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Wells Fargo Bank (University Branch) photograph collection, approximately 1870-1960
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Wells Fargo Bank (University Branch : Seattle, Wash.)
- Title
- Wells Fargo Bank (University Branch) photograph collection
- Dates
- approximately 1870-1960 (inclusive)18701960
- Quantity
- 206 photographic prints (1 box, 3 folders) ; various sizes
- Collection Number
- PH0537
- Summary
- Photographs documenting the businesses and streets in the University District and the University of Washington, circa 1870-1960s
- 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.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs and postcards including NE University Way, businesses, residences, apartment buildings, churches (1900-1960s); views of the University of Washington and student activities from the Territorial University to the 1920s; views of the University National Bank on NE University Way and 45th St. (1900-1960s); the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909); and the King County War Finance Committee war bond events (World War II). Some of the photographs are by Linkletter Studio and Roger Dudley. These businesses were located in the Universtiy Disctict of Seattle located east of Interstate 5, including the area between Interstate 5 and NE Ravenna Boulevard. The University district earned its name from the development of the University of Washington lending itself to become the student district.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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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
Photo AlbumReturn to Top
The photos in the album are copies of older photos later made by Linkletter Studio. The copies were probably created in the 1940s.
The album cover was removed, but some photos remain in original order. The album was taken apart prior to May 2010.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/1 | 1.1 |
House at the corner of NE 45th St. and
15th Ave. NE. The new bank now stands on that corner.
|
circa 1915 |
box-folder:oversize | |||
XH4 | 1.2 | 1878 | |
Box/Folder | |||
1/1 | 1.3 | Territorial University building and
University Observatory between Union and University streets Copy print of original photo Item 96.
|
July 23, 1892 |
1/1 | 1.4 | circa 1870 | |
1/1 | 1.5 | between 1916 and 1925 | |
1/2 | 1.6 |
Home of Dean Henry Landes at the
northwest corner of NE 45th St. and Brooklyn Ave. The Hotel Deca now occupies this corner.
|
1898 |
1/2 | 1.7 |
Home of Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Doty, later
occupied by Professor Trevor Kincaid. Built in 1899, the 3rd new house in University Heights. The
house was moved to make way for the Kincaid Apts.
|
circa 1899 |
1/2 | 1.8 |
Northwest corner of NE 45th St. and
University Way The tent in the photo is the site of the Helen Richert
Shop.
|
circa 1905 |
1/2 | 1.9 |
Phi Gamma Delta and Alpha Xi Delta
houses on Brooklyn Ave. Now the Hotel Deca Parking lot
|
prior to 1930 |
1/2 | 1.10 | Prior to 1920 | |
1/3 | 1.11 & 1.12 | Prior to 1920 | |
1/3 | 1.13 | circa 1891 | |
1/3 | 1.14 | circa 1902 | |
1/3 | 1.15 |
Home of Dr. Samuel Fried at the of
southeast corner of NE 45th St. and Brooklyn Ave. Now occupied by the Neptune Theater
|
1906 |
1/4 | 1.16 | 1906 | |
1/4 | 1.17 |
Home of Dr. John W. Bailey The house was removed when the Egyptian Theater was built.
|
1907 |
1/4 | 1.18 | circa 1912 | |
1/4 | 1.19 | circa 1916 | |
1/4 | 1.20 | 1909 | |
1/5 | 1.21 | 1909 | |
1/5 | 1.22 | 1910 | |
1/5 | 1.23 | 1910 | |
1/5 | 1.24 |
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Neuenschwander at
the NE corner of NE 47th St. and University Way Caption on verso: NE corner of E 47th and University Way, the
site of the Wilsonian Apartments and which was the former home of Captain Fish.
We were on our honeymoon and were caught in this position by a friend who
labeled the picture "The First Quarrel" and mailed it back to us at Grandview,
WA. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Neuenschwander.
|
circa 1910 |
1/5 | 1.25 |
Lake Washington Ship Canal construction
Stillwell Bros,
Seattle (Photographer)
|
August 12, 1912 |
1/6 | 1.26 & 1.27 | May 1, 1914 | |
1/6 | 1.28 | 1914 | |
1/6 | 1.29 | circa 1914 | |
1/6 | 1.30 | 1915 | |
1/7 | 1.31 | circa 1916 | |
1/7 | 1.32 | circa 1916 | |
1/7 | 1.33 | 1916 | |
1/7 | 1.34 | circa 1916 | |
1/7 | 1.35 | 1918 | |
1/8 | 1.36 | circa 1914 | |
1/8 | 1.37 | circa 1920 | |
1/8 | 1.38 | circa 1925 | |
1/8 | 1.39 | circa 1912 | |
1/8 | 1.40 | circa 1915 | |
1/9 | 1.41 | 1919 | |
1/9 | 1.42 | circa 1920 | |
1/9 | 1.43 | between 1927 and 1928 | |
1/9 | 1.44 | circa 1928 | |
1/9 | 1.45 | circa 1925 | |
1/10 | 1.46 |
Wilsonian Apartment Hotel Olin E. Myers,
Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1956 |
1/10 | 1.47 | circa 1925 | |
1/10 | 1.48 | 1926 | |
1/10 | 1.49 | circa 1927 | |
1/10 | 1.50 | circa 1928 | |
1/11 | 1.51 | circa 1928 | |
1/11 | 1.52 | circa 1925 | |
1/11 | 1.53 |
Washington Manor Apartments at the
southeast corner of NE 43rd St. and Brooklyn Ave. Agnus Malloy purchased the Washington Manor Apartments and
renamed the building Malloy Manor in 1929. The building still exists, but is
now called University Manor Apartments.
|
circa 1926 |
1/11 | 1.54 | circa 1927 | |
1/11 | 1.55 |
Brooklyn Building on the southwest
corner of NE 45th St. and Brooklyn Ave. The building was completed in 1929 and was home to the General
Insurance Company of America (later Safeco) from 1936 until the building was
demolished and replaced with Safeco Tower in 1973.
|
circa 1930 |
1/12 | 1.56 |
Looking north on University Way from NE
45th Includes City Light, Brandon's Art Store, Style Rite, and
other stores.
|
1936 |
1/12 | 1.57 |
General Insurance Company Building at
the southwest corner of NE 45th St. and Brooklyn Ave. Roger Dudley,
Seattle (photographer)
|
1956 |
1/12 | 1.58 |
View from the Chimes tower showing
sorority and fraternity houses Linkletter Studio,
Seattle (copied by)
The current Sigma Alpha Epsilon house is in the foreground on
the left and the current Sigma Chi house is in the foreground on the right
|
1936 |
1/12 | 1.59 |
Corner of NE 42nd St. and University
Way showing Howard's Restaurant Roger Dudley,
Seattle (photographer)
|
1956 |
1/12 | 1.60 |
The Edmond Meany Hotel at the corner of
NE 45th St. and Brooklyn Ave. Roger Dudley,
Seattle (photographer)
|
1956 |
1/13 | 1.61 |
Looking north from NE 45th St. and
University Way Roger Dudley,
Seattle (photographer)
|
1956 |
1/13 | 1.62 |
Looking west on NE 45th St. Roger Dudley,
Seattle (photographer)
|
1956 |
1/13 | 1.63 |
Looking south on University Way from NE
45th St. Roger Dudley,
Seattle (photographer)
|
1956 |
1/13 | 1.64 |
Martin and Eckmann store on the
northwest corner of NE 45th St. and University Way Olin E. Myers,
Seattle (photographer)
|
1956 |
1/13 | 1.65 |
National Bank of Commerce building on
the northeast corner of NE 45th St. and Brooklyn Ave. Roger Dudley,
Seattle (photographer)
|
1956 |
1/14 | 1.66 | circa 1927 | |
1/14 | 1.67 | circa 1940 | |
1/14 | 1.68 | circa 1930 | |
1/14 | 1.69 | circa 1940 | |
1/14 | 1.70 | circa 1925 | |
1/15 | 1.71 | circa 1920 | |
1/15 | 1.72 | circa 1925 | |
1/15 | 1.73 | circa 1927 | |
1/15 | 1.74 | circa 1925 | |
1/15 | 1.75 | circa 1930 | |
1/16 | 1.76 | circa 1920 | |
1/16 | 1.77 | circa 1955 | |
1/16 | 1.78 |
The Edmond Meany Hotel on the northwest
corner of NE 45th St. and Brooklyn Ave The Edmond Meany Hotel replaced the New University Garage.
|
circa 1931 |
1/16 | 1.79 | circa 1925 |
LocalesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
University District |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/17 | 2 | circa 1900 | |
1/17 | 3 |
The old Latona Bridge The Latona Bridge spanned the lake before the University
Bridge was built in 1919.
|
circa 1909 |
1/17 | 4-5 | circa 1941 | |
1/17 | 6 | circa 1945 | |
1/17 | 7 |
Aerial view of the University
District from Roosevelt Ave. to 16th Ave Photographer: Pacific Aerial Surveys, Inc
|
circa 1946 |
box-folder:oversize | |||
XE1 | 8 | Aerial view of the University
District from US 99 to Sandpoint Photographer: Pacific Aerial Surveys, Inc, Seattle
|
circa 1950 |
Brooklyn Ave. |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/18 | 9 | circa 1905 | |
1/18 | 10 |
Home of Dr. Samuel Fried on the
southeast corner of NE 45th Street and Brooklyn Ave. This site is now the Neptune Theater.Same image as 1-15.
|
circa 1906 |
1/18 | 11 | July 17, 1940 | |
1/18 | 12 | October 1963 | |
1/18 | 13 | October 1963 | |
15th Ave. NE |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/18 | 14 |
Entrance to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition at 40th Street and 15th Ave. The auditorium which became Meany Hall can be seen in the
upper right corner of the photograph.
|
1909 |
1/18 | 15 |
Looking west down NE 45th Street at
the holidays Webster & Stevens,
Seattle (photographer)
|
1947 |
1/18 | 16 | October 1963 | |
1/18 | 17 | Spring 1964 | |
1/18 | 18 | July, 1946 | |
1/18 | 19 |
Cars lining the edge of NE 45th
Street heading east at 15th NE Handwritten on front of photo: E. 45th looking east. No
parking available
|
July, 1946 |
University Way NE between NE 40th
Street and NE 42nd Street |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/19 | 20 |
Looking toward the entrance of campus
from the intersection of University Way NE and NE 40th Street William Eng,
Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1953 |
1/19 | 21 |
Looking north on University Way NE
from the southwest corner of NE 40th Street William Eng,
Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1953 |
1/19 | 22 |
Looking north on University Way NE
from the corner of Campus Parkway William Eng,
Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1950 |
1/19 | 23 |
Northwest corner of University Way NE
and NE 41st Street William Eng,
Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1953 |
1/19 | 24 |
Looking north on University Way NE
between NE 41st Street and NE 42nd Street Photographer: Fred Milkie
|
1953 |
1/19 | 25 |
Looking north on University Way NE
from NE 42nd Street William Eng,
Seattle (Photographer)
|
circa 1953 |
1/19 | 26 |
Looking north on University Way NE
from between NE 42nd Street and NE 43rd Street William Eng,
Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1953 |
NE 43rd Street and University Way
NE |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/19 | 27 |
Looking north on University Way NE
from just south of the University Station Post Office William Eng,
Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1953 |
1/19 | 28 |
University Station Post Office at the
corner of University Way NE and NE 43rd Street Webster & Stevens,
Seattle (Photographer)
|
1947 |
1/19 | 29 |
Looking north on University Way NE
from NE 43rd Street William Eng,
Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1953 |
1/19 | 30 |
Northeast corner of University Way NE
and NE 43rd Street William Eng,
Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1953 |
University Way NE between NE 43rd
Street and NE 45th Street |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/20 | 31 |
Postcard: Looking north on University
Way NE from NE 43rd Street Ellis (Photographer)
|
1944 |
1/20 | 32 |
Cars parked on University Way NE
looking north from NE 43rd Street Handwritten on front of photo: Where would you park?
|
July, 1946 |
1/20 | 33 |
A line of traffic along University
Way NE, south of NE 45th Street Handwritten on front of photo: Autos backed up beyond P.O.
from 45th and U.Way, looking south from pedestrian crossing - 4300 block -
U.Way
|
July, 1946 |
1/20 | 34 |
Traffic jam at University Way NE and
NE 45th Street Handwritten on front of photo: Turning bus jams intersection
- 45th U.Way
|
July 1946 |
1/20 | 35 |
Looking north on University Way
NE On verso: Taken in front of Bookstore.
|
Spring 1964 |
1/20 | 36 |
Traffic jam at University Way NE and
NE 45th Street Handwritten on front of photo: Jam caused by near side bus
stop - 45th - U.Way
|
July, 1946 |
1/20 | 37 |
Traffic congestion on University Way
NE Handwritten on front of photo: Traffic congestion - 4500 blk
U.Way
|
July 1946 |
1/20 | 38 | 1916 | |
1/20 | 39 |
The back of the Malloy Apartment
building, seen from University Way NE William Eng,
Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1953 |
Looking south on University Way NE from NE 45th
Street |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/21 | 40 | 1908 | |
1/21 | 41a |
Postcard: Intersection of NE 45th
Street and University Way NE Ellis (Photographer)
|
circa 1936 |
1/21 | 41b | Postcard: Looking west down University Way
NE Ellis (Photographer)
|
circa 1936 |
1/21 | 42 | May 18, 1940 | |
1/21 | 43 | July 17, 1940 | |
1/21 | 44 |
Two men standing next to a bus at
University Way NE and NE 45th Street Roye,
Seattle (Photographer)
|
circa 1947 |
1/21 | 45 |
Two men getting on a bus on
University Way NE at NE 45th Street Roye,
Seattle (Photographer)
|
circa 1947 |
Looking East on NE 45th Street from University Way
NE |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/21 | 46-47 | circa 1940 | |
1/21 | 48 | Negative: University National Bank
building at the northeast corner of NE 45th Street and University Way
NE |
1945 |
1/21 | 49 | April 1965 | |
Looking west on NE 45th Street from University Way
NE |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/22 | 50 |
Looking west down NE 45th
Street Print has a tear in the middle of the photo
|
1935 |
1/22 | 51 | May 18, 1940 | |
1/22 | 52 | May 18, 1940 | |
1/22 | 53 |
Postcard: Looking west on NE 45th
Street at University Way NE Ellis (Photographer)
|
1944 |
1/22 | 54 | circa 1950 | |
1/22 | 55 | Blurry photo looking toward the
southwest corner of University Way NE and NE 45th Street |
circa 1950 |
1/22 | 56 |
Looking west on NE 45th Street at the
Martin and Eckmann Store William Eng,
Seattle (Photographer)
|
circa 1963 |
Looking north on University Way NE from
NE 45th Street |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/23 | 57 | Northwest corner of NE 45th Street
and University Way NE |
circa 1927 |
1/23 | 58 | 1935 | |
1/23 | 59 | May 18, 1940 | |
1/23 | 60 | July 17, 1940 | |
1/23 | 61 | 1940 | |
1/23 | 62 |
Postcard: University Way NE at NE
45th Street Ellis (Photographer)
|
1944 |
1/23 | 63 |
Traffic congestion on University Way
NE at NE 45th Street Handwritten on front of photo: U.Way - too narrow for
today's traffic
|
July 1946 |
1/23 | 64 | Looking north toward University Way
NE and NE 45th Street Found together with item 65 and 66.
|
1956 |
1/23 | 65 | University National Bank building
from the southwest corner of the intersection Found together with item 64 and 66.
|
1956 |
1/23 | 66 | An unknown section of University Way
NE Found together with item 64 and 65.
|
1956 |
1/23 | 67 | October 1963 | |
1/23 | 68 | October 1963 | |
1/23 | 69 | October 1963 | |
University Way NE between NE 45th
Street and NE 52nd Street |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/24 | 70 |
Looking south on University Way NE
from between NE 47th Street and NE 45th Street Caption on verso: Taken from in front of Penny's.
|
Spring 1964 |
1/24 | 71 | circa 1936 | |
1/24 | 72 |
Looking south on University Way NE
from the northwest corner of NE 47th Street Webster & Stevens,
Seattle (photographer)
|
1947 |
1/24 | 73 |
University Way NE between 47th Street
and 50th Street at night Fred Milkie Photographers, Seattle (photographer)
|
1953 |
1/24 | 74 | June 7, 1939 | |
1/24 | 75 | April 25, 1940 | |
1/24 | 76 | circa 1897 | |
Interior and Exterior Bank
Photographs |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/25 | 77 |
Interior of Pacific National
Bank Linkletter Photo Co,
Seattle
|
circa 1907 |
1/25 | 78 | circa 1907 | |
1/25 | 79 | circa 1907 | |
1/25 | 80 | circa 1907 | |
1/25 | 81 | circa 1940 | |
1/25 | 82 |
Desks and adding machines Lorne Chambers,
Seattle, WA (photographer)
|
circa 1940 |
1/25 | 83-84 |
Bank interior lounge or reception
area Lorne Chambers,
Seattle, WA (photographer)
|
circa 1940 |
1/25 | 85 | undated | |
1/25 | 86-87 | circa 1941 | |
1/25 | 88 |
University National Bank parking
lot Photographic Associates, Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1949 |
1/25 | 89 | 1949 | |
1/25 | 90 | 1949 | |
1/25 | 91 | Negative: View of the parking lot and
branch building at the University National Bank Parking Branch |
circa 1950 |
1/25 | 92 | Kodachrome slide of fence and parking
lot in at the University National Bank Parking Branch |
circa 1960 |
University National Bank
Employees |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/26 | 93 | circa 1910's | |
1/26 | 94 | December 1928 | |
1/26 | 95 |
Men gathered around a cake with a
large candle, celebrating the 50th anniversary of University National
Bank Olin E. Myers,
Seattle (photographer)
|
1956 |
University of Washington Buildings and
People |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/27 | 96 |
University Building and
Observatory Item 1.3 is a copy print of this original photo.
|
July 23, 1892 |
1/27 | 97 | circa 1900 | |
box-folder:oversize | |||
XH4 | 98 | Panoramic photograph of U.S. Naval
training station at State University (University of Washington)
campus Pierson & Co. Photo (Photographer)
|
circa 1900 |
Box/Folder | |||
1/27 | 99 | between 1912 and 1920 | |
1/27 | 100 | 1909 | |
1/27 | 101 |
Large crowd at Roosevelt Day at the
University of Washington Linkletter,
Seattle (Photographer)
|
circa 1910 |
1/27 | 102 |
University Bookstore on
campus Typed in verso: The University Bookstore was in the old Chem
Shack behind Denny Hall from 1910-1922.
|
1910 |
1/27 | 103 | circa 1912 | |
1/27 | 104 | 1912 | |
box-folder:oversize | |||
XH4 | 105 |
Panoramic photograph of crowd of men
and women seated on grassy hillside listening to speaker Written on front mount: Naval training station during World
War I then University Golf Club / Now Health Science Complex.Some in the audience are wearing naval uniforms.
|
circa 1918 |
Box/Folder | |||
1/27 | 106 |
Aerial view of the University of
Washington campus showing Denny Hall and Parrington Hall Cress-Dale Photo Co,
Seattle (Photographer)
|
circa 1919 |
1/27 | 107 | circa 1929 | |
box-folder:oversize | |||
OS4 | 108 | Aerial photo of the University
campus, taken from the south Chas. R. Laidlaw Aerophoto, Seattle (Photographer)
|
circa 1936 |
XD3 | 109 |
Aerial photo of the University
campus, taken from the west Pacific Aerial Surveys, Inc, Seattle (photographer)
|
March 1937 |
XE1 | 110 | Aerial photo of the University and
University District, taken from the northwest Pacific Aerial Surveys, Inc, Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1940 |
XD2 | 111 | Aerial photo of the University
campus, taken from the northwest James O. Sneddon,
Seattle (Photographer)
|
circa 1945 |
Box/Folder | |||
1/27 | 112 |
Students on the grass outside Denny
Hall James O. Sneddon,
Seattle (Photographer)
|
circa 1945 |
box-folder:oversize | |||
OS4 | 113 | Aerial photo of the University
campus, taken from the west |
circa 1950 |
OS3 | 114 | Aerial photo of the University
campus, taken from the north |
circa 1950 |
World War II War Bond Rally on NE 45th
Street and University Way |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/28 | 115 |
War Bonds rally stage Doug Devin (photographer)
|
circa 1942 |
1/28 | 116 |
Women on stage at a War Bonds
rally Doug Devin (photographer)
|
circa 1942 |
1/28 | 117 |
War Bonds stage and crowd Doug Devin (photographer)
|
circa 1942 |
1/28 | 118 | circa 1942 | |
1/28 | 119 |
Two people at a War Bonds
rally Doug Devin (Photographer)
|
circa 1942 |
Seattle and vicinity |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/29 | 120 | circa 1909 | |
1/29 | 121 | circa 1909 | |
box-folder:oversize | |||
OS4 | 122 | Coliseum Theater from the corner of
5th Ave and Pike Street |
circa 1916 |
XH4 | 123 | circa 1918 | |
Box/Folder | |||
1/29 | 124 |
Sailors marching in formation in
front of tent camp Webster & Stevens
|
circa 1918 |
1/29 | 125 |
Claude Ramsey and Major H.C.K.
Muhlenberg, US Army, at Sand Point Naval Air Station Cowan Photo,
Seattle (photographer)
Major H.C.K. Muhlenberg, pioneer aviator Eddie Hubbard and
passenger Claude Ramsey flew two planes to the Sand Point Naval Air Station
from Camp Lewis in Pierce county as a part of a tree felling ceremony marking
the development of the site as an airfield. Sand Point becamse a Naval Air
Station in 1923, oneof only five in the nation at that time.
|
August 30, 1921 |
1/29 | 126 |
Major H.C.K. Muhlenberg addressing a
group of men at Sand Point Naval Air Station Cowan Photo,
Seattle (photographer)
|
August 30, 1921 |
1/29 | 127 |
Unidentified building, possibly in
the University District The Linkletter Studio,
Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1940 |
1/29 | 128 |
Photograph of an architectural
rendering of a public building, possibly a bank Roger Dudley,
Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1946 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
Corporate Names
- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.)--Photographs
- King County War Finance Committee (King County, Wash.)
- University of Washington--Buildings--Photographs
- University of Washington--Photographs
- University of Washington--Students--Photographs
Geographical Names
Other Creators
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Personal Names
Corporate Names