Dose family photograph collection

Dose family photograph collection, 1903-1912

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Dose (Family : Dose, Charles P.)
Title: Dose family photograph collection
Dates: 1903-1912 (inclusive)
19031912
Quantity: 46 photographic prints (1 box, 1 oversize folder)
Collection Number: PH0353
Summary: Photographs of the members of the Mt. Baker Improvement Club, the Dose family, the Dose real estate offices, and homes from the Dose Addition in Mt. Baker Park
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 is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Charles P. Dose was a German immigrant who had a real estate business originally based in Chicago. In 1871 Dose and his partners, the Fricke Brothers, bought a 40-acre piece of land on Lake Washington in Seattle. Dose moved his family to Seattle in 1898 and began working with his son, Charles C. Dose to develop the land. They platted the Dose Addition in 1906 on 10 acres along South Walker Street in the area that would later become part of Seattle’s Mount Baker District. The first house was built at 31st Avenue and Walker Street. The Dose family lived in Mount Baker Park and Mrs. Charles C. Dose (Phoebe Dose) was instrumental in the creation of the Mount Baker Improvement Club.

Historical BackgroundReturn to Top

The Mount Baker neighborhood is located along Lake Washington, southeast of downtown Seattle. The area was developed after 1900 following the construction of the Rainier Avenue Electric Street Railway in the 1890s. The nearby Dose Addition, planned and plotted in 1906, was actually conceived of earlier than the Mt. Baker sub-division, which was planned in 1907 by the Hunter Tract Improvement Company. The Mount Baker Park area (including Mount Baker Park Addition and the Dose Addition) was one of Seattle’s earliest planned residential communities and made an attempt to integrate the landscape into its design as well as to remain an exclusively residential area. The houses were all built between 1905 and 1929 and encompass a variety of styles.

The Mount Baker Improvement Club was formed in 1909 and claims to be the oldest continuously active community club in the country. By 1910 there were almost 50 members who were dedicated to such tasks as acquiring lighting, police protection, neighborhood beautification and providing a community social activities.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection consists of photographs of the members of the Mt. Baker Improvement Club, the Dose family, the Dose real estate offices, and homes from the Dose Addition in Mt. Baker Park.

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

Donated by Julia Graham, May 1992.

Processing Note

Processed by Lindsae Long, 2006 and Marion Brown in 2007.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

C. P. Dose RealtyReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/1	1	Dose family members in front of real estate office at Walker Street with a car parked nearby "C.C. Dose in first Buick in Seattle"	1903
1/1	2	C.P. Dose and Company Real Estate and Loans building on LaSalle Street showing group of men and boy standing out in front, Chicago	1870?

Houses in Dose Terrace built by C. C. DoseReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
box-folder:oversize	item
OS3	3	Panoramic view from corner of Dose Terrace and 34th Avenue South	1910?
Box/Folder
1/2	4-7	3111 Dose Terrace	1909
1/2	8-9	Beachwoods House	1909
1/2	10	3210 Dose Terrace "Built by C. C. Dose for C. P."	1910
1/2	11	3211 Dose Terrace "Lot 70 x 85 Street paved with vitrified brick. Colonial Residence, 12 rooms, including Billiard and chauffeurs rooms in basement and servants room with bath in attic and garage to match- also electric fixtures and stationary vacuum cleaner. Price $15,000. Will take $12,500 without above mentioned additional improvements, having 9 rooms completed."	1910?

Houses, probably in Dose Terrace Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/3	12	Street and houses	between 1909 and 1910?
1/3	13	Street corner and houses in the Mt. Baker neighborhood	between 1909 and 1910?
1/3	14-29	Houses	between 1909 and 1910?

Capitol Hill Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/4	30	House at 1422 Mercer Street, Capitol Hill	between 1909 and 1910?

Mount Baker Improvement ClubReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
box-folder:oversize	item
OS3	31	Mount Baker Improvement Club Christmas Meeting F. H. NowellSeattle, Washington (photographer)	1909
Box/Folder
1/5	32	Members of Mount Baker Improvement Club at banquet	1910
box-folder:oversize
OS3	33	Men of Mount Baker Improvement Club on New Year's Day Nowell and Rognon, Seattle, WA (Photographer)	January 1, 1912
OS3	34	Men of the Mount Baker Improvement Club on New Year's Day Nowell and Rognon, Seattle, WA On the reverse is an article entitled Mount Bakerites Call in a Body	January 1, 1912
Box/Folder
1/5	35	Members of Mount Baker Improvement Club Jacobs Photoshop, Seattle, WA (Photographer)	between 1909 and 1912?

Dose Family PhotosReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/6	36	C. C. Dose and four women in decorated car	between 1908 and 1912?
1/6	37	C. C. Dose home at 2203 31st Avenue South and Walker Street. C. C. Dose in Buick outside	1908
1/6	38	2 women and a girl in Buick Probably outside the C. C. Dose home	between 1908 and 1912?
1/6	39	Man, woman and girl near automobile Probably outside the C. C. Dose home	between 1908 and 1912?
1/6	40	Girl outside garage at Dose home at 31st and Walker	1906
1/6	41	C. C. Dose in snow outside house at 31st and Walker "Terrible snow"	1908
1/6	42	Woman outside chicken house at 31st and Walker	1908
1/6	43	Man looking in engine of car	between 1908 and 1912?
1/6	44	Two men in a Buick	between 1908 and 1912?
1/6	45	Group of children in front of house	between 1908 and 1912?
1/6	46	Men playing badminton Gannett (Photographer)	between 1908 and 1912?

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Citizens' associations--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
Clubs--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
Real estate agents--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
Real estate business--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Corporate Names

Mount Baker Park Improvement Club-- hotographs

Family Names

Dose family--Photographs

Geographical Names

Mount Baker (Seattle, Wash.)--Photographs

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