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D. R. Judkins Oak Harbor photographs, circa 1890
Overview of the Collection
- Photographer
- Judkins, David R. (David Roby), 1836-1909
- Title
- D. R. Judkins Oak Harbor photographs
- Dates
- circa 1890 (inclusive)18901890
- Quantity
- 12 photographic prints (1 box) ; 7"x10"
- Collection Number
- PH1352
- Summary
- Photographs of the A. W. Bash farm in Oak Harbor, Washington and views of Oak Harbor seen from the water
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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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
The photographs in this collection are attributed to David Roby Judkins (1836-1909). A native of Maine, Judkins spent his early photographic years in Massachusetts and Indiana before settling in Seattle around 1880. He created a unique marketing tool for the quiet backwaters of Puget Sound, a floathome and studio. Constructed in Seattle, the Floating Sunbeam Gallery (ca. 1881-1884) sat on a barge and was towed from place to place throughout the Puget Sound. Between 1885 and 1893, Judkins continued to operate studios in downtown Seattle and is known for his images of the Seattle Fire of 1889. Between 1898 and 1899, Judkins followed the Yukon gold rush; during the latter part of this period, he ran his “Pullman Photographic Gallery” in Skagway, Alaska. Judkins moved to California in 1903 and lived there until his death on December 11, 1909.
Albert Weimer Bash (1848-1926) and his wife Flora Spangler Bash (1854-1933) owned a farm at Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island, Washington. Bash was appointed by President Garfield as a customs collector for the District of Puget Sound and was also a friend of Benjamin Harrison who, while a U.S. Senator, visited the Bash family in Port Townsend. During Bash’s term as an inspector, Congress appropriated funds for the erection of Port Townsend’s custom house, which serves now as the post office. Bash was involved in the development of an unsuccessful plan to extend U.S. railway lines across the Pacific Ocean and on through mainland China between 1895 and 1912 and was associated with the American China Development Company and the China Investment and Construction Company. The American China Development Company only succeeded in building 30 miles of railway line by the time the company lost its concession in 1905. Bash's elder daughter, Cora Clementine Bash (1882-1941), who appears as a young girl with Bash in the majority of these images, served as an American missionary doctor with the Board of Foreign Mission of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. She lived and worked in Shanghai and Tientsin for over 30 years. In 1941 Dr. Bash died of bacterial endocarditis in Beijing. Bash's younger daughter, Mary Iona Bash (1891-1953), was Dean of Women at Oregon State College.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection, attributed to David Roby Judkins circa 1890, includes images of the Albert W. Bash farm, as well as images of the Oak Harbor waterfront, wharf and store.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The photographs were numbered by the person who wrote the captions on them (Mrs. Flora Bash). That order has been retained.
Acquisition Information
Donor: E.S. Meany bequest.
Processing Note
Processed by Leslie Anne Meyer, processing completed August 2015
The photographs were transferred from the Washington Localities subject files, July 2015.
Related Materials
A photograph of the Bash home in Port Townsend can be found in the D. R. Judkins Photographs, PH Coll 280.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
A. W. Bash Farm and Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island, Washington, circa 1890Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Folder | item | ||
1 | 1 |
View of Oak Harbor across Puget Sound
seen from wharf Forms part 1 of a three part panorama with items 2 & 3
|
circa 1890 |
1 | 2 |
People and wagon on Oak Harbor wharf
with Oak Harbor store and town seen across the water, Whidbey Island,
Washington A. W. Bash and daughter Cora Clementine Bash are in the
foreground seated on pilings.Forms part 2 of a three part panorama with items 1 & 3
|
circa 1890 |
1 | 3 |
Oak Harbor beach and landscape seen
across the water from the wharf Forms part 3 of a three part panorama with items 1 & 2
|
circa 1890 |
2 | 4 |
A.W. Bash in large wheat field at Bash
Farm, Oak Harbor Written on matboard: Oak Harbor. Club Wheat. 75 Bu. per acre.
Bash Farm.
|
circa 1890 |
2 | 5 |
A. W. Bash and daugher Cora Clementine
Bash seated in field watching workers harvest crop of timothy and
wheat Written on matboard: Oak Harbor. Timothy and Wheat.
|
circa 1890 |
2 | 6 |
Cora Clementine Bash watching worker
using horse-drawn reaper Written on matboard: Club wheat. O.H.
|
circa 1890 |
3 | 7 |
A. W. Bash, daugher Cora Clementine
Bash, and man viewing oat field in salt marsh area on Bash farm Written on matboard: Dyked salt marsh in oats, 100 bushels per
acre, Bash Farm.
|
circa 1890 |
3 | 8 | circa 1890 | |
4 | 9 | circa 1890 | |
4 | 10 |
A. W. Bash with daughter Cora
Clementine Bash and Clydesdale horses on Bash Farm Written on matboard: Clyde colts, Bash farm
|
circa 1890 |
5 | 11 | circa 1890 | |
5 | 12 |
Woman feeding Leghorn and Plymouth Rock
chickens on Bash Farm Written on cover: A few Leghorns and Plymouth Rocks
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circa 1890 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Geographical Names
- Oak Harbor (Wash.)--Photographs
- Whidbey Island (Wash.)--Photographs
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographic prints