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Virginia Taylor Root photograph collection, between 1880 and 1937?
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Root, Virginia Taylor
- Title
- Virginia Taylor Root photograph collection
- Dates
- between 1880 and 1937? (inclusive)18501950
- Quantity
-
2 folders containing:
13 photographic prints
1 handmade book
1 advertising card with silhouette portrait - Collection Number
- PH0087
- Summary
- Family photographs and ephemera including a handmade book of quotations, from the late 19th-early 20th century
- 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
No restrictions on access.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Virginia Taylor was born June 8, 1901 in King County, Washington to Jonathan C. Taylor and Mary Liddle. The Taylor and Liddle families were founding settlers in Snoqualmie and North Bend, Washington. The J. C. Taylor family, including Virginia's siblings Hazel, Norma, Lavonia, Winchell and Elizabeth, lived Kirkland, and Seattle, Washington. Virginia attended John B. Allen primary school, Ballard High School and later worked as a salesperson and an apartment house manager. She married Arley A. Hudson in King County, Washington in 1924, and Samuel C. Root in Detroit, Michigan in 1937. Virginia Taylor Root died August 26, 2004 in Cashmere, Chelan Co., Washington.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Family photographs of the Jonathan C. Taylor and Mary Liddle families in Kirkland, Snoqualmie, North Bend, and Seattle, Washington.
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
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Jonathan C. Taylor familyReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 1 | 1 | Jonathan C. Taylor Copy print
|
between 1880 and 1895 |
| 1 | 2 | Jonathan C. Taylor and Mary Liddle Taylor standing
outdoors |
between 1902 and 1907? |
| 1 | 3 | Conductor standing inside Bever Park trolley, with
uniformed John G. Taylor, and a young boy standing nearby. Cedar Rapids,
Iowa John G. Taylor, older brother of Jonathan C. Taylor lived in
Iowa prior to 1910, after which time he appears in the North Bend, King County,
Washington state census
|
between 1904 and 1910 |
| 1 | 4 | Five young children standing outside, two holding
dolls Pictured are Taylor sisters Hazel, Virginia, Lavonia and Norma,
and an unidentified youngest child, possibly Winchell
|
between 1905 and 1910? |
| 1 | 5 | View of building with Mary Liddle Taylor, Hazel Taylor
and three others in yard, Kirkland Carl Knauf (photographer)
|
1906 |
| 1 | 6 | Studio photograph of Jonathan C. Taylor family with
motorcar prop, Seattle Left to right: Norma, Virginia, Hazel, Jonathan, Winchell (on
lap), Mary, Lavonia (on lap)Written on verso: Jonathan Taylor family taken at Madison
Park
|
1908 |
| 1 | 7 | John B. Allen school group in front of Phinney Ave.
Grocery, Seattle Written on verso: John B. Allen School (67th & Phinney)
school children (1912) Picture taken at grocery store across street from
school.
|
1912 |
| 1 | 8 | Souvenir portrait silhouette of Mary Liddle Taylor from
The Bon Marche department store, Seattle Written on front: This was taken July 28, 1914. Mamma.Advertising text for The Bon Marche Children's Store printed on
verso
|
July 28, 1914 |
| 1 | 9 | Jonathan C. Taylor family and others seated
outdoors Left to right: John G. Taylor, unidentified man, Jonathan C.
Taylor with Winchell, Norma, Virginia, Hazel. Mary Liddle Taylor, with Lavonia,
and Jonathan's parents, Mrs. and Willam H. Taylor of North Bend.
|
between 1910 and 1916? |
| 1 | 10 | Handmade book of quotations by Virginia Taylor
Root Bertha Orth (photographer)
Book is handmade, lettered, and illustrated by Virginia Taylor
for John B. Allen School 8th grade class project. Contains quotes from
classmates, a pressed four leaf clover and a small group photograph of the 8th
grade class of 1916 in costume, taken by Bertha Orth, mother of classmate
Maurice Orth. An arrow marks Virginia Taylor in photograph.
|
1916 |
| 1 | 11 | not used |
Liddle familyReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 2 | 12 | Carte de visite of Mary Liddle and Emma Fisk W. F Boyd, 711 Front Street, Seattle (photographer)
|
1890? |
| 2 | 13 | Group of children and adults in front of a school in
North Bend, Washington Written on verso: Mary Liddle (x) North Bend, Wash. 12 years,
about 1889 or 1890. First school house in North Bend
|
between 1889 and 1890 |
| 2 | 14 | James Liddle family group in front of hotel, North Bend,
Washington Front row, left to right: Young man [per verso James Liddle?]
young woman, Mary Liddle Taylor, and her parents Mrs. Elizabeth Liddle, Judge
James Liddle, with young girl. Back row: unidentified Liddle family membersWritten on verso: James Liddle family (James Liddle at bottom
left) ca. 1897. In front of first hotel in North Bend built by Liddle, [illeg.]
Hotel. Elizabeth Liddle cooked for all loggers in area [ possible that person who wrote on verso "James Liddle at
bottom left" reversed or young man is another James Liddle - but did not find
younger JL in any census - Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum images of Judge
James Liddle and wife confirm he is man in bottom right with child and wife is
seated next to him with Mary Liddle Taylor CF]
|
1897? |
| 2 | 15 | View of Snoqualmie, Washington with mountains in
background Printed on front: Snoqualmie Wash 889.
|
between 1910 and 1918? |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
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