Charles S. Hubbell photograph collection

Charles S. Hubbell photograph collection, 1898-1942

Overview of the Collection

Collector: Hubbell, C. S. (Charles S.)
Title: Charles S. Hubbell photograph collection
Dates: 1898-1942 (inclusive)
18981942
Quantity: 96 black-and-white photographs, 18 negatives (1 box) ; sizes vary
Collection Number: PH1154
Summary: Photographs of Hubbell family trips, Native Alaskans, settlers, and Alaskan buildings and landscapes
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: Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Charles Sumner Hubbell was born on March 3, 1860 in Knox County, Illinois, to Mary Maxey and Jonathan Hubbell. By 1907, he had become a deputy U. S. Mineral Surveyor. Hubbell married Marie Blanche Hollingshead on January 14, 1910. In 1920, Hubbell and Harold H. Waller founded the Hubbell & Waller Engineering Corporation, which surveyed homestead and mineral claims, trade and manufacturing sites, and salmon cannery sites. In 1942, Hubbell, then 80 years old, sold his share of Hubbell & Waller to Waller, who then became president. Hubbell died on December 21, 1957.

Historical BackgroundReturn to Top

In 1896, the Klondike Gold Rush started in the Yukon Territory, Canada with the discovery of gold in Bonanza Creek on the Klondike River. In the summer of 1897, miners arrived in San Francisco and Seattle from Alaska via two steamers, collectively carrying five thousand pounds of gold from the Klondike River. Over the next two years, thousands of prospectors rushed to reach the gold fields.

The Gold Rush material in this collection is primarily from Nome, Alaska in 1898. Nome became a destination for gold seekers after two Swedes found gold in 1898. By 1899, the area's population had grown to 10,000.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Images include scenes from the Klondike Gold Rush in Nome, Alaska, scenes from Sitka, Kodiak, and aerials of the Raspberry Straits. Photographs from various trips to locations in Alaska make up a large part of the collection. These include images near Anchorage, possibly the Inland Passage, Southeast Alaska, and St. Michael. Hubbell family photos are also included.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

View the digital version of the collection

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donor: C. S. Hubbell; received January 1, 1954.

Processing Note

Processed by Clare Tally-Foos, 2012; Beck Prigot, 2015; processing completed in 2016.

Some photographs were relocated from the Charles S. Hubbell Collection, Accession No. 4496-001, in the repository on March 11, 2005.

Some photographs were relocated from the Alaska Subject File, 2014.

Originally accessioned as PH Coll 2005-020.

Separated Materials

Material Described Separately:

Charles S. Hubbell Collection (Manuscript Collection 4496)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Hubbell family and friendsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/1	1	Charles S. Hubbell in his office	November 10, 1936
1/1	2	Charles S. Hubbell walking down 3rd Avenue in downtown Seattle	circa 1930s-1940s
1/1	3	Charles S. Hubbell standing in a field	circa 1930s-1940s
1/1	4	Woman and man standing near blossoming trees	circa 1920s-1930s
1/1	5	Man, two women, and boy sitting on beach in front of driftwood	circa 1920s
1/1	6	Two men and two women picnicking	between 1899-1909
1/1	7	Group of people sitting on steps	circa late 1910s-1920s
1/1	8-9	Man (possibly Charles S. Hubbell) and two women sitting and standing next to vehicle	circa 1920s-1930s
1/1	10	Two men (Charles S. Hubbell possibly on left) and a woman standing next to vehicle	circa 1920s-1930s
1/1	11	Two men and a woman	circa 1920s-1930s
1/1	12	Four children standing in a field	circa late 1910s-1920s
1/1	13	Man standing with two young men Frank Jacobs, Seattle (photographer)	January 1, 1932

AlaskaReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Klondike Gold Rush
Box/Folder	item
1/2	14	Group of men in front of Yukon Hotel, Dyea, Alaska	between 1896-1910
1/2	15	Five men in front of log building (Camp Cocheco), near Skagway Written on verso: Ten miles from Skaguay	between 1896-1910
1/2	16	Two men standing outside the first U.S. Customs House, Juneau, Alaska Written on verso: First U.S. Customs House, Juneau, Alaska. Capt. Wilson collector. Given me by Rev. Corser.	circa 1880s-1890s
		Nome
Box/Folder	item
1/3	17	Woman walking near tents on beach	circa 1898
1/3	18	Boats and tents on beach	August 1898
1/3	19	Large group of men standing with luggage on beach	1898
1/3	20	Tents and boats on Nome Spit	1898
1/3	21	Group of men digging on Nome Spit	1898
1/3	22	Front Street, Nome	circa 1910
1/3	23	Two men carrying a box up hill, port in background	1899
1/3	24	Street in Nome with The Hunter, Pioneer Restaurant, and J. S. Kimball Co. visible	1899
1/3	25	Group of men and women, Nome, Alaska Written on verso: (The Baron) Gov. "Johnnie" Troy. 1933 - Nome, Alaska. Ann Morrow Lindberg. King Islanders? Chief of the Diomede Islands. The Governors' daughter, his secretary. Piccolo Pete - son of nurse of S. S. Victoria. Bert Niely, U. S. Marshall - Marshall, Alaska (Fortuna Lodge). Mrs. Welsch (wife of Dr. Welsch).	1933
		Kenai Peninsula
Box/Folder	item
1/4	26	Man standing in front of A-frame house, Valdez Written on verso: Queer house Valdez	circa 1906
1/4	27a-b	Five men standing in front of cabin, Chickaloon Written on verso of 27b: 5 hoboes. Taken at Chickaloon in 1906. Items 27a and b are mirrored prints of one another.	1906
1/4	28a-b	Man sitting in front of wood structure, Seldovia Written on verso of 28a: Taken in Seldovia in 1906.	1906
1/4	29	Man (possibly Jim McGrath) taking off clothing by Gandil River Caption on photo: Near to Nature on Gandil River, Alaska Written on verso: Jim McGrath	circa 1906
		Inland Passage
Box/Folder	item
1/5	30	Man standing on boardwalk holding moose skull and antlers	circa 1906
1/5	31-33	Tlingit totem pole known as Chief Johnson Totem and clan house with whale design, Ketchikan Items 32 and 33 are scans of negatives	circa 1906
1/5	34-35	Man, possibly Charles Jones (Chief Shakes VII), standing next to totem pole, Wrangell, Alaska Written on verso of 35: Kuiu Charlie's totem pole - Wrangell, Alaska	circa 1906
1/5	36	Portrait of Irena Malzowa Written on verso: Irena Malzowa. Taken in 1906, age given as 106 yrs. Had a daughter past 70 years.	1906
1/5	37	Entrance to Resurrection Bay	circa 1906
1/5	38	Beach	circa 1906
1/5	39	Man sitting in doorway of a framed tent	circa 1906
1/5	40	Man sitting in doorway of a framed tent, holding binoculars	circa 1906
1/6	41	Bear cub in a barrel looking up at a hand	circa 1906
1/6	42	Group of men and dogs standing in front of log cabin Scanned from negative	circa 1906
1/6	43	Group of men with surveying equipment in front of boulder Scanned from negative	circa 1906
1/6	44	Two men in parkas standing in snow Scanned from negative	circa 1906
1/6	45	Two men standing in front of log cabin Scanned from negative	circa 1906
1/6	46	Two men with dogsled team in snow Scanned from negative	circa 1906
1/6	47	Man with lantern standing in front of log powder house Scanned from negative	circa 1906
1/6	48	Three men standing in front of two-story log cabin Scanned from negative	circa 1906
1/7	49-50	Man sitting in front of door, probably Yakutat, Alaska Item 50 is a scan of a negative	circa 1906
1/7	51	Dresser with mirror	circa 1906
1/7	52	Dresser with mirror and photographs; man reflected in mirror Scanned from negative	circa 1906
1/7	53	Man sitting in front of floral wallpaper Scanned from negative	circa 1906
1/7	54	Woman sitting next to Native woven basket Scanned from negative	circa 1906
		Southeast Alaska
Box/Folder	item
1/8	55	Four men, possibly Filipino or Native, sitting on a car parked in front of a sign for the Barrington Transportation Company, Wrangell, Alaska	circa 1920s
1/8	56	Native man fishing in a boat, Angoon, Alaska	circa 1906
1/8	57	Native woman with baby, Kake, Alaska	circa 1906
1/8	58	Octagon house of Reverend William Duncan, Metlakatla, Alaska	circa 1906
		Aerial views of Raspberry Straits Southwestern end of Afognak
Box/Folder	item
1/9	59	Looking southwest to Altiak Bay from head	circa 1920s
1/9	60	Looking north from Whale Island-Raspberry Island	circa 1920s
1/9	61	Looking northwest on Raspberry Strait	circa 1920s
1/9	62	Looking north to north end of Raspberry Island	circa 1920s
1/9	63	Looking southeast from northwest entrance to Raspberry Straits	circa 1920s
1/9	64	Looking south-southeast from Cape Raspberry to Kupreanof Straits	circa 1920s
1/9	65	Looking east-southeast from Cape Uganik, Uganik Island to Kupreanof Straits and Viekoda Bay	circa 1920s
		St. Michael
Box/Folder	item
1/10	66	Distant view of St. Michael, including church; people in foreground	circa 1930s
1/10	67	Native boy seated in chair, laughing	circa 1930s
1/10	68	Cache on stilts	circa 1930s
1/10	69	Native woman playing piano	circa 1930s
1/10	70	Native man standing in front of building with dog	circa 1930s
1/10	71	Two young Native women in fur parkas	circa 1930s
1/10	72	Older Native woman in fur parka with round-rimmed glasses	circa 1930s
		Kodiak
Box/Folder	item
1/11	73	Aerial view of Kodiak Written on verso: Town of Kodiak from high ground behind it.	circa 1920s
1/11	74-75	Town and waterfront of Kodiak (forms panorama)	circa 1910s
1/11	76	Copy of a panorama of Kodiak	1880
1/11	77	View of Kodiak	circa 1885
		Sitka
Box/Folder	item
1/12	78	Sitka Hot Springs Written on verso: Sitka Hot Mineral Springs-a cure for the sick and a pleasure for the well a way to keep well.	circa 1910s-1930s
1/12	79	Photograph of drawing of Sitka from the anchorage in the Western Harbor	undated
1/12	80	Russian Orthodox church	undated
1/12	81	Baranof Castle	circa 1880s-1890s (before March 17, 1894)
1/12	82	Baranof Castle on fire	March 17, 1894
1/12	83	View of Sitka	undated

Other Alaska/Canada photographsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/13	84	Russian Orthodox cemetery	undated
1/13	85	Man picking worms out of a glacier P. S. Hunt (photographer) Caption on photo: Ice Worms Stamped on back: Hyder Drug Company "The Postoffice Store" Hyder, Alaska	circa 1910-1912
1/13	86	International boundary monument, Canadian border, Hyder, Alaska Stamped on back: Hyder Drug Company "The Postoffice Store" Hyder, Alaska	after 1898
1/13	87	Group of men and dogs in front of McQuesten and Company, Circle City, Alaska Written on verso: "Jack McQuesten's Trading Post, 1890s" (J. Cole)	circa 1895
1/13	88-89	View of road house, probably in the Klondike gold rush area	between late 1920s-late 1940s
1/13	90	Stone marker, possibly the International Boundary Marker, in the middle of a field	between late 1920s-late 1940s

ShipsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/14	91	SS Admiral Farragut ashore at Petersburg, Alaska	after 1898
1/14	92	SS Ancon, Metlakatla, Alaska Caption on photo: Hemlock tree, Stars and Stripes!, Steamship "Ancon"	before August 29, 1889
1/14	93	Steamer Tyonic run aground on rocks near shore	circa 1906
1/14	94	Boats on water	between late 1920s-late 1940s

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Gold mines and mining--Yukon

Family Names

Hubbell family--Photographs
Hubbell, C. S. (Charles S.)--Photographs

Geographical Names

Alaska, Southeast--Photographs
Inside Passage--Photographs
Juneau (Alaska)--Photographs
Kenai Peninsula (Alaska)--Photographs
Kodiak (Alaska)--Photographs
Nome (Alaska)--Gold discoveries
Nome (Alaska)--Photographs
Saint Michael (Alaska)--Photographs
Skagway (Alaska)--Photographs

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

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