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Margaret Maxson photograph collection, between 1893-1937
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Maxson, Margaret
- Title
- Margaret Maxson photograph collection
- Dates
- between 1893-1937 (inclusive)18931923
- Quantity
- 83 photographic prints (1 box) ; various sizes
- Collection Number
- PH1345
- Summary
- Collection primarily consists of photographs of ships, the Port Blakely Lumber Mill, and the Puget Sound Navy Yard. Includes photographs of two buildings in Coupeville, Washington, photographs of Seattle, and photographs of the Maxson family.
- 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
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection primarily consists of photographs of ships, the Port Blakely Lumber Mill, and the Puget Sound Navy Yard. Includes photographs of two buildings in Coupeville, Washington, photographs of the Maxson family, and photographs of Seattle. Some of the photographs are marked as having belonged to Frank O. Maxson (the civil engineer at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and the donor's father-in-law). Contains cyanotype photographs.
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
Margaret Maxson, October 19, 1953, August 1956; Mrs. Carl Siebrand.
Processing Note
Processed by Beck Prigot, 2016, 2017; processing completed in 2017.
Photographs transferred from the Ships Subject File and Washington Subject File, 2015; transferred from Seattle subject files, 2016.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Washington PhotographsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Coupeville |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/1 | 1 | before 1930s | |
1/1 | 2-3 |
Hudson Bay Company warehouse Written on verso of item 3: wrecked by high tide soon
after
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circa 1922-1923 |
Port Blakely Lumber Mill |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/2 | 4 | October 13, 1897 | |
1/2 | 5 | October 13, 1897 | |
1/2 | 6 | October 13, 1897 | |
1/2 | 7 |
Logs floating at lumber mill Printed on photograph: $50,000 Worth of Logs. Port Blakely
Mill, Wa.
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October 13, 1897 |
Puget Sound Navy Yard |
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Buildings |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/3 | 8a-b | circa 1897 | |
1/3 | 9a-b |
Officers Row : Cyanotype
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circa 1897 |
1/3 | 10 | October 11, 1897 | |
1/3 | 11-12 | circa 1897 | |
1/3 | 13a-d |
Officers' quarters : Cyanotype
|
September 13, 1897 |
1/3 | 14 | circa 1897 | |
1/3 | 15 | October 5, 1897 | |
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/4 | 16 | 1899 | |
1/4 | 17a-d |
Logged area and barracks : Cyanotype
|
May 9, 1898 |
1/4 | 18 | April 18, 1898 | |
1/4 | 19 |
Driving team Printed on photo: Phillips' Team
|
October 5, 1897 |
1/4 | 20 | circa 1897 | |
1/4 | 21 | circa 1897 | |
1/4 | 22 | circa 1897 | |
1/4 | 23 |
Three men standing by large tree stump Printed on photo: One of the Oldest Inhabitants.
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October 18, 1897 |
1/4 | 24 |
Men sitting on large tree stump Printed on photo: The Largest Stump Left, Oct. 97
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October 18, 1897 |
1/4 | 25 |
Tree stump on fire Printed on photo: A Stump Fire; Clearing Grounds
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October 4, 1897 |
1/4 | 26 | circa 1897 | |
1/5 | 27 |
Waterfront, seen from the Maxson residence Printed on photo: "The Outlook," Front Porch, "The
Maxsons'"
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October 4, 1897 |
1/5 | 28 | circa 1897 | |
1/5 | 29 | circa 1897 | |
1/5 | 30 | circa 1897 | |
1/5 | 31 | October 11, 1897 | |
1/5 | 32 | circa 1897 | |
1/5 | 33 |
Bedroom in Maxson residence Printed on photo: South Chamber, House 5, The Maxsons'
|
October 3, 1897 |
1/5 | 34 | circa 1897 |
ShipsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/6 | 35 | circa 1880s-1910s | |
SS Bancroft |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/6 | 36 | circa 1880s-1910s | |
1/6 | 37 | circa 1880s-1910s | |
1/6 | 38 |
SS Bancroft in
drydock A. H. Raynal (photographer)
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circa 1880s-1910s |
SS Centennial |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/6 | 39a-c |
SS Centennial in drydock,
Bremerton, WA : Cyanotype
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between 1898 and 1906 |
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/6 | 40 | circa 1880s-1910s | |
1/6 | 41 | June 3, 1893 | |
SS Nipsic |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/7 | 42 | before 1898 | |
1/7 | 43a-b | October 5, 1897 | |
1/7 | 44 | circa 1897 | |
1/7 | 45a-b | circa 1897 | |
USS Oregon |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/8 | 46 | between 1893-1919 (possibly 1897) | |
1/8 | 47-48c | between 1893-1919 (possibly 1897) | |
1/8 | 49a-b |
USS Oregon at the Puget
Sound Naval Station : Cyanotype
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between 1893-1919 (possibly 1897) |
1/8 | 50-51 | between 1893-1919 (possibly 1897) | |
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/8 | 52 | after 1886 | |
1/8 | 53 |
U. S. Revenue Cutter Thetis A. J. McDonald, San
Francisco, California (photographer)
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between 1899-1916 |
Launching of a ship Views of a ship being launched.
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/9 | 54 |
Ship on launching platform at a shipyard : Cyanotype
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circa 1915 |
1/9 | 55 |
Crowd of people watching ship launch : Cyanotype
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circa 1915 |
1/9 | 56 |
SS Ellen and the launched
ship A drawn arrow on the original page pointed to the background
of the photo, identifying the SS Ellen.
: Cyanotype
|
circa 1915 |
1/9 | 57 | circa 1915 | |
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/9 | 58 |
Ship moored at dock : Cyanotype
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probably circa 1915 |
Seattle photographsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/10 | 59 |
Lough residence at 3417 Wallingford Avenue Written on verso: Probably the first house completed completed
on what is now Wallingford [Avenue?], but was then Elmer Street (now 3417
Wallingford). Built in Summer of 1888 and my folks and family moved in on
Thursday August 16, 1888. We moved from there (my wife and I) on Thursday,
August 16, 1951 - 63 years to the day and on Thursday, the same day of the
week. The picture was probably taken in the Spring of 1889. Not[e] trees in
background. J.W. LoughPeople in photograph: (in window) Mrs. (Anderson) Lough; (from
left to right) Jake Lough, John Ellis, Arthur Ellis, Tom Lough, Eddie Ellis,
Zelda Lough Ellis (Mrs. John Ellis), George Washington Lough, Sarah Melissa
Taylor (Mrs. George W. Lough), Birdie Blair (Murphy), Charlie Noyse.
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1889 |
1/10 | 60 |
Band, the Fremont Old-Timers Caption on image: Presented to the Fremont Old-timers by Judge
A.D. Grow.Written on verso: Fremont Band. J. C. Rockwell (Instructor),
A.E. Goetz (Drum Major), A.D. Grow (Solo cornet and Leader), Ernest Whitehead
(Solo cornet), John Quinn (Solo cornet), Wm Long (1st cornet), Geo. Grist (1st
cornet), Tom Herbert (Alto), Ed Thelin (Alto), J.B. Giacomini (Alto), Phil
Ashmun (Baritone), Pete Johnson (Tuba), Leon Johnson (Snare drum), Lyman Spray
(Base drum)
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circa late 1890s-early 1900s |
1/10 | 61 |
Drugstore interior at 3401 Fremont Avenue Written on verso: Drug store at the corner of Fremont Ave. and
34th (Ewing St.). The cases and fixtures were built by M.W. Canfield, all hand
work. This store was a real modern place this time and was in a new building
about 1898. This picture was taken shortly after this date, maybe as late as
1902. This store was owned at this time by S.S. Elder and later bought by
Thomas Lough who formed the Fremont Drug Co. and later moved one block up the
st. The lady shown was thought to be Mrs. Hagey who worked for this firm for
several years.
|
circa 1900 |
1/10 | 62 |
Fremont Drug Company at 3401 Fremont Avenue Written on verso: Fremont Drug Co., probably 1907 or 8. On steps
J.W. Lough, Tom Young of Post Falls, Idaho, Albert D. Grow. This N.W. corner
Fremont and North 34th Street (then called Ewing St.)
|
circa 1907 |
1/10 | 63 |
Fremont Drug Company Written on verso: J.W. Lough maybe about 1912. Note political
posters in window for Paul Land running for state senator, also extensive
postcard rack. We boasted of having 2000 on hand.
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circa late 1912 |
1/10 | 64 |
Edgewater Congregational Church theatrical group in
costume for the play "The District School," Fremont Written on verso: Edgewater Congregational Church group
presenting "The District School" in Fremont, Wash. in 1910-1911. People in photograph: (front row) A. P. Johnson, Mrs. A. J. Carr
(probably Carrie [Freeman] Carr), Kitty Brooks Plummer, Teanie (Mackenzie)
Covey, Charles Plummer, Olivia (Cutler) Densmore, Mrs. Cross, Dell (Smart)
Merwin, Clara (Herrick) Goddard, Ed Herrick, A. J. Carr; (back row) Mrs. A. P.
Johnson, Mrs. Spry, George H. Covey, Worth Densmore, Fred Leighton, Captain
Willard K. Merwin, Mrs. M. W. Lovejoy (probably Lottie A. Lovejoy), Louis
Herbert Maxson, Catharine (Corbin) Land, Paul Land, Clara (McWilliams)
Storey
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between 1910-1911 |
1/10 | 65 |
Albert J. Goddard, William H. Murphy, and George F.
Cotterill Written on verso: Three ex mayors - Albert J. Goddard, former
City Councilman and ex-"Mayor" of Fremont; William H. Murphy, former City
Councilman and "Ex-Mayor" of Fremont; George F. Cotterill, former mayor City of
Seattle.
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circa 1920s |
Maxson familyReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/11 | 66 | April 18, 1898 | |
1/11 | 67 | October 9, 1897 | |
1/11 | 68 |
Margaret Maxson in costume for "Day in the Sixties",
Seattle, Washington Written on verso: Mrs. Margaret Ashworth Maxson at the 1937
presentation of the "Day in the Sixties" by Seattle Chapter #1, Daughters of
Pioneers.
|
February 1937 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Blueprinting--Specimens
- Steamboats--United States--Photographs
- Steamboats--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
Corporate Names
- Port Blakely Mill Company--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Coupeville (Wash.)--Photographs
- Naval Station Puget Sound (Wash.)--Photographs
- Port Blakely (Wash.)--Photographs
Form or Genre Terms
- Aerial photographs
- Specimens
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Maxson, Frank O (former owner)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)