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William Ross Rust Family Photograph Collection, approximately 1865-1938
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Rust (Family : Rust, William Ross, 1850-1928)
- Title
- William Ross Rust Family Photograph Collection
- Dates
- approximately 1865-1938 (inclusive)18651938
- Quantity
- 81 photographs (2 boxes, 1 folder)
- Collection Number
- PH1421
- Summary
- Photographs of the William Ross Rust family, the construction of the William Rust building in Tacoma, portraits of soldiers and people from the 1860s including John Wilkes Booth and Jefferson Davis
- 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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Entire collection can be viewed on the UW Libraries Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view original photographs.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
W.R. Rust was born in Pennsylvania on August 1, 1850 and died in 1928. He moved to Washington in 1889, and purchased the Tacoma Smelting & Refining Company, a business that occupied 67 acres in Tacoma. He made his fortune smelting copper at what would later become the infamous ASARCO plant along Commencement Bay that caused the lead and arsenic contamination around Puget Sound that will take generations to correct. But little was understood about environmental pollution when Rust owned the plant, and he was considered by most to be a man of vision and a bringer of jobs. The City of Ruston is named after him. The historic Rust mansions are also a part of his legacy. The original was constructed on 1001 North "I" Street in Tacoma's north end. The Rust family, including William's wife Helen and two sons, Henry Arthur Rust (August 21, 1900-May 13, 1936), and Howard Rust (April 11, 1886- April 9, 1911), lived in this house until 1911, the year that Howard mysteriously died. At that time a new house was constructed a few blocks away at 521 North Yakima Avenue because Mrs. Rust could not live in the house so closely associated with the death of her son. W.R. Rust founded the Tacoma Smelting and Refining Company, was president of the Chichagoff Mining Company (1910-1934), and held other business interests in Tacoma, Washington and Alaska. He was involved in over a dozen business concerns, including his own investment firm. In 1921, his business success was reflected in the construction of the Rust Building, located in the central business district of Tacoma. He was interested in Democratic Party politics and a friend of Hugh C. Wallace, a political activist and ambassador to France.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs of the William Ross Rust family and of the construction of the William Rust building in Tacoma in 1920. Also includes carte-de-visite and tintype photographs of Rust family members and soldiers from the era of the Civil War and just after the war. Among them are portraits of John Wilkes Booth and of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy. The carte-de-visite and tintype photographs were probably originally in an album.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Restrictions on Use
Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Carte-de-visite PhotosReturn to Top
These photographs were probably originally from an album.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | item | ||
1 | 1 | 1867 | |
1 | 2 | 1867 | |
1 | 3 | 1867 | |
1 | 4 | 1867 | |
1 | 5 | 1866 | |
1 | 6 | circa 1860-1867 | |
1 | 7 | circa 1861-1862 | |
1 | 8 |
Capt. S.V. Munson, Company A Carpenter & Mullen, Lexington, KY (photographer)
|
1867 |
1 | 9 |
David H. Rust C.D. Fredricks & Co., NY (photographer)
|
1864 |
1 | 10 | 1865 | |
1 | 11 |
Cadet S. M. Boyd D.B. Elrod, Lexington, KY (photographer)
|
circa 1860-1867 |
1 | 12 |
Portrait of a child A.C. Moore, Arcola, IL (photographer)
|
circa 1860-1867 |
1 | 13 |
J.K Brown, Lexington, KY "Elrod" Lexington, KY (photographer)
Written on verso: From your friend and school mate- J.K. Brown.
Lexington May 31st 69.
|
May 31, 1869 |
1 | 14 | 1865 | |
1 | 15 |
General Roger Weightman Hanson E. & H. T. Anthony, New York, NY (photographer)
Brigadier General in Confederate States Army, nicknamed "Old
Flintlock".
|
circa 1860-1863 |
1 | 16 | 1866 | |
1 | 17 |
Lieutenant W. B. Munson, Company B Carpenter & Mullen, Lexington, KY (photographer)
|
1867 |
1 | 18 |
Joe Lindzey, Frankfort, KY Campbell & Ecker's, Louisville, KY (photographer)
|
1867 |
1 | 19 | 1865 | |
1 | 20 |
Cadet W. J. Ritchey Webster & Bro, Louisville, KY (photographer)
|
1867 |
1 | 21 |
James Ramsey Dabney, Cadiz, KY W. R. Phipps, Lexington, KY (photographer)
|
circa 1860-1867 |
1 | 22 | circa 1860-1867 | |
1 | 23 | circa 1860-1867 | |
1 | 24 |
Alfred C. Rust Cancannon's, Tuscola, IL (photographer)
|
1866 |
1 | 25 |
Lucy B. Jameson Written on verso: Now Mrs. Fester. Mt. Sterling, KY.
|
1866 |
1 | 26 |
[illeg.] Mattie Lee Jameson Wilson & Wallace, Mt. Sterling, KY (photographer)
|
1867 |
1 | 27 |
Portrait of a woman A. C. Moore, Arcola, IL (photographer)
|
circa 1860-1867 |
1 | 28 | 1866 | |
1 | 29 | 1866 | |
1 | 30 | 1865 | |
1 | 31 |
Portrait of a man, Jessie J. H. Chandler, Madison, IN (photographer)
|
circa 1860-1867 |
1 | 32 | circa 1860-1867 | |
1 | 33 | circa 1860-1867 | |
1 | 34 | circa 1861-1864 | |
1 | 35 | circa 1860-1867 | |
1 | 36 | circa 1861-1865 | |
1 | 37 |
Philip M. Saunders, Lexington, KY Hoag Quick & Co., Cincinatti, OH (photographer)
|
circa 1861-1865 |
1 | 38 |
J. R. Peefles, Ordinance Sergeant Company A Carpenter & Mullen, Lexington, KY (photographer)
|
1867 |
1 | 39 |
John Wilkes Booth sitting in a chair Shaw, Chicago, IL (photographer)
|
circa 1862-1863 |
1 | 40 | 1867 | |
1 | 41 |
Portrait of soldier Written on verso: [illeg.] First Lieutenant LaneFrom accompanying material Lexington KY 1867
|
1867 |
1 | 42 |
Cadet John D. Wakefield D. B. Elrod, Lexington, KY (photographer)
|
1867 |
1 | 43 |
Two children and woman Frederick Wirth, Chicago, IL (photographer)
Written on verso: Emity N. Reni[illeg.] Nellie W. Rust
|
circa 1860-1867 |
1 | 44 |
E. Adams [illeg.] Written on verso: Eminence [probably Eminence, KY]
|
1865 |
1 | 45 |
A. B. Price Written on verso: Florance, KY [Florence]
|
1866 |
1 | 46a | circa 1860-1867 | |
1 | 46b | Portrait of sleeping child |
circa 1860-1867 |
1 | 47 |
Portrait of a young woman A. C. Moore, Arcola, IL (photographer)
|
circa 1860-1870s |
1 | 48 | circa 1877 |
Rust Family PhotographsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/1 | 49 | circa 1900-1910 | |
2/1 | 50 | 1903 | |
2/1 | 51 |
Billie Grant Whitney Bros. Chicago, IL (photographer)
|
December 25, 1918 |
2/1 | 52 |
Portrait of William Ross Rust E.A. Lynn, Tacoma, WA (photographer)
|
January 22, 1919 |
2/1 | 53a |
Portrait of William Ross Rust Mezzo Studio, Tacoma, WA (photographer)
|
circa 1919 |
box-folder:oversize | |||
XC2 | 53b | Engraving of photograph of William Ross Rust |
circa 1919 |
Box/Folder | |||
2/1 | 54 |
Portrait of three women and a child Written on verso: Greeting from four generations
|
circa 1920s |
box-folder:oversize | |||
XC2 | 55 |
Portrait of William Ross Grant Mabel Sykes, 140 North State St., Chicago (photographer)
Written on photo: age 11 years.
|
March 20, 1926 |
Box/Folder | |||
2/1 | 56 |
Picture of woman reading to a child Shawsply, Tacoma, WA (photographer)
Written on verso: [illeg.] July 1928 Hugh Gallagher.
|
1928 |
Construction of the William Rust building in Tacoma. Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/2 | 57 | March 27, 1920 | |
2/2 | 58 | May 1, 1920 | |
2/2 | 59 | May 7, 1920 | |
2/2 | 60 | May 14, 1920 | |
2/2 | 61 | May 21, 1920 | |
2/2 | 62 | May 28, 1920 | |
2/2 | 63 | June 4, 1920 | |
2/2 | 64 | June 18, 1920 | |
2/2 | 65 | July 2, 1920 | |
2/2 | 66 | July 9, 1920 | |
2/2 | 67 | July 16, 1920 | |
2/2 | 68 | July 24, 1920 | |
2/2 | 69 | July 30, 1920 | |
2/2 | 70 | August 6, 1920 | |
2/2 | 71 | August 13, 1920 | |
2/2 | 72 | August 27, 1920 | |
2/2 | 73 | September 4, 1920 | |
2/2 | 74 | September 10, 1920 | |
2/2 | 75 | September 18, 1920 | |
2/2 | 76 | September 25, 1920 | |
2/2 | 77 | October 2, 1920 | |
2/2 | 78 | October 11, 1920 |
Scandinavian American Bank BuildingReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/3 | 79 |
Scandinavian American Bank Building
foundations Written on verso: Taken from roof of People's Store
|
October 29, 1920 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Soldiers--United States--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865--Photographs
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889--Photographs
- Hanson, Roger Weightman, 1827-1863--Photographs
- Rust, William Ross, 1850-1928--Archives
- Rust, William Ross, 1850-1928--Family--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Tacoma (Wash.)--Buildings--Design and construction--Photographs
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs