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Carte-de-visite and tintype photograph collection, approximately 1860-1879
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Carte-de-visite and tintype photograph collection
- Dates
- approximately 1860-1879 (inclusive)18601879
- Quantity
- 2 boxes (51 carte-de-visite photographs and 2 tintype photographs) ; 4 inches x 2.5 inches
- Collection Number
- PH1034
- Summary
- Carte-de-visite and tintype portraits and landscapes
- 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
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.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
The carte-de-visite and tintype photographs were popular photographic formats from the 1850s to the late 1800s. The carte-de-visite is a small photograph about the size of a business card. The majority of the tintypes made were of a similar size. Both the carte-de-visite and the tintype became very popular during the Civil War because of their small size. Soldiers and their families were able to inexpensively obtain and mail portraits. Because photography was relatively new, many people had never had their photographs made so these small portraits might be the only images that the family would ever have of Civil War soldiers. These photographs were often placed in family albums which may also have included portraits of well-known figures such as, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, other national leaders, and celebrities.
The carte-de-visite method was developed and patented by Parisian portrait photographer André Disdéri in 1854. The carte-de-visite did not gain popularity until May 1859. According to legend, Napoleon III, on his way to Italy with his army, stopped at Disdéri's studio in Paris to have his portrait made. The portraits were inexpensive as different poses could be made at one sitting using multiple lens camera. Usually the subject is of a single person sitting or standing. In the 1860s, the portraits had plain backgrounds; the backdrops became more elaborate in the 1870s. During the Civil War, from August 1864 to August 1866, carte-de-visite photographs were taxed, which required stamps to be affixed to the photo, to help pay for the war. Around the 1870s cartes de visite were replaced by cabinet cards.
Tintypes were widely popular during the 1850s to 1870s. While the popularity of the tintype waned after the 1870s, the tintype did not completely disappear. They were still produced up to the early 1900s as souvenirs at carnivals and side shows. Tintype photographs were made by creating a collodiun negative on a thin sheet of iron coated with a dark lacquer. Similar to the carte-de-visite, tintypes were relatively easy, quick, and inexpensive to make and were used widely during the Civil War by soldiers and their families. They were often encased in simple paper mats and were small enough to carry in a jacket pocket. Because the image is actually a negative (although it appears positive) the image is reversed
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Carte-de-visite and tintype portrait and landscape photographs. The majority of the photographs are portraits.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Status of creators' copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 7 series.
- Portraits A-D
- Portraits E-G
- Portraits H-L
- Portraits M-Q
- Landscapes
Acquisition Information
Donor: Some photographs are from the Bagley estate, Dr. Richard S. Koch, S.L Crawford Collection, the Ebey Collection, G.D. Haller Collection, D. Hoffman, Beam Family, and the E.F Leary Collection.
Processing Note
Processed by Justine Lopez, 2015; Beck Prigot, 2016.
Photographs transferred from the Portrait File collection, PH Coll 563.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Portraits A-DReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | item | ||
| 1 | Bagley, I1 |
Ira Bagley Ira Bagley was the brother of Daniel Bagley, an early settler in
Seattle who became a key advocate for the Territorial University and its
location in Seattle. Ira did not travel west with Daniel and remained in
Illinois with his family.
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circa 1850s-1860s |
| 1 | Bailey, B1 |
Bertha Bailey J.D. Caldwallader, Marietta, Ohio (photographer)
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circa 1860-1889 |
| 1 | Beach, L1 | circa 1850s-1860s | |
| 1 | Bozarth, M1 |
Mrs. Mary Ebey Wright Bozarth Mary Ebey was born in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Jacob and
Sarah Ebey. The Ebeys were among the first settlers on Whidbey Island, arriving
in 1854. She married Thomas S. Wright on September 25, 1842 and divorced him on
February 13, 1857; they had two children, Polk and Almira. In 1858, she married
Urban E. Bozarth. In 1868, county commissioners approached her about using her
family's burial ground overlooking Ebey's Prairie for their first public
cemetery, and Bozarth agreed. On April 6, 1869, she sold the one and a quarter
acre plot to Island County for $1.00. The county records referred to the
burying ground as the "County Grave Yard on the Hill," later renamed Sunnyside
Cemetery, where Bozarth and the rest of her family are buried.
|
1865 |
| 1 | Brown,M1 | circa 1850s-1860s | |
| 1 | Canby, E1 |
General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby Buchtel and Stolte, Portland, Oregon (photographer)
Edward Richard Sprigg Canby was a career U.S. Army officer and a
Union general in the American Civil War, Reconstruction era, and the Indian
Wars. He was killed at a peace talk with the Modoc Indians in Northern
California, the only United States general to be killed during the Indian Wars.
Canby, Oregon and Fort Canby, Washington are named for him.
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circa 1873 |
| 1 | Coxe, J1 |
J.R. Coxe R.W. Addis, Washington D.C (photographer)
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circa 1860-1874 |
| 1 | Crockett, J1 |
John Crockett Wm. M. Stuart (photographer)
John Crocker, the son of Walter and Mary Crockett, came to
Whidbey Island in 1851. His son was Samuel Davidson Crockett.
|
between 1868-1871 |
| 1 | Crosby, N1 |
Nathaniel Crosby III Robinson, Victoria, Vancouver Island (photographer)
Nathaniel Crosby came from a family of sailors and sea captains.
He married Cordelia Jane Smith, daughter of Jacob Smith in 1860, and built a
home in Tumwater which has been preserved as a museum. Crosby was the
grandfather of Bing Crosby, the entertainer.
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circa 1864-1869 |
| 1 | Dixon, R1 |
Robert Lewis Dixon Seattle Art Gallery, Peterson and Brother Photography, Seattle, Washington Territory (photographer)
Robert Lewis Dixon was born in Richmond, Virginia and arrived in
Seattle in 1865 or 1866. He was a barber with a shop on Second and Columbia and
one of the first African-American settlers in Seattle. He married Rebecca Gross
in 1883. She was the daughter of William Gross, who is believed to have been
the first African-American resident of Seattle. Gross arrived in 1859 and owned
Our House, a hotel and restaurant in Pioneer Square.
|
circa 1875-1883 |
| 1 | Dodge, W1 |
W. H. Dodge Caption on mat: As appeared after discovering a pass into and
exploring the great Neekomanchie Valley, Washington Territory.
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circa 1860s-1870s |
| 1 | Douglas, R1 |
Rose Adele Cutts Douglas E. & H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York (Publisher)
Rose Adele Cutts grew up in Washington D.C.; Dolley Madison was
her great aunt. She met the widowed Senator Stephen A. Douglas in 1856, and
they wed after a short courtship. His fortune supported her salon, and together
they commanded substantial political power. She traveled with her husband
during the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates in Illinois, and she and Stephen became
friends with Lincoln. She also traveled with her husband during the 1860
presidential campaign. In 1861, Stephen died. Five years after his death, she
married Captain Robert Williams, a career army officer from Virginia who had
remained loyal to the Union. She took on the life of an army wife, and raised
their six children in the western territories. Williams ended his long career
in 1893 as Adjutant General of the Army. She is buried in Arlington
Cemetery.
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circa 1860s |
| 1 | Douglas, S1 |
Stephen A. Douglas J. Gurney & Son, 707 Broadway, N.Y (photographer)
Stephen A. Douglas was born April 23, 1813 in Brandon, Vermont.
He was an American politician from Illinois. He was a U.S. Representative, a
U.S. Senator, and the Democratic Party nominee for President in the 1860
election, losing to Republican Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously defeated
Lincoln in a Senate contest, noted for the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates of
1858. He was nicknamed the "Little Giant" because he was short in physical
stature, but a forceful and dominant figure in politics. Douglas was known as a
resourceful party leader and was skilled in debate and the passage of
legislation. He died on June 3, 1861 in Chicago from typhoid fever. He was
buried on the shore of Lake Michigan.
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between 1858-1861 |
| 1 | Doull, A1 |
Colonel Alexander James Doull Alexander Gardner, Washington D.C (photographer)
Written on the front: Colonel Duoll, an Englishman, formerly of
the artillery now an Inspector Gen. of Artillery in Army of Potomac.
Alexander James Doull was born in England on January 28, 1836.
He married Elizabeth Maria King on August 29, 1857. Following his enlistment on
October 26, 1861, Doull was commissioned as an officer in Company S of the New
York 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment; he would later become an inspector general
in the Army of the Potomac, serving directly under General Henry Jackson Hunt.
Doull was naturalized as a United States citizen in September of 1863, and died
on March 29, 1865.
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circa 1863 |
| 1 | Dryer, H1 |
Hiram Dryer R.W. Addis, Washington D.C (photographer)
Hiram Dryer was born in New York. He enlisted as private in the
Mounted Rifles in August of 1846. By August of 1847, during the war with
Mexico, Dryer had been promoted to sergeant and was serving with Company H of
the Mounted Rifles. As a Lieutenant, Dryer volunteered to carry supplies to a
party of emigrants who were snowed-in, in the Cascade Mountains, in November
1853. He was engaged in an expedition against the Snake Indians from May to
October 1855. By the time of the Civil War, he was a captain in the army; he
was promoted to a major in 1862 and to a lieutenant colonel in 1863. He died at
Fort Randall in 1867 at the age of 37.
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between 1860-1867 |
| 1 | Dryer, M1 | circa 1860s | |
| 1 | Dugan, F1 |
Frank P. Dugan (1834 - 1873) Dugan began as a watch maker in Iowa but left in 1862 for the
Washington Territory. In 1863, he was chosen to represent Walla Walla in the
Legislature and was re-elected the next year as Speaker in the House of
Representatives. In 1867, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney for the First
Judicial District, and served for two years. He was a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Delegate to Congress in 1869.
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circa 1863-1864 |
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| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | item | ||
| 1 | Ebey, G1 | circa 1860s | |
| 1 | Ebey, I1 |
Colonel Isaac Neff Ebey Colonel Isaac Neff Ebey, born in Columbus, Ohio, was trained in
the law. He married Rebecca Davis and they later had two sons. Isaac
temporarily left his wife and sons in Missouri to journey into the American
West in 1850, in particular the Pacific Coast. Ebey was the first permanent
white resident of Whidbey Island, Washington in 1851. His family joined him in
1852. He was in the legislature when Oregon and Washington were divided and
named Olympia capital of Washington Territory. He became the second Collector
of Customs of Puget Sound. Ebey was shot to death and beheaded by Native
Americans seeking revenge for the death of one of their chiefs in 1857.
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circa 1850s |
| 1 | Ebey, J1 |
Jacob Ellison Ebey William Shew, San Francisco, California (photographer)
Jacob Ellison Ebey was born in Schyler, Missouri in 1846. He was
the second son of Isaac Ebey, an early settler in Whidbey Island, Washington
Territory who arrived in 1850. He died in 1890.
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circa late 1860s |
| 1 | Ebey, W1 |
Winfield Scott Ebey Winfield Scott Ebey was born in Illinois in 1831. He was the son
of Jacob and Sarah Ebey and brother of Isaac Neff Ebey. He followed his brother
Isaac to Whidbey Island, Washington Territory in October 1854. He died in
Petaluma, California Feb. 20, 1865.
The carte-de-visite photograph is a copy of an earlier
ambrotype.
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circa 1860s |
| 1 | Enloe, M1 |
Maggie Enloe P.F. Finch, Lebanon, Ohio (photographer)
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circa 1859-1889 |
| 1 | Fitch, E1 |
Edson J. Fitch (Aprill 11, 1842 - May 31,
1907) Crandell & Conkey's Gallery, Glen's Falls, N.Y (photographer)
Edson Judson Fitch fought in the Civil War. He enlisted on
November 1, 1861 at Bolton, New York, as a 1st lieutenant and was promoted to
captain on November 19, 1863. On December 25, 1863 he was commissioned into "K"
Co. NY 93rd Infantry and mustered out on November 26, 1864.
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circa 1860s |
| 1 | Gove, C1 |
C. M. Gove Buchtel & Stolte, Portland, Oregon (photographer)
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circa 1873-1879 |
| 1 | Graham, D1 |
David Graham Schreiber and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (photographer)
David Graham was born in New York on October 2, 1835. He married
Susannah Mercer on May 23, 1861 in Seattle, Washington. They had one child,
George R. Graham, born September 20, 1860. The first two settlers in the area
now known as Seward Park in Seattle, Washington, Edward A. Clark and John
Harvey, sold their claim of property to David Graham in 1858. Graham, a
teacher, farmed the land for ten years before trading it to his brother, Walter
Graham.
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circa 1860s |
| 1 | Grant, U1 |
Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 - July 23,
1885) Brady's National Portrait Gallery, New York (photographer)
Ulysses Simpson Grant was the 18th President of the United
States, serving two terms of office from 1869 to 1877. Grant was born as Hiram
Ulysses Grant at Point Pleasant, Ohio. He graduated from West Point in 1843 and
served without particular distinction in the Mexican War. In 1848 he married
Julia Dent. He resigned from the army in 1854, after warnings from his
commanding officer about his drinking habits, and for the next six years held a
wide variety of jobs in the Middle West. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he
sought a command and soon was made a brigadier general. His continuing
successes in the western theaters, culminating in the capture of Vicksburg, in
1863, brought him national fame and soon the command of all the Union armies.
In 1868, as Republican candidate for president, Grant was elected over the
Democrat, Horatio Seymour.
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circa 1860s |
| 1 | Greeley, H1 |
Horace Greeley (Feb. 3, 1811- Nov. 29, 1872) Sarony & Co., 680 Broadway, New York
Horace Greeley was the founder and editor of the New-York
Tribune and played an important role in the social and political movements
surrounding the Civil War.
|
1869 |
| 1 | Griffiths, A1 |
Austin Edwards Griffiths R. Wingfield, Worcester (photographer)
Austin Edwards Griffiths was Judge of the Superior Court in
Seattle, Washington. He was born in Worcester, England, in 1863 and raised by
foster parents Philip and Ann Priday. They moved to Nebraska in 1872. Griffiths
graduated from the University of Michigan and soon after moved to the
Washington Territory in 1889. There, he practiced law in Grays Harbor before
moving to Seattle in 1897. Griffiths was an active public servant throughout
his career. He served on the Seattle City Council from 1901 to 1913 and 1934 to
1937, ran for (but was not appointed) mayor in 1913, was appointed chief of
police in 1914, served as a superior court judge from 1921-1929 and was elected
twice to the Seattle School Board, 1929 to 1930 and 1931-1934. In addition to
his public service, Griffiths founded the Seattle Playground Association in
1908 and became known as the "Father of Seattle Playgrounds" for his dedicated
effort to establish recreational space throughout Seattle. His work helped
popularize the playground movement nationwide. He was also an active member of
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Young Men's Christian Association, the Seattle
Charity Organization Society, and the Cascade Tunnel Association.
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circa 1860s-1870s |
| 1 | Griffiths, A2 |
Austin Edwards Griffiths J.H. Smith, Newark, New Jersey (photographer)
|
circa 1870s-1880s |
| 1 | Griffiths, A3 | circa 1870s-1880s | |
| 1 | Griffiths, A4 |
Austin Edwards Griffiths Clark, York, Nebraska (photographer)
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circa 1870s-1880s |
| 1 | Griffths,T1 |
Thomas Griffiths W.F. Robertson, Coupeville, Whidbey Island (photographer)
|
1865 |
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| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | item | ||
| 1 | Hall, C1 |
Costello L. Hall Beatty & Shanafelt, Sigourney, Iowa (photographer)
Costello Larkin Hall was born in Iowa in 1860, the son of Isaac
Hall and Clarissa Reynolds. On April 4, 1883, he married Margaret Goebel; they
had 6 children.
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circa 1870s |
| 1 | Hancock, A1 |
Mrs. Almira Russell Hancock Mathew Brady, Washington, D.C (photographer)
Almira (Allie) Russell was the daughter of a prominent merchant
in St. Louis, Missouri where she met and married Winfield Scott Hancock on
January 24, 1850. They had two children, Russell and Ada. When Hancock was
promoted to captain in 1855 and assigned to Fort Myers, Florida, the family
accompanied him to his new posting, where Allie Hancock was the only woman on
the post. She wrote a book about Hancock's military experiences and his
correspondence. Her memoir, Reminiscences of Winfield
Scott Hancock, was published in 1887 by Mark Twain's publishing firm,
Webster & Company. She died in April 1893.
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1860s |
| 1 | Hancock, W1 |
General Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 –
February 9, 1886) Mathew Brady, Washington, D.C (photographer)
General Winfield Scott Hancock was a career U.S. Army officer.
He served in the Civil War being noted in particular for his personal
leadership at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. At the end of the Civil War,
Hancock was assigned to supervise the execution of the Lincoln assassination
conspirators. His status as a war hero and his high level of personal integrity
made him the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880 when
he was narrowly defeated by James Garfield.
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circa 1862 |
| 1 | Hartsuck, A1 |
Hartsuck, Anna S. Conner (September 3, 1827 - April 30,
1918) A. B. Woodard, Olympia, Washington Territory (photographer)
Anna Conner was born in Concord, New Hampshire and graduated
from Exeter Female Academy in New Hampshire. In 1865, she sailed for Washington
Territory as one of the women Asa Mercer transported to Seattle in a settlement
venture. She taught school in Elma, Washington and in Tumwater, Washington. In
1869, she married Mark Hartsuck, a local carpenter. She was a member of the
Woman’s Club of Olympia, which had been established by Olympia suffragists in
1883.
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circa 1860s |
| 1 | Hartsuck, A2 | circa 1860s | |
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| 1 | HartyGW1 | Harty, George W. (March 1841 - November 8,
1909) George W. Harty, the son of Jacob and Margaret Harty, was born
in Des Moines, Iowa in 1841. He enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 and served
until 1865. He married Sarah Elizabeth Said in Spokane, Washington in 1866.
Harty worked as an expressman and died in Spokane in 1909 as the result of an
accident.
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circa 1860s |
| Box | |||
| 1 | Hatch, J1 |
John Porter Hatch (January 9, 1822 - April 12,
1901) R.W. Addis, Washington, D.C (photographer)
John Porter Hatch was an American solider who served as a
general in the Union Army during the Civil War. He received a medal of honor
for gallantry under enemy fire in the attack on Turner's Gap. His citations
reads: Was severely wounded while leading one of his brigades in the attack
under heavy fire from the enemy. After the Civil War, he was an officer on
frontier posts including Fort Concho in San Angelo, Texas, Indian Territory,
Montana Territory, and Washington Territory.
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circa 1860s |
| 1 | Hays, W1 |
Brigadier General William Hays (May 9, 1819 - February
7, 1875) R.W. Addis, Washington, D.C (photographer)
Hays graduated from West Point in 1840 and then served as an
artillery officer in the Mexican American War. He was appointed a lieutenant
colonel at the start of the Civil War. He participated in the Battle of
Antietam, Fredericksburg. He was promoted to a brigadier general in 1862. At
the battle of Chancellorsville, he was wounded, taken prisoner and was
exchanged in time to fight at Gettysburg in July 1863. After the war, he served
in the 5th US Artillery at various posts until his death.
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1860s |
| 1 | Heintzelman, S1 |
Major General Samuel P. Heintzelman Samuel P. Heintzelman was a United States Army General serving
in the Seminole War, the Mexican-American War, the Yuma War, the Cortina
Troubles, and the American Civil War. Heintzelman graduated from West Point,
seventeenth in his class, on July 1, 1822. In 1826, he was commissioned as
second lieutenant in the Second Infantry. He was promoted to first lieutenant
on March 4, 1833, and to captain on July 7, 1838. From that date until June 18,
1846, he served as regimental quartermaster.
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circa 1860s-1870s |
| 1 | Hill, E1 |
Eugene Kincaid Hill (1845 - January 31,
1899) W.M. Shew, San Francisco (photographer)
Eugene Kincaid Hill served as the fifth President of the
Territorial University of Washington (later the University of Washington) from
1872 to 1874. His wife, Jeanette, worked with him at the school as an
instructor. Following a lack of funds leading to the school's closure in 1874,
Hill left the University to teach in California. He returned to Seattle with
his family to teach in the 1890s. He died from either rheumatism of the heart
or scurvy while stranded with his son in their winter quarters on the Alsec
River in Alaska.
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between 1872-1879 |
| 1 | Holmes, L1 |
Laurence Holmes J. P. Doremus,Paterson,
N. J. (photographer)
Laurence Holmes was the editor of Paterson Daily
and Weekly Guardian. He was a civil engineer. He filed several
patents for improved wooden pavement.
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circa 1860s-1870s |
| 1 | Leary, E1 |
Eliza Ferry Leary Buchtel & StoltePortland, OR (photographer)
Eliza Ferry was the daughter of Washington’s first governor,
Elisha P. Ferry. She was born in Waukegan, Illinois and came to the Pacific
Northwest in 1869 with her parents. Mrs. She married John Leary, a pioneer
leader in the development of the state, in 1891, and the couple built their
first home on the corner of Second Avenue and Madison Street. In 1907, they
built a home on Capitol Hill in Seattle. She was active in the Ladies’ Relief
Society, the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union, the Washington
Historical Society, the Pioneers’ Association and the Daughters of the American
Revolution, in which she was instrumental in organizing the Elisha P. Ferry
Chapter. She was the chair of the committee that obtained the statue of George
Washington for the University of Washington campus.
Written on verso: Lizzie P. Ferry St Helen's Hall Portland
Oregon --Dec 1871
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December 1871 |
| 1 | Leary, E2 |
Eliza Ferry Leary Jos [Joseph] BuchtelPortland, OR (photographer)
Eliza Ferry was the daughter of Washington’s first governor,
Elisha P. Ferry. She was born in Waukegan, Illinois and came to the Pacific
Northwest in 1869 with her parents. Mrs. She married John Leary, a pioneer
leader in the development of the state, in 1891, and the couple built their
first home on the corner of Second Avenue and Madison Street. In 1907, they
built a home on Capitol Hill in Seattle. She was active in the Ladies’ Relief
Society, the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union, the Washington
Historical Society, the Pioneers’ Association and the Daughters of the American
Revolution, in which she was instrumental in organizing the Elisha P. Ferry
Chapter. She was the chair of the committee that obtained the statue of George
Washington for the University of Washington campus.
Written on verso: "The Witch of Endor."
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circa 1871 |
| 1 | Low, A1 |
Alonzo Low (1845 - Apr. 7, 1921) Alonzo Low was born in McLean County, Illinois, the son of John
N. Low and Lydia Colburn Low. His family were in the first party of Seattle
pioneers, landing on the point which John Low later named Alki. Low opened a
trading post at Swinomish (now La Conner) in 1867, became a mining prospector,
and later settled in Snohomish.
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circa 1860s-1870s |
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| Box | item | ||
| 1 | Maple, J1 |
Jacob Maple (1798 - 1884) George Moore, Seattle, Washington Territory (photographer)
Jacob Maple was born in Green County, Pennsylvania and moved to
Washington Territory in 1850. He married Catherine Adams Maple, the cousin of
President John Quincy Adams. They had eleven children. Jacob and his son,
Samuel Maple arrived in Washington Territory in 1950 with the Collins Party.
They traveled to Washington to seek land and settled on the banks of the
Duwamish River. They were the first white settlers in what would become King
County. They filed claims to the land in September in 1851. He later convinced
the rest of his family to move the Washington Territory, with the exception of
his wife and two sons. Mrs. Maple was too ill to make the long journey and
remained in Iowa. His daughter, Jane Maple married Henry Van Asselt. He died at
the age of 86 in 1884.
Tintype
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circa 1872 |
| 1 | Maple, S1 |
Samuel A. Maple (1827-1880) Samuel A. Maple was born in Iowa, the son of Jacob and Catherine
Maple. Samuel and his father, Jacob Maple, arrived in Washington Territory in
1850 with the Collins Party. They were the first white settlers in what would
become King County. The party settled on the banks of the Duwamish River. They
filed claims to the land in September 1851. His siblings moved to the
Washington Territory some years later, with the exception of his mother and two
brothers. His younger sister Jane Maple married Henry Van Asselt. He remained a
bachelor for the rest of his life. He died at the Cavavna house, Washington
Territory in July 1880.
Written on front: Age 43.
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circa 1870 |
| 1 | Martin, A1 |
Ann Elizabeth (Yantis) Martin (February 4, 1840 - May
18, 1920) J.D. Gebhart, Toulon, Illinois (photographer)
Mrs. William E. Martin
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circa 1860s |
| 1 | Mason, A1 |
Allen C. Mason I.G. Davidson, Tacoma, Washington Territory (photographer)
Allen C. Mason was born in Polo, Illinois in 1855. He graduated
from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1875 in Bloomington, Illinois. He married
Libbie Lawrence in 1878 and they had two children. He was a superintendent to
various schools in Illinois. He passed the bar in 1881, and then in 1883, Mason
and his family moved to Tacoma, Washington where he practiced law. He became a
prominent figure in the development of Tacoma and was one of the founders of
the bar association in Tacoma. He was involved in real estate and made large
scale improvements to Tacoma’s infrastructure. He established the Shore Line
Railroad, built street car lines, owned stock in Tacoma’s theater and hotel,
and help build downtown real estate. Mason designed Tacoma's Star of Destiny to
advertise the town in the east coast. He labeled Tacoma as The City of Destiny.
After a decade of being in Tacoma, Mason became the city’s first millionaire.
In the Panic of 1893, Mason bought back houses from anyone who asked and in the
process lost his fortune.
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1888-1890 |
| 1 | Mattson, J1 |
Captain John August Mattson (November 3, 1836 - December
25, 1924) Morse's Palace of Art,
San Francisco (photographer)
|
1876 |
| 2 | McCann, C1 | circa mid-1890s |
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| 1 | Salomon, E1 | Salomon, Edward Selig (December 25, 1836 – July 18,
1913) in uniform Shaw, Chicago (photographer)
Edward Selig Salomon was a German-American politician and
military official. Born in the Duchy of Schleswig in modern-day Germany, he
immigrated to Illinois in 1856 and 5 years later, at age 24, was elected an
alderman of Chicago's sixth ward in 1861, the youngest in Chicago history. In
July 1861, Salomon was commissioned as a first lieutenant in Colonel Friedrich
Hecker's 24th Illinois Infantry Regiment. Salomon became a hero during the
Battle of Gettysburg, assuming command of the regiment when Hecker was wounded.
He led the regiment during the Atlanta Campaign and through the capture of
Atlanta. Assigned to deliver messages to Nashville, he missed the famous march
to the sea. In December 1864, he rejoined the regiment and finished out the war
with them. On March 13, 1865, Salomon received a promotion to brigadier
general. After the war, Salomon returned to Chicago where he was elected Cook
County Clerk in the fall of 1865, serving until November 1869. On March 4,
1870, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Salomon governor of Washington
Territory. Salomon was caught up in the political scandals of the Grant
administration and resigned in 1872. The Pacific Tribune ,
commenting on his resignation, lauded his honesty and integrity. He then moved
to San Francisco, where he practiced law. In 1898 Salomon was appointed
assistant district attorney for the city and county, and was elected to the
California State Assembly in 1890. His cousin Edward Salomon, who also served
as a general in the Civil War, later became Governor of Wisconsin.
Handwritten on photograph: Edward Salomon, Governor Washington
Territory, 1870.
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circa 1861 -1865 |
| 32 | Savage, JN1 | John Nelson Savage, Seth Wellington Sibley and
unidentified man |
undated |
| 1 | Steere, R1 |
Colonel Reuben Steere and wife Rebecca Reuben Steere was a member of the Lilliputian Opera Company. In
1880 he married fellow Lilliputian, Rebecca Ann Myers.
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circa 1880 |
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| 1 | Smith, EL1 | Smith, Ezra Leonard Ezra Leonard Smith was born in Vermont and attended school at
Lombard University in Illinois. He knew Abraham Lincoln and attended the
Republican convention in Chicago in 1862, where Lincoln received his first
nomination for president. He married Georgina Slocum, a fellow Lombard student,
on March 4, 1861, the afternoon of Lincoln’s first inauguration. The couple
left for California by way of the Isthmus of Panama. For a number of years,
they lived in El Dorado County, where Smith engaged in mining. He was elected
to the California General Assembly and was instrumental in holding California
for the Union. In 1867, he received appointment as secretary and acting
governor for Washington Territory. On quitting office, he and his pioneer
associates established a bank in Olympia. He later moved to Hood River, Oregon,
where he purchased land and began the development of the fruit industry in the
area, establishing one of the first commercial apple orchards. Smith was a
leader in the Oregon Development League, the Oregon Waterways Association, and
the Oregon Horticultural Society. In 1889, he was speaker of the Oregon House
of Representatives.
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between 1854 and 1874? |
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| 1 | StevensII1 | Stevens, Isaac Ingalls J. Notman Studio, Boston (photographer)
Isaac Ingalls Stevens (March 25, 1818 – September 1, 1862) was
an American military officer and politician who served as governor of the
Territory of Washington from 1853 to 1857, and later as its delegate to the
United States House of Representatives. During the American Civil War, he held
several commands in the Union Army. He was killed at the Battle of Chantilly,
while at the head of his men and carrying the fallen colors of one of his
regiments against Confederate positions. He was a controversial and polarizing
figure as governor of the Washington Territory, where he was both praised and
condemned. Stevens' diplomacy with Native American tribes sought to avoid
military conflict in Washington; however, when the Yakama War broke out as
Native Americans resisted European encroachment, he prosecuted it mercilessly.
His decision to rule by martial law, jail judges who opposed him, and raise a
de facto personal army led to his conviction for contempt of court, for which
he famously pardoned himself, and a rebuke from the President of the United
States. His son, Hazard Stevens, was the hero of the Battle of Suffolk and one
of the first men to summit Mount Rainier.
Written on verso: Genl. I. I. Stevens. at Beaufort, S.C. July
1862. Killed 2 months later.
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| 1 | Yehtiinwic1 |
Yehtiinwic, also known as Chief Poor Crane and Cutmouth
John American Indian chief identified as Yehtiinwic, or Poor Crane
(circa 1814 - 1891), whose name indicates that he was Cayuse, although it has
also been suggested that he was Umatilla. Poor Crane's frontier nickname was
Cutmouth John, which he acquired in the spring of 1850 during an intra-Cayuse
battle when the murderers of the Whitman family were captured, then delivered
to Oregon authorities, who summarily hanged them. Following the Whitman
massacre, Poor Crane acted as an Indian Scout for several figures, including
Washington Governor Isaac I. Stevens and various military officers assigned to
the area, such as Philip Sheridan. Poor Crane was prominently involved in the
events of 1855-1859, including the Yakima Indian War.Unstandardized plate size (5" x 3") tintype. Light blue
hand-tinted accents on clothing and gold gilt decorative accents on jacket, hat
and shoes. Hand-drawn gold gilt tomahawk.
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circa 1878-1879 |
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| 1 | Willamette L1 |
Willamette Locks James G. Crawford, Harrisburg, Oregon (photographer)
The Willamette Falls Locks were a lock system on the Willamette
River in Oregon which allowed boat traffic on the Willamette River to navigate
beyond Willamette Falls. The locks are located near the Portland metropolitan
area, at West Linn, just across the Willamette River from Oregon City. The
Willamette Fall Canal and Locks Company built the canal and lock system to
navigate around the horseshoe-shaped falls. The locks opened on January 1, 1873
and finally closed in December 2011 due to excessive corrosion of the locks'
gate anchors. The Willamette Falls Locks were the first multi-lift navigation
locks in the United States. The locks were added to the National Register of
Historic Places in 1974.
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circa 1877-1884 |
