R.S. Morgan photograph collection, 1908-circa 1915

Overview of the Collection

Collector
Morgan, R.S
Title
R.S. Morgan photograph collection
Dates
1908-circa 1915 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 album containing 368 photographic prints (1 box) ; sizes vary
18 photographic prints (1 folder) ; sizes vary
Collection Number
PH0233
Summary
Photographs of railroad construction including the Northern Pacific and the Canadian Northern and other railroads and views of college life at Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee
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. Selections of collection available on digital site.

Additional Reference Guides

Languages
English

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Album with 368 photographs apparently belonging to R.S. Morgan (possibly Raymond S. Morgan, an engineer listed in the 1920 Spokane City Directory). Photographs include images of railroad construction including the Northern Pacific, Canadian Northern, Spokane & International, Great Northern, Guthrie McDougall & Co. (contractors), Inland Empire Railroad, and A. Guthrie & Co. (contractors). Also included are pictures of students, fraternities, etc. at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee.

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Restrictions on Use

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

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Acquisition Information

Source: Russ Johanson, 1988.

Processing Note

Processed by Clare Tally-Foos, 2012; Karen Chen, 2014; Leslie Anne Meyer, 2015.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

R.S. Morgan albumReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box item
1 1a,c-d
Sprague Gulch Fill
Written on album page: A.C. Fortin-Matt Glavin. Sprague Gulch Fill 1911-12. Written on 1c: 2,500,000 cu.yds. Printed on 1d: 70 Ton Shovel in East Borrow Pit.
1911-1912
1 1b
Equipment wrecked by dynamite, Nimrod, Montana
Printed on photograph: Wrecked by Dynamite at Nimrod, Mont. 5/4/09 106.
May 4, 1909
1 2a-b
Work on the Northern Pacific Railroad double track, Carlton, Washington
Written on album page: doubletrack N.P.R.R. Carlton-Wash Al.C.Fortin.
1908-circa 1915
1 3a
View of bridge at Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada
Written on photograph: THE GATEWAY. Written on album page: Land Survey 1910-June-Oct 350 M.
circa 1910
1 3b
Fort George, British Columbia
Written on photograph: FORT GEORGE B C.
circa 1910
1 4a, d
Men surveying woods in Vancouver Island with various equipment
Written on album page: R.G. Hackett Vancouver Island C.N.R. Survey.
1908-circa 1915
1 4b
Man in front of tent
Written on album page: R.G. Hackett Vancouver Island C.N.R. Survey.
1908-circa 1915
1 4c
Inside of tent
1908-circa 1915
1 5a
Three men in snow near horse hitch
1908-circa 1915
1 5b
Man and dog, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
September 1, 1912
1 5c
View of lake
1908-circa 1915
1 5d
Man with dog
1908-circa 1915
1 6a
Boat on Kootenay Lake, B.C.
Written on album page: Beckett - Billy Buck.
1908-circa 1915
1 6b
Two women standing in front of Lamont State Bank
1908-circa 1915
1 6c
Group photograph of 13 women.
Written on photograph: Isn't this an awful looking lunch? Yes. Written on photo: left to right: Carol Watson, Alene Webber, May O'Mara, Helen Jones, Marie [illegible surname], Jessie Gilliand, Florence Jones, Buelah Wright, Pearl Watson, Maud Hallett, Fay Thomas,Marguerite Hallet, [illegible first and surname]
1908-circa 1915
1 7
View of 70 Mile House from road, Cariboo region, British Columbia.
Written on album page: 70 Mile House B.C. Land Survey 1910. Writen on photograph: Camp [includes arrow pointing to forest in background].
circa 1910
1 8
View of Spokane International Railroad survey camp with seventeen men standing outside tents
Written on album page: 1st Survey Camp 1908 July S+I RR.
circa July 1908
1 9
Group picture of seventeen men
Written on album page: R.R. Survey 1908 S+I RR.
circa 1908
1 10a-b
Two rooms in Kappa Sigma house at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee
Written on album page: Theta Kappa Sigma June 1912 Old Cumberland. Though written as Theta Kappa Sigma on album page, there is no evidence that Theta Kappa Sigma ever existed. Insignia in photographs 10a, 10b, and 11b suggest that the fraternity is actually Kappa Sigma.
circa June 1912
1 11a-b
Rooms from Kappa Sigma
circa 1912
1 12a
Public Square, Lebanon, Tennessee
May 20, 1912
1 12b
Unveiling Confederate Monument
Written on album page: Adress [sic] Stand. Unveiling Confederate Monument May 20 1912 Lebanon Tenn. Same Spot 50 years ago, paid farewell to 6 companies "More men than voters" Wilson County Tenn.
May 20, 1912
1 13a
Confederate Monument, Lebanon, Tennessee
Written on album page: Confederate Monument Lebanon-Tenn. Gen. Hatton to and all Wilson Co. Soldiers.
circa 1912
1 13b
Judge Nathan Green, Head of Law Faculty, Cumberland Law Department
1908-circa 1915
1 14a
Two men and two women on Kappa Sigma Annual Hermitage Trip
Written on album page: Theta ΚΣ Annual Hermitage Trip Old Cumberland, Lebanon Tennessee. Though written as Theta Kappa Sigma on album page, there is no evidence that Theta Kappa Sigma ever existed. Insignia in prior photographs suggests that the fraternity is actually Kappa Sigma.
1908-circa 1915
1 14b
Open field
1908-circa 1915
1 15a-c 1908-circa 1915
1 16a-c
Women
Written on album page: Tennesse's Best.
1908-circa 1915
1 17a,c 1908-circa 1915
1 17b
Resting place of Andrew and Rachel Jackson, located in the Hermitage garden
Written on photograph: Tomb of Andrew Jackson & wife Family burying ground "THE HERMITAGE." Written on album page: THE HERMITAGE.
1908-circa 1915
1 18a
Four women
1908-circa 1915
1 18b
Woman on carriage
Written on bottom of photograph: Lebanon Tenn.
1908-circa 1915
1 18c
Group of thirteen men
1908-circa 1915
1 19a
Man standing in field
Written on album page: Davis K Texas.
1908-circa 1915
1 19b
Woman standing in field
Written on album page between photographs 19a and 19b: ΚΣ [in heart with arrow through it]
1908-circa 1915
1 20a
Three men standing
Written on photograph: Pearson - Tenn. Lipscomb Texas.
1908-circa 1915
1 20b
Two young girls
Written on photograph: Two Tennesseans.
1908-circa 1915
1 21a
Man and woman holding hands by a stack of timber
Written on album page: Olsen N.D., Scout + guide.
1908-circa 1915
1 21b
Man in wooded area holding device
1908-circa 1915
1 22a 1908-circa 1915
1 22b
R.S. Morgan (center) with two men
Written on photograph: Oneil-Tex. Lipscomb Tex.
1908-circa 1915
1 23a
Men escorting Judge Nathan Green to his last lecture in Caruthers Hall, Lebanon, Tennessee
Written on photograph: Sharp Tenn., Byrd Miss., Lipscomb Tex., Elliot Tex, Morgan Wash.
1908-circa 1915
1 23b
House, possibly affiliated with Alpha Kappa Delta
Written on photograph: AΚΔ Corner House.
1908-circa 1915
1 24a
Man hanging from telephone lines
Written on photograph: Stone - Mo.
1908-circa 1915
1 24b
Nine men affiliated with Alpha Kappa Delta standing in front of building
Written on photograph: AΚΔ - Lebanon, Tenn.
1908-circa 1915
1 25a
Four men with two dogs
Written on album page: AΚΔ Law Fraternity.
1908-circa 1915
1 25b
Man standing on wooden fence post
Written on photograph: Legg - W.VA. ΚΣ.
1908-circa 1915
1 26a
Man standing with a flock of geese in the Public Square, Lebanon, Tennessee
1908-circa 1915
1 26b
Group photo of nine men
1908-circa 1915
1 27a
Two men in front of fence
Written on photograph: Stone, Mo - Dearing Tex.
1908-circa 1915
1 27b
Man posing by pond
Written on photograph: Legg AΚΔ-ΚΣ.
1908-circa 1915
1 28a
Four men by a fence, R.S. Morgan on top left
Written on phograph: Morgan, Legg W.VA, Dearing Tex, Byrd Miss.
1908-circa 1915
1 28b
Group of ten men standing in snow
Written on photograph: Corner House gang Lebanon.
1908-circa 1915
1 29a
Group photo of nine men, affiliated with Alpha Kappa Delta
1908-circa 1915
1 29b
Man standing on pillar
Written on photograph: Old school site Lebanon.
1908-circa 1915
1 30a
Man with pipe reading
Written on photograph: Stone Mo.
1908-circa 1915
1 30b
Man reading
Written on photograph: Shelton IAE-Tenn.
1908-circa 1915
1 31a 1908-circa 1915
1 31b-c
Machinery for Sprague Gulch Fill
Written on photograph: Sprague Gulch Fill. -Matt Glavin-.
1908-circa 1915
1 32a
R.S. Morgan standing with rifle and three dead fowl
circa 1912
1 32b
Elderly Native American man sitting on grass
1908-circa 1915
1 32c-d
Man identified as "Brownie" standing on dirt road
Written on photograph 31c: My Roommate Brownie. Written on photograph 31d: Brownie.
1908-circa 1915
1 33a-d
Trains and railroad machinery from Guthrie McDougall & Company
Written on album page: Camp - September 1912 Laurier-Wash.
circa September 1912
1 34a,c circa 1912
1 34b
Man, possibly Matt Glavin, standing by mile marker
Written on photograph: Matt Glavin.
1908-circa 1915
1 34d
R.S. Morgan posing with woman and small child
1908-circa 1915
1 35a 1908-circa 1915
1 35b,d
View of University of Pennyslvania dorms
Written on album page: U. of P Dorms. 33 Mask & Wig.
1908-circa 1915
1 35c
R.S. Morgan standing with suitcase next to train tracks
1908-circa 1915
1 36a
Man reading in chair
Written on album page: Emil Heinrich, Seattle S.U. 1914 Law.
1908-circa 1915
1 36b
Man sitting
Written on photograph: Medical Maltson - Seattle 1914-U of P.
circa 1914
1 36c-d
Freshman-Sophomore Bowl Fight
Written on album page: FRESH-SOPH FIGHTS 1916 U of P. The Bowl Fight, an annual physical competition between the freshman and sophomore class, was held for fifty years, from the Civil War to World War I. Freshmen provided a man, called the bowl man and the sophomore class proveded a bowl. The objective for the freshmen was to break the bowl before the sophomores could place the bowl man in the bowl, and thus win the competition. However, should the sophomores place the bowl man in the bowl, they would be prclaiomed the winners. This often violent skirmish was abandoned when in 1916, freshman William Lifson was killed in the fight.
circa 1916
1 37a
Four men sitting
Written on photograph: Indiana.
1908-circa 1915
1 37b,d
Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel
Written on photograph 37d: Blenheim Hotel. Written on album page: Atlantic City, N.J. May 1913.
circa 1913
1 37c circa 1913
1 38a
Man sitting at typewriter
1908-circa 1915
1 38b-c
Parade for Woodrow Wilson's first inauguration
Written on album page: Washington inauguration - March 4 1913.
March 4, 1913
1 38d
United States Capitol Building from a distance
circa 1913
1 39a
Group of men, probably Kappa Sigma members
Written on album page underneath photo: ΚΣ.
circa March 4, 1913
1 39b
The White House, Washington, D.C.
circa March 1913
1 39c
Parade for Woodrow Wilson's first inauguration, with President Wilson in carriage
Written on album page: March 4, 1913 Inauguration.
March 4, 1913
1 39d
U.S. Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.
circa March 1913
1 40a,c
Parade for Woodrow Wilson's first inauguration
Written on album page: Inaugural Parade.
March 4, 1913
1 40b circa 1913
1 41a
United States Naval Academy Cadets marching
Written underneath photograph: Annapolis Cadets U.S. N.A.
1908-circa 1915
1 41b
State, War and Navy Building, now known as the Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Written underneath photograph: Army-Navy Bldg. Wasington.
circa 1913
1 41c
George Washington's Mount Vernon estate, Fairfax County, Virginia
circa 1913
1 41d
View of Arlington National Cemetery
circa 1913
1 42a
Two men standing in field at the site of a Confederate Redoubt, Arlington, VA
Written on photograph: Confederate redoubt. Arlington VA.
1908-circa 1915
1 42b
Graves at Arlington Cemetery, probably Civil War soldiers
Written on album page below photograph: Civil War Soldiers
1908-circa 1915
1 42c
R.S. Morgan and man standing on the steps of the former home of Robert E. Lee, now known as the Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Written on album page below photograph: Arlington, House of Robert E. Lee.
1908-circa 1915
1 42d
Graves at Arlington National Cemetery, probably Spanish War Soldiers
Written on album page below photograph: Spanish War Soldiers.
1908-circa 1915
1 43a
Graves at Arlington National Cemetery, probably Confederate soldiers
Written on album page below photograph: Confederate dead, Arlington.
1908-circa 1915
1 43b
Two men and two women by bank of a river
1908-circa 1915
1 43c
Entrance to Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
1908-circa 1915
1 43d
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
1908-circa 1915
1 44a
Former home of Robert E. Lee, now known as the Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
1908-circa 1915
1 44b
R.S. Morgan with man
1908-circa 1915
1 44c
Group of three men, with R.S. Morgan in the center
1908-circa 1915
1 44d
Man sitting on steps
Written on photograph: Yours truly J. Victor Jaeger.
1908-circa 1915
1 45a
Group of women and men standing on railroad tracks
Written on bottom border of photograph: Matt Glavin & crowd.
1908-circa 1915
1 45b
H. Testo with horse, Laurier, WA
Written on photograph: H. Testo Laurier-Wash.
1908-circa 1915
1 45c
Train wreck
Cramer [illegible] May 30 Near Mt.
1908-circa 1915
1 45d
Sprague Gulch
1908-circa 1915
1 46a
Great Northern Depot and Custom House, Laurier, Washington
Written on photograph: McDougalls Camp. Sept 1912.
circa September 1912
1 46b
Railroad bridge
Written on photograph: 2,500000 cu.yds. Written on album page: Laurier-Wash. Sept. 1912.
circa 1912
1 46c
Huckleberry Mountain, Laurier, Washington
Written on album page: Laurier-Wash. Sept. 1912.
1908-circa 1915
1 46d
View of track construction
Printed on photograph: East Borrow Apr.14-'11 From Sta. 5863.
circa April 14, 1911
1 47a-d
Construction for Sprague Gulch Fill
Printed on 47b: Unloading Gravel For Sprague Gulch Culvert Mar. 29-'11. Printed on 47c: West Borrow Pit Mar. 20-'11. Printed on album page: Sprague Gulch Fill S.P. + S. Ry.
circa 1911
1 47d
Main Street, Glavin, Washington
April 4, 1911
1 48a
Group of men with R.S. Morgan
1908-circa 1915
1 48b
Fraternity houses, Stanford
Printed on bottom of photograph: FRATERNITY HOUSES STANFORD.
1908-circa 1915
1 48c
Kettle River, Laurier, Washington
Printed on bottom of photograph: Kelle River + Bridge, Laurier Wash.
1908-circa 1915
1 48d
Man with saddle and lasso
1908-circa 1915
1 49a
View of town, possibly Ashcroft, B.C.
1908-circa 1915
1 49b-d
View of town, possibly Ashcroft, B.C.
Printed on 49b: Last Bull team on Cariboo Road, Ashcroft, B.C. Printed on 49c: Ashcroft, B.C., Looking West. Printed on 49d: Cariboo Stage, Longest Stage Route in America, Ashcroft, B.C.
1908-circa 1915
1 50a
Great Northern Bridge Camp 210 and tunnel
Written on top of 50a: Bridge Camp 210. Oct. 1913 Written on album page: G.N. Bridge 210. Tunnel 1002. Bridge Foundations 1912.
circa 1913
1 50b
Two men lounging inside room
circa 1912-1913
1 50c
Man riding machinery in front of tunnel
circa 1912
1 50d
Two men eating, sitting at table
circa 1912
1 51a
Man with young child
1908-circa 1915
1 51b-c
View of camp
1908-circa 1915
1 51d
Driving concrete piles on the railroad
Written on album page below photo: Driving Concrete Piles.
1908-circa 1915
1 52a
Driving concrete piles on the railroad
Written on album page below photo: concrete piling.
1908-circa 1915
1 52b
R.S. Morgan on tracks in front of tunnel
1908-circa 1915
1 52c
View of bridge
1908-circa 1915
1 52d
R.S. Morgan standing in doorway of a makeshift building
Written on bottom of photograph: Office Shack.
1908-circa 1915
1 53a
Main Street, Bonners Ferry, Idaho
1908-circa 1915
1 53b
Rider on bucking horse, Silver Tips with second man watching, Frontier Days, Walla Walla, Washington
Printed on photograph: Kelley on Silver Tips. 39 Frontier Days Walla Walla, WA (Keller).
1908-circa 1915
1 54
Great Northern Railway snow sheds
Written on photograph: G.N. RY Concrete snow sheds.
1908-circa 1915
1 55
Great Northern Railway snow sheds
Written on photograph: 60000 yds Concrete. G.N.RY Snow Sheds. 1913 Guthrie-McDougall & Co. Contractors. Cascade Mts-Wash.
circa 1913
1 56a
Man with dog
1908-circa 1915
1 56b
Great Northern railcar
1908-circa 1915
1 56c
View of mountain and river
1908-circa 1915
1 56d
Three men in field
1908-circa 1915
1 56e
Steamboat in river
1908-circa 1915
1 56f
Men working on railroad
1908-circa 1915
1 56g
Four Great Northern railcars
1908-circa 1915
1 56h
Man in front of tent
Photograph is severely faded.
1908-circa 1915
1 56i
Otter Lake, British Columbia
1908-circa 1915
1 57a
Railroad tracks
1908-circa 1915
1 57b-c
River rapids
57b and 57c are duplicate images.
1908-circa 1915
1 57d
Machine in gravel pit
Written on photograph: Ballasting Camp gravel pit.
1908-circa 1915
1 57e,g
Three men in front of Great Northern railcar
Photographs are severely faded.
1908-circa 1915
1 57f
R.S. Morgan standing next to river rapids
1908-circa 1915
1 57h
Man in front of tent
Photograph is severely faded.
1908-circa 1915
1 58a
River rapids
1908-circa 1915
1 58b
Railway bridge
1908-circa 1915
1 58c
Machinery debris next to river
1908-circa 1915
1 58d
Section of wrecked bridge, Entiat, Washington
Written on photograph: May 20 1914. Derrick wrecked Entiat-Wash.
May 20, 1914
1 59a
River with dam
1908-circa 1915
1 59b
Columbia River, Entiat, Washington
1908-circa 1915
1 59c
View of river
1908-circa 1915
1 59d-e
View of large home
Photographs are severely faded.
1908-circa 1915
1 60a,c
Steam shovel in action
1908-circa 1915
1 60b
Three men in front of train
1908-circa 1915
1 60d
Horses and men in ravine
1908-circa 1915
1 61a
Man in front of barn door
1908-circa 1915
1 61b
Steam shovel and train
1908-circa 1915
1 61c
Men with horses
1908-circa 1915
1 61d
Steam shovel in use, Butte, Montana
October 1914
1 61e
R.S. Morgan in front of barn door
1908-circa 1915
1 61f
Train emptying dirt
1908-circa 1915
1 61g
Steam shovel in use
1908-circa 1915
1 62a 1908-circa 1915
1 62b-d
Work on railroad
1908-circa 1915
1 62e
Men working on track
1908-circa 1915
1 63a-g 1908-circa 1915
1 63h
Men working on tracks
1908-circa 1915
1 64a-c
Work on railroad
1908-circa 1915
1 64d
Two men
1908-circa 1915
1 65a 1908-circa 1915
1 65b
"Kill the Sophs" Bowl Fight invitation
The Bowl Fight, an annual physical competition between the freshman and sophomore class, was held for fifty years, from the Civil War to World War I. Freshmen provided a man, called the bowl man and the sophomore class proveded a bowl. The objective for the freshmen was to break the bowl before the sophomores could place the bowl man in the bowl, and thus win the competition. However, should the sophomores place the bowl man in the bowl, they would be proclaiomed the winners. This often violent skirmish was abandoned when in 1916, freshman William Lifson was killed in the fight.
circa December 18, 1912
1 65c 1908-circa 1915
1 65d
R.S. Morgan standing on balcony
1908-circa 1915
1 66a
Group of soldiers on stairs, Butte, MT
Written on bottom of photograph: Co II Mont. Nat. Guard, Silver Bow Court House, Butte, MT.
1908-circa 1915
1 66b
Young child with cat
1908-circa 1915
1 67
Blank page
1 68a
Young boy with rabbit
1908-circa 1915
1 68b,d,g,h
Group of young men, possibly part of Inland Empire Railroad survey
Written on 68b: IERR 1908 Written on 68d: IERR survey 1908. Haircut $.00 Written on 68h: IERR 4M, East Davenport Wash. 1908
circa 1908
1 68h
View of canvas tents
Written on 68h: IERR 4 m. east Davenport Wash, 1980
1908-circa 1915
1 68c,e,f
Portraits of young boys
1908-circa 1915
1 69a,e
Northern Pacific Survey pack train carrying supplies on Lolo Trail, Montana
Written on 69a: Pack train carrying supplies over Lo Lo Trail. 1909. Written on 69e: Lo Lo Hot Sprgs. Montana. 1909. N.P. Survey. 69a and 69e are duplicate images.
circa 1909
1 69b
Man fishing
1908-circa 1915
1 69c,d
View of mountains
1908-circa 1915
1 70a
Pack mule
1908-circa 1915
1 70b
Man on horse with train of pack mules
1908-circa 1915
1 70c 1908-circa 1915
1 71a
Horses tethered in a camp in the woods
1908-circa 1915
1 71b
Bear cub on leash
1908-circa 1915
1 71c
View of forest and mountains
1908-circa 1915
1 72a,c 1908-circa 1915
1 72b
Northern Pacific Railroad survey team, Lolo Hot Springs, Montana
Written on photograph: N.P.R.R. Survey Lo Lo Hot Spngs. Montana 1909
circa 1909
1 72d
Men on wagon pulled by four horses
1908-circa 1915
1 73a
Band of horses in campsite
1908-circa 1915
1 73b
Black bear in cage
1908-circa 1915
1 73c 1908-circa 1915
1 73d
Supplies base for Northern Pacific Survey crews, Lolo Trail cut off, Montana
Written on photograph: Base of Supplies N.P.R.R. Surveying Crews Lo Lo Cut Off. 1909.
circa 1909
1 74a
Man standing over cooking pit
1908-circa 1915
1 74b
View of mountains and forest from ledge
1908-circa 1915
1 74c
Man on horseback
1908-circa 1915
1 75a
Cabin in woods
1908-circa 1915
1 75b
Three men sitting on a boulder
1908-circa 1915
1 75c
View of cabin and bath houses, Lolo Hot Springs, Montana
Written on photograph: Cabin and Bath Houses at Lo Lo Hot Springs. Photographer: McKay.
circa 1909
1 75d
View of cabins in Lolo Hot Springsm, Montana
Written on photograph: Lo-Lo Hot Springs "1909" Photographer: McKay.
1909
1 76a
View of Lolo Hot Springs, Montana
Written on photograph: Lolo Hot Springs Mont. 1909.
1909
1 76b
View of dorm room
Pennant drawn on door with the words, "'Ole Cumberland."
1908-circa 1915
1 76c
View of Needle Rock, Lolo Springs, Montana
McKay (photographer)
Written on top of photograph: N.P. Survey 1909. Printed on photograph: Needle Rock. 225 ft. high. Lo-Lo Springs.
1909
1 76d
Two dogs
Written on album page underneath photograph: Bess+Nell 1914.
1914
1 77a 1908-circa 1915
1 77b
Man sitting in office car, Overlook, Montana [?]
Written on bottom of photograph: Office car. Overlook. 1914.
1914
1 77c
Train in Overlook, Montana [?]
Written on top of photograph: Overlook. February-1915.
February 1915
1 77d
Team of horses and men in ravine, Butte, Montana
Written on bottom of photograph: M.T. Butte. 1914.
1914
1 77e
View of office car, Overlook. Montana
Written on bottom of photograph: office car-overlook.
circa 1914
1 78a
Group of men and women
1908-circa 1915
1 78b,d
Railroad work
Written on 78b: B.Y.G. Fill S.S. 1409 Written on 78d: Ballast Spreader. B.Y.6. Fill. Mch. 1915
circa 1915
1 78c
Steam shovel in use
1908-circa 1915
1 78e
Three railroad cars, Overlook, Montana [?]
Written on top right of photograph: Overlook 1914.
1914
1 78f
Horse and men at work in ravine, Butte, Montana
Written on top of photograph: M.T. Butte 1914.
1914
1 78g
Two men sitting inside office, Overlook, Montana [?]
Written on top of photograph: Overlook. Written on bottom of photograph: office & commissary.
1908-circa 1915
1 79a
Ballast spreader machine
Written on bottom of photograph: Ballast spreader BY.6. 1915
1915
1 79b
Overlook town sign
1908-circa 1915
1 79c-d
Railroad bridge
Written on 79c: B.Y.6 Fill - 1914.
1914
1 79e
Railroad machinery
1908-circa 1915
1 79f,i
Two dogs on leash
1908-circa 1915
1 79g
Two men with a goat
1908-circa 1915
1 79h
Man standing in field, Mt. Homer, Idaho
Written on photograph: Jan. 1, 1914. Mt. Homer Idaho.
January 1, 1914
1 80a
Four men and one women eating at a table
1908-circa 1915
1 80c
Wrecking crane removing steel spans
Written on photo: S.prd wrecking crane removing steel spans from B.Y.6 Bridge. March 1915
March 1915
1 80d
Construction shovel - Wenatchee
Written on 80d: Wanatchee June 1914
June 1914
1 81a
Wrecking crane removing steel span
Written on photograph: 16 ton steel span. Mch. 1915.
March 1915
1 81b
Three men, one woman and two dogs in front of Overlook town sign
Written on top of photograph: March 1915.
March 1915
1 82a-c
Construction on railway
circa 1914-1915
1 82d
Four men standing in front of train
circa 1914-1915
1 83a,c,d circa 1914-1915
1 83b
Construction on railway
circa 1914-1915
1 84a-d
Railroad equipment working on track construction
circa 1914-1915
1 85a,c
Railway work
circa 1914-1915
1 85b
Track construction, Pennington Mine, Ironton, Minnesota
Printed on photograph: Pennington Mine, Ironton, Minnesota.
1908-circa 1915
1 85d
Railroad machinery
Faces of three men cut and inserted into photograph.
circa 1914-1915
1 86-87
Blank pages
1 88a
Man, possibly Charlie Chaplain, in street, Butte, MT
Man bears resemblance to Charlie Chaplin, who toured Butte during this time period.
1908-circa 1915
1 88b,d,e,h
Railroad construction
1908-circa 1915
1 88c
Man with automobile
1908-circa 1915
1 88f
Two men sitting in an office
1908-circa 1915
1 88g
Man standing outside door
1908-circa 1915
1 89a-e, g
Railroad construction
1908-circa 1915
1 89f
Two men sitting inside an office
Note: same two men from photograph 88f.
1908-circa 1915
1 89h-i
Group of men and women standing outside construction office
1908-circa 1915
1 90a-g
Railroad construction
1908-circa 1915
1 91a,b,e
Railroad machinery
1908-circa 1915
1 91c-d
Man in snow
1908-circa 1915
1 91f
Man in Muskeg Slide site
Written on left side of photograph with arrow to figure: Bill Hascamp.
1908-circa 1915
1 91g
View of Muskeg Slide site
Written on bottom of photograph: Ore From Shaft. Muskeg Slide. This excavation was down on hard run.
1908-circa 1915
1 92a
Two men sitting inside office
Written in window of photograph: This window is Bill's lookout.
1908-circa 1915
1 92b
Machinery in field, West End Section 14, Blue Island, Illinois
Written on photo: West End Section 14. Blue Island, Ill. 2-17-16.
February 17, 1916
1 93a,b
Houses
1908-circa 1915
1 93c-e
Family members in front of house
1908-circa 1915
1 93f
Three men, with R.S. Morgan on right
1908-circa 1915
1 93g
One man and two women
1908-circa 1915
1 93h
Town Square
1908-circa 1915

Group ImagesReturn to Top

These are loose images that came with the album.

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder item
1 94 1908-circa 1915
1 95 1908-circa 1915
1 96 circa 1940s

Construction of Roads and water systemsReturn to Top

These images were possibly taken in California or the Southwest due to the background landscapes.

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder item
1 97
Construction of small floating bridge
1908-circa 1915
1 98
Men standing on completed floating bridge
1908-circa 1915
1 99
Construction site with tent
1908-circa 1915
1 100
Men laying pipe in ground
1908-circa 1915
1 101
Building without a roof under construction
1908-circa 1915
1 102-109
Construction work
1908-circa 1915
1 110 1908-circa 1915
1 111
Brick building construction
Gordon,San Jose (photographer)
1908-circa 1915

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photograph albums

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)