Mary E. Michaelson photograph collection

Overview of the Collection

Collector

Michaelson, Mary E

Title

Mary E. Michaelson photograph collection

Dates

approximately 1875-1938 (inclusive)

Quantity

9 boxes, (245 photographic prints and 215 glass negatives)

Collection Number

PH0579

Summary

Portraits by photographic firm James & Bushnell, some of them depict theatrical and other performers; also includes photographs of tugboats, Native Americans, lumber mills and unidentified cabinet cards

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

The collection is open to the public.

Request at UW

Languages

Collection materials are in English.

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Content Description

The collection consists largely of a set of glass plate negatives (and modern copy prints) of portraits by photographic firm James & Bushnell, identified by last name. Some of them probably depict theatrical performers and other entertainers. Also includes photographs of tugboats, Native Americans, lumber mills and unidentified cabinet cards.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Preferred Citation

The required credit line for use of images from Special Collections is: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [plus the negative number].

The negative number is provided with the image and is a letter + number combination such as UW13452; Hegg 1234; or NA1275. A typical credit line would be, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, UW13452.

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Administrative Information

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: A
  - Aaronson (neg. 53268-1, -2)
  - Allen, Anita (neg. 42209-1, -2)
  - Allen (couple) (neg. 71837-1)
  - Allen (neg. 71834)
  - Anderson (neg. 57569)
  - Andrus (neg. 68917)
  - Armstrong (neg. 49606)
  - Atwater (neg. 54353)
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 1
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: B
  - Babcock (neg. 51376)
  - Badgley (neg. 77412)
  - Baillagore (neg. 74842)
  - Bamford (Rev. Bamford's daughter?) (neg. 57584)
  - Beatty (neg. 54352)
  - Belsted (City Directory for 1911 lists him as city comptroller) (neg. 74845)
  - Bennett (neg. 75758)
  - Berry (neg. 51377)
  - Bjornson (neg. 77418)
  - Bradley (neg. 69249)
  - Buell (neg. 71821)
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 2
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: C
  - Caldwell (neg. 54342)
  - Carlson (neg. 71823)
  - Cody (neg. 49620)
  - Collier (neg. 71838)
  - Corey, Mabel Gilman (actress) (neg. 53223)
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 3
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: D
  - Denton (neg. 69247)
  - Dixon (neg. 69246)
  - Dockery (neg. 74841)
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 4
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: E
  - Eldridge (neg. 49612)
  - Elkhart (neg. 53237)
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 5
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: F-G
  - Falke (neg. 77420)
  - Fent (neg. 6923-)
  - Fenton (neg. 77403)
  - Gilbert (neg. 77844)
  - Gleason (neg. 77421)
  - Gottlesohn (neg. 57578)
  - Griffith (neg. 71828)
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 6
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: H-J
  - Hamilton (neg. 51370)
  - Hanke (neg. 74843)
  - Hanson (neg. 51375)
  - Hill (neg. 74849)
  - Hornberger (neg. 71825)
  - Hoskins (neg. 68916)
  - Hunt (neg. 68915)
  - James (neg. 74848)
  - Jenkins (neg. 69236)
  - Joyce (neg. 71833)
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 7
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: K-L
  - Kelly (children) (neg. 54349)
  - Kelly (neg. 53227)
  - King (neg. 68900)
  - Kyle (neg. 69312)
  - Levi (neg. 49633)
  - Lindahl (neg. 68918)
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 8
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: M
  - Markey (neg. 77402)
  - Maltby (neg. 5352-)
  - Mannering (neg. 39717)
  - Maurer (neg. 57583)
  - McKinnon (neg. 54344)
  - Miller (neg. 71831)
  - Mills (neg. 57572)
  - Morriss (neg. 68905)
  - Motto (neg. 69247)
  - Mourant (neg. 69243)
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 9
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: Malim (neg. 43598
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 10
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: Nelson (neg. 54363)
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 11
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: P
  - Parker (neg. 53351)
  - Peterson (neg. 53347)
  - Pratt (neg. 54358)
  - Purvis (neg. 69226)
  - Putnam (neg. 42206)
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 12
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: R
  - Ridenour or Ridenor (neg. 57583)
  - Rodwell (neg. 53279)
  - Root (neg. 57561)
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 13
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: S
  - Saibou (neg. 71836)
  - Sanne (neg. 69237)
  - Sefton (neg. 51373)
  - Slade (neg. 74847)
  - Smith (neg. 57581)
  - Smith (neg. 68913)
  - Stanley, Vera (neg. 43980)
  - Strauss (neg. 49638)
  - Sullivan (neg. 69221)
  - Swanson (neg. 77408)
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 14
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: Stanley, Vera (neg. 43980)
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 15
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: T-U
  - Tichnor Twins (neg. 45692)
  - Underwood (neg. 73564)
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 16
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: V-Y
  - Vaux (neg. 74840)
  - Wallingford (neg. 54347)
  - Walters (neg. 68914)
  - Werner (neg. 55352)
  - Wiilliams (neg. 77429)
  - Wilson (neg. 69227)
  - Yates (neg. 42815)
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 17
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
- Description: Unidentified
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 1, Folder 18
  
  Location: Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915
Photographs
- Description: 19 black and white photographs of Foss tugboats - Andrew Foss, Tacoma, Rouse, Wanderer, Winona, Matilda, Foss No. 16, Foss brothers
  
  Photographer: Burton Thurber
  
  Dates: January 4, 1938
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 2, Folder 1
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: 1 black and white mounted photograph
  
  Cadets at Fort Flagler, undated ("26 Co. C.A.C. Ft. Flagler, Wn By L. La Croix"). Photographer: L. La Croix
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 2, Folder 2
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: 5 photographs
  - 1 mounted black and white photograph. Unidentified structure probably Alaska. Photographer: Case and Draper
  - 1 photograph. Unidentified scenery. Photographer: Merrill (Sitka, Alaska)
  - 1 mounted photograph. Railroad crew. Photographer: F. C. Shults (Buckley, Wash.)
  - 1 photograph. Unidentified man with camera, undated
  - 1 photograph. Unidentified mountain scenery. Photographer: Standar
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 2, Folder 3
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: 5 photographic postcards. Horse seining on the Columbia River,
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 2, Folder 4
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: 29 cabinet cards and carte de visites, unidentified portraits
  Photographers:
  - Peiser, L. Taylor (Pullman, Wash.)
  - Boyd, H. Siewert (Puyallup, Wash.)
  - Maxwell (Spokane, Wash.)
  - W. P. Johnson (Salem, Ore.)
  - Moore (Seattle, Wash.)
  - M.S. McClaire (Seattle, Wash.)
  - Joseph Obergfell (Carbonado, Wash.)
  - C. Fritz and Co. (McMinnville, Ore.)
  - Barnard (Wallace, Idaho)
  - M.M. Hazeltine (Baker City, Ore.)
  - I.G. Davidson (Tacoma, Wash.)
  - E.A. Lynn (Tacoma, Wash.)
  - A.L. Jackson (Tacoma, Wash.)
  - La Roche and French (Tacoma, Wash.)
  - Bailey (Seattle, Wash.)
  - Hardy (Seattle, Wash.)
  - Imperial Studio - Rothi and Sanstrom (Seattle, Wash.)
  - E. Curtis (Seattle, Wash.)
  - Thwaites (Portland, ore.)
  - Eastman (Portland, Ore.)
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 2, Folder 5
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: 15 contact prints/xeroxes from glass negatives possibly in the vicinity of Chehalis
  - Michaelson 1: Native American family group with two men, one woman and child outside of tent.
  - Michaelson 2: Hop pickers
  - Michaelson 3: Hop pickers
  - Michaelson 4: Native American encampment on river.
  - Michaelson 5: Native American encampment with tent
  - Michaelson 6: Native American woman with horse
  - Michaelson 7: Native American family group outside of tent - two women, one man and two children.
  - Michaelson 8: Hop pickers
  - Michaelson 9: Chehalis Grain Co. truck
  - Michaelson 10: Unidentified town. Chehalis?
  - Michaelson 11: Unidentified group
  - Michaelson 12: Unidentified group
  - Michaelson 13: Grain silo?
  - Michaelson 14: Club or society group with stuffed moose in background. Chehalis.
  - Michaelson 15: Unidentified railroad locomotive
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 2, Folder 6
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: 3 mounted photographs. Lumber mill and workers, Hartwood Mill, Aberdeen, undated
  
  Photographer: Clark.
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 3, Folder 1
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: 2 mounted photographs
  
  Shingle Workers Union, Aberdeen, Labor Day, 1905. Miscellaneous mill workers, undated
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 3, Folder 2
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: 2 mounted photographs. Aberdeen and Wishkaw River, undated
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 3, Folder 3
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: 4 mounted photographs
  
  3 mounted photographs of Bay City Lumber Co. - workers and interior of mill, undated. 1 mounted photograph. "Giant of the Forest. Sawed up at the Bay City Lumber Co.'s mill, south Aberdeen, Wash."
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 3, Folder 4
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: 3 mounted photographs
  
  2 mounted photographs of lumber ship Claremont, undated. 1 mounted photograph of mill wheel team with six horses, undated. Photographer: MacKenzie (Aberdeen, Wa.)
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 3, Folder 5
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: 4 mounted photographs of Hartwood Lumber Mill (interior and exterior)
  
  No negative
  
  Dates: 1910
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 3, Folder 6
  
  Location: Photographs
Glass negatives
- Description: Glass negatives
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 4
  
  Location: Glass negatives
- Description: Glass negatives
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 5
  
  Location: Glass negatives
- Description: Glass negatives
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 6
  
  Location: Glass negatives
- Description: Glass negatives
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 7
  
  Location: Glass negatives
- Description: Glass negatives
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 8
  
  Location: Glass negatives
- Description: Glass negatives
  
  Container: Box PH0579 Box 9
  
  Location: Glass negatives

Mary E. Michaelson photograph collection, approximately 1875-1938

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, approximately 1903-1915

Photographs

Glass negatives

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