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Mary E. Michaelson photograph collection, circa 1875-1938
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Michaelson, Mary E
- Title
- Mary E. Michaelson photograph collection
- Dates
- circa 1875-1938 (inclusive)18751938
- Quantity
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245 photographic prints
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
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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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The collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
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.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
BOX 1:Modern contact prints from glass negatives taken by the firm of James and Bushnell, circa 1903-1915.
Folder 1:
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)
Folder 2:
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)
Folder 3:
Caldwell (neg. 54342)
Carlson (neg. 71823)
Cody (neg. 49620)
Collier (neg. 71838)
Corey, Mabel Gilman (actress) (neg. 53223)
Folder 4:
Denton (neg. 69247)
Dixon (neg. 69246)
Dockery (neg. 74841)
Folder 5:
Eldridge (neg. 49612)
Elkhart (neg. 53237)
Folder 6:
Falke (neg. 77420)
Fent (neg. 6923-)
Fenton (neg. 77403)
Gilbert (neg. 77844)
Gleason (neg. 77421)
Gottlesohn (neg. 57578)
Griffith (neg. 71828)
Folder 7:
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)
Folder 8:
Kelly (children) (neg. 54349)
Kelly (neg. 53227)
King (neg. 68900)
Kyle (neg. 69312)
Levi (neg. 49633)
Lindahl (neg. 68918)
Folder 9:
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)
Folder 10:
Malim (neg. 43598)
Folder 11:
Nelson (neg. 54363)
Folder 12:
Parker (neg. 53351)
Peterson (neg. 53347)
Pratt (neg. 54358)
Purvis (neg. 69226)
Putnam (neg. 42206)
Folder 13:
Ridenour or Ridenor (neg. 57583)
Rodwell (neg. 53279)
Root (neg. 57561)
Folder 14:
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)
Folder 15:
Stanley, Vera (neg. 43980)
Folder 16:
Tichnor Twins (neg. 45692)
Underwood (neg. 73564)
Folder 17:
Vaux (neg. 74840)
Wallingford (neg. 54347)
Walters (neg. 68914)
Werner (neg. 55352)
Wiilliams (neg. 77429)
Wilson (neg. 69227)
Yates (neg. 42815)
Folder 18: Unidentified
BOX 2:
Folder 1: 19 black and white photographs of Foss tugboats - Andrew Foss, Tacoma, Rouse, Wanderer, Winona, Matilda, Foss No. 16, Foss brothers (January 4, 1938).
Photographer: Burton Thurber
Folder 2: 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
Folder 3:
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
Folder 4: 5 photographic postcards. Horse seining on the Columbia River, undated
Folder 5: 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.)
Folder 6: 15 contact prints/xeroxes from glass negatives - vicinity of Chehalis?, undated.
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
BOX 3:
Folder 1: 3 mounted photographs. Lumber mill and workers, Hartwood Mill, Aberdeen, undated
Photographer: Clark.
Folder 2:
1 mounted photograph. Shingle Workers Union, Aberdeen, Labor Day, 1905.
1 mounted photograph . Miscellaneous mill workers, undated
Folder 3: 2 mounted photographs. Aberdeen and Wishkaw River, undated
Folder 4:
3 mounted photographs. 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."
Folder 5:
2 mounted photographs. Lumber ship Claremont, undated.
Photographer: MacKenzie (Aberdeen, Wa.)
1 mounted photograph. Mill wheel team with six horses, undated
Photographer: MacKenzie (Aberdeen, Wa.)
Folder 6: 4 mounted photographs. Hartwood Lumber Mill (interior and exterior), 1910 (no neg.)
BOXES 4-9:Glass negatives
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Form or Genre Terms
- Lantern slides
- Photographic prints
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)