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Loren and Donna Thrush photograph album, circa 1946-1956
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Thrush, Loren E
- Title
- Loren and Donna Thrush photograph album
- Dates
- circa 1946-1956 (inclusive)19411961
- Quantity
- 157 photographs in 1 album (1 box); various sizes
- Collection Number
- PH0875
- Summary
- Photograph album of Seattle couple (Loren and Donna Thrush), including images of Loren Thrush returning with troops from the Philippines to San Francisco after World War II, and the couple on various trips in the Pacific Northwest
- 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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The collection is open to the public. Selections from the collection are available on digital site.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Loren Thrush (1921-2007) and Donna June Weldin Thrush (1923-2002) were married on June 9, 1942. Loren Thrush grew up and attended school in Sheridan, Wyoming, graduating high school in 1939. The couple met while he was working on the Fort Peck Dam at Glasgow, Montana. Shortly afterwards, Loren Thrush was called into the Army, attending Officer Candidate School and "island-hopping" in the South Pacific for 3 years, coming home in 1946. After the war, Loren Thrush attended Idaho College in Caldwell, Idaho, and began a thirty-year career in banking with the Small Business Administration throughout Alaska and the Northwest as an auditor. The Thrushes lived in Seattle for over 40 years, listed in the city directory as living on 34th Ave NW in the Crown Hill neighborhood of Seattle from 1960 until their deaths.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The album cover is embossed with "Donna and Loren." The beginning of the album (59 photographs) depicts Loren Thrush in the Army, returning from Tacloban, Leyte in the Philippines to the Army's Port of Embarkation in San Francisco, March 1946. This group includes images of the piers in San Francisco, men loading onto the landing craft tank (LCT) to board the USAHS Republic in the bay. Includes at least one image of Thrush, as well as other men, some identified. Includes several images on board the Republic , two photographs of a band welcoming the troops at the dock, photos of troops at Camp Stoneman, and departing on a train for Salt Lake City.
Three images depict individuals, including Loren Thrush, from the First National Bank of Portland at an event in LaGrande, Oregon in February 1949. Other images depict a fishing trip and trips to Seattle and Vancouver.
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
Loren Thrush returning from Army service in the Philippines, 1946Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | item | ||
1 | 1 |
Loren Thrush sitting on pier with luggage
Written on page: Going Home! Waiting on Pier 15 to board L.C.T. to go out to our ship in the bay.
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March 1946 |
1 | 2a-2d | Ships at the pier
Written on page: Arriving at Pier 15 by truck; L.C.M.; Ships tied up at pier 15.
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March 1946 |
1 | 3a-3d |
Loading the L.C.T. and leaving the pier
Written on page: Loading the LCT; We pull away from the pier.
|
March 1946 |
1 | 4a-4d | View leaving Pier 13 nearing the ship.
Written on page: A view of the end of Pier 13; Nearing our ship.
|
March 1946 |
1 | 5a-5d |
Soldiers looking at ships sunk in the harbor.
Written on page: Ships sunk in the harbor.
|
March 1946 |
1 | 6a |
Captain of the ship.
Written on page: The "Skipper"
|
March 1946 |
1 | 6b-6d | Views from deck of ship under way.
Written on page: Under way
|
March 1946 |
1 | 7a-7d |
Views of soldiers on deck
Written on page: Deck detail.
|
March 1946 |
1 | 8 | Blank
Written on page: USAHSRepublic.Photo missing at time of acquisition.
|
March 1946 |
1 | 9a-11d |
Views of soldiers on deck and different views of the ship
Written under photo 11a: B.T.O.'s.
Written under photo 11b: Capt. Greve, Landforce.
Scanned photographs include:
|
March 1946 |
1 | 12a |
Pilot ship in San Francisco Bay
Written under 12a: Just outside 'Frisco Bay, we take on a pilot.
|
March 1946 |
1 | 12b | View onboard theRepublic
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March 1946 |
1 | 12c-d |
Ship with welcome banner in San Francisco Bay
Written under 12c-d: Welcoming party in 'Frisco Bay.
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March 1946 |
1 | 13a-13d | Views of ship taken in harbor, Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines |
March 1946 |
1 | 14a-b | Soldiers onboard ship
Written on page under 14c: Campball.
|
March 1946 |
1 | 15a | March 1946 | |
1 | 15b | Blank
Written on page: Alcatraz. Photo missing at time of acquistion.
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March 1946 |
1 | 15c-15d | March 1946 | |
1 | 16a-16d | Riding in the ferry from San Francisco Bay to Camp Stoneman |
March 1946 |
1 | 17a-17d | March 1946 |
First National Bank of Portland event at LaGrande, Oregon, February 1949Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | item | ||
1 | 18 | A.W. Groth, vice-president, O.H. Kellar, cashier, and F.N. Belgrano, president sitting at banquet table |
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1 | 19a |
Group at banquet
Identified people: Loren Thrush. J. C. Davis, Dean Wager, Ward Wieneke, and B. Stoner
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February 1949 |
1 | 19b | Group at banquet
Identified people: Jim Leslie, Bob McCurdy, Gaylord Prather.
|
February 1949 |
Fishing trip, Sheridan Wyoming and Miramar Ballroom, Boise, Idaho, 1946Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | item | ||
1 | 20a-20d | 1946 | |
1 | 21-22d | 1946 | |
1 | 23 | Flyer from Shoonover's Miramar Ballroom in Boise, Idaho |
1946 |
1 | 24 |
Group at table in Miramar Ballroom
Identified people: Donna Thrush, Blair Shepherd and Loren Thrush.
|
1946 |
Trips, 1950-1951Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | item | ||
1 | 25a-32d |
Canada and Seattle
Includes pictures of Ontario, Blaine Peace Arch and Vancouver
The Hollingsworth Family, Wilda Holloway and Dr. Sanders are identified
Scanned photographs include:
|
1950 |
1 | 33a-42b |
Oregon Coast, Tacoma Narrows Bridge, family photos
Includes pictures from travels along the Pacific Coast.
Scanned photographs include:
|
1950-1951 |
1 | 42a-45d |
San Juan Bautista Mission in California
Includes pictures from the Mission and a hotel possibly in California
|
1950-1951 |
1 | 46a-47d | Pacific Coast
Includes the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and coastal pictures most likely of Oregon
|
1950-1951 |
1 | 48a-48d | 1950-1951 | |
1 | 49a-52c |
Visiting Family/Friends
Includes photos possibly from a trip to Idaho.
Scanned photographs include:
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circa 1950's |
Loose photograph, 1940Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1 | 53 |
Group of people in a park
This is a loose photograph in the back of the album.
|
1940 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Thrush, Loren E.--Photographs
Form or Genre Terms
- Photograph albums
- Travel
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)