Will Landon Photographs, approximately 1960s - 2000s

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Landon, Will, 1928-2019
Title
Will Landon Photographs
Dates
approximately 1960s - 2000s (inclusive)
approximately 1980-2004 (bulk)
Quantity
35.47 cubic feet (28 boxes)
Collection Number
PH2022-011
Summary
Photographs, many panorama, of national parks and other sites by a Northwest photographer
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

Access restricted: For terms of access, contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Records stored off site; advance notice required for use

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Will Landon (November 26, 1928 - March 15, 2019) was born in Bangkok, Thailand. He was the son of Presbyterian missionaries, Kenneth and Margaret Landon. The family moved to the US just before the start of World War II. It was then that his mother read a memoir by Anna Leonowens "The English Governess at the Siamese Court." This inspired her to write the novel "Anna and the King of Siam" which eventually became the musical "The King and I." Landon's father handled American Intelligence in Southeast Asia during the war and worked on the National Security Council afterwards for many years. Landon attended Wheaton College where he met his wife Pat. They married in 1950 and soon after that he was drafted into the army where he became a first lieutenant in the Anti-Aircraft Artillery. After his army service, they moved to Philadelphia where he completed his masters at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Landon then started his career at Boeing. He allocated his vacation times to expeditions to national parks and other places to photograph. He worked with very large panorama cameras some of which he made himself.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Photographic prints, negatives, slides, and related papers. Includes panorama views of landscapes, mountains, city scenes, trains and other forms of transportation, and some people. The photographs are mainly of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska but also include other places in the US, especially national parks, and the other places.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donor: Pat Landon, September 2021

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1 Panoramic stock images
1 Fishing boats, Ballard bridge
1 Submittals to Allstock
1 Kodaliths
1 Mason Creek area
1 Mt. Baker
1 Floating Bridge
1 Queen Ann
1 Trees- Arboretum
1 Morman Temple- Seattle
1 Snoqualmie Falls
1 Copper Lake
1 Olympics
1 Wenatchee River
1 Highwood Lake
1 Mt. Shuksan
1 Chinook Pass
1 Mt. Rainier
1 North Cascades
1 Seattle 1984-1993
1 Deception Pass
1 Arboretum pond 1991
1 Diablo Dam
1 Wallace Falls
1 Mazama Creek
1 Mazama Valley
1 Bellevue
1 Commercial jobs
1 First Covenant Church
1 Tulips
1 Icicles
1 Cle Elum
1 Narada Falls
1 Bellingham Harbor
1 Buttercups
1 San Juan Islands 1989
1 Farm equipment
1 Pacific Ocean
1 Lilly pads
1 Baker Lake 1993
1 Mt. St. Helens
1 Columbia River Gorge
1 Weyerheuser job
2 Eastern Washington
Slides
2 Wind Surfers
Slides
2 Washington State
Slides
2 Washington D.C.
Slides
2 Virginia
Slides
2 Sunset/ Sunrise
Slides
2 Utah
Slides
2 Seattle
Slides
2 Sourdough Ridge/ Elephant Butte
Slides
1979-1986
2 Pickett Traverse
Slides
1976
2 Railroads
Slides
2 Insects
Slides
2 Ice Patterns
Slides
2 Motor Vehicles
Slides
2 Montana
Slides
2 Rivers
Slides
2 San Diego Zoo
Slides
2 Oregon
Slides
2 Ptarmigan Traverse
Slides
1982, 1986
2 Ohme Gardens
Slides
2 Olympic National Park
Slides
2 North Cascades
Slides
2 North West Trek
Slides
3 Birds
Negatives
3 Boats
Negatives
3 Buildings: churches, windmills
Negatives
3 Farm machinery
Negatives
3 Flowers
Negatives
3 California
Negatives
3 Colorado
Negatives
3 Columbia River
Negatives
3 Wind Surfers
Negatives
3 Enchantment Lakes
Negatives
4 Dams
Slides
4 Death Valley
Slides
4 Canyon Lands Utah
Slides
4 Capitol Reef
Slides
4 Buildings
Slides
4 Canada
Slides
4 California
Slides
4 Boats/ Planes
Slides
4 Birds
Slides
4 Barns
Slides
4 Bellingham, Washington
Slides
4 Bellevue
Slides
4 Art work
Slides
4 Alaska and purchased slides
Slides
4 Antarctica
Slides
2000
4 Animals, insects, birds
Slides
4 Sunset/ Sunrise
Slides
4 Farms
Slides
4 Utah, Idaho
Slides
4 Washington D.C.
Slides
4 Rafting/ Sailboards
Slides
4 Seattle
Slides
4 Jamestown
Slides
5 Transportation
Negatives
5 Trains
Negatives
5 Trees
Negatives
5 Snowmobile
Negatives
5 Sunset/ Sunrise
Negatives
5 Utah
Negatives
5 Vermont
Negatives
5 Washington D.C.
Negatives
5 Wyoming
Negatives
5 Rainbows
Negatives
5 Seattle
Negatives
6 Yellowstone
Negatives and slides
6 Africa
Negatives and slides
6 Antarctica
Negatives and slides
2000
6 Alaska
Negatives and slides
6 Animals, insects
Negatives and slides
6 Arizona
Negatives and slides
6 Art work
Negatives and slides
6 Badlands
Negatives and slides
6 Balloons
Negatives and slides
6 Bellevue
Negatives and slides
7 Bryce National Park
Negatives
7 Capital Reef National Park
Negatives
7 Canyon Lands National Park
Negatives
7 Arches National Park
Negatives
7 Motion negatives
Negatives
8 Lake Powell
Negatives
8 Industry
Negatives
8 Seattle
Negatives
8 Methow River
Negatives
8 Maine
Negatives
8 Mt. Adams
Negatives
8 Ice and Snow
Negatives
8 Idaho, Montana
Negatives
8 Tulips
Negatives
9 Mountains
Negatives and slides
9 Mt. Rainier
Negatives and slides
9 Mesa Verde
Negatives and slides
9 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Negatives and slides
9 Lake Powell
Negatives and slides
9 Grand Canyon
Negatives and slides
9 Hot Air Balloon
Negatives and slides
9 California
Negatives and slides
9 Leaves
Negatives and slides
9 Columbia River
Negatives and slides
9 Glacier National Park
Negatives and slides
9 Flowers
Negatives and slides
9 Fishing
Negatives and slides
9 Easy Ridge trip
Negatives and slides
1977
9 Enchantments
Negatives and slides
9 Fall colors
Negatives and slides
10 Death Valley
Negatives
10 Colorado
Negatives
10 Grand Canyon
Negatives
10 Olympic National Part
Negatives
10 Mt. Rainier
Negatives
10 Glacier National Park
Negatives
11 New York
Negatives
11 Ohme Gardens
Negatives
11 Oregon
Negatives
11 Nevada, Valley of Fire
Negatives
11 New England
Negatives
11 Stevens Pass
Negatives
11 People
Negatives
11 New Mexico
Negatives
11 North Cascades
Negatives
11 Mason Creek
Negatives
11 Mt. St. Helens
Negatives
12 Yellowstone National Park
Negatives
12 New Hampshire
Negatives
12 Catalog source
Negatives
12 Mt. Baker
Negatives
12 Western Washington
Negatives
12 Eastern Washington
Negatives
12 Potholes
Negatives
12 Wheatfields
Negatives
13 Winchester Lookout
Negatives and slides
13 Woodland Park Zoo
Negatives and slides
13 Wyoming
Negatives and slides
13 Yellowstone National Park
Negatives and slides
13 Yosemite National Park
Negatives and slides
13 Zion National Park
Negatives and slides
13 Canada
Negatives and slides
13 New Brunswick
Negatives and slides
13 Nova Scotia
Negatives and slides
13 Quebec
Negatives and slides
13 New Zealand
Negatives and slides
13 Switzerland
Negatives and slides
13 Colorado
Negatives and slides
14 Negatives and some panorama prints
Negatives, including panorama negatives, and a lookbook of panorama prints
15 Rattlesnake mural
Negatives
15 Mt. St. Helens
Negatives
15 Mt. Rainier
Negatives
15 Model releases
15 Articles mentioning Landon
15 Buildings
Negatives
15 Instruction books
15 Small falls
Negatives
15 Logan's Pass
Negatives
15 Pyramid Peak, Sue Lake
Negatives
15 Sherbourne Lake
Negatives
15 Aleutians
Negatives
15 Seattle
Negatives
1994, 1997-1999
15 Lake Washington
Negatives
15 Columbia River
Negatives
15 St. James Cathedral
Negatives
1997
15 Slate Peak
Negatives
15 Assorted negatives
Includes negatives of Seattle, nature, and panoramas
16 Spain, England, Scandinavia, Noblex negatives
Negatives
16 Switzerland
Negatives
1992
16 Mt. Rainier
Negatives
16 Catalog copy negatives
Negatives
16 Mt. Rainier
Negatives
1995
16 Trip to North Carolina, Great Smokies National Park, Montana, Black Angus
Negatives
17 Negatives
Includes negatives of panoramas
18 Panorama negatives
19 Negatives and papers
Includes photographs of National Parks and papers related to jobs
20 Panorama negatives
21 Unsorted Negatives
22 Unsorted Negatives
23 Negatives
Includes negatives of Seattle, Mt. Rainier, and Spray Falls. Also includes panorama negatives.
24 Unsorted negatives and papers
Includes handwritten notes and various negatives, including panoramas
25 Negatives and slides
Includes panorama negatives
26 Baker to Rainier from Safeco building
Negatives
26 Cascades, Everett
Negatives
26 Seattle panorama
Negative
26 Snow Gease
Negatives
1998
26 Lentil harvest
Negatives
2004
26 Winter Valley and Lions Rock
Negatives
26 Mt. Stuart
Negatives
2004
27 Mt. Evie
Negatives
27 Lentil harvest
Negatives
27 AM from Steptoe Butte
Negatives
27 Columbia River poplars
Negatives
2004
27 Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascades
Negatives
27 Larch at Squak Pass
Negatives
27 Motion photos
Negatives
Airport, helicopter, balloon, comb. ride, construction zone, dragon, paratrooper, tornado
27 Climax and Hessler locomotives
Negatives
27 Mt. Rainier
Negatives
27 Hurricane Ridge
Negatives
28 Circuit negatives
Panorama negatives

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Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)