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Bartie E. Osborn photograph collection, circa 1900-1910
Overview of the Collection
- Photographer
- Osborn, Bartie E
- Title
- Bartie E. Osborn photograph collection
- Dates
- circa 1900-1910 (inclusive)18951910
- Quantity
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61 photographic prints (1 box)
87 glass plate negatives (4 boxes) - Collection Number
- PH0271
- Summary
- Portraits and photographs of Nome, Alaska, San Francisco, and Washington State, as well as the Osborn family
- 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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Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials curator ia required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Bartimus "Bartie" Emerson Osborn was born on December 12, 1877 in Lee, Maine. He lived in Bay View, Washington and visited Nome, Alaska during the Gold Rush around 1900. Bartie was an amateur photographer. He died at age 32 on September 11, 1910 in Seattle, Washington.
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
Gold was discovered in Nome, Alaska in 1898. Subsequent discoveries resulted in the Nome Gold Rush which lasted until about 1908. Nome was unique in that gold could be found on several beaches where prospectors would land as they traveled north from Seattle or San Francisco. The Nome Gold Rush led to at least a 500% increase in the population of Nome and by 1900 a tent city along the beaches stretched for 30 miles.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs by Bartie Osborn of Nome, Alaska during the Gold Rush; San Francisco, California; the Osborn family, and Bay View, Washington in Skagit County.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
View the digital version of the collection
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Nome, Alaska Gold RushReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/1 | 1 | 1900? | |
1/1 | 2 | 1900? | |
1/1 | 3 |
Bartie Osborn with two women on board the
Ohio
Scanned from negative
|
1900? |
1/1 | 4 | 1900? | |
1/1 | 5 | 1900? | |
1/1 | 6 |
Johnny Estes holding a rifle
Scanned from negative
|
1900? |
1/1 | 7 |
Viola N. in front of a house
Scanned from negative
|
December 22, 1900 |
1/1 | 8 | 1900? | |
1/1 | 9 | 1900? | |
1/1 | 10 |
Four men camping on the claim
Scanned from negative
|
1900? |
1/1 | 11 |
Bartie Osborn and Billie McKenna in front of a cabin on
the claim
Scanned from negative
|
1900? |
1/1 | 12 |
Sourdoughs in cold weather gear
Back row third from right Billie McKenna, fourth is Henry
Weyrich, second left is Mr. Estes, front row far right is Fannie Estes, second
right is Bartie Osborn with arm around Johnny Estes, left possibly Fanny
McKenna.
Scanned from negative.
|
1900? |
1/1 | 13 |
Billie McKenna, Henry Weyrich and brother-in-law, Al
Osborn in front of building
Scanned from negative
|
1903 |
1/1 | 14 | 1900? | |
1/2 | 15 | 1900? | |
1/2 | 16 | 1900? | |
1/2 | 17 | 1900? | |
1/2 | 18 | 1900? | |
1/2 | 19-24 | 1900? | |
1/2 | 25 | 1900? |
San FranciscoReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/3 | 26 |
The Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate
Park
Scanned from negative.
|
1905 |
1/3 | 27 |
View of Cliff House and people on beach
Scanned from negative.
|
1905 |
1/3 | 28 |
Family outside of a house
Scanned from negative.
|
1905 |
1/3 | 29 |
Man and two women at the beach
Scanned from negative.
|
1905 |
Family and FriendsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/4 | 30 |
Portrait of Bartie Osborn
Urban Rogers, Seattle
(Photographer)
|
1910? |
1/4 | 31 | 1910? | |
1/4 | 32 |
Portrait of Mable and Maud Osborn
Mable and Maude were sisters of Bartie.
|
1910? |
1/4 | 33 |
Portrait of Delia Osborn Maxwell
Sister of Bartie.
|
1903 |
1/4 | 34 |
Portrait of Abbie Osborn
Sister of Bartie.
|
1910? |
1/4 | 35 | 1910? | |
1/4 | 36 | 1910? | |
1/4 | 37 | 1910? | |
1/4 | 38 |
Four Walker family children
Scanned from negative.
|
1910? |
1/4 | 39a | 1910? | |
1/4 | 39b | 1902? | |
1/4 | 40 | 1910 | |
1/4 | 41 | 1910? | |
1/4 | 42 | 1910? | |
1/4 | 43 | 1910? | |
1/4 | 44 | 1910? | |
1/5 | 45 | 1910? | |
1/5 | 46 | 1910? | |
1/5 | 47 | 1905 | |
1/5 | 48 | 1905 | |
1/5 | 49 | 1910? | |
1/5 | 50 |
May McKenna at Bay View Beach with dog
From accompanying material: Mae McKenna on Bayview beach. Mae
was employed at the Bayview general store owned by Joe Stitt, later became
Abbie Osborn's husband.
|
1910? |
1/5 | 51 | 1910? | |
1/5 | 52 |
May McKenna and William McKenna at Bay View beach with
dog
Scanned from negative
|
1910? |
1/5 | 53 | 1910? | |
1/5 | 54 | 1910? | |
1/5 | 55 | 1910? | |
1/5 | 56 | 1910? | |
1/5 | 57-66 |
Negatives with several portraits per image.
Some negatives have as few as two portraits, others have up
many more on one negative. Most contain six images. Portraits are of all
ages.
|
1910? |
Bay View, WashingtonReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/6 | 67 | 1910? | |
1/6 | 68 | 1910? | |
1/6 | 69 | 1910? | |
1/6 | 70 | 1910? | |
1/6 | 71 |
Portrait of a bald man, possibly Otto Kelso
Scanned from negative.
|
1910? |
1/6 | 72 | 1910? | |
1/6 | 73 | 1910? | |
1/6 | 74-75 | 1910? | |
1/6 | 76-77 | 1910? | |
1/6 | 78 | 1910? | |
1/7 | 79 | 1910? | |
1/7 | 80 | 1910? | |
1/7 | 81 |
Man lying in a cut in a giant fir tree with two other
men and logging equipment
Written on photo: Big Fir 11 ft in dia at McKay &
Mil[illeg].
|
1910? |
1/7 | 82 | 1910? | |
1/7 | 83 | 1910? | |
1/7 | 84-85 | April 14, 1905 | |
1/7 | 86 | April 14, 1905 | |
1/7 | 87 | 1902 | |
1/7 | 88 | 1910? | |
1/7 | 89 | 1910? |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Osborn, Bartie E.--Family--Photographs
- Osborn, Bartie E.--Friends and associates--Photographs
- Osborn, Bartie E.--Photographs
Family Names
- Bartie E. Osborn family--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Bay View (Wash.)--Photographs
- Nome (Alaska)--Gold discoveries
- Nome (Alaska)--Photographs
- San Francisco (Calfi.)--Photographs
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)