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Max Loudon Photograph Album, circa 1910-1920
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Loudon, Max
- Title
- Max Loudon Photograph Album
- Dates
- circa 1910-1920 (inclusive)19051925
- Quantity
- 442 photographic prints in 1 album
- Collection Number
- PH0037
- Summary
- Album of photographs mostly of Washington State, Montana and British Columbia
- 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.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Max Loudon worked for nine years at the Schwabacher Bros. Wholesale Grocers and became warehouse superintendent for the Grocetaria Stores in Seattle. Among his interests were amateur boxing at the Seattle Athletic Club, fencing, and marksmanship.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Album with 442 black and white photographs reflecting the personal interests and activities of Max Loudon, ca. 1910-1920. The album depicts various activities in Seattle, Washington, the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. Images include: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul/Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound RR (pp.1-5); skating on Greenlake (pp. 6, 66); Miles City Roundup, Montana (pp. 7-12); Butte, Montana (p. 21); Mount Rainier National Park (pp. 29-32, 43-44); "Preparedness Day Parade," probably Seattle (pp. 34, 36-38, 45); workers at the Grocetaria Store (pp. 39-40); Volunteer Park (p. 40); Spanish influenza epidemic, 1918 (p. 41); employees of the Stewart and Holmes Drugstore (PP. 46-47); Lake Keechelus (p. 52); Columbia River Highway, Crown Point (pp. 55-56); Lincoln Hotel Fire, 1920 (p. 68); Canadian Pacific RR in British Columbia (p. 72); Victoria, B.C. (p. 74); Niagara Falls (p. 78). Additional images include: nurses; women in working dress; actors and actresses (possibly connected to Metropolitan Theatre: "Very Good Eddie" and "Chu Chin Chow", "Streets of Cairo"). Persons noted: Arch Frizzell, Hazel Galloway, Mabel Loudon, Lena Miller, Isabel Dow, Irma Chase.
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.
