Vern C. Gorst Photographs

Vern C. Gorst Photographs, circa 1929-1932

Overview of the Collection

Photographer: Gorst, Vern C., 1876-1953
Title: Vern C. Gorst Photographs
Dates: circa 1929-1932 (inclusive)
19241937
Quantity: 2.5 cubic feet (8 boxes)
890 modern copy prints (3 boxes) ; 4" x 5"; 5" x 7"
Approximately 1,275 negatives (3 boxes) : nitrate negatives ; 4" x 5"
Approximately 375 negatives (2 boxes) : internegatives ; 4" x 5"
Collection Number: PH0810
Summary: Photographs of activities in the Pacific Northwest between 1929 and 1932 such as early aviation pioneers, recreational events such as Coupeville's Indian Water Festival, making the world's biggest omelet, fishing derbys. It also includes celebrities such as Doloros Del Rio, Jack Dempsey, Helene Madison and others.
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: The collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

A Pacific Northwest adventurer and transportation pioneer, Vern Centennial Gorst was born on August 18, 1876 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1888, the Gorst family relocated to the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington State. From an early age, Gorst displayed an entrepreneurial spirit and a fascination with transportation. He began his first transportation business at age 13, moving chickens across Port Orchard bay using a log raft he had constructed himself. As a young man, Gorst spent several successful years prospecting in Alaska during the gold rush. Later he returned to Puget Sound to invest his gold earnings in the arena of transportation. Over the next several decades, Gorst set to work building a number of transportation companies, with his focus eventually shifting to aviation when, at age 38, he became a self-taught pilot. In 1925, Gorst's interest in flying won him a bid for the first contracted airmail service between Seattle and Los Angeles, and Pacific Air Transport was born. Gorst continued to be an entrepreneur of aviation, starting Seattle Flying Service in 1928, and creating other airline companies including Gorst Air Transport in 1929, Barnes and Gorst Air Mail, and Victoria Air Mail. Vern Gorst died in Portland, Oregon in 1953.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Photographs by Vern C. Gorst documenting Pacific Northwest events between 1929 and 1932. Includes images of events such as Coupeville’s Indian Water Festival, the Ben Paris Fishing Derby, girls modeling spruce bathing suits to promote Hoquiam, Washington's wood week, and the making of the world’s largest omelet in Chehalis, Washington in 1921. Also contains images of early aviation pioneers including Harold Bromley, Reginald Robbins, Captain Frank M. Hawks, Clyde "Upside-Down" Pangborn, Cecil Allen and Don Moyle. The collection is also peppered with occasional images of local and national celebrities including Helene Madison, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Doloros Del Rio, and Jack Dempsey.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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Restrictions on Use

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Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by Gorst's negative numbers. Where a number is skipped, the negative was deteriorated and had to be discarded.

Processing Note

Processed by Holly Hernandez and Marion Brown, 2009.

Original collection consists of nitrate negatives. Modern prints were made from the negatives in 2008. Some of the nitrate negatives were discarded because they were deteriorated.

Information identifying the photographs was taken from handwritten inventory lists accompanying the collection.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

"H" SeriesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		"Fawn"
Box	item
1	H1a - H2d	Woman kneeling and feeding fawn milk from a bottle	circa 1929-1932
1	H3	Close-up of fawn being fed milk from a bottle	circa 1929-1932
1	H4a-e	Man standing with a dog and fawn	circa 1929-1932
1	H5	Woman with dog and fawn	circa 1929-1932
1	H6a-b	Man and woman standing with dog and fawn	circa 1929-1932
1	H7	Man feeding fawn milk from a bottle	circa 1929-1932
1	H8	Man holding fawn	circa 1929-1932
1	H9a-c	Close-up of fawn	circa 1929-1932
		"Wood Bathing Suits" In 1929 Hoquiam, Washington held a "Wood Week" to promote the products of the Grays Harbor lumber industry. The "Spruce Girls" donned bathing suits made entirely of thin spruce veneer for the occasion.
Box	item
3	H10a-c	Girls on beach wearing spruce bathing suits	circa 1929
1	H11a	Four girls in spruce bathing suits and two girls at a sewing machine posing in a lumber yard	circa 1929
3	H11b	Four girls in spruce bathing suits and two girls at a sewing machine posing in a lumber yard	circa 1929
3	H12a	Five girls holding spruce bathing suits up to themselves while a sixth girl works a sewing machine	circa 1929
1	H12b	The heads of four girls peeking over a stack of boards in lumber yard	circa 1929
1	H12c	Five women holding spruce bathing suits while a sixth woman sits at a sewing machine	circa 1929
3	H13	Girl on the beach wearing a spruce bathing suit	circa 1929
3	H14	Two girls on the beach wearing spruce bathing suits	circa 1929
1	H15a	Two girls in spruce bathing suits standing in a lumber yard	circa 1929
3	H15b-H16	Two girls in spruce bathing suits standing in a lumber yard	circa 1929
3	H17	Girl in spruce bathing suit standing in lumber yard	circa 1929
3	H18-H19	Girl in spruce bathing suit kneeling in front of a window	circa 1929
3	H20-H21	Two girls in spruce bathing suits kneeling in front of a window	circa 1929
3	H22a-H23c	Girls in spruce bathing suits at beach playing in the surf	circa 1929
		"Sheep Shearing and Lambs"
Box	item
1	H30	Girl seated in the grass holding a lamb	circa 1929-1932
1	H31	Girl seated in the grass holding a lamb and a puppy	circa 1929-1932
1	H32a-b	Six sheep shearers sitting on wool sacks	circa 1929-1932
1	H33a-b	Five sheep shearers seated on the lawn with lambs	circa 1929-1932
1	H34a-b	Four female shearers rolling a wool sack	circa 1929-1932
1	H35	Three girls with lamb and puppy	circa 1929-1932
		"Mt. Baker"
Box	item
1	H38	Two girls wearing snowshoes laying in the snow	circa 1929-1932
1	H39a-b	A girl in snowshoes laying in the snow	circa 1929-1932
1	H43a-b	Three girls posing in silhouette against windows	circa 1929-1932
1	H44a-c	Girl in swimsuit posing in front of window	circa 1929-1932
		"Salmon Fishing"
Box	item
1	H45a-b	Man and woman standing in a boat on the lake fishing	circa 1929-1932
3	H45c	Man and woman standing in a boat on the lake fishing	circa 1929-1932
1	H46	Man and woman standing in a boat on the lake fishing	circa 1929-1932
1	H47	Man standing in a boat on the lake fishing	circa 1929-1932
1	H49	Two men in a boat on the lake fishing	circa 1929-1932
1	H50a-b	Two men in a fishing boat landing a salmon	circa 1929-1932
1	H55	Three men and one woman kneeling behind a string of fish	circa 1929-1932
1	H57a-b	A flock of fishing boats out on the lake	circa 1929-1932
		"Rainier"
Box	item
1	H58a-b	Two snow plows plowing a road near Mt. Rainier	circa 1929-1932
1	H59a-H61b	Snow plow plowing a road near Mt. Rainier	circa 1929-1932
1	H62	Woman laying on a toboggan in the snow	circa 1929-1932
1	H63	Man and woman laying on a toboggan in the snow	circa 1929-1932
1	H64	Man carrying woman through knee-deep snow	circa 1929-1932
1	H65	Woman on a snow trail raising one arm	circa 1929-1932
1	H66a-b	Woman on a snow trail rolling in the snow	circa 1929-1932
1	H67	Woman standing in snow holding skies	circa 1929-1932
1	H68	Woman standing in the snow wearing skies	circa 1929-1932
1	H69	Woman in skis on her back in the snow	circa 1929-1932
		"Sailboats"
Box	item
1	H70a-c	Close-up of a sailboat as it sails across the water	circa 1929-1932
1	H71a-c	Close-up of sailboat and passengers out on the water	circa 1929-1932
1	H72a-H73c	Sailboat casting a reflection on the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	H74	Man wearing a cap and suit	circa 1929-1932
1	H75a-b	Group of passengers on sailboat	circa 1929-1932
1	H76	Four female sailboat passengers on boat	circa 1929-1932
1	H77	Man playfully lifting up a woman on the deck of a sailboat	circa 1929-1932
1	H78	Looking through a window at two men and a woman standing at the controls of a sailboat	circa 1929-1932
		"Tacoma Beach"
Box	item
1	H79a-b	Portrait of a woman wearing an Indian headdress	circa 1929-1932
1	H80	Portrait of a woman wearing an Indian headdress and raising a small hatchet in her right hand	circa 1929-1932
1	H81-H83	Woman and young man out on the water in a rowboat	circa 1929-1932
1	H84	Young man standing in a rowboat holding two oars	circa 1929-1932
1	H85	Girl in a swimsuits leaning against a woman as they gaze out across the water	circa 1929-1932
1	H86	Man and a woman standing on the shore in a rowboat each holding an oar	circa 1929-1932
1	H87	Man standing in a rowboat looking down at a laughing woman seated in the boat	circa 1929-1932
1	H88	Woman standing in a rowboat holding an oar	circa 1929-1932
1	H89	Woman sitting at the oars of a rowboat	circa 1929-1932
1	H91-H94	Sun setting across the lake	circa 1929-1932
		"Old Yankee and Ox"
Box	item
1	H95a-b	Old man plowing a field with an ox	circa 1929-1932
1	H96a-b	Old man standing in a field next to a plowing ox	circa 1929-1932
		"Girls Shearing Rabbits"
Box	item
1	H97a-e	Nude girl lounging in a box full of rabbit fur	circa 1929-1932
1	H98a-b	Two girls standing and holding up rabbits	circa 1929-1932
1	H99	Five women shearing white rabbits	circa 1929-1932

"I" SeriesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		"Spruce Veneer Bathing Suits"
Box	item
3	I1	Five girls wearing spruce veneer bathing suits standing on carrier car	circa 1929
3	I2a	Three girls wearing spruce veneer bathing suits sitting under a sun umbrella and holding small boards shaped like feet	circa 1929
3	I2b	Man peering around an umbrella at three girls wearing spruce veneer bathing suits	circa 1929
3	I3a	Girl sitting under a sun umbrella wearing a spruce veneer bathing suit and holding a small board shaped like a foot that reads "The Board Foot from Hoquiam"	circa 1929
3	I3b-14a	Three girls wearing spruce veneer bathing suits sitting under a sun umbrella and holding small boards shaped like feet	circa 1929
3	I4b	Three girls wearing spruce veneer bathing suits standing and holding a sun umbrella	circa 1929
3	I4c	Three girls wearing spruce veneer bathing suits sitting under a umbrella	circa 1929
3	I5a-b	Three girls wearing spruce veneer bathing suits standing next to rolls of veneer in a lumber yard	circa 1929
3	I6	Girl wearing a spruce veneer bathing suit standing with two rolls of veneer	circa 1929
3	I7a-b	Three girls wearing spruce veneer bathing suits posing with a little boy and two Shetland ponies	circa 1929
3	I8	Three girls wearing spruce veneer bathing suits standing with a little boy riding a Shetland pony	circa 1929
3	I9a-b	Six girls perched around a signboard pointing the way to China	circa 1929
3	I10a-b	Two girls, one riding a Shetland pony, gather at a sign post pointing the way to China	circa 1929
3	I11	Two girls wearing spruce veneer bathing suits standing together in the surf	circa 1929
3	I12b-13c	Four girls wearing spruce veneer bathing suits standing together in the surf	circa 1929
3	I14	Three girls wearing spruce veneer bathing suits standing together in the surf	circa 1929
1	I15	Looking up at the Pacific Beach Hotel from the beach with saddled horses in the foreground	circa 1929-1932
1	I16	Indian man working on the construction of a dugout canoe	circa 1929-1932
		"Mt. Hood Squirrel"
Box	item
1	I20-I21	Woman feeding a squirrel at Mt. Hood	circa 1929-1932
1	I23a-b	Squirrel taking a nut from women's hand	circa 1929-1932
1	I25	Squirrel sitting up eating a nut	circa 1929-1932
		"Mrs. Brink and Turkeys"
Box	item
1	I26a-b	Woman standing and holding a turkey	circa 1929-1932
1	I27a-I28e	Woman feeding a flock of turkeys	circa 1929-1932
		"U.P. Program"
Box	item
1	I31a-c	Male athlete in mid-air during a high jump event	circa 1929-1932
1	I32	Four male athletes running in a hurdles race	circa 1929-1932
		"Hayden Lake"
Box	item
1	I33a-b	View through the trees of a small boat traveling on Hayden Lake	circa 1929-1932
1	I34	Side view of porch off a Hayden Lake cabin	circa 1929-1932
1	I35a-b	Boy, girl and dog playing on the lawn in front of Hayden Lake cabins	circa 1929-1932
1	I36	Rooftops and covered walkway belonging to Hayden Lake Cabins	circa 1929-1932
1	I37a-c	Men and woman on horses outside of the Bozanta Tavern	circa 1929-1932
		"Harold Bromley" Harold Bromley was an early aviator who made multiple attempts to be the first man to fly non-stop between the Pacific Coast and Japan. On July 28th 1929, Bromley made his first attempt to fly his plane "The City of Tacoma" from Tacoma, Washington to Tokyo, Japan. A crowd of 25,000 people gathered to watch the take-off. The plane had been overloaded with fuel for the long flight, and crashed just after take-off when fuel splashed out from the overloaded tank into Bromley's eyes. Bromley was unharmed in the crash.
Box	item
1	I56a-b	Evelyn Miyazaki and Clasina Buffelen, preparing to christen the Bromley airplane	July 25, 1929
1	I57a-c	Evelyn Miyazaki and Clasina Buffelen standing with Harold Bromley and preparing to christen the Bromley airplane	July 25, 1929
1	I58	Probably Evelyn Miyazaki bending to kiss Harold Bromley at the christening of the Bromley airplane	July 25, 1929
1	I59	Evelyn Miyazaki and Clasina Buffelen breaking a bottle to christen the Bromley airplane	July 25, 1929
1	I60a-b	Harold Bromley, C.S. Miyazaki, possibly John Buffelen, Evelyn Miyazaki, Clasina Buffelen and four men gathered in front of the Bromley airplane C.S. Miyazaki was secretary of the Japanese Association of Tacoma. John Buffelen financed Bromley's flight.	July 25, 1929
1	I61	Aerial view of the Bromley airplane after the wreck	July 28, 1929
1	I62- I63	Aerial view of the crowd beginning to gather around the Bromley airplane after the wreck	July 28, 1929
1	I64	Aerial view of the crowd gathered around the Bromley airplane after the wreck with clear view of damaged plane wing	July 28, 1929
1	I65	Aerial view of crowd gathered around the Bromley airplane after the wreck	July 28, 1929
		"Wallace Falls"
Box	item
1	I66	Man sitting on a cliff overlooking the mountains	circa 1929-1932
1	I67	Steam donkey on mountainside loading logs	circa 1929-1932
1	I68	High climber sparring a very tall tree	circa 1929-1932
		"Ivan Novikoff Dancers" Ivan Novikoff was a renowned Russian ballet master and teacher who immigrated to the United States in 1923. Novikoff settled in Seattle and founded the Novikoff School of Russian-American Ballet in the early 1930s, eventually opening over twenty schools throughout Washington and Oregon. The last Novikoff school closed in 1997.
Box	item
1	I77a-b	Two dancers dressed as gypsies sitting by a tree overlooking the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	I78a-c	Two dancers dressed as gypsies standing by the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	I79	Silhouette of a dancer standing by a tree overlooking the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	I80a-b	Two dancers dressed as gypsies wading in the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	I81a-b	Two dancers dressed as gypsies kneeling next to the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	I82	A group of dancers dressed as gypsies kneeling on shore of the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	I83	Group of posing dancers in swimsuits reflected in the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	I84-I85	A group of prancing dancers in swimsuits reflected in the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	I86a-d	Group of dancers dressed as gypsies posing and frolicking at edge of the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	I87a-c	Group of dancers posing at edge of the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	I88a-d	Group of dancers dressed as gypsies posing and frolicking at edge of the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	I89a-b	Three dancers dressed as gypsies leaping into the air at edge of the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	I90a	Group of dancers dressed as gypsies leaping and frolicking at edge of the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	I90b	Three dancers dressed as gypsies dancing in a field in front of a mountain--possibly Mount Rainier	circa 1929-1932
1	I92a	Group of dancers dressed as gypsies dancing in a field in front of a mountain	circa 1929-1932
1	I92b	Three dancers dressed as gypsies dancing in a field in front of a mountain	circa 1929-1932
1	I93a	Group of dancers dressed as gypsies standing in a field in front of a mountain	circa 1929-1932
1	I93b	Group of dancers dressed as gypsies dancing in a circle in a field in the mountains	circa 1929-1932
1	I94a	Three dancers dressed as gypsies dancing in a field in front of a mountain	circa 1929-1932
1	I94b	A group of dancers dressed as gypsies dancing in a circle in a field in the mountains	circa 1929-1932
1	I95	A group of dancers dressed as gypsies dancing in a field in the mountains	circa 1929-1932
1	I97-I97a	Female dancer dressed as a gypsy standing on a rock with her arms outstretched to the mountains	circa 1929-1932
1	I98	Three dancers dressed as gypsies dancing in a field in front of a mountain	circa 1929-1932

"J" SeriesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		"Dolores Del Rio" Dolores Del Rio was a Mexican film actress who appeared in a number of Hollywood films throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
Box	item
1	J2a-J3	Dolores Del Rio descending the train steps holding a bouquet of roses	circa 1929-1932
1	J4	Dolores Del Rio just off the train holding a bouquet of roses	circa 1929-1932
1	J5a-b	Dolores Del Rio with her mother on the train steps holding a bouquet of roses	circa 1929-1932
		"Rainier Park"
Box	item
1	J6	Bear sitting on the grass at Rainier Park	circa 1929-1932
1	J8	Dog head in profile	circa 1929-1932
1	J9	Five people on horseback silhouetted against the skyline	circa 1929-1932
		"Glacier"
Box	item
1	J30a-b	Group of seven men and women hiking on a glacier	circa 1929-1932
1	J31	Rear view of seven men and women hiking on a glacier	circa 1929-1932
		"Ice Caves"
Box	item
1	J33	Looking up at two men and two woman through a hole in an ice cave	circa 1929-1932
1	J34	Looking up at two woman through a hole in an ice cave	circa 1929-1932
		"Ptarmigan"
Box	item
1	J35a-b	Ptarmigan on the rocks	circa 1929-1932
1	J36a-b	Ptarmigan and its young on the rocks	circa 1929-1932
1	J37	Ptarmigan far away on the hillside	circa 1929-1932
1	J38-39	Ptarmigan in the grass	circa 1929-1932
1	J40	Ptarmigan on the rocks	circa 1929-1932
		"Salmon"
Box	item
1	J41a	Horse seining	circa 1929-1932
1	J41b-c	Horse seining-men and three teams of horses	circa 1929-1932
1	J42	Man and a small boy watching horse seining	circa 1929-1932
1	J43	Group of men horse seining	circa 1929-1932
1	J44	Group of men and two teams of horses wading in the water next to boat performing horse seining	circa 1929-1932
1	J45-J46	Group of men and three teams of horses performing horse seining	circa 1929-1932
1	J47a-b	Two girls standing on the shore holding a stick with a big salmon on it	circa 1929-1932
1	J48	Man on the shore holding up a big salmon with the end of a stick	circa 1929-1932
1	J49-J50	Man standing on the shore holding up a big salmon with the end of a stick	circa 1929-1932
		"Ellensburg Rodeo"
Box	item
1	J54	Indian chief riding a hooded horse with other Indians on horseback	circa 1929-1932
1	J56	Harry Anderson, the founding father of the Ellensburg Rodeo, sitting on horseback and waving his hat at the rodeo crowd	circa 1929-1932
1	J57a-b	Harry Anderson, the founding father of the Ellensburg Rodeo, sitting on horseback holding a banner	circa 1929-1932
		"Fox Farm and Girls"
Box	item
1	J58a-J60	Five identically dressed girls sitting on the front of a car each holding a black fox	circa 1929-1932
		"Skagit Dam"
Box	item
1	J67a-J68	Face of Diablo Dam under construction	circa 1929-1932
1	J69-J70	Diablo Dam gates during construction	circa 1929-1932
1	J71	Diablo Dam high water tower under construction	circa 1929-1932
1	J72	Face of Diablo Dam under construction	circa 1929-1932
		"Elevator Girls"
Box	item
1	J73	Woman sitting on the head of an elephant in a fenced in a yard	circa 1929-1932
1	J74a-b	Woman waving from atop the head of an elephant in fenced yard	circa 1929-1932
1	J75	Woman sitting on the head of an elephant and waving	circa 1929-1932
1	J76a-b	Side view of woman sitting and waving on the head of an elephant	circa 1929-1932
1	J77-J78b	Woman sitting on a camel in fenced yard	circa 1929-1932
1	J79a-b	Woman in a cheetah print coat and goggles standing on the pontoon of a plane waving	circa 1929-1932
1	J80a	Woman in a cheetah print coat and goggles standing in the cockpit of pontoon plane with the pilot	circa 1929-1932
1	J80b-c	Woman in a cheetah print coat and goggles standing in cockpit of pontoon plane and waving	circa 1929-1932
1	J81a	Woman in a cheetah print coat and goggles waving as she climbs the side of pontoon plane	circa 1929-1932
1	J81b	Woman in a cheetah print coat and goggles climbing the side of pontoon plane	circa 1929-1932
		"Orpheum Marcus Riviera"
Box	item
1	J82	Ten girls from the Orpheum Theater posing along a line up of five cars	circa 1929-1932
1	J83	Seven girls form the Orpheum Theater seated on top of and inside a car	circa 1929-1932
1	J84	Six girls from the Orpheum Theater and one man standing and posing with their arms around one another	circa 1929-1932
1	J85	Two girls from the Orpheum theater and a third woman standing and posing in front of cars	circa 1929-1932
		"Ma Kennedy" Minnie Kennedy, a devoted and active member of the Salvation Army, married the fifty year-old Methodist James Kennedy when she was fifteen. Her daughter, Aimee Semple McPherson, became a very famous, if not notorious, evangelist with a large following in Canada and the United States and who eventually founded the Foursquare Gospel Church.
Box	item
1	J92	Ma Kennedy handing a coin to an elevator operator	circa 1929-1932
		Birds
Box	item
1	J93a-c	Sandhill crane walking in the grass	circa 1929-1932
1	J94a-b	Sandhill crane stooping in the grass	circa 1929-1932
1	J95a-b	Woman in chaps and cowboy hat standing behind a sandhill crane	circa 1929-1932
1	J97a-J98	Chinese pheasants on a farm, Chehalis, Washington	circa 1929-1932
1	J99a	Man moving his arms and Chinese pheasants flying on a farm Chehalis, Washington	circa 1929-1932
1	J99b	Chinese pheasants flying on a farm, Chehalis, Washington	circa 1929-1932
1	J100	Man moving his arms and Chinese pheasants flying on a farm, Chehalis, Washington	circa 1929-1932

"K" SeriesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Fishing trip
Box	item
1	K1a	Man in overcoat standing at the helm of a ship looking out at the water	circa 1929-1932
1	K1b	Man in overcoat standing at the helm of a ship beneath the American flag and looking out at the water	circa 1929-1932
1	K2a-3	Man in an overcoat standing at the helm of a ship	circa 1929-1932
1	K4a	Group of five men loading up the Gorst airplane in preparation for a fishing trip	circa 1929-1932
1	K4b	Group of four men waving as they climb aboard the Gorst airplane	circa 1929-1932
1	K5	Mountain view through airplane struts	circa 1929-1932
1	K6-K7a	Aerial view of lake through airplane struts	circa 1929-1932
1	K10	Gorst airplane taxiing on the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	K11a	Gorst airplane arriving at the dock	circa 1929-1932
1	K11b	Three men unloading the Gorst airplane	circa 1929-1932
1	K12	Man standing on the shore fishing	circa 1929-1932
1	K13a-b	Vern Gorst standing on wing of the Gorst airplane and landing a fish with fishing pole and net	circa 1929-1932
1	K14	Vern Gorst and four other men fishing from a "Gorst Air Transport" airplane	circa 1929-1932
1	K15	Basket full of fish	circa 1929-1932
		Coupeville Blockhouse During the 1850's, Whidbey Island, Washington settlers constructed a number of defensive blockhouses in response to increasing tensions among local and Northern Indian tribes. Two such blockhouses were erected near Coupeville, Washington.
Box	item
1	K16a-c	Three Indian men standing outside a Coupeville blockhouse	circa 1929-1932
1	K17	Portrait of an old Indian man outside a Coupeville blockhouse	circa 1929-1932
1	K18	Old Indian man sitting on a stool outside a Coupeville blockhouse	circa 1929-1932
1	K19a-b	Old Indian man and a young woman standing and talking outside a Coupeville blockhouse	circa 1929-1932
		Coupeville Indian Water Festival Coupeville's Indian Water Festival began in 1930 in an attempt to draw more tourists to Whidbey Island. The festival featured Indian war canoe races as the main event. The festival took place annually in August up until 1942. In 1992, Indian war canoe races were revived as part of the Penn Cove Water Festival in Coupeville.
Box	item
1	K20	Armada of boats gathering to watch the Indian canoe race	circa 1929-1932
1	K21a-b	Four Indian girls sitting on a dock to watch the Indian canoe race	circa 1929-1932
1	K22a-b	Group of eight Indian girls sitting on a dock to watch the Indian canoe race	circa 1929-1932
1	K23-24b	Group of canoes participating in two-man Indian canoe race	circa 1929-1932
1	K25	Indian in a canoe on the water	circa 1929-1932
1	K26	Three two-man canoes hurdling a log in canoe hurdle race	circa 1929-1932
1	K27	Two men in a canoe hurdling a log in canoe hurdle race	circa 1929-1932
1	K28a-b	Three canoes tipping over during Indian canoe race	circa 1929-1932
1	K29-K31b	Two Indian war canoes getting into position to race	circa 1929-1932
1	K32	Five Indian war canoes lined up to race	circa 1929-1932
1	K33	Nine Indian war canoes lined up at the starting line beginning to race	circa 1929-1932
1	K34-K35b	Indian war canoe race underway on the water	circa 1929-1932
1	K36	Indian war canoes from a distance, silhouetted on the water during race	circa 1929-1932
1	K37a	Indian war canoes approaching the finish line of race	circa 1929-1932
1	K37b	Two Indian war canoes approaching finish line of race	circa 1929-1932
		World's Largest Omelet, Chehalis, Washington In November 1931, a record for world's largest omelet was set in Chehalis, Washington. The omelet was made using 7,200 eggs and was cooked in a eight-foot skillet greased by two woman skating around it with bacon tied to their feet.
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1	K38	Six teams of egg-crackers cracking eggs into barrels while a large crowd watches	circa 1929-1932
1	K39	Team of two female egg-crackers sitting on crates and cracking dozens of eggs into a barrel	circa 1929-1932
1	K40a-K41	Team of two female egg-crackers sitting on crates cracking dozens of eggs into a barrel while crowd watches	circa 1929-1932
1	K42a	Girl sitting while a man ties two giant slabs of bacon to her feet	circa 1929-1932
1	K42b	Girl sitting and holding onto an enormous wooden spatula while a man ties two giant slabs of bacon to her feet	circa 1929-1932
1	K43	Girl sitting while two men strap giant slabs of bacon to her feet	circa 1929-1932
1	K44	Girl sitting with a giant slab of bacon strapped to one foot and waiting for the other foot be outfitted	circa 1929-1932
1	K45a- 47	Girl with slabs of bacon tied to her feet standing in a giant skillet holding an enormous wooden spatula and smiling at the crowd	circa 1929-1932
1	K48	Crowd surrounding girl skating around giant skillet with slabs of bacon tied to her feet	circa 1929-1932
1	K49a	Six men, two dressed as chefs, adjusting the position of the giant skillet	circa 1929-1932
1	K49b	Crowd watching positioning of the giant skillet	circa 1929-1932
		Reginald Robbins In July 1931, Reginald Robbins and co-pilot Harry S. Jones attempted to fly theFort Worthnon-stop across the Pacific, taking off from Seattle's Boeing field. The airplane never made it to Japan, being forced down by winds during a mid-air refueling over Alaska.
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1	K50	Reginald Robbins looking under the front of his airplaneFort Worth	circa 1929-1932
1	K51	Reginald Robbins looking behind the propeller of his airplaneFort Worth	circa 1929-1932
1	K52a-c	Reginald Robbins perched on the nose of his airplaneFort Worth	circa 1929-1932
1	K53a-b	Reginald Robbins's airplane Fort Worthwith the motor running	circa 1929-1932
1	K54a	Reginald Robbins's airplane Fort Worthwith the motor running and man crawling out of cockpit	circa 1929-1932
1	K54b	The front end of Reginald Robbin's airplaneFort Worth	circa 1929-1932
1	K55	Reginald Robbin's airplane Fort Worthtaking off	circa 1929-1932
		Recreation
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1	K65	Two women standing behind a camera and tripod to photograph a man holding up three geoducks	circa 1929-1932
1	K66	Two women in swimsuits on the beach, one wading in the water the other leaping into the air	circa 1929-1932
1	K67a-b	Crowd of children standing on the dock at Laurelhurst park watching toy sailboats in the water	circa 1929-1932
1	K68	Cluster of toy sailboats on the water at Laurelhurst park	circa 1929-1932
1	K69a-b	Cluster of toy sailboats on the water with Laurelhurst park in the background	circa 1929-1932
1	K70	Two boys navigating a canoe among an armada of toy sailboats on the water at Laurelhurst park	circa 1929-1932
1	K71a-b	Group of baby ducks on the water among toy sailboats	circa 1929-1932
1	K72	Children sitting along the water at Laurelhurst park watching ducks, geese, and swans	circa 1929-1932
1	K73	Two young girls wading in the water at Laurelhurst park	circa 1929-1932
1	K74	Two young girls wading in the water at Laurelhurst park and reaching for a toy sailboat	circa 1929-1932
1	K75	Two young girls wading in the water at Laurelhurst park	circa 1929-1932
1	K76	Side view of a motor boat traveling across the water	circa 1929-1932
1	K77	Close-up of motor boat and driver traveling across the water	circa 1929-1932
1	K78	Group of people standing on dock silhouetted by the sun while watching two motor boats	circa 1929-1932
1	K80	Albino peacock spreading its tail feathers	circa 1929-1932
1	K81	Albino peacock in profile with tail feathers down	circa 1929-1932
1	K82	Seattle mayor, Frank Edwards, handing a large key to a girl while seven other girls look on in the background	circa 1929-1932
1	K83	Woman lifting up the hem of her dress and wading in a river	circa 1929-1932
1	K84	Woman smiling for the camera while lifting up the hem of her dress and wading in a river	circa 1929-1932
1	K85	Woman wading at the edge of a river and posing with one leg lifted	circa 1929-1932
1	K86	Woman sitting on rocks at the edge of a river dangling one foot in the water	circa 1929-1932
1	K87a	Woman sitting on rocks at the edge of a river with legs crossed	circa 1929-1932
1	K87b	Woman sitting on rocks at the edge of a river putting on stockings	circa 1929-1932
1	K91	Boxer Jack Dempsey posing without a shirt	circa 1929-1932
1	K92-96b	Group of men playing cricket in the park with Vern Gorst playing wicket-keeper	circa 1929-1932
1	K97	Close up of cricket bowler getting ready to throw the ball	circa 1929-1932
1	K98	Vern Gorst getting into position as cricket wicket-keeper	circa 1929-1932
1	K99	Batter watching Vern Gorst prepare to throw ball back to the cricket bowler	circa 1929-1932

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Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Helene Madison Helene Madison was an Olympic medal-winning freestyle swimmer who began swimming as a child in Seattle Parks Department classes at Greenlake. She also trained with coach Ray Daughters at the Moore Hotel pool at the Washington Athletic Club. By age 19 Madison had broken 117 U.S. and world freestyle swimming records and went on to win three gold medals for the United States in the 1932 Olympic games in Los Angeles. Two Seattle pools were named in her honor, the Washington Athletic Club's Helene Madison Pool and the Helene Madison Pool at 13401 Meridian Ave N. Madison died in her Greenlake apartment in 1970.
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1	L1a-b	Helene Madison standing on train steps holding a stuffed dog and surrounded by her mother and three girls	circa 1929-1932
1	L2	Helene Madison standing with her parents outside the train steps and handing a stuffed dog to her father	circa 1929-1932
1	L3	Helene Madison holding a stuffed dog and standing outside the train with her parents and coach Ray Daughters	circa 1929-1932
1	L4	Helene Madison bending at the edge of a dock in swimsuit and swim cap preparing to dive into the water	circa 1929-1932
1	L5	Helene Madison swimming in lake with crowd watching in the background	circa 1929-1932
1	L6	Portrait of Helene Madison in swimsuit	circa 1929-1932
1	L7	Coach Ray Daughters and Helene Madison on the dock giving swim instruction to four children	circa 1929-1932
3	L8a-b	Coach Ray Daughters and Helene Madison in conversation on the dock	circa 1929-1932
1	L9	Helene Madison and coach Ray Daughters with Seattle Park Board President Simon Burnett	circa 1929-1932
1	L10	Helene Madison with Seattle Park Board President Simon Burnett	circa 1929-1932
1	L11	Helene Madion soaking wet in swimsuit and swim cap	circa 1929-1932
		Swimmers
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1	L12	Swimmer on dock in swimsuit	circa 1929-1932
1	L13	Group of eight swimmers standing in swimsuits on the dock	circa 1929-1932
1	L13	Group of eight swimmers standing in swimsuits on the dock	circa 1929-1932
1	L14a	Girl and child kneeling in the grass in swimsuits	circa 1929-1932
1	L14b	Girl in a swimsuit sitting on a porch railing	circa 1929-1932
1	L15a-c	Group of boys and girls in swimsuits standing and sitting on logs along the shore of a lake	circa 1929-1932
1	L16	Crowds of people in the water and on the shore at Greenlake beach	circa 1929-1932
1	L17a-b	Three girl swimmers lining up to start a race at Greenlake	circa 1929-1932
1	L18	Ten girl swimmers lining up to start a race at Greenlake	circa 1929-1932
3	L19a	Girl swimmers lining up to start a race at Greenlake	circa 1929-1932
3	L19b	Boy swimmers preparing to leap off the dock at the start of a Greenlake race	circa 1929-1932
1	L20	Swimmers diving into water during a race at Greenlake	circa 1929-1932
1	L21a-b	Swimmers on the dock during a relay race at Greenlake	circa 1929-1932
1	L22a-b	Swimmers in the water during a race at Greenlake	circa 1929-1932
1	L23	Girl in midair during a high dive	circa 1929-1932
1	L24a-b	Girl in swimsuit on Greenlake beach holding a trophy cup	circa 1929-1932
1	L25	Three female divers in swimsuits standing together on diving platform	circa 1929-1932
1	L26	Girl in midair during a swan dive	circa 1929-1932
1	L27a-b	Girl in midair during a high dive	circa 1929-1932
1	L28	Three girls in midair each doing a different dive: swan, jackknife, and straight dive	circa 1929-1932
1	L29a-c	Girl in midair during a swan dive from viewpoint of diving platform	circa 1929-1932
		"Helene Madison"
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1	L30a-b	Helene Madison on a float, possibly during a ticker tape parade held in honor of her homecoming	circa 1929-1932
1	L31	Parade in downtown Seattle, possibly the ticker tape parade held in honor of Helene Madison's homecoming	circa 1929-1932
		Lake
Box	item
1	L32	Woman in swimsuit standing on an old tree trunk	circa 1929-1932
1	L33	Woman in swimsuit standing on an old tree trunk and looking out across the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	L34a-b	Woman in swimsuit stretching herself across two limbs of an old tree trunk	circa 1929-1932
1	L35	Woman in swimsuit in a diving pose on an old tree trunk at the edge of the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	L36a	Girl digging for clams	circa 1929-1932
1	L36b	Two girls digging for clams	circa 1929-1932
1	L37	Two girls, a child and a dog filling a basket with clams	circa 1929-1932
1	L38a-b	Boy digging for clams	circa 1929-1932
1	L39	Child holding a basket full of clams	circa 1929-1932
1	L41	Man holding out a clam while a dog sniffs it	circa 1929-1932
1	L42a-44b	Sunset over the lake	circa 1929-1932
1	L44c	Side of a cottage	circa 1929-1932
1	L45	Woman in swimsuit sitting on blanket and looking back over her shoulder	circa 1929-1932
		"Salmon"
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1	L46	Woman holding up a big salmon	circa 1929-1932
1	L47a-b	Man and woman standing in a boat holding fishing poles and salmon	circa 1929-1932
3	L47c	Man and woman standing in a boat holding fishing poles and salmon	circa 1929-1932
1	L48- 49	Man and woman standing on a dock holding up salmon on a stick	circa 1929-1932
1	L50	Man holding up a big salmon	circa 1929-1932
1	L51	Man holding up a stick with salmon strung on it	circa 1929-1932
1	L52a-b	Man crouching on dock with salmon spread out in front of him	circa 1929-1932
1	L53a	Two women crouching on dock with salmon spread out in front of them	circa 1929-1932
1	L53b	Two woman holding up a stick with salmon strung on it	circa 1929-1932
1	L54	Woman holding up two big salmon	circa 1929-1932
1	L55	Woman crouching on dock with salmon spread out in front of her	circa 1929-1932
1	L56a-b	Woman holding up a big salmon	circa 1929-1932
1	L57	Woman with fishing pole kneeling on dock in front of a salmon catch	circa 1929-1932
1	L58a-b	Man standing in boat holding up a dog fish with the end of a stick	circa 1929-1932
1	L59	Man standing in boat holding up a salmon	circa 1929-1932
1	L60	Salmon in a net	circa 1929-1932
1	L61a-b	Man and woman taking salmon out of a net	circa 1929-1932
1	L62	Man holding up a salmon that is flipping around	circa 1929-1932
1	L63a-b	Woman standing at back of boat fishing	circa 1929-1932
1	L64	Woman standing at back of boat reeling in a fish	circa 1929-1932
1	L65	Woman and boy standing at back of boat fishing	circa 1929-1932
1	L66	String of salmon	circa 1929-1932
1	L67	Dogfish breaking water	circa 1929-1932
1	L68	Fishing boat far in the distance out on the water	circa 1929-1932
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1	L78a-b	Woman in slacks standing near a log fence	circa 1929-1932
1	L79a	Woman in swimsuit sitting in the sand in front of a log fence	circa 1929-1932
1	L79b	Woman in swimsuit wading in the water	circa 1929-1932
1	L80a-c	Woman in a swimsuit on a large rock on the beach	circa 1929-1932
1	L81a-82b	Waving girl and boy passing by in a small speedboat	circa 1929-1932
1	L83	Girl and boy in a small speedboat pulling up to dock	circa 1929-1932
1	L84	Two girls sitting at the wheel of a small speedboat	circa 1929-1932
1	L85a-b	Girl sitting at the wheel of a small speedboat	circa 1929-1932
1	L86	Two girls starting the motor of a small speedboat	circa 1929-1932
1	L87	Three girls in swimsuits lined up in front of a curtain	circa 1929-1932
1	L88	Three girls in swimsuits posing on rocks on the beach	circa 1929-1932
1	L89	Girl in swimsuit posing on stool in front of a curtain	circa 1929-1932
1	L90	Man and woman standing in a clock shop holding a giant wrist watch	circa 1929-1932
1	L91	Man in robe standing next to his hospital bed holding a tomato plant	circa 1929-1932

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Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Indians
Box	item
1	M1	Group of Indian men in traditional dress lined up in an arena	circa 1929-1932
1	M3	Six Indian men and one child lined up in traditional dress holding spears, bow and arrow, and a shield	circa 1929-1932
1	M5	Eight Indian men kneeling in front of a stick game with a crowd watching in the background	circa 1929-1932
1	M7a-b	Indians in traditional dress riding an Indian war canoe float around an arena track	circa 1929-1932
1	M8-9	Indian man and Indian woman in traditional dress standing in front of tepees	circa 1929-1932
1	M10a	Indian woman in traditional dress standing next to an older Indian woman seated outside a teepee	circa 1929-1932
1	M10b	Old Indian woman sitting on a crate outside a teepee	circa 1929-1932
1	M11-12	Indian chief in traditional dress on his horse	circa 1929-1932
1	M13	Two Indian chiefs in traditional dress on their horses	circa 1929-1932
1	M15a-b	Indian chief in traditional dress standing outside teepee	circa 1929-1932
1	M16a-b	Portrait of Indian chief in traditional dress	circa 1929-1932
1	M17a-b	Portrait of Indian man in traditional dress	circa 1929-1932
1	M19	Indian chief in traditional dress standing outside teepee with his hand raised	circa 1929-1932
1	M20a	Indian man in traditional Indian warrior dress standing in arena	circa 1929-1932
1	M20b	Indian man in traditional Indian warrior dress standing outside teepee	circa 1929-1932
1	M21a-M22b	Indian woman cooking over fire outside a teepee	circa 1929-1932
1	M23	Two Indian women cooking over fire outside a teepee	circa 1929-1932
1	M24	Indian woman in traditional dress riding a horse that pulls a child on a cart	circa 1929-1932
1	M27a-b	Young Indian woman in traditional dress on a horse	circa 1929-1932
1	M28	Indian woman and small child on a horse alongside an Indian child on a horse	circa 1929-1932
1	M29	Indian woman and small child on a horse	circa 1929-1932
1	M30	Indian woman with baby standing with a small child outside a teepee	circa 1929-1932
1	M34	Old Indian woman sitting outside teepee holding a baby in one arm and a teepee pole in the other	circa 1929-1932
1	M37	Indian woman and small child standing outside teepee	circa 1929-1932
1	M42a-b	Two little Indian girls outside teepee	circa 1929-1932
1	M45	Young Indian boy in traditional dress	circa 1929-1932
1	M46a-b	Young Indian girl standing outside teepee with a young Indian boy who is beating a drum	circa 1929-1932
1	M47	Young Indian girl beating a drum while a young Indian boy dances	circa 1929-1932
1	M48a-b	Young Indian girl and boy leaning against teepee	circa 1929-1932
1	M49a	Young Indian girl in center of arena dancing and singing	circa 1929-1932
1	M49b	Young Indian girl in traditional dress	circa 1929-1932
1	M50	Young Indian girl kneeling with an Indian child	circa 1929-1932
		Mount Rainier Flight
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1	M51	Vern Gorst dressed in flying clothing standing in front of airplane before Mt. Rainier flight	circa 1929-1932
1	M52a-b	Aerial view of the ground below taken from airplane	circa 1929-1932
1	M53	Aerial view from the airplane with Mt. Rainier in the distance	circa 1929-1932
1	M54a-57b	View from an airplane of mountain and surrounding landscape	circa 1929-1932
1	M58-M59	View of Mt. Rainier taken from the airplane	circa 1929-1932
1	M60-M66	Up close aerial view of Mt. Rainier taken from the airplane	circa 1929-1932
1	M67	View of Mt. Rainier and another airplane flying in the distance	circa 1929-1932
1	M68	View of Mt. Rainier through the struts of the airplane	circa 1929-1932
1	M69	View of Mt. Rainier from airplane with two other airplanes flying in the distance	circa 1929-1932
		Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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1	M71a-M73b	Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. on deck of ship "President Taft"	circa 1929-1932
1	M74a-M75	Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and wife on deck of ship "President Taft"	circa 1929-1932
1	M76-M78	Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and wife on deck of ship "President Taft"	circa 1929-1932
1	M79	Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. with wife shaking hands with captain of ship "President Taft"	circa 1929-1932
1	M80	Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. coming down stairs of ship "President Taft"	circa 1929-1932
1	M81a-b	Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and wife standing at railing on deck of the "President Taft"	circa 1929-1932
1	M82	Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. standing with daughter and other ladies	circa 1929-1932
1	M83	Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, Jr . with daughter	circa 1929-1932
		Indians
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1	M84	Four Indian chiefs in traditional dress seated, Puyallup, Washington	circa 1929-1932
1	M85	Indian chief in traditional dress shaking hands with a man from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce	circa 1929-1932
1	M86a-M88	Team of six horses pulling a carriage through arena	circa 1929-1932
		Captain Frank M. Hawks Captain Frank M. Hawks was an US army pilot who went on to become a legendary speed flying king.
Box	item
1	M89a	Captain Frank M. Hawks standing next to cockpit of airplane	circa 1929-1932
1	M89b	Captain Frank M. Hawks standing in front of airplane	circa 1929-1932
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1	M90	Woman in flying clothes standing in front of plane	circa 1929-1932
		Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon In October 1931 stunt pilot Clyde "Upside-Down" Pangborn and co-pilot Hugh Herndon completed the first non-stop flight across the Pacific, taking off from Japan and landing in East Wenatchee's Fancher Field. Pangborn had dumped the landing gear in order to lighten the airplane's load and conserve fuel for the flight. Pangborn belly landed the airplane in a field in his hometown of Wenatchee.
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1	M91	Clyde ‘Upside-Down' Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr. standing next to airplane talking to reporter with crowd in background	circa 1929-1932
1	M92a-93c	Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon in front of airplane	circa 1929-1932
1	M94	Clyde Pangborn and mother Opal standing in front of airplane	circa 1929-1932
1	M95a-c	Hugh Herndon, Clyde Pangborn and mother Opal standing in front of airplane	circa 1929-1932
1	M96	Hugh Herndon, Clyde Pangborn and mother Opal riding in the back of a convertible as part of a parade	circa 1929-1932
		Cecil Allen and Don Moyle In September 1931, pilots Cecil Allen and Don Moyle attempted a non-stop flight from Japan to Seattle, but storms forced the plane down on a remote island in the Pacific. They later flew to Nome, Alaska, and eventually landed in Tacoma, Washington several weeks after their initial takeoff. The flight was made in Harold Bromley's "City of Tacoma", which had been re-christened the "Clasina Madge" after financial backer John Buffelin's daughter.
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1	M97a-b	Cecil Allen and Don Moyle standing at the propeller of plane	circa 1929-1932
1	M98	Cecil Allen and Don Moyle standing with financial backer John Buffelin	circa 1929-1932
1	M99a-100b	Cecil Allen and Don Moyle standing with John Buffelin and Buffelin's daughter Clasina Madge	circa 1929-1932

"N" seriesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	item
2	N1a-c	Group of men aiming a row of four anti-aircraft machine guns	circa 1929-1932
3	N10	Man standing on log beside a river holding a stick with salmon strung on it	circa 1929-1932
2	N11	Man stepping off a log beside river holding a stick with salmon strung on it	circa 1929-1932
3	N12	Girl riding bucking bronco in the center of stadium	circa 1929-1932
2	N17	Man standing astride two horses as they jump over an automobile	circa 1929-1932
2	N19a	Three motorcycles racing around a dirt track	circa 1929-1932
2	N19b	Five motorcycles racing around a dirt track	circa 1929-1932
3	N19c	Five motorcycles racing around a dirt track	circa 1929-1932
2	N20a-b	Ducks in the water off the shore of Lake Stevens	circa 1929-1932
2	N21	Front view of "Idyle-Wilde Lodge" cottage at Lake Stevens	circa 1929-1932
2	N41	University of Washington football coach Jimmy Phelan	circa 1929-1932
2	N42	Husky Hall of Famer, Merle Hufford, running with football	circa 1929-1932
2	N43-44	Husky Hall of Famer, Merle Hufford, practicing kicks	circa 1929-1932
		Ben Paris Fishing Contest Ben Paris owned a popular restaurant and sporting goods store in downtown Seattle. Paris along with the Seattle Stardaily newspaper, sponsored the area's first fishing derby in 1931 at the Hermosa Point Resort on Tulalip Bay. Contestants competed for prizes such as cars, boats, a refrigerator, and cash.
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3	N45a	Group of men aboard fishing contest sponsor boat	circa 1929-1932
2	N45b-c	Group of men aboard fishing contest sponsor boat	circa 1929-1932
2	N47a- 48d	Group of boats checking in with the fishing contest sponsor boat	circa 1929-1932
2	N49	Two men in a small fishing boat on lake with holding up a salmon	circa 1929-1932
3	N50	Woman holding up a salmon in a net and the man waving an American flag in fishing boat	circa 1929-1932
2	N51a-c	Men in small fishing boat on the lake fishing for salmon during the Ben Paris fishing contest	circa 1929-1932
2	N52a-N53a	Two men standing in a small fishing boat with one holding up a salmon	circa 1929-1932
3	N53b	Two men standing in a small fishing boat holding up a salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	N54a-c	Group of boats during the Ben Paris fishing contest	circa 1929-1932
2	N55a-b	Boats during the Ben Paris fishing contest with two men stand in their boats holding up salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	N56a-b	Group of fishers on the Seattle Starboat with a winner of the Ben Paris fishing contest displaying his salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	N57a-b	Man shaking the hand of a Ben Paris fishing contest winner while he holds up his winning catch	circa 1929-1932
		Shearing rabbits
Box	item
2	N58a- N60b	Seven girls standing side by side behind a long table, each shearing a rabbit	circa 1929-1932
2	N61a-b	Four girls standing behind a table shearing rabbits	circa 1929-1932
2	N62a	Two girls standing behind a table shearing rabbits	circa 1929-1932
3	N62b	Two girls standing behind a table shearing rabbits	circa 1929-1932
2	N62c	Two girls standing behind a table shearing rabbits	circa 1929-1932
2	N63	Two girls with rabbits standing behind a table	circa 1929-1932
2	N64	Two rabbit shearer girls standing side by side under a trellis wearing fur coats	circa 1929-1932
2	N65	Five little girls wearing fur coats standing side by side in a line	circa 1929-1932
2	N66	Five little girls and six rabbit shearer girls standing side by side in line wearing fur coats	circa 1929-1932
2	N67 a-b	Little girl standing under trellis modeling a fur coat	circa 1929-1932
2	N68a	Little girl modeling a white fur wrap	circa 1929-1932
2	N68b	Little girl wearing a fur coat and holding a rabbit	circa 1929-1932
2	N69	Little girl standing under trellis wearing a white fur wrap and holding a rabbit	circa 1929-1932
2	N70-N71	Two girls standing side by side under a trellis wearing fur wraps and holding rabbits	circa 1929-1932
2	N72-N73	Two girls standing side by side wearing fur wraps and holding rabbits	circa 1929-1932
2	N72-N73	Two girls standing side by side wearing fur wraps and holding rabbits	circa 1929-1932
		Fishing
Box	item
3	N74a-b	Girl sitting on dock with salmon laid out in front of her	circa 1929-1932
2	N75a-d	Girl standing in small fishing boat holding up two salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	N76	Girl standing on dock holding up two small salmon	circa 1929-1932
3	N77	Girl and boy holding a stick with salmon strung on it and a wooden sign reading "Dodes Resort"	circa 1929-1932
2	N78	Two boys holding a string of salmon	circa 1929-1932
3	N79	Two boys on a dock, one holding a big fish the other holding a little fish	circa 1929-1932
2	N80	Two boys in a rowboat, one standing holding a salmon and fishing pole the other seated at the oars	circa 1929-1932
2	N81	Two boys standing in a rowboat landing a salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	N82a-c	Two boys sitting in a rowboat out on the lake	circa 1929-1932
3	N83a	Man standing on dock with two salmon on a stick slung over his shoulder	circa 1929-1932
2	N83b	Man standing on dock holding up two salmon with a stick	circa 1929-1932
3	N85	Boy holding up a salmon	circa 1929-1932
3	N88	Woman standing in yard holding up a chinook salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	N89	Man standing in yard holding up a chinook salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	N90	Man and woman standing in yard holding up a chinook salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	N91	Man with fishing rod holding up a chinook salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	N92	Boy and girl standing on the nose of a pontoon airplane holding up a net full of salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	N93a-b	Two girls standing on the nose of a pontoon airplane holding up a net full of salmon	circa 1929-1932
3	N94	Vern Gorst with children on nose of pontoon airplane holding a net full of salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	N95	Vern Gorst sitting on nose of pontoon airplane holding a net strung with salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	N96	Man standing in a rowboat next to the pontoon airplane and landing a salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	N97a-b	Men trolling for salmon from the pontoon airplane	circa 1929-1932
2	N98a	Men trolling for fish from the pontoon airplane	circa 1929-1932
3	N98b	Men trolling for fish from the pontoon airplane	circa 1929-1932
2	N99a-100b	Close-up of two men trolling from the pontoon airplane	circa 1929-1932

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Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Fishing
Box	item
2	O1-O2	Portrait of a fisherman	circa 1929-1932
2	O3a-b	Portrait of a fisherman holding fishing rod	circa 1929-1932
2	O4	Portrait of a fisherman holding a bowl of food and a cup of coffee	circa 1929-1932
2	O5	Group shot of fishermen holding bowls of food and coffee	circa 1929-1932
2	O6a-b	Two men in a small fishing boat traveling across the water	circa 1929-1932
3	O7a	Two men in a small fishing boat traveling across the water	circa 1929-1932
2	O7b	Two men in a small fishing boat traveling across the water	circa 1929-1932
2	O8a-b	Small fishing boats out on the water- possibly competing in a contest	circa 1929-1932
2	O9	Three men fishing from a boat at sunrise	circa 1929-1932
3	O10	Group of people out on the lake fishing from the boat	circa 1929-1932
2	O11a-b	Men out on the lake aboard the fishing boatMt. Vernon	circa 1929-1932
3	O12	Two men out on the lake aboard the fishing boatEllenora	circa 1929-1932
3	O16a	Inland view of Norma Beach, Edmonds Washington	circa 1929-1932
2	O16b	Inland view of Norma Beach, Edmonds Washington	circa 1929-1932
2	O17	Man sitting in boat holding fishing rod	circa 1929-1932
2	O18	Man standing in boat casting fishing rod	circa 1929-1932
2	O19	Man standing in boat fishing	circa 1929-1932
2	O20	Man standing in boat reeling in a catch	circa 1929-1932
2	O21	Man standing in boat reeling in a fish as it breaks water	circa 1929-1932
2	O22	Man standing in boat landing fish	circa 1929-1932
2	O24	Man and woman in boat, man standing with fishing rod	circa 1929-1932
2	O25a-b	Two men in a boat out on the lake landing a fish	circa 1929-1932
2	O26a-b	Man in suit sitting in a rowboat	circa 1929-1932
2	O27	Man in suit with fisherman sitting in rowboat at sunset	circa 1929-1932
2	O28a	Fishermen on the Norma Beach dock launching boats	circa 1929-1932
3	O28b	Group of four men and a woman sitting in a boat being launched from Norma Beach dock	circa 1929-1932
2	O30a-b	Man sitting in back of boat starting the outboard motor	circa 1929-1932
2	O35	Man fishing from the rocks at Granite Falls	circa 1929-1932
2	O36-O37	Man netting a fish on the rocks at Granite Falls	circa 1929-1932
3	O38	Man standing on the rocks at Granite Falls holding a steelhead	circa 1929-1932
2	O40 a-b	Chauncys Boat House	circa 1929-1932
2	O41	Man helping a girl holding string of salmon to step off a boat	circa 1929-1932
2	O49a	Three fishermen at Norma Beach holding up a long rope strung with salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	O49b	Five fishermen stepping out of the boat and into the water carrying salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	O49c	Seven fishermen standing in the boat and in the water holding up salmon	circa 1929-1932
3	O50a	Three fishermen standing in water in front of boat holding up salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	O50b	Three fishermen standing on the beach holding up a long rope strung with salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	O51	Three fishermen and one girl standing on the beach holding up a long rope strung with salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	O52	Fishermen standing in boat on boat launch holding salmon	circa 1929-1932
3	O53a	Little boy holding up two salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	O53b	Little boy holding up a salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	O54	Two girls standing on the beach each holding up two salmon	circa 1929-1932
2	O57	Man in suit standing and holding up a steelhead trout	circa 1929-1932
2	O60	Man in fishing waders holding up a king salmon	undated
3	O61a	Man in fishing waders holding up two king salmon	undated
2	O61b	Man in fishing waders holding up two king salmon	undated
2	O62a-b	Man on dock holding up a king salmon	undated
3	O63	Man holding up a king salmon	undated
2	O64	Four men holding a net full of salmon	undated
2	O65	Four men standing on dock with net full of salmon	undated
3	O66	Man wearing glove while lifting a dogfish out of a net	undated
2	O67	Man holding net while man wearing glove lifts dogfish out of a net	undated
2	O68	Man at railing of boat holding up a salmon	undated
2	O71a-b	Man fishing off the side of a boat	undated
2	O72	Man at rail of boat pulling in line at sunset	undated
3	O74	Tiny island seen across the water at sunrise	undated
3	O75	Ducks flying low to the water near the shore of the beach	undated
		Twin Falls
Box	item
2	O76	Man with fishing rod crossing the river by walking on a log	circa 1929-1932
2	O77-O78	Man fishing from rocks at base of falls	circa 1929-1932
		Fishing
Box	item
2	O88	Man standing in boat holding fishing rod	circa 1929-1932
2	O89	Man standing in boat removing hook from fish	circa 1929-1932
2	O90	Man fishing off back of boat	circa 1929-1932
2	O91	Two men standing in boat, one with a fish on his line	circa 1929-1932
2	O96	Man driving the fishing boat	circa 1929-1932
2	O97	Man standing in water next to fishing boat	circa 1929-1932
2	O98	Two men standing in water next to fishing boat	circa 1929-1932
2	O99a- O100	BoatSan Toyout on the water	circa 1929-1932

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Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	item
2	P1-P2	Fleet of boats	circa 1929-1932
		Horses
Box	item
2	P3	Six race horses on the track going to post	circa 1929-1932
2	P4a-c	Race horses on the track beginning to race	circa 1929-1932
2	P6a	Race horses on track crossing the finish line	circa 1929-1932
3	P6b	Race horses on track crossing the finish line	circa 1929-1932
2	P7a-c	Race horses on track crossing the finish line	circa 1929-1932
2	P8a-b	Race horses on track approaching the finish line	circa 1929-1932
2	P9	Man and woman cheering in the grandstands	circa 1929-1932
2	P11	Trainer with horse	circa 1929-1932
2	P12	Boy with horse	circa 1929-1932
2	P14	Woman and old trainer holding up a framed photo of two men and a horse	circa 1929-1932
2	P15	Man shoeing a horse outside stable	circa 1929-1932
2	P16	Crowd in grandstand seen from across the track	circa 1929-1932
2	P17a-c	Four jockeys kneeling in the grass in front of stable	circa 1929-1932
3	P18	Two jockeys standing arm in arm outside stable	circa 1929-1932
2	P19	Jockey standing in the grass holding a riding crop	circa 1929-1932
2	P20	Jockey on horseback standing with a trainer on the track	circa 1929-1932
2	P21	Man and woman posing with jockey and winning horse	circa 1929-1932

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Container(s): Box 3

18 handwritten pages

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

Bromley, Harold, 1898-1998
Del Rio, Dolores, 1905-1983--Photographs
Hawks, Frank, 1897-1938--Photographs
Herndon, Hugh, 1904-1952--Photographs
Madison, Helene, 1913-1970--Photographs
Novikoff, Ivan
Pangborn, Clyde Edward, approximately 1893-1958
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944--Photographs

Geographical Names

Baker, Mount--Photographs
Coupeville (Wash.)
Diablo Dam (Wash.)--Photographs
Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.)--Photographs
Northwest, Pacific--Photographs
Ptarmigan Ridge (Pierce County, Wash.)--Photographs
Rainier, Mount--Photographs
Wallace Falls State Park (Wash.)--Photographs

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Subject Terms

Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Archives West Finding Aid

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