Fred Milkie photographs - Archives West

Fred Milkie photographs, approximately 1950-1979

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Milkie, Fred
Title: Fred Milkie photographs
Dates: approximately 1950-1979 (inclusive)
19501979
Quantity: 77 photographic prints (1 box)
Collection Number: PH1548
Summary: Photographs include fishing boats in Salmon Bay, lumber mills and logging, agriculture farms and livestock ranches, aluminum plants, the McNary Dam, and various landscape views around Washington state.
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

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Fred Milkie was born in Seattle in 1917 after his parents George and Marianna Milkie immigrated to Seattle from Lebanon in 1912. After graduating from Queen Anee High School, Fred Milkie earned a business degree from the University of Washington and then served as a Navy officer in WWII. He became interested in photography and began taking photos of Mt. Rainier and then decided to use the GI Bill to complete a degree in photography from the Art Center College in Los Angeles. He met his wife of 58 years, Louise Assad, in Los Angeles. After returning to Seattle in 1948, Fred opened his own studio, Fred Milkie Photography. He died on December 28, 2005 and his obituary is published in the Seattle Times Obituary section (http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?n=fred-milkie&pid=16134355).

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Photographs include fishing boats in Salmon Bay, lumber mills and logging, agriculture farms and livestock ranches, aluminum plants, the McNary Dam, and various landscape views around Washington state.

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Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Ships and fishingReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/1	1	Fishing boats moored in harbor	between 1950 and 1960?
1/1	2	Muzon, Takli, Argosy, and other fishing boats moored in harbor	between 1950 and 1960?
1/1	3	Fishing boats moored in harbor	between 1950 and 1960?
1/1	4	Platinum, Marian Jean, and other fishing boats moored in harbor	between 1950 and 1960?
1/1	5	Asta, Antarctic Seattle, and other fishing boats moored in harbor	between 1950 and 1960?
1/1	6	Yarsh, Grant Seattle, and other fishing boats moored in Port of Seattle Salmon Bay Terminal and Chrysler Marine	between 1950 and 1960?
1/1	7	Escort, Dora May, and other fishing boats moored in harbor	between 1950 and 1960?
1/1	8	Fishing boats moored in harbor	between 1950 and 1960?
1/1	9	Fishing boats docked in harbor	between 1950 and 1960?
1/1	10	Nyoda in harbor Written on verso: Typical fishing boat at Westport.	between 1950 and 1960?
1/2	11	Fishing boats moored in harbor	between 1950 and 1960?
1/2	12	Sea Comber with fishing nets	between 1950 and 1960?
1/2	13	Two men fishing with nets from boat	between 1950 and 1960?
1/2	14	Commercial fishing boats docked in Port of Seattle Salmon Bay Terminal	between 1950 and 1960?
1/2	15	Fishing boats docked in Port of Seattle Salmon Bay Terminal	between 1950 and 1960?
1/2	16	Liberty, Platinum, and other fishing boats moored in harbor, possibly Salmon Bay Written on verso: salmon.	between 1950 and 1960?
1/2	17-19	Man working on boat	between 1950 and 1960?
1/2	20-21	Men working on cargo ship	between 1950 and 1960?
1/2	21a	Barge towing bridge, probably a section of the Hood Canal Bridge	1959?

Oyster gatheringReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/3	22-23	Two men gathering oysters	between 1950 and 1960?

Logging and lumberReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/3	24-26	Aerial of waterway and lumber mill at Harbor Island	between 1950 and 1960?
1/3	27	Logs being dumped into water	between 1950 and 1960?
1/3	28-29	Forest	between 1950 and 1960?
1/3	30	Downed trees and forest	between 1950 and 1960?
1/3	31	Man standing on stump and forest	between 1950 and 1960?
1/3	32	Logs floating in water and industrial buildings on shore of harbor	between 1950 and 1960?
1/3	33	Lumber mill	between 1950 and 1960?
1/3	34	Logs and men loading logs onto logging truck	between 1950 and 1960?
1/4	35	Men with hoist on log pile	between 1950 and 1960?
1/4	36-38	Stacks of cut boards at lumber mill	between 1950 and 1960?

AgricultureReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/4	39-40	Men and women harvesting hops, Yakima, Washington	1954
1/4	41	Men harvesting hops, Yakima, Washington	1954
1/4	42	Agricultural field	between 1950 and 1960?
1/4	43	Grapes hanging from tree	1953
1/4	44	Two men in cabbage field, Auburn, Washington	1954
1/5	45	Man working machine in wheat field	between 1950 and 1960?
1/5	46	Packaged fruit, Yakima, Washington	1954
1/5	47	Aerial view of farmland	between 1950 and 1960?
1/5	48	Onion field	between 1950 and 1960?
1/5	49	Possibly Native American or Mexican workers at onion field, Quincy, Washington	1954
1/5	50-51	Women working at apple processing plants, Wenatchee, Washington	1954
1/5	52	Irrigation system	1952

LivestockReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/5	53	Two men with a calf	between 1950 and 1960?
1/5	54	Cows grazing, Montesano, Washington	1954
1/6	55-57	Cattle drive	between 1950 and 1960?
1/5	58	Two men	between 1950 and 1960?
1/6	59	Cowboys driving cattle	between 1950 and 1960?
1/6	60	Cattle in feed lot, Ellensburg, Washington	between 1950 and 1960?
1/6	61	Butcher with sides of beef in freezer, Ellensburg, Washington	between 1950 and 1960?
1/6	62	Sheep farm	between 1950 and 1960?
1/6	63	Sheep grazing	between 1950 and 1960?

Aluminum plantReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/7	64-65	Aluminum coils	between 1950 and 1960?
1/7	66-67	Men working with large aluminum coils	between 1950 and 1960?
1/7	68-69	Men in hard-hats at aluminum plant	between 1950 and 1960?

LandscapesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/8	70	Electric power plant for McNary Dam, Plymouth, Washington	between 1950 and 1960?
1/8	71-73	McNary Dam, Plymouth, Washington	between 1950 and 1960?
1/8	74	Exterior of Seattle Art Museum, Volunteer Park From 1933 to 1991, this building served as the home of the Seattle Art Museum but is now the home of the Seattle Asian Art Museum.	between 1950 and 1960?
1/8	75-76	Panorama of Seattle waterfront, possibly from Queen Anne hill	between 1950 and 1960?

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Agricultural industries--Washington (State)--Photographs
Aluminum industry and trade--Washington (State)--Photographs
Fishing boats--Washington (State)--Photographs
Logging--Washington (State)--Photographs
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Personal Names

Milkie, Fred--Photographs

Geographical Names

McNary Lock and Dam (Or.)--Photographs
Salmon Bay (Wash. : Bay)--Photographs
Washington (State)--History--Photographs

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