Oliver S. Van Olinda photographs and ephemera, 1884-1946

Overview of the Collection

Photographer
Van Olinda, O. S. (Oliver Scott), 1868-1954
Title
Oliver S. Van Olinda photographs and ephemera
Dates
1884-1946 (inclusive)
1890-1919 (bulk)
Quantity
1 album: 353 photographic prints, 1 drawing, 5 items (1 box) : some hand-colored ; various sizes
101 photographic prints (1 box) : some cyanotype, some hand-colored ; various sizes
30 lantern slides (1 box) : black and white, some hand-colored ; 11 x 9 centimeters
Collection Number
PH0376
Summary
Photographs and slides of community life in Seattle, Vashon Island and Whidbey Island, Washington, made by Oliver S. Van Olinda between 1884 and 1946
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 is required to view original photographs. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Additional Reference Guides

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Oliver Scott Van Olinda, a career newspaperman and early resident of the Pacific Northwest, was born in La Salle County, Illinois, in 1868. In 1884 he traveled with his family in a covered wagon from Bedford, Iowa, to Sidney, Nebraska, where he learned to set type at the Redington Press at age 17. Van Olinda moved from Nebraska to Vashon Island, Washington, in August 1891. His father, Elmer Eugene, sister Mattie, and brother Charles also relocated to Vashon Island. Later another sister, Jessie, was born. Eventually Van Olinda married Vashon resident Ida M. Anderson, with whom he had two children, Myrtle and Andrew Eugene.

Van Olinda and his father ran numerous businesses on the island, including the Island Home newspaper, published from 1895-1897, and the Vashon Island News-Record. His brother Charles served as the first postmaster on Vashon Island, opening the Portage Post Office on May 18, 1903. For three years Oliver S. Van Olinda published another weekly paper, the Stanwood Press, in Stanwood, Snohomish County. Starting about 1900, he also maintained a house on Whidbey Island, where he was the editor of the Island County Times, a Coupeville newspaper. In addition to his newspaper work, Van Olinda managed a commercial wireless station in Olympia for a short while and served for 18 years as historian of the Vashon-Maury Pioneer Society. He was an adept writer whose lively stories of Puget Sound pioneer life for both adults and children included the book History of Vashon-Maury Island, published in 1935.

Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top

Names appearing in the inventory: Elliston and Chautauqua are names for the current location of Ellisport, the land near Tramp Harbor on the east coast of Vashon Island. The Ram Pasture, believed to have been Oliver S. Van Olinda's first home on the island, was initially a one-room house; it was later renovated into a larger building.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The photographs document life on Vashon Island, Whidbey Island, Seattle, and other communities of Washington State's Puget Sound region from the 1880s into the 1940s. Featured are images of pioneer activities, industries and occupations, recreation, street scenes, and ferries and boat traffic at the turn of the century. Also included are a few photographs of Native American activities such as a potlatch on Whidbey Island. Most of the photographs were taken by Oliver S. Van Olinda.

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.

Preferred Citation

Oliver S. Van Olinda Photographs and Ephemera. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.

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View selections from the collection in digital format

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in 4 series:

  • Album
  • Prints
  • Lantern slides
  • Variant prints of images in album and box 2

Acquisition Information

Source: Mrs. Howard Shipman, 1977.

Processing Note

Processed by Nicolette Bromberg and Rebekah Dalby, 2002. Revised by Stefanie Terasaki, 2015.

The album cover had deteriorated and was discarded, but the original order of the album pages has been retained.

These photographs were relocated in 1993 from the Oliver S. Van Olinda Papers (Manuscript Collection 4353), which are also located in the Special Collections division, University of Washington Libraries.

Bibliography

Van Olinda, O. S. (Oliver Scott), 1868-1954, History of Vashon-Maury Islands. Vashon, Washington: Vashon Island News-Record, 1935.

Van Olinda, O. S. (Oliver Scott), 1868-1954, The Island Home. Vashon, Washington: Van Olinda & Son, [1892] .

Van Olinda, O. S. (Oliver Scott), 1868-1954, Nothin Much: A Composite Picture of Life in the Northwest. Vashon, Washington: 1936.

Van Olinda, O. S. (Oliver Scott), 1868-1954, ed., Surf. Coupeville, Washington: Surf Pub. Co., 1901.

Carey, Roland, Van Olinda's History of Vashon-Maury Island. Seattle, Washington: Alderbrook Publishing Co., 1985.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
1/1 1a
Grand Army of the Republic, Sons of Veterans
Caption on album: "Gen. Wadsworth Camp #29, Sons of Veterans. W. Cutler, F. Lansing, F. Lindley, H.F. McClintock, O.S. Van Olinda, A. Judd, C. Cristman, J. Mock, C. Jacobs, E. Price, E. Cristman, G. Kingsbury, L. Snow, D.A. Pruitt, H.O. Fuller, F.M. Sherman, L.E. Price."
1892
1/1 1b
Road above Vashon Wharf
1891
1/1 1c 1891
1/1 1d 1893
1/1 1e 1892
1/2 2a
Grand Army of the Republic group, H.G. Sickles Post 57
From caption on album: Rear: Adam Cristman, C.A. Barton, S.D. Sherman, J.W. Jacobs, J.S. Markham, Lawrence Cristman.Lower: Mark P. Waterman, Jerome Cutler, E.E. Van Olinda, Adolph Sandrock, James Pruit, Daniel Price, George E. Lindley, Isaac Reese, Moses H. Snow, A. Cassler, James E. Mace.
1892
1/2 2b 1893
1/2 2c
Vashon Methodist Church, built in 1885
Same image as items 40g and 44f.
1894
1/2 2d
Grand Army of the Republic Women's Relief Corps, H.G. Sickles Post 37
From caption on album: Rear: Mrs. M.P. Waterman, Mrs. H. Snow, Mrs. Lawrence Cristman, Mrs. S.D. Sherman, Mrs. Lucy Lansing, Mrs. Laura Price, Mrs. Adam Cristman.Front row: Mrs. L.A. Lindley, Mrs. H.E. Fuller, Mrs. E.E. Van Olinda, Mrs. J.W. Jacobs, Mrs. Porthena Morgan, Mrs. W.H. Clark, Mrs. Hattie Jacobs.Second row, standing: Mrs. J.P. Blackburn, Miss Sarah Lindley, Mrs. Joe Dean, Mrs. C.A. Barton, Mrs. Osborn (an organizer from Seattle), Mrs. James Pruit.
1892
1/2 2e 1890
1/2 2f
Label from Vashon Island Press
undated
1/2 2g
Label from Press Job Printing Office
undated
1/2 2h
Typed note from [Larry Price?] to Miss Ida Anderson regarding the play Among the Breakers
December 29, 1894
1/3 3a 1892
1/3 3b 1893
1/3 3c
Vashon Dock Road
Same image as item 156.
1891
1/3 3d July 4, 1893
1/3 3e between 1891 and 1910?
1/3 3f between 1898 and 1910?
1/3 3g between 1891 and 1892?
1/3 3h between 1891 and 1900?
1/3 3i between 1898 and 1905?
1/3 3j 1893
1/3 3k 1891
1/3 3l between 1891 and 1893?
1/4 4a 1892
1/4 4b 1892
1/4 4c 1893
1/4 4d between 1891 and 1892?
1/4 4e 1892
1/4 4f 1891
1/4 4g 1894
1/4 4h 1892
1/4 4i probably between 1900 and 1910?
1/5 5a
Mr. and Mrs. S.D. Sherman
French (photographer)
1892
1/5 5b between 1891 and 1900?
1/5 5c between 1891 and 1910?
1/5 5d 1893
1/5 5e May 30, 1893?
1/5 5f 1893
1/6 6a 1891
1/6 6b 1900
1/6 6c 1895?
1/6 6d 1900
1/6 6e 1892
1/6 6f 1901
1/6 6g 1900?
1/6 6h
Siwash canoe and paddle on beach
Same image as item 157.
1895?
1/6 6i between 1891 and 1910?
1/6 6j 1895?
1/7 7a between 1891 and 1900?
1/7 7b 1893
1/7 7c 1892
1/7 7d 1905?
1/7 7e between 1898 and 1910?
1/7 7f 1905?
1/7 7g 1891
1/7 7h 1905?
1/7 7i 1893?
1/8 8a 1911
1/8 8b 1911
1/8 8c 1885
1/8 8d between 1891 and 1910?
1/8 8e 1884
1/8 8f 1892
1/8 8g 1896
1/8 8h 1888
1/9 9a
Group portrait on beach
From album caption: Rear: Angie Markham.Front row: Isabel Fuller, Amy Lovering, Sadie Lindley, Ida Anderson.Back row: Anna Wright, Hattie Blackburn, Carrie Blackburn, Julia Markham, Helen Cutler, Anna Bonney.
1894
1/9 9b 1892
1/9 9c 1892
1/9 9d
Cast photo from Among the Breakers
From album caption: Rear: Charles Cristman, P.L. Nye, Capitola Price.Front: W.N. Alexander, Hattie Blackburn, Levi Snow, O.S. Van Olinda, Ida Anderson, Jennie Snow, L.E. Price.
1894
1/10 10a 1894
1/10 10b
E.G. Thompson, Montgomery Robb, and Harry Buckner with rifles and a dog at campsite near Ollala
1893
1/10 10c 1894
1/10 10d between 1900 and 1910?
1/10 10e between 1891 and 1910?
1/10 10f between 1891 and 1900?
1/10 10g 1893
1/10 10h 1895
1/10 10i 1892
1/11 11a June 1893
1/11 11b July 4, 1896
1/11 11c 1892
1/11 11d 1893
1/12 12a
Faculty of Vashon College, first term
From album caption: Mrs. A.C. Jones, elocution; Pres. A.C. Jones; Mrs. Anna Farrow, matron; Nora A. Gilmour, librarian; O.S. Van Olinda, stenography; L.P. Venen, languages and higher math; D.E. Crandall, commercial; Cora Teaff, music; W.H.P. Redlinger, military tactics.
October 5, 1892
1/12 12b
Main building, Vashon College
First building opened for use on October 25, 1892.
1892
1/12 12c
Quartermaster Harbor and two-masted sailing ship
Same image as 31.
circa 1891 or 1893
1/12 12d
Vashon College buildings
Original building from 1892, Commercial Hall from 1894 with 1898 addition, and Armory from 1901.
between 1901 and 1910?
1/12 12e 1893?
1/12 12f
Small house in snow
Album caption: "Ram Pasture."
between 1891 and 1910?
1/13 13a 1914
1/13 13b 1915
1/13 13c 1932
1/13 13d
People and geese in yard near Kalama, Washington
From album caption: Frank W. Gorsuch, Mrs. L.C. Beall, Sr., Ida. M. Van Olinda, Aunt Susie, L.C. Beall, Sr., F. Herthum.
1915
1/13 13e between 1890 and 1910?
1/14 14a April 15, 1900
1/14 14b 1900
1/14 14c 1900
1/14 14d
Chief Charley Snatelum and wife Katie, Coupeville, Whidbey Island
Edson, Norman, d. 1968 (photographer)
Handwritten on image: "Chief Snaklum and wife, Coupeville, Wash." [final word is illegible].Item 54 is a cropped and enlarged version of this image.
1910?
1/14 14e
Native American man, "Whiskey Jimmy," Whidbey Island
Caption on image: "Whiskey Jimmy, 104 years old, 1900."
1900
1/14 14f
Whidby Island blockhouse dedication clipping
On item: "Whidby Island blockhouse to be dedicated."
September 29, 1938
1/14 14g
Steamship Princess Royal
Caption on image says "Princess Alice '14," but the steamship has been verified as the Princess Royal.The Princess Royal , an all-wood vessel, was built in 1906 for Canada Pacific Railway by B.C. Marine Railway in Esquimalt, Canada. By 1913, her light grey hull was painted black, and in the late 1920's, her vertical clearance was increased to accommodate automobiles. After a 27-year career serving Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver B.C., she was sold in 1933 for scrap. (Robert Turner, The Pacific Princesses).
1914
1/14 14h 1914
1/14 14i between 1907 and 1930?
1/15 15a between 1891 and 1910?
1/15 15b 1894
1/15 15c between 1891 and 1910?
1/15 15d between 1891 and 1910?
1/15 15e between 1898 and 1905
1/15 15f between 1892 and 1900?
1/16 16a
Unidentified homestead, Vermontville
Handwritten on image: "The Old, 1911."
1911
1/16 16b 1903?
1/16 16c
Oliver S. Van Olinda house, Glen Acres
Handwritten on image: "1914, The New."
1914
1/16 16d 1903?
1/16 16e 1897
1/16 16f 1903
1/16 16g between 1898 and 1899?
1/16 16h 1905
1/17 17a 1893
1/17 17b 1893
1/17 17c 1893?
1/17 17d 1893?
1/17 17e between 1891 and 1900?
1/17 17f between 1891 and 1910?
1/17 17g between 1891 and 1910?
1/17 17h between 1891 and 1910?
1/17 17i between 1891 and 1910?
1/17 17j
Group at picnic, Des Moines
Album caption: "S. of T. Picnic, Des Moines."
between 1891 and 1900?
1/18 18a 1894
1/18 18b 1897
1/18 18c
Reverend and Mrs. W.H. Leech, of Vashon Methodist Episcopal Church, seated on couch
between 1891 and 1900?
1/18 18d 1894
1/19 19a 1891
1/19 19b November 1894
1/19 19c 1892
1/19 19d
Small house, "The Ram Pasture"
Album caption: "The Ram Pasture."
1895
1/20 20a
Men with baseball equipment
From album caption: Rear: VanCamp, Doane, Howard Darlington, Jacobs. Front: Blackburn, Gilman, Horace Lovering, Gibbs.
July 4, 1894
1/20 20b
Vashon Cornet Band
From album caption: Rear: Ervin Thompson, H.O. Fuller, Lake Price, bandleader P.L. Nye, Earl Price, Lester Blackburn, Charles Jacobs, William Alexander, Horace Lovering.Front: Ed. Mace, O.S. Van Olinda, Mont. Robb, Earnest Lindley.
between 1892 and 1900?
1/20 20c
Group at picnic
From album caption: Hattie Blackburn, Isabel Fuller, Jessie Yule, George McFarland, Sena Hansen, Carrie Blackburn, Ervin Thompson, Dillon Van Olinda, Jessie Harrington, Mattie Van Olinda, Jay N. Robb, Lester Blackburn.
May 1893
1/20 20d 1894
1/21 21a
Tugboat Michigan and Siwash canoe at dock
1891
1/21 21b
Vashon College
Kneeland Foto (photographer)
Dates of when the buildings were built are written above each structure.
1904
1/21 21c November 29, 1921
1/21 21d between 1891 and 1900?
1/21 21e between 1907 and 1915?
1/22 22a 1920
1/22 22b
O.S. Van Olinda house at Glen Acres
1913
1/22 22c 1930
1/22 22d 1916
1/23 23a 1914
1/23 23b
Strawberry Festival reception committee
[Jennings?] (photographer)
June 28, 1913
1/23 23c 1915
1/23 23d July 4, 1916
1/23 23e July 4, 1916
1/24 24a 1913
1/24 24b
Chautauqua sand spit
From album caption: Site of later KVI radio station.
1896
1/24 24c 1916
1/24 24d 1915
1/25 25a 1918
1/25 25b August 16, 1919
1/25 25c May 1, 1915
1/25 25d 1930
1/26 26a 1915
1/26 26b 1892
1/26 26c 1864
1/26 26d between 1891 and 1900?
1/26 26e
Native American girl
undated
1/26 26f June 24, 1915
1/27 27a 1913
1/27 27b 1910
1/27 27c between 1891 and 1900?
1/27 27d between 1891 and 1910?
1/27 27e June 24, 1915
1/27 27f between 1891 and 1910?
1/27 27g between 1891 and 1910?
1/28 28a 1893
1/28 28b 1894
1/28 28c 1892
1/28 28d 1893
1/29 29a between 1891 and 1910?
1/29 29b 1937
1/29 29c 1893
1/29 29d between 1891 and 1910?
1/30 30a
J.T. Blackburn house, one-half mile east of Vashon Center
From album caption: In foreground: J.T. Blackburn, Mrs. J.P. Blackburn, Carrie, Hattie, and J. Lester.
1886
1/30 30b between 1891 and 1910?
1/30 30c 1891
1/30 30d between 1891 and 1910?
1/31 31a 1891
1/31 31b between 1891 and 1910?
1/31 31c between 1898 and 1910?
1/31 31d between 1898 and 1905?
1/31 31e between 1891 and 1910?
1/31 31f between 1891 and 1900?
1/31 31g between 1891 and 1910?
1/31 31h between 1891 and 1910?
1/31 31i 1892
1/31 31j between 1891 and 1910?
1/31 31k between 1896 and 1902?
1/31 31l between 1891 and 1900?
1/31 31m between 1900 and 1905?
1/31 31n between 1898 and 1910?
1/32 32a 1891
1/32 32b October 24, 1894
1/32 32c between 1891 and 1905?
1/32 32d between 1898 and 1905?
1/32 32e 1893
1/32 32f 1893
1/33 33a 1914
1/33 33b 1892
1/33 33c July 14, 1892
1/33 33d between 1891 and 1910?
1/33 33e October 1892
1/33 33f 1892
1/33 33g 1892
1/33 33h between 1891 and 1905?
1/34 34a
West Seattle ferry at Dockton
Same image as item 161.
August 14, 1946
1/34 34b between 1891 and 1905?
1/34 34c between 1891 and 1905?
1/34 34d between 1916 and 1920?
1/34 34e 1895
1/34 34f between 1891 and 1905?
1/34 34g
Portage House
1/35 35a between 1891 and 1905?
1/35 35b between 1891 and 1905?
1/35 35c between 1891 and 1900?
1/35 35d
Man with saw and tree stump
between 1891 and 1905?
1/35 35e between 1891 and 1905?
1/35 35f between 1891 and 1905?
1/35 35g between 1891 and 1905?
1/35 35h between 1891 and 1905?
1/35 35i
1/35 35j between 1891 and 1905?
1/35 35k between 1891 and 1900?
1/35 35l between 1892 and 1905?
1/35 35m 1892
1/35 35n between 1907 and 1915?
1/35 35o
Woodland Park Conservatory, Seattle
1892
1/36 36a 1909
1/35 36b between 1892 and 1914?
1/36 36c 1895
1/36 36d
Stern wheel steamship Fairhaven
Same image as item 162.
between 1891 and 1918?
1/36 36e between 1891 and 1905?
1/36 36f
Steamship Spokane with President Theodore Roosevelt on board
Same image as item 163.
1903?
1/36 36g between 1896 and 1911?
1/36 36h between 1891 and 1905?
1/36 36i circa 1894 or July 13, 1899
1/37 37a 1894
1/37 37b between 1891 and 1905?
1/37 37c between 1891 and 1900?
1/37 37d between 1898 and 1905?
1/37 37e between 1891 and 1910?
1/37 37f between 1891 and 1905?
1/37 37g between 1891 and 1905?
1/37 37h between 1891 and 1905?
1/37 37i between 1891 and 1905?
1/37 37j
1/37 37k 1899
1/38 38a between 1891 and 1905?
1/38 38b between 1891 and 1910?
1/38 38c between 1888 and 1900
1/38 38d between 1891 and 1905?
1/38 38e between 1891 and 1905?
1/38 38f between 1891 and 1895?
1/38 38g between 1895 and 1900
1/38 38h between 1891 and 1900?
1/38 38i 1891
1/38 38j between 1891 and 1905?
1/38 38k between 1891 and 1905?
1/38 38l between 1891 and 1905?
1/38 38m between 1891 and 1905?
1/39 39a
Second-generation islanders
Crane (photographer)
Rear: O.S. Van Olinda, J.L. Samson, May Lovering, Isabel Fuller (Mrs. P. McCormick), George Mathis, Andrew Yule, Julia Hanson (Mrs. F.M. Sherman), Frank Lindley, Harriet Sherman (Mrs. W.N. Alexander), unidentified, Edna Jacobs.Middle row: Carrie Blackburn (Mrs. C.S. Tilton), C.S. Tilton, Maggie Sherman (Mrs. Charles F. Van Olinda), Aggie Yule, Saxe McClintock. Front row: Jessie Yule (Mrs. C.D. McKinley), Fay H. McClintock, Maude Jacobs (Mrs. H.O. Fuller), Nellie Jacobs, J. Lester Blackburn, Edith Blanchard, Ida McClintock, Jessie Harrington (Mrs. L. C. Beall).
1892
1/39 39b
Hattie Blackburn, Amos Tilton, Carrie Blackburn, Charles Tilton, Lester Blackburn, J.T. Blackburn, and Mrs. J.T. Blackburn
1892
1/39 39c
Burton with Quartermaster Harbor in background
1892
1/39 39d
H.M.S. Hyacinth being secured in Dockton dry-dock, Quartermaster Harbor
October 1892
1/39 39e
Luella Start
undated
1/39 39f
Hop pickers
George Covey, Ed Mace, VanCamp, E. Lindley, Mrs. VanCamp, infant, F. Lindley, Mrs. George Lindley and Sadie Lindley.
undated
1/39 39g
Stern wheel ferry Zephyr
between 1891 and 1907?
1/39 39h
Steamboat Sophia with people on deck
1893
1/40 40a 1892
1/40 40b between 1891 and 1905?
1/40 40c 1895
1/40 40d between 1905 and 1915?
1/40 40e-40f
Elmer Eugene Van Olinda and woman in automobile
October 1908
1/40 40g
Vashon Methodist Church, built in 1885
Same image as items 2c and 44f.
1894
1/40 40h 1894
1/40 40i 1892
1/40 40j 1902
1/41 41a 1892
1/41 41b 1911
1/41 41c between 1891 and 1905?
1/41 41d between 1891 and 1905?
1/41 41e 1891?
1/41 41f between 1891 and 1905?
1/41 41g between 1891 and 1905?
1/41 41h between 1891 and 1905?
1/41 41i between 1896 and 1900?
1/41 41j 1899
1/41 41k between 1891 and 1900?
1/41 41l 1892
1/42 42a between 1891 and 1905?
1/42 42b between 1892 and 1914?
1/42 42c between 1891 and 1905?
1/42 42d between 1891 and 1905?
1/42 42e between 1891 and 1900?
1/42 42f between 1880 and 1885?
1/42 42g between 1891 and 1905?
1/42 42h between 1892 and 1920?
1/43 43a 1918
1/43 43b 1899
1/43 43c 1891
1/43 43d 1893
1/43 43e between 1891 and 1905?
1/43 43f 1916
1/43 43g between 1891 and 1905?
1/43 43h 1896
1/43 43i 1896
1/44 44a between 1900 and 1910?
1/44 44b between 1898 and 1905?
1/44 44c 1908
1/44 44d between 1891 and 1900?
1/44 44e between 1891 and 1905?
1/44 44f
Vashon Methodist Church, built in 1885
Same image as items 2c and 40g.
1894
1/44 44g between 1896 and 1905?
1/44 44h between 1891 and 1905?
1/44 44i between 1891 and 1905?
1/44 44j between 1891 and 1905?
1/44 44k between 1891 and 1905?
1/45 45a between 1891 and 1905?
1/45 45b June 1914
1/45 45c between 1896 and 1905?
1/45 45d
Stern wheel steamship Fairhaven
Same image as item 164.
between 1891 and 1905?
1/45 45e 1908
1/45 45f 1908
1/45 45g 1899
1/46 46a 1892
1/46 46b between 1891 and 1905?
1/46 46c 1892
1/46 46d between 1891 and 1899?
1/46 46e 1892
1/46 46f
Group of berry pickers at Thompson's Strawberry Ranch
Same image as item 3d.
July 4, 1893
1/46 46g between 1891 and 1905?
1/46 46h 1892
1/47 47a July 1903
1/47 47b 1895
1/47 47c-47d
Second automobile owned on Island
July 1907
1/47 47e
Wedding party of Margaret Sherman and Charles Van Olinda, Portage
Shows Oliver S. Van Olinda at far right with cable release for camera.
May 21, 1901
1/48 48a
Building near water, Burton
Handwritten on mount: "Van Olinda & Erickson, Burton, 1892."
1892
1/48 48b 1891
1/48 48c 1893
1/48 48d 1892
1/48 48e 1893
1/48 48f between 1891 and 1905?
1/48 48g between 1891 and 1905?
1/48 48h 1891
1/48 48i between 1891 and 1905?
1/49 49a
Potter, Nebraska, from schoolhouse hill
Mounted to back cover of album.
August 1888
1/49 49b
Blue ribbon from Vashon-Maury Fair
Mounted to back cover of album.
October 1916
Container(s) Description Dates
Portraits
Box/Folder item
2/1 50 December 1927
2/1 51
Dillon Van Olinda
1900?
2/1 52 February 25, 1900
2/1 53 between 1891 and 1905?
2/1 54
Chief Snaklum, Coupeville
Cropped enlargement of item 14d.
1910?
2/1 55 between 1900 and 1910?
2/1 56
Group on beach
Partially identified on verso of image, left to right: Mary Howard, Charley Straub, Lauren Gillespie, [Mary Clegg?], Cecil Mitchell, Carl Gillespie, Ludington, Belle Stoddard.
between 1900 and 1910?
2/1 57
Baseball team, Coupeville
Partially identified on verso of image: Carl Gillespie, Tom Hastie, Dick Hastie, Carl Pearson, [Jenne?], Loren Gillespie, Jenne, Walt Stoddard.
between 1900 and 1910?
Vashon Island
Box/Folder item
2/2 58
Two hundred-foot fir tree on Floyd Mace homestead
1931
2/2 59
Group in front of Elmer Eugene Van Olinda home
between 1891 and 1905?
2/2 60 between 1912 and 1915?
2/2 61 between 1912 and 1915?
2/2 62 between 1905 and 1915?
Vashon Island schools
Box/Folder item
2/3 63 between 1891 and 1895?
2/3 64
Vermontville School
Names listed on back, but not identified: Henry Holmes, Roy Kimmel, Floyd Mace, and Levi Reed.
between 1891 and 1905?
2/3 65 between 1900 and 1910?
2/3 66
Grade School, Vashon
From verso of image: Delta Dalton, teacher; Mrs. Morton, principal.
1924?
2/3 67 1928?
1/1 68
Vashon High and Grade School
This oversized photo is stored in Box 1.
1913
Whidbey Island town scenes
Box/Folder item
2/4 69 between 1900 and 1910?
2/4 70 between 1900 and 1910?
2/4 71
Houses at waterfront, Coupeville
between 1900 and 1910?
2/4 72 between 1900 and 1910?
2/4 73 between 1900 and 1910?
2/4 74 between 1895 and 1910?
2/4 75 1901
2/4 76 1908
2/4 77 May 1903
Whidbey Island
Box/Folder item
2/5 78
Portion of Ebey's Prairie, Gould Farm
1901
2/5 79 1901
2/5 80
Portion of Ebey's Prairie, Gould Farm
Two copies of same image.
1901
2/5 81 between 1900 and 1910?
2/5 82 between 1900 and 1910?
2/5 83
Judge Stills house
On verso of image: "Judge Stills house with no corners."
May 30, 1930
2/5 84 between 1900 and 1910?
2/5 85 between 1900 and 1910?
2/5 86 between 1900 and 1910?
2/5 86a between 1900 and 1910?
2/5 87 between 1900 and 1910?
2/5 88 1900
2/5 89 between 1900 and 1910?
2/5 90 between 1891 and 1905?
2/5 91 June 30, 1900
2/5 92 February 11, 1900
2/5 93a April 23, 1900
2/5 93b
Man with camera on side of cliff
1900?
Seattle
Box/Folder item
2/6 94 1915?
2/6 95 1915?
2/6 96 1915?
2/6 97
Construction view of Smith Tower
C.V. Coates (photographer)
1914?
2/6 98 1894
2/6 99 1918
Other Puget Sound locations
Box/Folder item
2/7 100 1893
2/7 101 1898
2/7 102 between 1891 and 1905?
2/7 103 1900
2/7 103a
Methodist Episcopal Church, Port Townsend, Washington
Written on verso: M.E. Church and personage. W.H. Leich.
1900
2/7 104 between 1891 and 1905?
2/7 105 1892
2/7 106 between 1891 and 1910?
2/7 106a January 19, 1901
Boats and a train
Box/Folder item
2/8 107 between 1891 and 1905?
2/8 108 between 1891 and 1905?
2/8 109 between 1891 and 1905?
2/8 110 between 1891 and 1905?
2/8 111
Ferryboat Multnomah
between 1891 and 1910?
2/8 112 between 1891 and 1905?
Skagway, Alaska
Box/Folder item
2/9 113 1900
2/9 114
Mrs. Leech standing on porch of Methodist Episcopal parsonage, Skagway
From verso of image: Mrs. Leech was the first wife to accompany a Methodist Episcopal preacher to Alaska.
1900
Skagit potlatch, Whidbey Island, Washington
Box/Folder item
2/10 115
Skagit men cooking food for potlatch, Coupeville, Whidby Island
Same image as lantern slide item 131Ltn.
1904
2/10 116 April 18, 1904
2/10 117 1904?
2/10 118
Skagit potlatch house with canoes on shore
Same image as lantern slide item 126Ltn.
1904?
2/10 119
Potlatch house, tents and canoes on shore
Same image as lantern slide item 127Ltn.
1904?
Native American reburial, Whidbey Island, Washington
Box/Folder item
2/11 120-124
Reburial, Whidbey Island
Item 121 is the same image as lantern slide item 138Ltn, and item 123 is the same image as lantern slide item 139Ltn.
April 17, 1904
2/11 125
Native Americans on Whidbey Island beach, perhaps in regard to cemetery removal
undated

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Container(s) Description Dates
Skagit potlatch, Whidbey Island, Washington
Box item
3 126Ltn
Skagit potlatch house and canoes
Same image as print item 118.
1904?
3 127Ltn
Skagit potlatch house and canoes
Same image as print item 119.
circa 1904
3 128Ltn 1902
3 129Ltn between 1902 and 1904?
3 130Ltn
Skagit man with basket on beach
between 1902 and 1904?
3 131Ltn
Skagit men cooking for potlatch, Coupeville, Whidbey Island
Same image as print item 115.
1904
Native American reburial, Whidbey Island, Washington
Box item
3 132Ltn-137Ltn
Native American reburial
undated
3 138Ltn
Native American reburial
Same image as print item 121.
April 17, 1904
3 139Ltn
Native American reburial
Same image as print item 123.
April 17, 1904
Mount Rainer
Box item
3 140Ltn-141Ltn between 1905 and 1915?
3 142Ltn between 1891 and 1905?
[Vashon Island?]
Box item
3 143Ltn-144Ltn between 1891 and 1905?
3 145Ltn 1892
3 146Ltn between 1891 and 1905?
3 147Ltn between 1891 and 1905?
3 148Ltn between 1891 and 1905?
3 149Ltn between 1891 and 1905?
3 150Ltn between 1899 and 1900?
3 151Ltn between 1905 and 1915?
3 152Ltn between 1891 and 1905?
3 153Ltn between 1891 and 1905?
3 154Ltn between 1891 and 1905?
3 155Ltn 1915?

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Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
2/12 156
Vashon Dock Road
Same image as item 3c.
1891
2/12 157
Siwash canoe and paddle on beach
Same image as item 6h.
1895?
2/12 158
1860 blockhouse on Crockett farm, Whidbey Island
Same image as item 14c.
1900
2/12 159
Largest fir tree on Vashon at Snow-Dumbleton homestead, Glen Acres
1892
2/12 160
Vashon School House, first milled lumber school house on island
Same image as item 30c.
1891
2/12 161
West Seattle ferry, at Dockton
Same image as item 34a.
August 14, 1946
2/12 162
Stern wheel steamship Fairhaven
Same image as item 36d.
undated
2/12 163
Steamship Spokane with President Theodore Roosevelt on board
Same image as item 36f.
undated
2/12 164
Stern wheel steamship Fairhaven
Same image as item 45d.
undated
2/12 165
Admiralty Head Lighthouse, Whidbey Island, Washington
Cyanotype
Same image as item 14a.
1900
2/12 166
Vashon College
Same image as item 21b.
1904
Island County
Some items may have been taken around the same time and related to the photographs in the Album.
Box/Folder item
2/13 167-168
Waterfront hillside, Whidbey Island
Written on verso of 167: SE of Fort Casey.
1900?
2/13 169
Waterfront hillside with man sitting near tree, Whidbey Island
Written on verso: SE of Fort Casey.
1900?
2/13 170
Waterfront hillside with man sitting on log, Whidbey Island
Written on verso of 167: SE of Fort Casey.
1900?
2/13 171-172
West waterfront hillside, Whidbey Island
Written on verso of 172: Pt. Partridge in distance.
1900?
2/13 173
Man standing on cliff, north of Point Partridge, Whidbey Island
April 29, 1900

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Subject Terms

  • Automobiles--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--Photographs
  • Buildings--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--Photographs
  • Canoes and canoeing--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--Photographs
  • Dwellings--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--Photographs
  • Frontier and pioneer life--Washington (State)zPuget Sound Region--Photographs
  • Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--Photographs
  • Recreation--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--Photographs
  • Salishan Indians--Boats--Photographs
  • Skagit Indians--Washington (State)--Photographs
  • Steamboats--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--Photographs
  • Streets--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--Photographs
  • Transportation--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--Photographs
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Van Olinda, O. S. (Oliver Scott), 1868-1954--Photographs

Family Names

  • Van Olinda family--Photographs

Geographical Names

  • Coupeville (Wash.)--Photographs
  • Puget Sound Region (Wash.)--Photographs
  • Seattle (Wash.)--Photographs
  • Vashon Island (Wash.)--Photographs
  • Whidbey Island (Wash.)--Photographs