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Anders Beer Wilse Photographs, 1892-1913
Overview of the Collection
- Photographer
- Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949; ; Seattle Photographic Company
- Title
- Anders Beer Wilse Photographs
- Dates
- 1892-1913 (inclusive)18921913
- Quantity
-
478 glass plate negatives and positives
4 vintage prints - Collection Number
- 1988.33
- Summary
- The collection consists of photographs by Anders Beer Wilse and the Seattle Photographic Company taken between 1892 and 1913, including images of Native Americans, Indian crafts, the Seattle Fire Department, and Seattle buildings, parks and waterfront.
- Repository
-
Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library
P.O. Box 80816
Seattle, WA
98108
Telephone: 2063241126 x102
library@mohai.org - Access Restrictions
-
The collection is open to the public by appointment.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Anders Beer Wilse came to America as part of the largest wave of Norwegian immigration. During the 1880s, ten out of every thousand inhabitants left Norway annually in search of new land and economic opportunity. Wilse had a degree in engineering and found employment with Minneapolis railroad companies surveying for new lines in the Midwest.
Wilse's experience was typical of all immigrants in that he was forced to move from place to place as his job changed frequently. He arrived in Seattle in 1890, where he was hired by the Great Northern Railroad to survey the crossing of the Cascade Mountains. Wilse's earliest known Pacific Northwest photographs are from this period, documenting the construction of the Great Northern line across the Cascade Mountains in 1892-93. Wilse moved to British Columbia when much new construction came to a halt in the Panic of 1893, but returned to Seattle in 1896 to work as a cartographer. In 1897, he began work as a tax assessor for King County; it was this experience that drove him to his career in commercial photography. "I saw numbers in the streets and talked numbers in my sleep," wrote Wilse. "I decided I could not take it anymore. I quit my job. [...]Two days after I quit my work as an engineer I became a scenic photographer." Wilse first joined in partnership with established photographer Daniel W. Kirk, running the Seattle office and developing and printing the images taken by the traveling Kirk. Frustrated by this division of labor, after six months Wilse bought the business from Kirk.
Wilse's decision to change careers in 1897 was a fortuitous one. In July, the news that gold had been discovered in the Klondike region reached Seattle. The photographer found a steady market for his images of departing steamships, streets crowded with merchants selling supplies, and dog teams being trained for work in the north. The years that followed the initial rush of gold seekers provided more subjects for the photographer, as Wilse recorded the building of the city's water system, the street car lines, fire departments, schools, parks and recreational facilities. His pictures appeared frequently in publications promoting the region as beautiful and full of growth and opportunity.
Landscapes are another important facet of Wilse's work. Like the Romantic painters, Wilse focused on what he saw as a harmonious relationship between human subjects and the natural world. Wilse work was also guided by the philosophy that cities should be built so that their residents could commune with the natural environment, as evidenced in his photographs of campers and cyclists along Lake Washington and of Seattle's parks and beaches. Wilse's recurring interest in documenting the way of life of a variety of peoples is exemplified by his images of Native Americans. In 1900, he visited Neah Bay, Washington and took numerous pictures of the Makah and their cedar dugout canoes.
By 1900, Wilse listed his business as the Seattle Photographic Company. That same year, Wilse traveled to Norway to join his wife, leaving the business in the hands of his assistants, fully intending to return the following year. Once in the homeland, however, his wife refused to leave again. The Seattle Photographic Company continued to do business under the management of one of Wilse's assistants until it closed in 1913.
In May 1901, Wilse opened a photography studio in Oslo. Wilse began his career in Norway by linking himself with the country's growing tourist industry, photographing foreigners touring Norway by steamship. He also traveled throughout the countryside, to remote villages and up mountain peaks, covering in greater breadth the variety to be found in the Norwegian people and landscape. In 1905, the nation of Norway was born when it achieved final separation from Sweden. The desire to establish a strong national identity supported Wilse's career. Artists tried to express those aspects of life they considered notably Norwegian. Wilse's subjects became icons of the Norwegian visual culture.
(Biographical background adapted from the gallery guide for the exhibit "En Norsk Fotograf: Anders Beer Wilse in the Pacific Northwest and Norway, " written by Carolyn Marr, Museum of History & Industry)
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of black and white glass negatives and positives made by A.B.Wilse before his return to Norway in 1900, and by other photographers at the Seattle Photographic Company between 1901 and 1913.
Early photographs document a surveying expedition for the Great Northern railroad in the Cascade Mountains; most of the collection, however, depicts scenes in and around Seattle. Images of Seattle parks and beaches show people bicycling, camping, or otherwise enjoying the natural environment; waterfront pictures depict ships and shipbuilding facilities, such as the Moran Brothers plant during construction of twelve steamships for the gold rush to the Yukon. Documentation of Seattle buildings includes many images of downtown hotels and other commercial buildings, prominent private homes, schools, and government buildings such as City Hall, the Assay Office, and Seattle Fire Department station houses. Later photographs document the regrading of Seattle hills, including images of the Denny Hotel before it was destroyed as part of the Denny Hill regrade.
A 1900 series of photographs taken by Wilse at Neah Bay portrays Makah Indians and the cedar dugout canoes used by the Makah for whale hunting. Wilse also photographed Native American craftspeople and the Indian artifacts collected by local residents, including those decorating Illahee, the summer home of Justice and Mrs. Thomas Burke on Lake Washington. Wilse documented early Klondike Gold Rush activity, including dog teams and ships loaded for the journey to the Yukon.
The collection also contains a number of copy negatives from photographs not taken by Wilse, including images of the Seattle fire of 1889 and its aftermath, portraits of Princess Angeline, and operations at Conrad Mines in Alaska.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
Modern prints made from the glass plate negative originals are available for reference purposes.
Selected images available in digital format in the Museum of History & Industry online collections
Restrictions on Use
The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI before any reproduction use. The museum does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation
Anders Beer Wilse Photographs, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Description | Dates |
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1: Seattle Public Library in Yesler Mansion, 3rd and James | circa 1898 |
3: Aftermath of fire, Front Street looking west
copy negative
|
1889 |
4: Aftermath of fire
copy negative
|
1889 |
5: Fighting the fire, Kenyon Block, First and Madison
copy negative
|
1889 June 6 |
6: Makah whale hunters in canoe on Neah Bay, Washington | 1900 |
7: Fighting the fire, Kenyon Block, First and Madison
copy negative
|
1889 |
8: Mount Rainier from Seattle | 1900 |
9, 10: Interior of George H. Braas Photography Studio in the Lowman and Hanford Building, 614 1st Avenue | circa 1898-1913 |
11: Mount Rainier from Seattle | 1900 |
12: Crowd watching start of fire, 1st Avenue between Marion and Madison
copy negative
|
1889 June 6 |
13: Ruins of Safety Deposit Building after fire, Front Street
copy negative
|
1889 |
14: Ruins of Butler Building and Occidental Hotel after fire, near James Street
copy negative
|
1889 |
15: Businesses in tents after fire
copy negative
|
1889 |
16: Excavation for new Pioneer Building after the fire
copy negative
|
1889 |
17: Aftermath of fire
"Star Block --Front St.--Toklas, Singerman and Co."
copy negative
|
1889 |
18: Aftermath of fire, North Front Street and Seneca, looking south
copy negative
|
1889 |
19: Aftermath of fire, city from ruined docks
copy negative
|
1889 |
20: Carver Atlieu at Neah Bay, Washington
copy negative
|
1900 |
21: Makah whale hunters landing canoe at Neah Bay, Washington | 1900 |
22: Indian canoes at Seattle waterfront | circa 1900 |
23: Makah whaling canoes with floats at Neah Bay, Washington | 1900 |
24: Lake Union bridge washout | 1901-1913 |
25: Makah sailing canoe | 1900 |
26: Ruins of Butler building after fire
copy negative
|
1889 |
27: Line of men at Tacoma Relief Bureau tent after fire
copy negative
|
1889 |
28: Steamship and tug Beaver at Schwabacher pier | circa 1898 |
29: Native American using telephone | circa 1898 |
30: Montlake canal | circa 1898 |
31: Ferry City of Seattle on Elliott Bay | circa 1898 |
32: Siwash family with canoes on beach | circa 1898 |
33: Salmon Bay waterway | 1901-1913 |
34: Street with businesses, Index, Washington | circa 1900 |
35: Ships on harbor | circa 1898 |
36: Old Makah whale hunter at Neah Bay, Washington | 1900 |
37: Mount Rainier from Lake Washington | circa 1900 |
38: Mrs. Thomas Burke's Indian war canoe | circa 1898 |
39: Steamship White Horse coming through Five
Finger rapids, Yukon River, Alaska
copy negative
|
circa 1898 |
40: Denny Hotel during regrade | circa 1907 |
41: Fireboat Snoqualmie | 1901-1913 |
42: George Kinnear home on Queen Anne Hill | circa 1898 |
43: Building on military base | circa 1898 |
44: Wyckoff home, southeast corner of 2nd Avenue and Cherry Street | circa 1898 |
45: New Washington Hotel, 2nd Avenue and Stewart Street | circa 1989-1913 |
46: Olympic Hotel, southwest corner of Yesler and 1st Avenue South | circa 1898 |
47: City Hall and police headquarters, 3rd and Yesler | circa 1898 |
48: City Hall, 3rd and Yesler | circa 1898 |
49: Pioneer Building, 1st and James | circa 1989-1913 |
50, 51: Tlingit totem pole, Pioneer Square | circa 1899 |
52: Makah basket makers at Neah Bay, Washington | 1900 |
53: Indian couple returning from salmon fishing , possibly Neah Bay, Washington | 1900 |
54: Puget Sound Salish Indian couple with crafts, West Seattle | 1899 |
55, 56: Interior of Illahee | circa 1898 |
57: Room at Illahee decorated with Indian crafts | circa 1898 |
58: Mrs. Pearsall's Indian basket collection | circa 1898 |
59, 60: Mrs. Fred. Stimson's Indian basket collection | circa 1898 |
61: Mrs. Krutz's Indian basket collection | circa 1898 |
63: Mrs. Burnside's Indian basket collection | circa 1898 |
64: Mrs. Rosenberg's Indian basket collection | circa 1898 |
65, 66: Mrs. Burke's tepe | circa 1898 |
67: Glencairn Hotel, 1102 9th Avenue | circa 1898 |
68-70: Chapin Building, 1st Avenue and Pike Street | circa 1898 |
71: W.P. Fuller & Co. building, southwest corner of Jackson and 2nd Avenue | circa 1900 |
72: Chapin Building, 1st Avenue and Pike Street | circa 1898 |
73: Lowman and Hanford Building, 616 1st Avenue | circa 1898-1913 |
74: McElroy block, northeast corner of 2nd Avenue and Columbia | circa 1898-1913 |
75-77: State Bank of Seattle, southwest corner of 1st Avenue and Yesler | circa 1898-1913 |
78: Union Trust Building, Occidental Avenue southwest corner Main | circa 1898 |
79: Engine House No. 5, Fireboat station, Madison Street | circa 1898 |
80: Hose wagon at Engine House No. 5, Fireboat Station, Madison Street | circa 1898 |
81: Fire Department Headquarters, 220 South Main Street at 3rd Avenue South | circa 1898 |
82: Fire Department Headquarters, 615 Columbia Street | circa 1898 |
83: Fire Chief Gardner Kellogg in front of Seattle Fire Department Headquarters, 615 Columbia Street | circa 1898 |
84: Steam fire engine in front of Engine House No. 4, 402 Battery Street | circa 1898 |
85: Engine House No. 4, 402 Battery Street | circa 1898 |
86: Engine House No. 3, 718 Main Street | circa 1898 |
87: Hose wagon at Engine House No. 3, 718 Main Street | circa 1898 |
88: Ahrens steamer in front of Engine House No. 7, 402 15th Ave East at Harrison Street | circa 1898 |
89, 90: Chemical Engine No. 3, 103 West Lee Street at 1st Ave West | circa 1898 |
91: Duwamish River | circa 1898 |
92: Black River near Renton, Washington | circa 1898 |
93: Meacham Park | circa 1898 |
94: Pavilion at Kinnear Park | circa 1898 |
95: Leschi Park pavilion | circa 1898 |
96: Shore of Lake Washington | circa 1898 |
97: A.B. Wilse with camera in Lake Washington | circa 1898 |
98, 99: Shore of Lake Washington | circa 1898 |
100, 101: Campers at Lake Washington | 1901-1913 |
102: Madrona Park | circa 1898 |
103: Pavilion at Madrona Park | circa 1898 |
104: Madrona Park | circa 1898 |
105: Entrance to Woodland Park | circa 1898 |
106: Woodland Park driveway | circa 1898 |
107: Trolley track and overpass in Woodland Park | circa 1898 |
108: Woodland Park driveway | 1901-1913 |
109: Woodland Park entrance | 1901-1913 |
110: Rustic bridge at Woodland Park | 1901-1913 |
111: Entrance to Woodland Park | 1901-1913 |
112: Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island, Washington | 1901-1913 |
113: Makah Indians pulling canoe ashore, Neah Bay, Washington | 1900 |
114: Carver Atlieu working on totem pole, Neah Bay, Washington | 1900 |
115: Puget Sound Salish basketmaker | circa 1898 |
116: Steamer Queen departing Seattle for Alaska
"The Klondike Fever"
|
1898 March 6 |
117: Makah sailing canoe | 1900 |
118: Indian woman and baby | 1900 |
119: Princess Angeline
George Braas
(photographer)
copy negative
|
circa 1890 |
120: Two Native American children, Alaska
copy negative
|
undated |
121: Indian encampment on beach | circa 1898 |
122: Makah whale hunters landing their canoe, Neah Bay, Washington | 1900 |
123: Engine House No. 3, 718 Main Street | circa 1898 |
124: Arlington Hotel, 1215 1st Avenue at University | circa 1898 |
125: Tlingit totem pole, Pioneer Square | circa 1898 |
126: Colonial block, 2nd Avenue and northeast corner of Columbia | circa 1898-1913 |
127: Dearborn Building, South 3rd Street between Main and Jackson | circa 1898 |
128: Cataract Building, 7th Avenue and Jefferson | 1901-1913 |
129: Marion Building, 2nd Avenue and Marion Street | 1901-1913 |
130: Salmon Bay | circa 1898 |
131: Boats on Elliott Bay, Brighton Boat House in distance | circa 1898 |
132: Houses and Cataract Building, 7th Avenue and Jefferson | circa 1898 |
133: Seattle Electric Company workers with wagon | circa 1898 |
134: Mount Rainier from Seattle | circa 1898 |
135: Interior of Illahee | circa 1898 |
136: Makah Indian boy in canoe, Neah Bay, Washington | 1900 |
137: Exterior of Illahee | circa 1898 |
138: Waterfront with boats | 1900 |
139: Old Indian woman with hop basket | circa 1898 |
140: Mount Rainier from Lake Washington | circa 1898 |
141: Exterior of Illahee | circa 1898 |
142: Hotel Stevens, George F. Frye Block, corner 1st Avenue and Marion Street | circa 1898 |
143: Mount Rainier from Seattle | circa 1898 |
144, 145: Return of the Washington volunteers from Manila on transport Pennsylvania | 1899 October 9 |
146: Unveiling the Tlingit totem pole in Pioneer Square | 1899 October 18 |
147: Pacific block, corner Yesler Way and Occidental Avenue | circa 1898-1913 |
148: St. James Cathedral between Marion and Columbia Streets | 1901-1913 |
149: Denny Hotel interior showing front entrance and registration desk | circa 1898 |
150: Dining room of Denny Hotel | circa 1898 |
151: Brooklyn Hotel, southeast corner 2nd Avenue and University | circa 1898 |
152: Regrade, 3rd Avenue north from Columbia | 1907 April 13 |
153: Regrade, 3rd Avenue south from Marion | 1907 March 28 |
154: Regrade, 3rd Avenue south from Marion | 1907 March 28 |
155: Regrade, 3rd Avenue north from Madison | 1907 March 28 |
156: Regrade, 3rd Avenue south from Madison | 1907 March 28 |
157: Regrade, 3rd Avenue north from Madison | 1907 February 23 |
158: Regrade, 3rd Avenue and Madison | 1907 March 28 |
159: Powerhouse and generator room, University of Washington | circa 1898-1913 |
160: Powerhouse on Lake Washington for University of Washington | circa 1898-1913 |
161: Physics lab in basement of Denny Hall, University of Washington | circa 1898-1913 |
162, 163: Staff outside U.S. Assay Office, 617-619 9th Avenue | circa 1898 |
164: Broadway High School, Broadway and Pine Street | circa 1898-1913 |
165: Adelphia College under construction, overlooking Portage Bay, University of Washington campus and the University district | circa 1905 |
166: Denny Hall, University of Washington | circa 1898 |
167, 168: Madison Park | circa 1898 |
169: Arlington Hotel, 1215 1st Avenue at University | circa 1898 |
170: Bellevue Hotel and Austin A. Bell block, 1st Avenue | circa 1898 |
171: Third Avenue Theater, northeast corner 3rd Avenue and Madison | circa 1898 |
172, 173: Denny Hotel during regrade | circa 1907 |
174: Alaska building, 2nd Avenue and Cherry Street | after 1904 |
175: Rainier Hotel, 6th Avenue between Marion and Columbia Streets | circa 1898 |
176: Trolley in front of Hotel Metropole, 103 2nd Avenue South | circa 1898-1913 |
177: St. Elmo Hotel, 3rd Ave, southeast corner Cherry | circa 1898 |
178: Hotel York, 1st Avenue and northwest corner Pike | circa 1898 |
179: Rainier Grand Hotel and Noyes Building, 1st Avenue | circa 1898 |
180: Regrade, 3rd Avenue north from Cherry Street, Seattle | 1907 March 28 |
181: Regrade, Columbia Street west from 3rd Avenue | 1907 February 23 |
182: Regrade, Marion east from 2nd Avenue | 1907 February 23 |
183: Regrade, Marion east from 2nd Avenue | 1907 March 18 |
184: Regrade, Spring Street | 1907 February 23 |
185: Regrade, 2nd Avenue from Pine Street | circa 1907 |
186, 187: Regrade, east on Pine Street from 1st Avenue | circa 1907 |
188: Regrade, 2nd and Pike Street, north towards Denny Hotel | circa 1907 |
189, 190: Denny Hill regrade | 1907 March 23 |
191: Florence Henry Memorial Chapel, Highlands, Washington | circa 1912 |
192: Arcade Building, 2nd Avenue between University and Union | circa 1898-1913 |
193: Chapin Building, southwest corner 2nd and Pike | circa 1898 |
194: 1400 block on 3rd Avenue between Union and Pike | circa 1898 |
195: Hinckley block, 2nd Avenue, southwest corner Columbia | circa 1898 |
196, 187: Maynard Building and Dexter Horton Bank, 1st Avenue South, northwest corner Washington | circa 1898 |
198: New York block, 2nd Avenue, northwest corner Cherry | circa 1898 |
199: John Schram Co. Building, 2nd Avenue, southwest corner Spring | circa 1898 |
200: G.O. Guy building, Seattle National Bank Building, and Seattle Hotel, 2nd Avenue near Yesler | circa 1898 |
201: Sunde and Erland in L.C. Smith block, Jackson Street, corner 1st. Avenue South | circa 1900 |
202: U.S. Post Office site, southeast corner 3rd Avenue and Union Street | circa 1898 |
203: Maison Barberis, Crown Block, 2nd Avenue, northeast corner James | circa 1898 |
204: Road to Green Lake in Woodland Park | circa 1898 |
205: Woodland Park picnic grounds at Green Lake | circa 1898 |
206: Arlington Hotel, 1215 1st Avenue at University | circa 1898 |
207: Kinshiu Maru at Great Northern Docks | 1899 March 21 |
208: Starr Boyd Building, 627 1st Avenue at Cherry | circa 1898 |
209: Hotel Northern in Terry-Denny Building, 117 1st Avenue South | circa 1898 |
210: Mutual Life Building, 1st Avenue, northwest corner Yesler Way | circa 1898 |
211: Colonnade Hotel, 1532 1st Avenue | circa 1898 |
212, 213: Great Northern Railway switchback in Cascade Mountains, Washington | circa 1893 |
214: Great Northern Railway power plant for construction of tunnel at Stevens Pass, Cascade Mountains, Washington | circa 1893 |
215: Workers with load of salmon on cannery wharf | circa 1898 |
216: "Iron Chink" salmon processing machine | circa 1898 |
217: Steamships under construction at Moran Brothers Company shipyard | 1898 |
219: Denny Hotel, 3rd Avenue between Stewart and Virginia | circa 1898 |
220: Colman Building, 1st Avenue | circa 1898 |
221: Hotel Diller, 1st Avenue, southeast corner University | circa 1898 |
222: Collins Block, 2nd Avenue, southeast corner James | circa 1898 |
223: Hotel Seattle, James and Yesler Way | circa 1898 |
224: Woman on beach, Dosewallips, Washington | 1909 |
225: Ships Multnomah and Alki at Oregon Improvement Company dock | circa 1898 |
226: West Seattle grain elevator | circa 1898 |
227: Men with dog team, Candle Creek, Alaska | circa 1901 |
228: Sailboat Dawson City at anchor | circa 1898-1913 |
229: Kinnear Park | circa 1898 |
230: Small boats near shore | circa 1898-1913 |
231: Crowd at building entrance | circa 1898 |
232: Surveyors on expedition, Montana or Idaho. A.B. Wilse second from right | circa 1898 |
233: Wilse's horse "Pussy," Montana | circa 1898 |
234: Men with boxes of gold from Alaska.
"N.A.T. & T. Co.'s Steamer Roanoke's load of nearly 4 million dollars"
|
1899 July 17 |
235: Military men with cannon, possibly National Guard camp, Spanish American War | circa 1898-1913 |
236: Snow steamer | circa 1898 |
237: Lake Washington bicycle path | circa 1898 |
238: Canoes on Black River | circa 1898 |
239: Magnolia Bluff bicycle path | circa 1898 |
240: Lake Washington bicycle path | circa 1898 |
241: Tumwater, Washington | circa 1898 |
242: Surveyors on horseback, Montana or Idaho | circa 1898 |
243: George Kinnear | circa 1898 |
244: Dogsled outside Pioneer Restaurant, 1st Avenue | circa 1898 |
245: Princess Angeline
Frank La Roche
(photographer)
copy negative
|
1893 |
246: Moran Brothers Company shipbuilding plant | circa 1898 |
247: Exterior of Illahee | circa 1898 |
248: Repair yard at Moran Brothers Company shipyard | circa 1898 |
249, 277: Workers at Moran Brothers Company shipyard | circa 1898 |
250: University of Washington cadets | circa 1898 |
251, 252: Boats docked on Puget Sound, Seattle
"Moonlight on the Sound"
|
1900 |
253: Bridge under construction near Armour & Company | circa 1898 |
254: Indian baskets | circa 1898-1913 |
255: Collins Block, 2nd Avenue, southeast corner James | circa 1898-1913 |
256: Buildings near shore, possibly Alaska | circa 1898-1913 |
257: Ship at dock | circa 1898-1913 |
258: Puget Sound Naval Station dry dock, Bremerton, Washington | circa 1898 |
259: Road near Port Gamble, Washington | circa 1898 |
260: Wagon on road near Poulsbo, Washington | circa 1898 |
261: King County Courthouse, 7th Avenue between Terrace and Alder | circa 1898 |
262: Mount Rainier | circa 1898 |
263: Exterior of Illahee | circa 1898 |
264: Loggers felling fir tree | circa 1898 |
265: Breakfast room at Illahee | circa 1898 |
266: Interior of Illahee decorated in military motif | circa 1898 |
267, 268: Magnolia Bluff bicycle path | circa 1898 |
269, 270: Seattle riding club on horseback, Fourth and Marion | circa 1898 |
271: Steamships under construction at Moran Brothers Company shipyard | 1898 |
272: Bridge under construction near Armour & Company | circa 1898 |
273: North Fork of Skykomish River | circa 1898 |
274, 276: Mount Index, Washington | circa 1898 |
275: Summit of Gunn Peak near Index, Washington | circa 1898 |
278, 279, 281, 282: Interior of Mrs. Rosenberg's home with Indian basket collection | circa 1898 |
280: Indian baskets | circa 1898 |
283: Lake Washington, Seattle | circa 1898 |
284-286: Black River | circa 1898 |
287: Baskets of hops | circa 1898 |
288: Puget Sound Salish man: General Taylor | circa 1898 |
289: Puget Sound Salish woman: General Taylor's wife | circa 1898 |
290-292: Indian basket | circa 1898 |
293: Three sailing ships | circa 1898 |
294, 295: Park pathway | circa 1898 |
296: Breakers on Lake Washington | circa 1898 |
297: Sunset over water, probably Puget Sound | circa 1898 |
298: Beach at Neah Bay, Washington | 1900 |
299: Northwest Washington coastline showing Cape Flattery | circa 1898 |
300: Gold bricks in Assay Office | circa 1901 |
301: Assay Office Statement of Operations | circa 1901 |
302: Group with donkeys | 1901-1913 |
303: Divan | circa 1898-1913 |
304: Mount Rainier | circa 1898-1913 |
305: Ships on waterfront
copy negative
|
undated |
306: Men with log on skid road | 1901-1913 |
307, 308: Mrs. Burke's tents and grounds near Lake Washington | 1901-1913 |
309: Octopus on display | 1901-1913 |
310,311: Japanese hall seat | 1901-1913 |
312: Ships in Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island, Washington | 1901-1913 |
313-315: Snoqualmie Falls, Washington | 1901-1913 |
316: House, road and plank sidewalk near water | circa 1898-1913 |
317: Clark and Martin salmon saltery, Ketchikan, Alaska
John N. Cobb
(photographer)
copy negative
|
1897 |
318: Waterfall | circa 1898-1913 |
319: Puget Sound Naval Station dry dock, Bremerton, Washington | circa 1898 |
320: Creek and railroad cribbing | circa 1898-1913 |
321: Lincoln Apartments, 4th Avenue and Madison | circa 1898 |
322: Residential street | circa 1898-1913 |
323: Regrade, railroad cars | circa 1907 |
324: Mount Rainier from Seattle | circa 1898 |
325: John Schram Co. Building, 2nd Avenue, southwest corner Spring | 1901-1913 |
326: Dry dock at Puget Sound Naval shipyard, Bremerton, Washington | circa 1898 |
327: Puget Sound Naval Station machine shop, Bremerton, Washington | circa 1898 |
328: Puget Sound Naval Station officer's quarters, Bremerton, Washington | circa 1898 |
329: Puget Sound Naval Station, Bremerton, WA | circa 1898 |
330: Puget Sound Naval Station, Marine barracks and officers quarters, Bremerton, Washington | circa 1898 |
331, 332: Puget Sound Naval Station, Marine barracks | circa 1898 |
333: Road to Green Lake in Woodland Park | circa 1898 |
334: Pile raft by Robinson Raft Company, West Seattle | circa 1898 |
335, 336: Adelphia College | circa 1906 |
337: Sternwheeler steamer State of Washington in Deception Pass | circa 1898 |
338: University of Washington cadet band | 1901-1913 |
339: Million dollars in gold at the U.S assay office | 1899 September 11 |
340: Cradle for building rafts at Robinson Raft Company | circa 1898 |
341: Street with carriages and trolley tracks during regrade | circa 1907 |
342: Denny Hill regrade, Providence Hospital and Territorial University in distance | circa 1907 |
343: Construction of streetcar tracks for Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, East 40th St. and 14th Avenue | 1909 March 23 |
345: Perry Hotel under construction, Madison Street and Boren | 1906 December 22 |
346: Adelphia College | 1905-1913 |
347: Adelphia College, laying cornerstone of Adelphia Hall | circa 1905 |
348-352: Group posed on steps of Adelphia College | 1905-1913 |
353: Drawing of a transept. Drawing signed by William W. Lund, November 29, 1920 | after 1920 |
354: Drawing of Neo-Classical archway, 1916 | after 1916 |
355: Group of young women | circa 1912 |
356: University of Washington football team | circa 1898 |
357: Seattle Giants baseball team with owner Daniel Dugdale
"Pennant Winners 1912--McIvor, Wilson, Strait, Thompson, Schneider, Whaling, Jackson, Meikle, James,
Nill, Wally, Fullerton, D.E. Dugdal (owner), Raymond, Mgr, Moran, Shaw, Mann"
|
1912 |
358, 359: Group of football players | circa 1898 |
360: Photogravure of "The Hunt Ball".
Photogravure by D. Appleton & Co. New York, original painting by Julius L. Stewart.
|
undated |
361: Three surveyors near lake, Montana or Idaho | circa 1898 |
362: Roasted venison on pole | circa 1898 |
363: Venison and deer head on pole | circa 1898 |
364: Logging scene with railcar and horse team | circa 1898-1913 |
365: Bear at Spruce Creek, Atlin, B.C
Signed "Muirhead 1906"
copy negative
|
1906 |
366, 367: Hydraulic mining with high pressure hose
"Amalgamated McKee Creek Mining Co. Ltd".
Signed "Muirhead 1906"
copy negative
|
1906 |
368: Man and dog in front of shack at Venus Mine, Conrad Mines, Alaska
Signed "Muirhead 1906"
copy negative
|
1906 |
369: Aerial tramway on Montana Mountain at Conrad Mines, Alaska Signed "Muirhead
1906"
Signed "Muirhead 1906"
copy negative
|
1906 |
370: Man at entrance to Venus mine at Conrad Mines, Alaska
Signed "Muirhead 1906"
copy negative
|
1906 |
371: Man pushing cart into Venus mine at Conrad Mines, Alaska
Signed "Muirhead 1906"
copy negative
|
1906 |
372: Mining operations, probably Conrad Mines, Alaska, circa 1906
copy negative
|
1906 |
373: Man working in vault at Conrad Mines, Alaska
Signed "Muirhead 1906"
copy negative
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1906 |
374: Yukon River at Miles Canyon, Canada | 1901-1913 |
375: Miles Canyon, Yukon, Canada.
Signed "Muirhead 1906"
copy negative
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1905 |
376: Ivy-covered castle and grounds
copy negative
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undated |
377: Ivy covered buildings
copy negative
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undated |
378: Lake | circa 1898-1913 |
379: Workers at brickworks | circa 1898-1913 |
380: Four men in suits
copy negative
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undated |
381: Couple in horse drawn buggy near lake | undated |
382: Waterfront fire | circa 1898-1913 |
383, 384: Man with two trained bears | 1901-1913 |
385: Men in beached rowboats | circa 1898-1913 |
386, 387: Men at beach campsite | circa 1898-1913 |
388, 389: Hunters with mountain goats
copy negatives
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undated |
390: State Capitol building, Olympia, Washington | circa 1910-1920 |
391: Seattle Public Library in Yesler Mansion after fire | 1901 |
392: Residential area of northeast Seattle | circa 1898-1913 |
393: Waterfront fire | circa 1898-1913 |
394: Eskimo boy with dog.
Signed "Miles"
copy negative
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undated |
395: Eskimo berry pickers, Nome, Alaska.
Signed "Dobbs"
copy negative
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undated |
396: Two couples at campsite | circa 1898-1913 |
397: Adelphia College | 1905-1913 |
398: Residential street with electric trolley tracks | circa 1898-1913 |
399: Regrade, looking east on Madison from 2nd Avenue | 1907 February 23 |
400: Music building | circa 1898-1913 |
401: Construction site | 1906 September 29 |
402-408: Adelphia College | 1905-1913 |
409: Perry Hotel under construction at Madison Street and Boren Avenue with St. James Cathedral in background | 1906 November 26 |
410: Construction site | 1906 October 13 |
411: Construction site with Territorial University in background | 1907 June 10 |
412: Construction of Perry Hotel, Madison Street and Boren Ave. with Carkeek Mansion and University Club in background | 1906 |
413: Lake Union | circa 1898 |
417: Old Makah woman with basket | 1900 |
420: Lincoln Hotel, Madison Street, northwest corner 4th Avenue | circa 1898 |
421: Colonial Building, 1st Avenue, northwest corner Seneca | circa 1898 |
422: Hotel Stevens, 1st Avenue corner Marion | circa 1898 |
423: Indian canoe at sea | circa 1898 |
424: Railroad cars on Railroad Avenue between Marion and Washington | circa 1898 |
425: Pioneer Square decorated for Spanish-American volunteers | circa 1898 |
426: Latona School group on steps, inset of building in upper left corner | 1900 January 22 |
427: Queen Anne School | circa 1898 |
428: S.S. Oregon at dock | circa 1898 |
429: Mrs. Thomas Burke with her Indian war canoe | circa 1898 |
430: Indian baskets and implements | circa 1898 |
431: Captain James Nugent's residence, 1118 Cherry Street | circa 1898 |
432: Hoge Building, northwest corner 2nd and Cherry Street | circa 1912 |
433: Dexter Horton Bank, northwest corner 1st Avenue South and Washington | circa 1898 |
434: Seattle waterfront, view southeast from Ainsworth dock, showing the Vendome
and Arlington Hotels and the Vulcan Iron Works. Photographer: Wilse and Kirk
Wilse and Kirk
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circa 1898 |
437: Green Lake | circa 1898 |
438: Green Lake Electric Railway track on east shore of Green Lake | circa 1898 |
439: Ferry "King County" on the ways
Photographic print mounted on cardboard.
Also numbered as SHS7620.
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March 6, 1900 |
439: Green Lake Electric Railway track on east shore of Green Lake | circa 1898 |
440: Downtown Seattle from Beacon Hill | 1899 |
441: Globe block, 1st Avenue, northwest corner Madison | circa 1898-1913 |
442: Hoge Building, northwest corner 2nd and Cherry Street | circa 1912 |
443: Chapin Building, 1st Avenue and Pike Street | 1901-1913 |
444: Marshall and Howard Buildings, 1st Avenue near Main | 1901-1913 |
445: Seattle National Bank Building | circa 1898 |
446: Eitel Building, 2nd Avenue, northwest corner Pike Street | 1904-1913 |
447: American Bank and Empire Building | circa 1898-1913 |
448: Burke Building, 2nd Avenue, northwest corner Madison | circa 1898 |
449: Decorated brewery wagon, 100 block Washington Street | undated |
450: Mrs. Rosenberg's Indian baskets | circa 1898 |
451: Interior of Illahee with Indian baskets and fabrics | circa 1898 |
452: Logging scene with rail car, possibly Port Crescent, Washington | undated |
453: Three men in overalls with model steam engine | undated |
454: Logging scene with skidway, Port Crescent, Washington | 1901-1913 |
455: Logging scene, Port Crescent, Washington | 1901-1913 |
456: Rainier Club building, 4th Avenue, southeast corner Marion | circa 1898-1913 |
457: Indian woman and baby on beach | circa 1898 |
458: Green Lake | circa 1898 |
459: Hose wagon at Engine House No. 6, 101 23rd Avenue South, southwest corner Yesler Way | circa 1898 |
460: Index Hotel on North Fork of Snohomish River, Index, Washington | 1892 December |
462: Steamship Alki leaving Seattle for Alaska | 1898 January 15 |
463: Steam fire engine at Engine House No. 6, 101 23rd Avenue South | circa 1898 |
464, 464b: Chemical Engine at Station No. 12, Broadway and Terrace Street | circa 1898 |
465: Mouth of Salmon Bay looking east from Magnolia | circa 1898 |
467: Queen Anne School students on steps, inset of building in upper left corner | 1900 January 16 |
468: Hose wagon at Station No. 2, 302 Pine Street | circa 1898 |
469: Steam fire engine at Station No. 2, 302 Pine Street | circa 1898 |
470: Assistant Chief Ralph Cook in front of Seattle Fire Department Station No. 2, 302 Pine Street | circa 1898 |
471: Hook and Ladder truck at Engine House No. 4, 402 Battery Street | circa 1898 |
473: Hose Wagon #1 in front of Fire Department Headquarters, 615 Columbia Street | circa 1898 |
474: Firemen and three wagons in front of Fire Department Headquarters, 615 Columbia Street | circa 1898 |
475: Sailboats on Elliott Bay, Duwamish Head in distance | circa 1898 |
476: Chemical 3 station house on Queen Anne, 103 West Lee Street | circa 1898 |
477a: Madrona Park | circa 1898 |
477b: Pioneer Building, 1st Avenue , northeast corner James | circa 1898 |
478: Indian baskets | circa 1898 |
479: United States Assay Office, 617-619 9th Avenue | circa 1898 |
480: Construction of streetcar tracks for Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, looking east on East 40th Street | 1909 March 23 |
481: Cascade Mountains | circa 1898 |
482: Steam fire engine in front of Station No. 2, 302 Pine Street | circa 1898 |
483: Cascade Mountains | circa 1898 |
484: Mount Rainier from downtown Seattle | circa 1898 |
485: Mount Rainier from Lake Washington | 1901-1913 |
486: House | circa 1898 |
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Subject Terms
- Buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Dugout canoes--Washington (State)--Neah Bay--Photographs
- Fire stations--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Hotels--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Indian baskets--Washington (State)--Photographs
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Photographs
- Makah Indians--Washington (State)--Neah Bay--Photographs
- Mining camps--Alaska--Photographs
- Parks--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Seattle (Wash.)--Fire, 1889--Photographs
- Universities & colleges--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Bremerton (Wash.)--Photographs
- Index (Wash.)--Photographs
- Neah Bay (Wash.)--Photographs
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--Photographs
- Seattle (Wash.)--Photographs
- Woodland Park (Seattle, Wash)--Photographs
Form or Genre Terms
- Glass negatives
- Photographic prints