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Alfred Shemanski photograph collection, 1860-1965
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Shemanski, Alfred, 1874 or 5-1966
- Title
- Alfred Shemanski photograph collection
- Dates
- 1860-1965 (inclusive)18601965
- Quantity
- 304 photographic prints (2 boxes and 1 oversized folder) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH0913
- Summary
- Photographs of a prominent Jewish businessman and philanthropist in Seattle, Alfred Shemanski and his friends and family members
- 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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The collection is open to the public.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Alfred Shemanski was a prominent businessman and philanthropist is Seattle, Washington. He was born in Poland in 1875. He came to Seattle in 1900 and established a clothing store which became the Eastern Outfitting Company. He was one of the founders of the Community Chest of Seattle and served on the University of Washington's Board of Regents for 13 years. In 1953, with his wife Tillie, he set up a trust called the Alfred and Tillie Shemanski Fund for charitable purposes. Alfred Shemanski died in 1966.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Includes photographs of Alfred Shemanski and his family, friends and prominent members of the Seattle Jewish community. It also includes views of the Eastern Outfitting Company and an album of photographs of a testimonial dinner in honor of Alfred Shemanski given by the Northwest Region of the National Conference on Christians and Jews.
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
Custodial History
Collected by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society.
Acquisition Information
Donor: Alfred Shemanski and Herbert Lipman, January 3, 1970; August 1974; November 1974; June 1986; 1987; March 1993.
Processing Note
Processed by Emily Bailey; 2011.
Photos were transferred from the Alfred Shemanski Papers, MSS Coll. No. 1313, in 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986,1988, 1993.
Separated Materials
Material Described Separately:Alfred Shemanski papers, Collection No. 1313
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alfred Shemanski's friends and familyReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Shemanski family in Poland |
1860-1895 |
1/2 | USS Indiana during the Spanish American
War, Triumphal Arch on July 4, 1899 |
1898-1899 |
1/3 | Esther Lipman, Tillie Shemanski's
father, Wilma Moxley and other possible Shemanski family members |
between 1900 and 1909?-1920s |
1/4 | Portraits of young Alfred
Shemanski |
circa 1898-1900s |
1/5 | Alfred Shemanski near a large house,
Shemanski home on Boston street in Seattle |
between 1920 and 1939? |
1/6 | Alfred Shemanski at a fourth of July
parade, Two men at the Armour and Company U.S. Yards packing plant in
Chicago |
1910? |
1/7 | Alfred Shemanski with friends and
family near an automobile |
1916? |
1/8 | Interior and exterior of the the
Eastern Outfitting Company and dance given by S. Sherman |
between 1900 and 1917? |
box-folder:oversize | ||
XD4 | Meeting at the Eastern Outfitting
Company |
between 1900 and 1909? |
2/1 | Mariam Lipman, Alfred Sherman, Al
Rosenberg |
1919?, undated |
Box/Folder | ||
1/9 | Shemanski's friends and family, Al
Hoffman and the Los Angeles Ostrich Farm |
between 1920 and 1929? |
1/10 | Portraits of Harry and Victoria
Kerr |
between 1920 and 1929? |
1/11 | Sherman family |
between 1920 and 1949? |
1/12 | Beatrice E. Freiberg, as an infant,
with her parents |
1910-1929? |
1/13 | Peter Paulay, Alfred Shemanski's grand
nephew |
between 1940 and 1959? |
1/14 | Alfred Sherman, Alfred Shemanski's
nephew |
1929 |
1/15 | Portraits of David Samuel |
between 1935 and 1938? |
1/16 | Alfred and Tillie Shemanski in Long
Beach, California; Olympic Hot Springs; |
circa 1927-1938 |
1/17 | Alfred Shemanski, Joseph Shemanski,
Oscar Shemanski, Max Shemanski |
circa 1935-1956 |
box-folder:oversize | ||
2/5 | Portraits of Alfred
Shemanski |
circa 1930s-1950s |
Box/Folder | ||
1/18 | Alfred Shemanski in a cap and gown at
the University of Washington |
circa 1944 |
1/19 | Alfred Shemanski |
circa 1930s-1954 |
1/20 | Alfred and Tillie Shemanski with
friends in San Francisco, the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Richmond
Park, Italy |
circa 1909-1955 |
1/21 | Adrienne Shemanski Fulop, A. Asher,
Phil Shemanski, Jerry and Murray Regensberger, wedding in California, Joseph
and Roma Shemanski |
1912-1952 |
1/22 | Alfred Shemanski with friends, family,
and colleagues |
circa 1900-1956 |
1/23 | Shemanski family's trip to
Switzerland |
1948-1957 |
1/24 | Alfred and Tillie Shemanski on vacation
and in Palm Springs, California |
circa 1949 |
1/25 | Signed portrait of R. Levine, Alfred
Shemanski breaking ground at a new school, Alfred Shemanski receiving a plaque
on 85th birthday |
circa 1960 |
1/26 | The Shemanski's 50th Wedding
Anniversary in the Spanish Ball Room at the Olympic Hotel, Alfred Shemanski's
82nd and 90th birthdays |
circa 1950's-1960 |
1/27 | Tillie Shemanski |
circa 1890-1960 |
box-folder:oversize | ||
2/4 | Portraits of Tillie
Shemanski |
undated |
Box/Folder | ||
1/28 | Alfred and Tillie Shemanski with
friends and family in Biel and Wengen, Switzerland |
circa 1935-1962 |
1/29 | Alfred Shemanski at various events with
Henry Broderick, Morton L. Scwabacher, Cliff Winkler, Irv Anches, Gordon
Clinton, R. Singer |
circa 1964 |
1/30 | Alfred and Tillie Shemanski at
Christmas and with friends and family |
circa 1959-1967 |
1/31 | Margie and Ed Stricker, Tillie
Shemanski and friends |
circa 1890's-1969 |
1/32 | Alfred Shemanski at various award ceremonies and
events
Ten photographs.
|
circa 1954-1960s |
1/33 | Alfred and Joseph Shemanski; three men--Adolph Sieroty,
Isadore Shemanski and Henry Sieroty |
undated |
box-folder:oversize | ||
2/2 | Alfred Shemanski's friends and
family |
undated |
2/3 | Alfred Shemanski's friends and
family |
undated |
Alfred Shemanski Testimonial Dinner AlbumReturn to Top
Album containing photographs of a Testimonial Dinner in honor of Alfred Shemanski sponsored by the Northwest Region of the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | item | ||
2 | 1-2 | Invitation and program from the
Testimonial Dinner in honor of Alfred Shemanski |
April 8, 1954 |
2 | 3-4 | Alfred Shemanski accepting award from
William F. Devin and Major General William F. Dean |
April 8, 1954 |
2 | 5 | Photograph missing |
April 8, 1954 |
2 | 6 | Alfred Shemanski with Morton L.
Scwabacher, Judge James W. Hodson and William F. Devin |
April 8, 1954 |
2 | 7 | Alfred Shemanski with the chairmen of
the dinner: Nat S. Rogers, Larry E. Karrer, John H. Perry and Bernard
Reiter |
April 8, 1954 |
2 | 8 | View of the head table at the National
Conference Citation Dinner in the Spanish Ball Room at the Olympic
Hotel |
April 8, 1954 |
2 | 9 | View of 14 women at the ladies table
including Mrs. Thomas D. Stimson and Tillie Shemanski |
April 8, 1954 |
2 | 10 | View of the head table at National
Conference Citation Dinner |
April 8, 1954 |
2 | 11 | View of the Spanish Ball Room during
the National Conference Citation Dinner honoring Alfred Shemanski |
April 8, 1954 |
2 | 12-13 | Major General William F. Dean giving a
speach at the National Conference Citation Dinner honoring Alfred
Shemanski |
April 8, 1954 |
2 | 14 | Major General William F. Dean, Nat S.
Rogers and George M. Dean |
April 8, 1954 |
2 | 15 | Alfred Shemanski showing his plaque to
Major General William F. Dean and William F. Devin. |
April 8, 1954 |
2 | 16-18 | Seattle Times and the Seattle Post
Intelligencer articles describing Alfred Shemanski and the National Conference
Citation Dinner |
April 8, 1954 |
2 | 19 | Seating list fro the National
Conference Citation Dinner |
April 8, 1954 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Shemanski, Alfred, 1874 or 5-1966--Photographs