Frank La Roche photographs, approximately 1887-1928

Overview of the Collection

Photographer
La Roche, Frank, 1853-1934
Title
Frank La Roche photographs
Dates
approximately 1887-1928 (inclusive)
Quantity
406 photographic prints
Collection Number
PH0283
Summary
Photographs of Washington State, Native Americans, and Alaska, including gold rush activity.
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

Selections from the collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals. Additional items can be viewed in the Native American Microfiche Collection (NA 891-938).

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Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Frank La Roche was born in Philadelphia in June 20, 1853. His parents, Aaron and Anna La Roche, of French and German ancestry, were among the first settlers of that area. He was educated in the schools of Philadelphia and at age 17 took a position in a photographic studio. After two years of study and practice, he engaged in business at Quaker City and in 1872 went to Mauch Chunk, PA to pursue a general photographic business and to take views of the Lehigh Valley Railroad.

Around 1873, La Roche moved with his family to Florida where he continued as a commercial photographer. It was in St. Augustine, Florida, that he took the longest time exposure on record - of one of the oldest extant buildings in the U.S., a Catholic church. He is said to have exposed a plate at 10 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon of the next day.

In 1876, he was engaged by Harper Bros. of New York City to travel the South Sea islands in search of illustrations, but on arrival in Honolulu his partner was taken sick and the trip was abandoned. Returning to the States, La Roche then opened a gallery in Salt Lake City and in 1878 was employed by the United State government to make 78 negatives of the transit of Mercury and 23 similar negatives for the French government. In the spring of 1888, he opened a gallery in Des Moines, Iowa and in competition at the state fair he secured six out of seven prizes for excellence in workmanship.

In July 1889, he came to Seattle bringing with him the necessary equipment for a first class gallery. Arriving just after the fire, he found the city in ashes, but at once he opened a gallery on 2nd Ave, subsequently moving to the top floor of the Downs Block and to other locations. He specialized in Alaska and Puget Sound scenery and high-class portrait photography.

During the years 1890 to 1902 and especially during the Gold Rush period, he made many trips to Alaska and the Yukon Territory to make photographs of Alaska scenery, mining camps and the trail. Each trip would have brought him back to Seattle to do developing and printing from a portable body of glass negatives. He sold mounted prints but preferred to reach a larger audience through his six part album entitled Enroute to the Klondike.

La Roche was also commissioned by the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition at Seattle in 1909 to take official photographs, and he was awarded gold medals for his pictures.

He was married in Seattle to Miss Ida M. Crary. He maintained his Seattle studio for 25 years after which he moved to Skagit County. When he retired, he passed on the business to his son, Frank La Roche Jr., who had assisted him in the studio as well as on the trails in Alaska.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection is arranged in two series: the first series contains views of Seattle, Everett, Washington, California, British Columbia, logging, portraits, ships, Native Americans of Puget Sound; the second series represents Alaska and gold rush activities in the Klondike.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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Restrictions on Use

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Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

La Roche items 1007, 1008, 1009, 1011, 1030, 1050a were transferred out of McAlplin and Lamb Photograph Collection.

Processed by Kate Norgon, February 2021.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Continental U.S. and CanadaReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Canada
Photographs taken in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec. British Columbia photographs were taken on the route of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Box/Folder item
1/1 1 1887?
1/1 2 1887?
1/1 3
Old Government Bridge on Fraser River, British Columbia (La Roche 2145)
Same image on verso of Item 10 (La Roche 2159).
1887?
1/1 4
Cable ferry over Fraser River near Siwash Creek Mines, British Columbia (La Roche 2146)
Same image on verso of Item 6 (La Roche 2149).
1887?
1/1 5
Fraser River Canyon along the Canadian Pacific Railway, British Columbia (La Roche 2147)
Item 9 (La Roche 2157) on verso.
1887?
1/1 6
Glacier House hotel and train on Canadian Pacific Railway at Glacier, British Columbia (La Roche 2149)
Glacier House was built as a meal and rest stop near Rogers Pass along the Canadian Pacific Railway. The station got its name from the Great Glacier, which at the time was a mile away from the station. In the background of image is Cheops Mountain.Copy of Item 4 (La Roche 2146) on verso.
1887?
1/1 7 1887?
1/1 8
Niagara Falls, Ontario (La Roche 2139)
Copy of Item 1 (La Roche 2143 1/2) on verso.
1887?
1/1 9
St. James Cathedral in Montreal, Quebec (La Roche 2157)
Item on verso of Item 5 (La Roche 2147).
1887?
1/1 10
McGill Street in Montreal, Quebec (La Roche 2159)
Copy of Item 3 on verso (La Roche 2145).
1887?
1/1 11
Dominion Square with view of Canadian Pacific Railway Depot in Montreal, Quebec (La Roche 2160)
Item located on verso of Item 2 (La Roche 2144).
1887?
1/1 12
Men at work on underground pipe, possibly in Canada (La Roche 2168)
1887?
California
Box/Folder item
1/2 13 1888?
1/2 14-16
Mount Shasta viewed from Edgewood (La Roche 285, 1204, 1205)
Item 21 (La Roche 278) on verso of Item 14 (La Roche 285).Item 16 (La Roche 1205) on verso of Item 15 (La Roche 1204).
1888?
1/2 17
Town of Sisson with Mount Shasta in background (La Roche 1203)
Item 31 (La Roche 1210a) on verso.
1888?
1/2 18
Mount Shasta from Castle Crag (La Roche 282)
Item 25 (La Roche 288) on verso.
1888?
1/2 19
Castle Crag mountains (La Roche 283)
Item 36 (La Roche 293) on verso.
1888?
1/3 20
Golden Gate Park in San Francisco (La Roche 281)
Item 29 (La Roche 284 1/2) on verso.
1888?
1/2 21
Conservatory at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco (La Roche 278)
Item located on verso of Item 14 (La Roche 285).
1888?
1/3 22
Fountain at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco (La Roche 1209)
Item 32 (La Roche 1211 1/2) on verso.
1888?
1/3 23-24
Cliff House and Seal Rocks in San Francisco (La Roche 277, 1215)
Item 33 (La Roche 1223) on verso of Item 23. Item 46 (La Roche 1213) on verso of Item 24.
1888?
1/2 25
Residence of Governor Stanford in Palo Alto (La Roche 288)
Item located on verso of Item 18 (La Roche 282).
1888?
1/3 26
Stanford Mausoleum at Stanford University (La Roche 294)
Item 41 (La Roche 286) on verso.
1888?
1/2 27
Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton (La Roche 284)
Item located on verso of Item 13 (La Roche 273).
1888?
1/1 28
Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton
Item located on verso of Item 7 (La Roche 2148).
1888?
1/3 29 1888?
1/4, 1/2, 1/3 30-32
Hotel Del Monte in Monterey (La Roche 279, 1210a, 1211 ½)
Item 45 (La Roche 280 1/2) on verso of Item 30 (La Roche 279) in Box 1, Folder 4.Item 31 (La Roche 1210a) located on verso of Item 17 (La Roche 1203) in Box 1, Folder 2.Item 32 (La Roche 1211 ½) located on verso of Item 22 (La Roche 1209) in Box 1, Folder 3.
1888?
1/3, 1/4 33-34
Flower bed on grounds of Hotel del Monte in Monterey (La Roche 1223, 292)
Item 33 (La Roche 1223) located on verso of Item 23 (La Roche 277) in Box 1, Folder 3.Item 42 (La Roche 287) on verso of Item 34 (La Roche 292).
1888?
1/4 35
Arizona Garden on grounds of Hotel del Monte in Monterey (La Roche 289)
Item 39 (La Roche 291) on verso.
1888?
1/2 36
Hedge maze on grounds of Hotel del Monte in Monterey (La Roche 293)
Item located on verso of item 19 (La Roche 283).
1888?
1/4 37-38
Exterior of Santa Barbara Mission (La Roche 290, 1217)
Item 44 (La Roche 280) on verso of Item 37 (La Roche 290).Item 43 (La Roche 1208) on verso of Item 38 (La Roche 1217).
1888?
1/4 39-40
Portico of Santa Barbara Mission (La Roche 291, 1218)
Item 39 (La Roche 291) located on verso of Item 35 (La Roche 289).Item 47 (La Roche 1219) on verso of item 40.
1888?
1/3 41
Westlake Park in Los Angeles (La Roche 286)
Item located on verso of Item 26 (La Roche 294).
1888?
1/4 42 1888?
1/4 43
Arizona Garden in Los Angeles (La Roche 1208)
Item located on verso of Item 38 (La Roche 1217).
1888?
1/4 44
Trees lining Magnolia Avenue in Riverside (La Roche 280)
Item located on verso of Item 37 (La Roche 290).
1888?
1/4, 1/3 45-46
Palm trees and bushes along Magnolia Avenue in Riverside (La Roche 280 ½, 1213)
Item 45 (La Roche 280 ½) located on verso of Item 30 (La Roche 279) in Box 1, Folder 4.Item 46 (La Roche 1213) located on verso of Item 24 (La Roche 1215) in Box 1, Folder 3.
1888?
1/4 47
Orange grove in Riverside (La Roche 1219)
Item located on verso of Item 40 (La Roche 1218).
1888?
Washington State
Box/Folder item
1/5 48 Between 1889 and 1894?
1/5 49 December 6, 1889
1/5 50
Postcard with view of Anacortes
Postcard addressed to Mrs. C.B. Scott, 3528 Carr Place, Fremont, Seattle, Wash. Written on back of postcard: Say this is a quiet place. No more nights till 2. PX: Don't smile. J.H.L c/o Taylor's Hotel, Anacortes.
Between 1891 and 1892?
1/5 51 Between 1891 and 1892?
1/5 52 Between 1891 and 1892?
1/5 53 Between 1891 and 1892?
1/5 54-55 Between 1891 and 1892?
1/5 56-57 Between 1891 and 1892?
1/5 58 Between 1891 and 1892?
1/5 59 Between 1891 and 1892?
1/5 60 Between 1892 and 1894?
1/5 61
Tracks and tunnels of Everett and Monte Cristo Railway (La Roche 1168)
Located at Canyon of the Stillaguamish. Tunnel #5 in foreground. Passenger train visible in the distance, near east portal of Tunnel #4.
1894?
box:oversize
5 62-67
Northern State Hospital and grounds in Sedro-Woolley
Between 1912 and 1928
Box/Folder
1/5 68
Lower Baker River hydroelectric dam and powerhouse of Puget Sound Power and Light Company (La Roche 55a)
Between 1925 and 1928
Logging
Box/Folder item
1/6 69 Between 1890 and 1893?
1/6 70 Between 1890 and 1893?
1/6 71 Between 1890 and 1893?
1/6 72 Between 1890 and 1893?
1/6 73-74 Between 1890 and 1893?
1/6 75 Between 1890 and 1893?
1/6 76 Between 1890 and 1893?
1/6 77
Man standing next to large logs at Jewel and Chisholm camp (La Roche 110)
Diameter of logs noted as 60 inches, 72 inches, and 57 inches, respectively.
February 23, 1891
1/6 78 Between 1890 and 1893?
1/6 79 Between 1890 and 1893?
1/6 80 Between 1890 and 1893?
1/6 81 1890
1/6 82 Between 1890 and 1893?
1/6 83 Between 1890 and 1893?
1/6 84 Between 1890 and 1893?
1/6 85
Men standing next to fir timber loaded on railroad flatcars (La Roche 35)
Timber was used for construction of the Washington Building at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.
1893
1/6 86-87 1893
Everett
Photographs depict Everett townsite during real estate speculation period.
Box/Folder item
1/7 88 October 1891
1/7 89 October 1891
1/7 90 October 1891
1/7 91 October 1891
1/7 92 October 1891
1/7 93
View of pier and Puget Sound Wire and Nail Company dock (La Roche 1057)
Written on verso: View of present Pier 1 looking west; nailworks dock.
October 1891
1/7 94 January 1892
1/7 95 January 1892
1/7 96 January 1892
1/7 97 January 1892
1/7 98 January 1892
1/7 99 January 14, 1892
1/7 100 February 1892
Seattle
Composite & Combination views
Box/Folder item
1/8 101
Composite photograph of ships in harbor at Seattle
Between 1889 and 1914?
1/8 102
Collage of photographs of Seattle public schools (La Roche 1015)
Includes Denny, South School, Olympic, T.T. Minor, Central, Mercer, Columbia, Rainier, and the Offices of the Board of Education.
Between 1889 and 1914?
1/8 103
Collage of Seattle area views and portraits including Olympic mountains, Mount Rainier, Snoqualmie Falls, portrait of Princess Angeline, and portrait of Chief Seattle
Portrait of Chief Seattle taken by E.M. Sammis, copied by La Roche.
Between 1889 and 1896?
1/8 104
Collage of Seattle area views including Snoqualmie Falls, Seattle harbor, view of Seattle and Mount Rainier from Hotel Denny, and ships at Seattle waterfront (La Roche 1063)
Between 1889 and 1890?
1/8 105 Between 1889 and 1890?
Ships
Box/Folder item
1/9 106
Canoe on Puget Sound at sunset (La Roche 17a)
Between 1889 and 1914?
1/9 107
Steam tugboat Mystic, probably in Puget Sound
Between 1891 and 1914?
1/9 108-109 Between 1891 and 1892?
1/9 110 Between 1891 and 1892?
1/9 111 Between 1891 and 1892?
1/9 112
Steamship Queen in Puget Sound (La Roche 1030)
Written below image: The Queen, the "Pride of the Pacific."Another image mounted on same mat. Other image by L. W. Taber taken in 1890 of the steamer Ancon in Glacier Bay, Alaska.
Between 1891 and 1892?
1/9 113 Between 1891 and 1892?
1/9 114
Steamship City of Kingston at dock (La Roche 26)
Between 1891 and 1892?
1/9 115 1898?
1/9 116
Steamer Roanoke at dock in Seattle returning with gold miners from the Klondike
Written below image: First treasure boat from the Klondike in '98.
July 19, 1898
Box/Folder item
1/9 116a 1891?
Waterfront
Box/Folder item
1/10 117 Between 1890 and 1892?
1/6 118
Waterfront in the vicinity of Washington St. including steamships City of Seattle, Umatilla, and City of Puebla (La Roche 578)
Item located on verso of Item 81 (La Roche 545).
Between 1890 and 1892?
1/10 119 Between 1890 and 1892?
1/10 120 Between 1890 and 1892?
1/10 121
Seattle waterfront, Puget Sound, and Olympic mountains (La Roche 29)
Between 1890 and 1892?
1/10 122 Between 1890 and 1892?
1/10 123 December 1890
box:oversize
XH2 124a-b 1891
Box/Folder
1/10 125 June 5, 1891
1/10 126 June 6, 1891
box:oversize
M271 127 June 6, 1891
Box/Folder
1/10 128 March 20, 1898
Downtown
Box/Folder item
2/1 129-130
Northern Pacific freight warehouse at South 3rd Ave. and Lane St.
Written below Item 129: 606 Second Street.
Between 1889 and 1891?
2/1 131
View south of 2nd Ave. and James St. after Great Seattle Fire (La Roche 153a)
July 1889
2/1 132 July 1889
2/1 133 July 1891
box:oversize
XH2 134a-b Between 1891 and 1895?
Box/Folder
2/1 135
View of Seattle and Elliot Bay, looking south
Between 1891 and 1895?
2/1 136 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/1 137
View of Seattle, southeast from Denny Hill (La Roche 274)
Between 1891 and 1895?
2/1 137a
View of Seattle, southeast from Denny Hill, cropped version (La Roche 274a)
Between 1891 and 1895?
2/1 138 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/1 139
Rainier Hotel viewed from 5th Ave. (La Roche 20)
Rainier Hotel located between 5th Ave. and 6th Ave., Marion St. and Columbia St. King County Courthouse in background at 7th Ave. between Terrace St. and Alder St.
Between 1891 and 1895?
2/1 140-141 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/1 142 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/1 143 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/1 144-144a Between 1891 and 1895?
2/1 145-146 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/2 147
Temporary exhibition building in Pioneer Square at 1st Ave. and James St. (La Roche 1021)
Temporary exhibition building, known as "The Mineral Palace," was constructed to display manufacturers goods as part of a celebration in commemoration of the completion of the Great Northern Railroad.
1893
2/2 148 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/2 149-151 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/2 152 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/2 153 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/2 154 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/2 155 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/2 156 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/2 157 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/2 158 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/2 159 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/2 160 Between 1891 and 1895?
Seattle residences and industries
Box/Folder item
2/3 161 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/3 162 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/3 163
F.A. McDonald residence and cable car on south end of Green Lake (La Roche 61)
Frederick A. McDonald's residence was built in 1890 at 5722 East Green Lake Way N.
Between 1891 and 1895?
2/3 164
Lemuel Wilmot, Esq., residence at Green Lake (La Roche 62)
Halftone print from publication advertising Green Lake neighborhood. Printed above image: Green Lake is a suburb of fine homes.
Between 1891 and 1895?
2/3 165
Cottage of Dr. E.C. Kilbourne on Green Lake (La Roche 63)
Halftone print from publication advertising Green Lake neighborhood. Printed above image: Green Lake will be the driving park and boating resort of Seattle. Printed below image: Green Lake is within the city limits.
Between 1891 and 1895?
2/3 166 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/3 167 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/3 168-169 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/3 170 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/3 171 Between 1893 and 1894?
Parks and scenery
Box/Folder item
2/4 172
View of Mount Rainier from Seattle (La Roche 3)
Between 1891 and 1895?
2/4 173 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/4 174
Park path lined with trees, probably in Seattle
Between 1891 and 1895?
2/4 175 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/4 176-177 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/4 178 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/4 179 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/4 180 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/4 181 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/4 182-184 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/4 185-186 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/4 187 Between 1891 and 1895?
Lake Washington
Box/Folder item
2/5 188 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/5 189
Sailboats and canoe on Lake Washington (La Roche 172)
Between 1891 and 1895?
2/5 190
Lake Washington with Mount Rainier in background (La Roche 175)
Between 1891 and 1895?
2/5 191-193 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/5 194 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/5 195 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/5 196 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/5 197
Ladies with dog on boardwalk along Lake Washington
Between 1891 and 1895?
2/5 198 Between 1891 and 1895?
2/5 199 Between 1891 and 1895?
Native American scenes and portraits
Box/Folder item
2/6 199a 1864
2/6 200a Between 1891 and 1895?
2/6 200b
Portrait of Princess Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle - hand colored version (La Roche 2a)
Between 1891 and 1895?
2/6 201a Between 1891 and 1896?
2/6 201b Between 1891 and 1896?
2/6 202 Between 1891 and 1896?
2/6 203 Between 1890 and 1910?
2/6 204
Group at Piegan camp in the plains (La Roche 434)
Item 209 (La Roche 46) on verso.
Between 1890 and 1910?
2/6 205
Children at Piegan camp in the plains (La Roche 435)
Item 208 (La Roche 436) on verso.
Between 1890 and 1910?
2/6 206
Group at Cree camp in the plains (La Roche 433)
Item 269 (La Roche 331) on verso.
Between 1890 and 1910?
2/6 207
Group of Cree sun dancers in the plains (La Roche 437)
Copy of Item 322 (La Roche 330) on verso.
Between 1890 and 1910?
2/6 208
Sioux woman with horse and travois (La Roche 436)
Item located on verso of Item 205 (La Roche 435).
Between 1890 and 1910?
2/6 209-210
Camp of hop pickers in Puget Sound region (La Roche 46, 47)
Item 209 (La Roche 46) located on verso of Item 204 (La Roche 434).
Between 1890 and 1895?
2/7 211-212 Between 1890 and 1895?
2/7 213-214 Between 1895 and 1900?
2/7 215 1899?
2/7 216
Yakama woman on horseback (La Roche 1307)
Item 245 (La Roche 1210 ½) on verso.
1899?
2/7 217 Between 1890 and 1895?
2/7 218
Portrait of young girl (La Roche 30a)
Between 1890 and 1910?
2/7 219
Studio portrait of Chippewa man, Prince Sitting Bull (La Roche 1210)
Item 246 (La Roche 1211) on verso.
Between 1890 and 1910?
2/8 220-221
Portrait of young Nez Perce man (La Roche 425, 1295)
Copy of Item 201a (La Roche 2b) on verso of Item 220 (La Roche 525).Item 228 (La Roche 1292) on verso of Item 221 (La Roche 1295).
1899?
2/8 222 1899?
2/8 223 1899?
2/8 224 1899?
2/8 225
Portrait of young Spokane man (La Roche 426)
Copy of photograph of Chief Seattle by E. M. Sammis on verso.
Between 1895 and 1899?
2/8 226-227
Portrait of young Spokane woman (La Roche 431, 1301)
Item 240 (La Roche 1303) located on verso.
1899?
2/8 228
Portrait of Umatilla man known as Peo (La Roche 1292)
Item located on verso of Item 221 (La Roche 1295).
1899
2/9 229a
Full-length portrait of seated Umatilla man, black and white version (La Roche 1299a)
Same man pictured in Item 236 (La Roche 429), identified as Nez Perce.
1899
2/9 229b
Full-length portrait of seated Umatilla man, hand colored version (La Roche 1299b)
Same man pictured in Item 236 (La Roche 429), identified as Nez Perce.
1899
2/9 230
Full-length portrait of Umatilla man (La Roche 1296)
Same man pictured in Item 231 (La Roche 1297).
1899
2/8 231
Portrait of Umatilla man (La Roche 1297)
Item located on verso of Item 222 (La Roche 1290).Same man pictured in Item 230 (La Roche 1296).
1899
2/9 232 1899?
2/9 233
Portrait of Cayuse chief Paul Showaway (La Roche 1298)
Copy of item located on verso of Item 223 (La Roche 1291).
1899
2/9 234 1899
2/10 235 Between 1894 and 1899?
2/10 236
Portrait of man and three Yakama women (La Roche 429)
One woman also pictured in Item 238 (La Roche 432).Another of the women also pictured in Item 240 (La Roche 1303).Man also pictured in Item 229 (La Roche 1299), identified as Umatilla. In this image, man identified as Nez Perce.
Between 1894 and 1899?
2/7 237
Portrait of two Yakama woman (La Roche 430)
Item located on verso of Item 217 (La Roche 438).
Between 1894 and 1899?
2/10 238
Portrait of Yakama woman (La Roche 432)
Woman also pictured in Item 236 (La Roche 429). Item 243 on verso.
Between 1894 and 1899?
2/10 239
Portrait of Yakama woman (La Roche 1300)
Item 241a (La Roche 1302a) on verso.
1899
2/8 240
Portrait of Yakama woman (La Roche 1303)
Item located on verso of Item 227 (La Roche 1301).Woman also pictured in Item 236 (La Roche 429).
1899
2/10 241a 1899
2/10 241b 1899
2/10 242
Portrait of Yakama baby in cradleboard (La Roche 1330)
Between 1890 and 1910?
2/10 243
Portrait of baby in cradle
Item located on verso of Item 238 (La Roche 432).
Between 1890 and 1910?
box:oversize
5 244
Portrait of baby in cradleboard
1903
Box/Folder
2/7 245 Between 1890 and 1895?
2/10 246
Salishan woman with basket and native art collection (La Roche 1211)
Same image on verso of Item 219 (La Roche 1210).
Between 1890 and 1895?
2/10 247 Between 1890 and 1910?
Other studio portraits
Box/Folder item
3/1 248 Between 1888 and 1889?
3/1 249
Studio portrait of Royal T. Hawley II
Royal Tracy Hawley II (1865-1923) was the son of Royal Tracy Hawley and Lucy Case Reasoner Hawley. He earned his B.A. from the University of Washington in 1889 and went on to work at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
1889?
3/1 250
Group portrait with studio prop
Studio backdrop displays individuals as flowers and a gardener. Names listed from left to right: Frank Noble, Carree Noble, Blanche Rolf[?], Clarence Ward, Will Morris, Hattie[?] Proctor, Maud Ward, Otto Collins, Edith Blackman.
Between 1889 and 1891?
3/1 251 1890?
3/1 252
Vignette portrait of woman
Between 1889 and 1891?
3 253
Portrait of man and woman
Between 1889 and 1914?
3/1 254
Portrait of woman with plumed hat and stole
Between 1889 and 1914?
3/1 255 Between 1890 and 1898?
3/1 256 Between 1891 and 1898?
3/1 257
Vignette portrait of woman
Between 1891 and 1898?
3/1 258
Vignette portrait of man with moustache
Between 1891 and 1898?
3/1 259
Portrait of baby
Between 1891 and 1898?
3/1 260 Between 1891 and 1898?
3/1 261
Studio portrait of Albert and Annie Buhtz
Albert J. Buhtz and Annie B. Wheeler married in 1898.
1898?
3/1 262
Studio portrait of Maurice and Anna Linnell
Maurice Roy Linell (1887-1940) married Anna Combs Nebergall(?) (1891-1990) in 1914.
1914?

Alaska & KlondikeReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Lower British Columbia and Southeast Alaska
box:oversize item
5 263 Between 1890 and 1897?
Box/Folder
3/2 264
Tlingit men rowing canoe (La Roche 664)
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/2 265
Buildings along shoreline with mountain in background, probably in Southeast Alaska
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/2 266-267 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/2 268 Between 1890 and 1897?
2/6 269
Alaska Native students and their teachers in Metlakatla, Alaska (La Roche 331)
Item located on verso of Item 206 (La Roche 433) in Box 2, Folder 6.
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/2 270
Remains of the wrecked steamboat Ancon in Loring Bay, Alaska
The steamer Ancon was wrecked near the Loring Cannery in August 1889.
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/2 271 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/2 272a-b Between 1890 and 1897?
3/2 273 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/2 274 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/2 275-276 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/2 277 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/2 278 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/2 279 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/2 280 1897?
3/2 281
Bear and whale totem figures in front of Chief Shakes house in Wrangell, Alaska (La Roche 1247)
Halftone print from Pacific Northwest publication.
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/2 282
Old Alaska Native woman wrapped in blanket in Wrangell, Alaska (La Roche 245)
Printed below image: Alaska Indian Woman, 126 years old.
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/2 283 Between 1890 and 1897?
Sitka, Alaska
Box/Folder item
3/3 284
Silver Bay with mountains in background, southeast of Sitka (La Roche 321)
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/3 285 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/3 286 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/3 287 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/3 288 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/3 289 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/3 290
View north from Baranov Castle including U.S. Naval warehouse and Tlingit village along shoreline (La Roche 187)
Copy of halftone print from The Story of Sitka by Clarence LeRoy Andrews. Printed below image: The "Ranche"- Looking north from the top of Baranof Castle. The steamer at the left is the "Coquikan" noted for her participation in pelagic sealing and she was under seizure by the U.S. Government.
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/3 291 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/3 292
Baranov Castle atop hill (La Roche 1133)
Baranov Castle burned down in 1894.
Between 1890 and 1894?
3/3 293
Sitka harbor with Three Sisters mountains in background (La Roche 1246)
U.S. Naval warehouse building with pier in center. Lincoln Street and St. Michael's Cathedral visible along right.
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/4 294 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/4 295
Looking east along Lincoln Street (La Roche 356)
To the far left is the Marine Corps barracks built in 1892; to the right of that is the store built by Redd & Jack. St. Michael's Cathedral is in the background. Tlingit women selling native baskets and crafts along Lincoln Street at right.
Between 1892 and 1897?
3/4 296 Between 1890 and 1897?
box:oversize
5 297 Between 1890 and 1897?
Box/Folder
3/4 298 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/4 299
Framed Madonna and Child icon inside Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Michael (La Roche 318)
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/4 300a Between 1890 and 1897?
3/4 300b Between 1890 and 1897?
3/4 301
Three Tlingit women selling baskets and other goods in Sitka
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/4 302
Muddy road surrounded by trees, possibly near Indian River bridge (La Roche 198)
Between 1890 and 1897?
box:oversize
5 303 Between 1890 and 1897?
Box/Folder
3/4 304
Bridge over Indian River (La Roche 242)
Between 1890 and 1897?
Juneau and Douglas Island, Alaska
Box/Folder item
3/5 305 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/5 306-307
Taku Glacier near Juneau (La Roche 1182, 1284)
Between 1890 and 1897?
box:oversize
5 308 Between 1890 and 1897?
Box/Folder
3/5 309-310
Juneau viewed from the water (La Roche 1263 ½, [10020])
Written below Item 310 (La Roche 10020): Juneau, opposite the Treadwell Gold Mines, the largest gold mine in the world.
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/5 311 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/5 312a Between 1890 and 1897?
3/5 312b
Juneau waterfront viewed from shore, cropped (La Roche 1249)
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/6 313
Boat in harbor at Juneau
Located with Items 336-338, mounted on same mat.
April 20, 1896
3/5 314a-b 1894?
3/5 315 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/5 316
Log cabin Presbyterian Church in Juneau (La Roche 1110)
Built in 1881, the church also served as Juneau's first public school beginning in the fall of 1885.
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/5 317 Between 1890 and 1897?
box:oversize
5 318 Between 1890 and 1897?
Box/Folder
3/5 319 Between 1890 and 1897?
3/5 320
Treadwell Gold Mining Company buildings on Douglas Island
Juneau visible across the water to the extreme left.
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/5 321
Large pit of Treadwell Gold Mine on Douglas Island (La Roche 207)
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/5 322a
Tlingit women selling baskets near Treadwell mines on Douglas Island, black and white version (La Roche 330)
After the Treadwell Mines opened in 1881, women came from nearby villages to sell baskets, beaded clothing, and other wares to the gold miners and tourists. The baskets for sale in this image are Tlingit in style. Same image located on verso of Item 207 (La Roche 437) in Box 2, Folder 6.
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/5 322b
Tlingit women selling baskets near Treadwell mines on Douglas Island, hand-colored version (La Roche 330)
After the Treadwell Mines opened in 1881, women came from nearby villages to sell baskets, beaded clothing, and other wares to the gold miners and tourists. The baskets for sale in this image are Tlingit in style.
Between 1890 and 1897?
Glacier Bay Area, Alaska
box:oversize item
XC1 323 Between 1890 and 1897?
Box/Folder
3/6 324 Between 1890 and 1897?
box:oversize
5 325
Two men looking down at Muir Glacier and inlet from elevation of 1800 feet (La Roche 1170)
Between 1890 and 1897?
Box/Folder
3/6 326
Muir Glacier terminus in Muir Inlet
Between 1890 and 1897?
box:oversize
5 327 Between 1890 and 1897?
Box/Folder
3/6 328
Steamer Queen in front of Muir Glacier (La Roche 1262)
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/6 329 1892
3/6 330-333 Between 1890 and 1897?
box:oversize
5 334
Man standing on top of Muir Glacier (La Roche 1270)
Between 1890 and 1897?
Box/Folder
3/6 335
Man laying on stomach peering into crevasse of Muir Glacier (La Roche 1115)
Written on verso: Prof. Willoughby, a photographer of Juneau looking down a crevasse 200 feet deep at Muir Glacier.
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/6 336
Mount Fairweather
Located with Items 313, 337, and 338, mounted on same mat.
Between 1890 and 1897?
3/6 337
Men working at Ruby Sand Gold Mine near Lituya Bay
Located with Items 313, 336, and 338, mounted on same mat.
Between 1896 and 1897?
3/6 338
Men outside of log cabin at Ruby Sand Gold Mine near Lituya Bay
Located with Items 313, 336, and 337, mounted on same mat.The Ruby Sand Gold Mine was founded by W. M. Brook in 1896.
Between 1896 and 1897?
Skagway and Dyea, Alaska
Box/Folder item
3/7 339 1897?
3/7 340 October 1897
3/7 341-342 1897?
3/7 343 1897
3/7 344 1897
3/7 345 1897
3/7 346 1897
3/7 347
Tents and horses at camp at Skagway (La Roche 376)
August 12, 1897
3/7 348
Men with horse and wagon of goods in camp at Skagway (La Roche 375)
1897
3/7 349
Men with horse and cart loaded with provisions in camp at Dyea (La Roche 2004)
Halftone print from La Roche's book, Photographic views En Route to the Klondike.Printed below image: Klondike wagon loaded with provisions. An enterprising Dyea storekeeper had a dozen of these wagons which he rented for $1 an hour. An advance payment of $20 had to be made to secure the owner against unforeseen accidents and lapse of memory. As the original cost could not have been over $10, the security would seem to be ample and the investment profitable. Some of the animals used would not take first prize at a horse fair for beauty, but almost any old thing in the shape of a horse was in demand at from $200 to $300, and would earn $20 to $30 a day. On the right and left are Indians, while the frame building is the Indian headquarters and the home of their chief, Isaac.Copy of Item 360 (La Roche 2010) on verso.
1897
3/7 350 August 12, 1897
3/7 351 1897
3/7 352 1897
3/7 353 1898?
White Pass Trail & Railroad
The White Pass Railroad took the place of the White Pass Trail. La Roche referred to White Pass Trail as Skagway Trail.
Box/Folder item
3/8 354 1897
3/8 355 1897
3/8 356
Pack train at Little Lake (Black Lake) on White Pass Trail (La Roche 2074)
Halftone print from La Roche's book, Photographic views En Route to the Klondike.Printed below image: This is a small lake on the Skagway [sic] trail, about five miles out from Skagway [sic]. A rough roadway has been formed along its left hand shore, where pack trains may proceed with some ease in single file, Indian fashion. When one stops to think that fast freight is whirled across the continent from San Francisco to New York in fifteen days, and passengers cover the same ground in about five days, some idea of the slowness of travel in Alaska may be had. To go from Dyea to Dawson City, overland , eighteen days is considered "cannon ball" time, and only those who "travel light" can hope to do it. The supplies of a pack train must be allowed more than double this time.
1897
3/8 357 1898?
3/8 358 1898?
3/8 359 1898?
Chilkoot Trail; Alaska and British Columbia, Canada
The Chilkoot Trail was also called the Dyea Trail. La Roche referred to the Chilkoot Trail as the Dyea Trail. The Dyea River is now known as the Taiya River.
Box/Folder item
4/1 360
Men fording Dyea River with cart full of supplies (La Roche 2010)
Copy of item located on verso of Item 349 (La Roche 2004). Halftone print from La Roche's book, Photographic views En Route to the Klondike.
1897
4/1 361 1897
3/8 362
Men and tent at Finnegan's Point camp, 5 miles north of Dyea (La Roche 2013)
Item located on verso of Item 356 (La Roche 2074).Halftone print from La Roche's book, Photographic views En Route to the Klondike. Printed below image: Camp life at Finnegan's Point. This was but one of the seventy-five camps at the point at the time this view was taken, and in the background, on right and left, others may be seen. Each individual camp existed only until the supplies belonging to it were packed to some point farther on. Owing to inexperience in cooking, and the character of the food supplies carried, many suffered severely. Dyspepsia, that nightmare of Americans, was developed by overwork and want of proper food. Rheumatism, pneumonia, bronchitis-results from exposure to wet and cold, show the importance of having a sound constitution, living carefully, and eating well cooked and wholesome food.
1897
4/1 363
Actresses fording Dyea River on the Chilkoot Trail (La Roche 2014)
Left to right: Irene Stanky, May Biggs, Maude Earl (being carried), Lulu Johnson, Mrs. Jack Sullivan.
1897
4/1 364 1897
4/1 365 1897
4/1 366 1897
4/1 367 1897
4/1 368 1897
4/1 369 1897
4/1 370 1897
4/1 371 1897
4/1 372 1897
4/1 373 1897?
4/1 374
Two Klondikers with tents on Dyea River near Canyon City looking north
South arm of the Saussure Glacier visible in background left.
1897
4/1 375 1897
4/1 376 1897
4/1 377
Toll bridge over Dyea River (La Roche 2031)
About 10 miles north of Dyea.
1897
4/2 378 1897
4/2 379
Klondikers standing outside tents at Sheep Camp (La Roche 2033)
Depicts Jack London and fellow travelers Jim Goodman, Fred Thompson, and Martin Tarwater.Copy of item located on verso of Item 390 (La Roche 2048). Halftone print from La Roche's book, Photographic views En Route to the Klondike.
1897
4/2 380 1897
4/2 381 1897
4/2 382 1897
4/2 383 1897
4/2 384 1897
4/2 385 1897
4/2 386 April 3, 1898?
4/2 387 1897
4/2 388 1897
4/2 389 1897
4/2 390
Klondikers with goods and canoes at Crater Lake in British Columbia (La Roche 2048)
Halftone print from La Roche's book, Photographic views En Route to the Klondike.Printed below image: Fifty tons of provisions stored at Crater Lake. These have been freighted across the lake in the flat-bottomed canoe seen in the foreground, and now lie scattered about among the rocks awaiting transportation through the rocky defile leading onward from the right of the photograph, a distance of one and one-half miles, to Happy Camp. A word may be said here about food: Highly carbonaceous food should predominate, and alcoholic stimulants be avoided. One pound of tea is equal to seven pounds of coffee; three-quarters of an ounce of saccharine is equal to twenty-five pounds of sugar. All such matters should be carefully considered by the gold seeker who would lighten his burden.Copy of Item 379 (La Roche 2033) on verso.
1897
4/2 391
Actresses standing at Happy Camp in British Columbia (La Roche 2049)
Women depicted are Irene Stanky, May Biggs, Maude Earl, Lulu Johnson, and Mrs. Jack Sullivan.
1897
4/3 392 1897
4/3 393 1897
4/3 394 1897
4/3 395 1897
4/3 396-397 1897
4/3 398 1897
Yukon Territory
Box/Folder item
4/4 399 1897
4/4 400 1897
4/4 401 1897?
4/4 402 1897?
4/4 403 1897?
Other Alaska
Box/Folder item
4/5 404
Portrait of Alaska Native man
Between 1890 and 1897?
4/5 405
Winter scene with snow fence in foreground and mountains in background
Between 1890 and 1897?
4/5 406
Prince Antone and woman in front of log cabin at Birch Creek near Circle City
Woman pictured is possibly Violet Raymond, whom Prince Antone married in 1897.
1897?

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Subject Terms

  • Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Photographs
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Geographical Names

  • Alaska--Photographs
  • Seattle (Wash.)--Photographs
  • Washington (State)--Photographs

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • La Roche, Frank, 1853-1934--Photographs (photographer)