of 1889. Roundhouse after fire.
|
1889 |
2 | 2 |
Looking south on 1st Avenue towards the
start of the Seattle fire [Boyd 91] Caption on page: Start of fire.
|
1889 |
3 | 3a |
Forest and Wedgwood Rock (also known as
"Big Rock"), Seattle [Boyd 38] Wedgwood Rock is a glacial erratic near the neighborhood of
Wedgwood in Seattle, Washington. Prior to the establishment of the Wedgwood
neighborhood, the erratic was known first as Lone Rock and later simply as Big
Rock. Members of Seattle's Mountaineers Club practiced their rock climbing
techniques there and Edmond S. Meany, a professor at the University of
Washington brought his students to the rock to learn about glacial movement and
land forms.
|
between 1889 and 1891? |
3 | 3b | Three Native American girls in western dress | between 1889 and 1891? |
3 | 3c | Logging crew with felled trees | between 1889 and 1891? |
3 | 3d | Ravenna Park, Seattle [Boyd 33] | between 1889 and 1891? |
4 | 4 | Washington Street, looking west from 3rd Avenue. Seattle, Washington | between 1889 and 1891? |
5 | 5a | Seattle looking south, showing tents and rebuilding following the Seattle fire | 1889 |
5 | 5b | View over burned district shortly after the Seattle fire [Boyd 54] | 1889 |
6 | 6a | Indian canoes on the waterfront at foot of Washington Street, Seattle [Boyd 22] | between 1889 and 1891? |
6 | 6b |
Salmon in Gordon Creek, Yale, British
Columbia 1 : stereo view
|
between 1889 and 1891? |
7 | 7a | Seattle looking north from transfer stables following the Seattle fire [Boyd 32] | 1889 |
7 | 7b | Looking toward Pioneer Place from Second and James following the Seattle fire [Boyd 26] | 1889 |
7 | 7c |
Looking toward south from Second Street
after the Seattle fire Same image as item 45b
|
1889 |
8 | 8a | Steamer Victoria | between 1889 and 1891? |
8 | 8b |
Photographer standing on bank of Black
River Caption on page: Black River to Cedar and Duwamish.
|
between 1889 and 1891? |
9 | 9a | Mount Rainier | between 1889 and 1891? |
10 | 10a | The King Street coal wharves, Seattle | between 1889 and 1891? |
10 | 10b | Big Rock at Ravenna Park, Seattle [Boyd 38] | between 1889 and 1891? |
10 | 10c | Seattle waterfront showing vessels anchored in harbor | between 1889 and 1891? |
11 | 11 | Man seated on rubble on the corner Second & Columbia Streets after the Seattle Fire [Boyd 9] | 1889 |
12 | 12a |
Indian camp [Boyd 54] Probably a hop pickers camp
|
between 1889 and 1891? |
12 | 12b | Big Rock at Ravenna Park, Seattle [Boyd 38] | between 1889 and 1891? |
12 | 12c | Native American man and woman picking hops | between 1889 and 1891? |
13 | 13 | Front Street, from First and James looking north, Seattle | between 1889 and 1891? |
14 | 14a | Princess Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle. | between 1889 and 1891? |
14 | 14b | Composite view with portraits of Chief Seattle, Princess Angeline and views of Seattle | between 1889 and 1891? |
15 | 15a | Sawing down a fir tree in the Puget Sound [Boyd 87] | between 1889 and 1891? |
15 | 15b | Hop pickers with horses and cart in Fawcett's Hop field, Puyallup Valley | between 1889 and 1891? |
15 | 15c | Fourth of July parade, First Avenue, Seattle | between 1889 and 1891? |
16 | 16a | Second Street, looking north from Second and Yesler, Seattle | between 1889 and 1891? |
16 | 16b | U.S. Cruiser Charleston and the steamboat Olympia | between 1889 and 1891? |
16 | 16c | Occidental Square facing the Pioneer Building, Seattle | between 1889 and 1891? |
17 | 17a |
Men standing next to large logs on
railway cars, Seattle waterfront Same image as item 51c
|
between 1889 and 1891? |
17 | 17b | Looking south from Denny Hill, Seattle | between 1889 and 1891? |
18 | 18a-b | Two part panorama of Seattle waterfront from coal bunkers. | between 1889 and 1891? |
19 | 19a-b | Two part panorama of Seattle waterfront from coal bunkers. Steamer Olympian in foreground | between 1889 and 1891? |
20 | 20 | Silver Vails Falls, Green River | between 1889 and 1891? |
21 | 21a |
View of the Seattle waterfront, looking
south from Marion Street On the left is President Benjamin Harrison disembarking from the
steamer City of Seattle docked at Yesler's Wharf
on the occasion of his visit to Seattle, Washington.A better copy is in Early Photographers (PHColl 334.Boyd &
Braas 1).
|
May 6, 1891 |
21 | 21b | Four men standing on top of an Indian fish trap | between 1889 and 1891? |
21 | 21c | Seattle waterfront with steamers City of Seattle and Fleetwood | between 1889 and 1891? |
22 | 22 | Snoqualmie Falls [Boyd 30] | between 1889 and 1891? |
23 | 23a | Hop fields | between 1889 and 1891? |
23 | 23b | Shoreline | between 1889 and 1891? |
24 | 24 | Indian horse race at Camas, Washington [Boyd 56] | between 1889 and 1891? |
25 | 25a | View of farm and fields | between 1889 and 1891? |
25 | 25b | Indian horse race at Camas, Washington [Boyd 60] | between 1889 and 1891? |
26 | 26a |
C.C. Calkins Hotel, Mercer Island,
Washington This hotel has also been known as the Mercer Island Hotel and the
East Seattle Hotel.
|
between 1889 and 1891? |
26 | 26b | Chinese man cooking in ruins following the Seattle fire | 1889 |
26 | 26c | A man in Ravenna Park | between 1889 and 1891? |
27 | 27a | Loggers and oxen surrounded by felled
trees Oliver Anderson (photographer)
|
between 1889 and 1891? |
27 | 27b |
An Indian man and child in a hop field,
Washington [Boyd 10] Caption on image: Indian hop pickers
|
between 1889 and 1891? |
27 | 27c | Hop pickers | between 1889 and 1891? |
28 | 28a | View over Lake Washington and Leschi Park | between 1889 and 1891? |
28 | 28b | Entrance to coal mine with horse-drawn coal wagon and men [Boyd 83] | between 1889 and 1891? |
29 | 29a |
Loggers and trees [Boyd 52] Caption on image: Timber
|
between 1889 and 1891? |
29 | 29b | Log chute | between 1889 and 1891? |
30 | 30a | Skykomish River scene | between 1889 and 1891? |
31 | 31a | Composite view with portraits of Chief Seattle, Princess Angeline and views of Seattle | between 1889 and 1891? |
31 | 31b | 72 people sitting on top of a cedar stump in Sedro, Washington | between 1889 and 1891? |
32 | 32a | Fountain and people in Ravenna Park, Seattle [Boyd 68] | between 1889 and 1891? |
32 | 32b | Seattle waterfront looking north from coal bunkers with Steamer Olympian [Boyd 73] | between 1889 and 1891? |
33 | 33 | Men and women on a beach possibly south of Alki Point, Seattle | between 1889 and 1891? |
34 | 34a | Men and women in a sailboat shooting guns | between 1889 and 1891? |
34 | 34b | Loggers and oxen standing near a large fir log [Boyd 86] | between 1889 and 1891? |
34 | 34c | Men, oxen and logs at the Clothier & English's Logging camp | between 1889 and 1891? |
35 | 35 | Yesler store on Front and James Street,
Seattle R. W. Brown (Photographer)
Caption on image: N.E. corner. Front & James street, Seattle
|
1891 |
36 | 36 | View looking northwest from 7th and Columbia in snow [Boyd 63] | between 1889 and 1891? |
37 | 37a | Upper Snoqualmie Falls, Washington [Boyd 45] | between 1889 and 1891? |
37 | 37b | Snoqualmie Falls seen through trees [Boyd 57] | between 1889 and 1891? |
38 | 38a | Man in a rowboat out in a lake | between 1889 and 1891? |
38 | 38b | Indian hop pickers with wagon | between 1889 and 1891? |
38 | 38c |
Snoqualmie Falls, Washington [Boyd
48] Caption on image: Snoqualmie Falls 268 feet
|
between 1889 and 1891? |
39 | 39a | View of the Snoqualmie River, with Mt. "Uncle Si" in distance [Boyd 19] | between 1889 and 1891? |
39 | 39b | Snoqualmie Falls, Washington | between 1889 and 1891? |
40 | 40 | Snoqualmie Falls, Washington | between 1889 and 1891? |
41 | 41a | Logging team with oxen | between 1889 and 1891? |
41 | 41b | Three men cutting large fir tree | between 1889 and 1891? |
42 | 42a | Men on log in chute filled with water | between 1889 and 1891? |
42 | 42b | Hop pickers in McCratey's Hop Field | between 1889 and 1891? |
42 | 42c | Workers in rock quarry | between 1889 and 1891? |
43 | 43a | Indian hop pickers | between 1889 and 1891? |
43 | 43b | Hunt and Patten's lumber mill | between 1889 and 1891? |
43 | 43c | Two men loading hops into a hop kiln | between 1889 and 1891? |
44 | 44a | Buildings on east side of Pioneer Square with Boyd & Braas Photography Studio sign | between 1889 and 1891? |
44 | 44b | Commemorative arch on Yesler Way created for President Harrison's visit to Seattle | circa 1891 |
45 | 45a | Roche Harbor in the San Juan Islands | between 1889 and 1891? |
45 | 45b | Seattle looking south from Second Street
between Marion and Columbia following the Seattle fire Same image as item 7c
|
1889 |
45 | 45c | George Braas sketching on rock at the Snoqualmie Falls, Washington [Boyd 50] | between 1889 and 1891? |
46 | 46a | The "Three Falls" South fork of the Snoqualmie River [Boyd 51] | between 1889 and 1891? |
46 | 46b | Office tent Eschelmen, Llewellyn & Co. in the ruins of the Seattle fire | 1889 |
46 | 46c | Upper Snoqualmie Falls, Washington [Boyd 27] | between 1889 and 1891? |
47 | 47 |
Men standing near railroad car loaded
with a large piece of timber Caption on image: 120 feet long. 4 feet square. Weight 97,000
LBS.Handwritten on page: This timber was hand hewed and sent to the
Chicago World's Fair in 1893.
|
circa 1893 |
48 | 48 | Composite view with portrait of Chief Seattle, Princess Angeline and view of Seattle and Snoqualmie Falls | between 1889 and 1891? |
49 | 49 | Composite photograph showing portraits of members of Third Avenue Theater stock Company | between 1889 and 1891? |
50 | 50 | Bridge over a canyon | between 1889 and 1891? |
51 | 51a | Olympic Mountains viewed from Seattle. | between 1889 and 1891? |
51 | 51b |
Man on a horse in front of a large log
Caption on image: Camp W. Affleck. 24 feet, 63 inches. 5208
feet.
|
between 1889 and 1891? |
51 | 51c | Men standing next to large logs on
railway cars, Seattle waterfront Same image as item 17a
|
between 1889 and 1891? |
51 | 51d | Moonlight on the Puget Sound | between 1889 and 1891? |
52 | 52 | Snoqualmie Falls, Washington | between 1889 and 1891? |
53 | 53 | Ruins west from Front Street after the Seattle Fire [Boyd 38] | 1889 |
54 | 54a | Lines at the Tacoma Relief Bureau tent on Territorial University grounds after the Seattle Fire | 1889 |
54 | 54b | Bread line at Tacoma Relief Bureau following the Seattle fire | 1889 |
54 | 54c | Packages of bread and supplies at Tacoma Relief Bureau after the Seattle fire | 1889 |
55 | 55a | Second Avenue from Cherry Street after the Seattle fire [Boyd 25] | 1889 |
55 | 55b | Puppy on a top hat | between 1889 and 1891? |
55 | 55c | View of Second and Cherry looking south up Yesler Way after the Seattle fire [Boyd 24] | 1889 |
56 | 56 | Panorama of Seattle from coal bunkers [Boyd 65] | between 1889 and 1891? |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Great Fire, Seattle, Wash., 1889--Photographs
- Hops--Harvesting--Washington (State)--Photographs
- Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Photographs
- Lumbering--Washington (State)--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)--History--Photographs
- Snoqualmie Falls (Wash. : Waterfall)--Photographs
- Washington (State)--History hotographs
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Braas, George H (photographer)
Corporate Names
- Boyd & Braas Company (photographer)