University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0513Scott, Guy M., 1887-1955Sjulstad Collection
of Guy Scott photographsapproximately
1917-192050 photographic prints (1 box)361 negatives (12 boxes) : glassCollection materials are in
English.Photographs of
miscellaneous Seattle scenes, including the Seattle waterfront, street scenes,
ships, Marine Corps recruiting activities, UW football games, and a parade
probably connected to World War I, circa 1919Guy Mannering Scott (1887-1955) was a commercial photographer based in
Seattle who took many photographs of Seattle street life, transportation and
events. He married Fern E. McDaniel who was possibly a relative of Ira J.
Webster of Webster and Stevens Photographers.
Kenneth Sigurd Sjulstad was born in Rice County Minnesota in June 11,
1921. He joined the National Guard in 1941 and married Leona Leadon in January
29, 1944. They established their home in Seattle, Washington where he worked as
a carrier. In 1956 Sjulstad discovered eight boxes of glass plate negatives in
the basement of his home that previously may have been owned by the
photographer Guy M. Scott. The glass plate negatives were donated to the
University of Washington in October of 1956. Sjulstad died on July 9, 1998.
Photographs probably made near or at the end of World War I, in
Seattle by photographer Guy M. Scott. Includes images of steamships and sailing
vessels in Seattle harbor, unidentified shipbuilding facilities, Marine Corps
recruiting activities, University of Washington football games, automobile test
drives, street scenes and storefronts, streetcars, boating and crew races,
soldiers and sailors, and parades through downtown Seattle probably connected
to World War I. A few of his photographs are marked with the Webster and
Stevens Photographers signature and were probably for newspaper
distribution.
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This collection was found by Kenneth S. Sjulstad in 1956 in the
basement of his home at 6506 17th Avenue Northeast, Seattle, Washington and was
donated to the University of Washington in October of 1956. The collection was
examined in June, 1963 and approximately three-fourths of the negatives were
discarded due to extensive water damage and breakage.
Donor: Kenneth Sjulstad, October 1956.
Processed by Stefanie Terasaki, 2013.
Mystery Photos Show Seattle
40 Years Ago(Seattle: Seattle Daily Times, published as The Seattle
Sunday Times, December 2, 1956).
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)Scott, Guy M., 1887-1955--PhotographsSeattle (Wash.)--History--PhotographsFootball--Washington (State)--Seattle--PhotographsParades--Washington (State)--Seattle--PhotographsShips--Washington (State)--Seattle--PhotographsSjulstad, Kenneth SigurdPhotographsSeattleColleges and UniversitiesShips and Shipping
Airplanes, Automobiles and Streetcars in and around
SeattleAirplanes1/11-3Biplane in the sky, taking off and in a
fieldbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/14Fleet of trucks carrying airplane wingsbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/15People greeting seaplane pilotbetween 1917 and
1920? Automobiles1/16Group of men in sports attire posed in front of
automobilebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/17-10Man driving car uphill with signs for the Milwaukee
Hotel and Cafe in the backgroundbetween 1917 and
1920? The Milwaukee Cafe and Hotel was opened in 1911 by Chinese
Consul Goon Dip at 668 King Street, Seattle.
Sign in background reads: Milwaukee Cafe, American and Chinese
dishes, open 7am to 11am, Merchants lunch 25¢. Milwaukee Hotel, Hot and Cold
Water Steam Heat, Local and long distance telephones in each room, elevator
service.
Negatives 8 and 10 were not scanned.
1/111Man driving Model T Fordbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/112-13Man with a tractor and tractor with a sign reading
Oliverbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/114Man posed with automobile Thermoid tirebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/115Parked Model T Ford with cows in back seatbetween 1917 and
1920? Streetcars1/216People boarding streetcarbetween 1917 and
1920?1/217Streetcar alongside automobile with sign on back, "Big
Brothers official car B.P.O.E.between 1917 and
1920? 1/218Streetcars along a downtown streetbetween 1917 and
1920? Wrecked Streetcars and crashes1/219Man directing broken down streetcarbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/220-21Streetcar Georgetown
wreckedbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/222Streetcar to Capitol Hill crashed into another
streetcar at 6th Avenue and Pine Streetbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/223Wrecked streetcar with broken door and front
grailbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/324-27Wrecked trucks including one outside the Seattle
Transfer Company and one from Pioneer Sand and Gravel Companybetween 1917 and
1920? Webster and Stevens PhotographsGuy M. Scott likely worked for Webster and Stevens and took
photographs for them.
1/328-31Cars being driven on Seattle streets by D.P Dean and
W.A. Simmonds with notes on hill inclinationsbetween 1917 and
1920? D.P. Dean was the Sales Manager at William T. Patten Company
which distributed automobiles in the northwest. These included Hupmobile, White
Motor Company, Chalmers Automobile and the Premier Motor Manufacturing Company.
They were located at 10th and Pine Street in 1913.
1/332-33Queen City Transport Company car with a sign for Cowen
Park and Eastlakebetween 1917 and
1920? Negative 32 is broken.
Everett, Washington1/434Photograph of an architectural drawing of Trinity
Church, Everett, Washingtonbetween 1917 and
1920? Written on original drawing: E.T. Osborn, Architect, 509
Pantages Bldg. Seattle.
Ships and Sailing Vessels in Seattle HarborShips and Sailing Vessels1/435Ship CrisfieldOctober 1919 Sign on bow reads: 3rd Anniversary of the launching of our
first vessel S.S. Niels Nielsen.
1/436Seattle waterfront near Albers Bros. Milling Co. with
stern of ship Elkridge and ship building facility
in backgroundbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/437Tugboat Enosbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/438Steamship Fort Jackson of
Tacoma at dockbetween 1919 and
1920? The Fort Jackson was a 3,500-ton
Ferris type wooden steamer launched March 27, 1919 by the Tacoma Shipbuilding
Co. in Tacoma.
1/439Men on deck of the Kitsapbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/440Steamship Libertybetween 1917 and
1920? 1/441-42The steamship [ill.] Maru
at sea and dockedbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/443The fishing boat Sunlandbetween 1917 and
1920?Negative 43 is broken.
1/444-45Ship Trollfind along ship
building facilitybetween 1917 and
1920? 1/446Ship West Herbriebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/447Steamship with painted designbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/548-49Five-masted steamshipsbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/550-76Unidentified steamshipsbetween 1917 and
1920? Views of the Waterfront and Seattle Harbor1/677-80Albers Bros. Milling Company dock and ship building
facilitybetween 1917 and
1920? A small part of the ship Massachusetts is visible.
1/681Businesses on waterfront including Union Oil Company
of California and Pacific Mildcure Companybetween 1917 and
1920? 1/682-84Crowd of people in front of Seattle Construction and
Dry Dock Compnaybetween 1911 and
1918? The Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company was active from
1911-1918 when it changed names to the Todd Dry Dock and Construction
Company.
1/685Group of people on boat watching fire on unidentified
waterfrontbetween 1917 and
1920?A photograph of a photograph possibly not in Seattle.
1/686-87J.F. Duthie shipbuilders at 2917 Whatcom Avenue and
nearby roadbetween 1917 and
1920? Sign on building reads: restaurant, lunch, room, cigars,
tobacco.
1/788Men on ramp probably at docksbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/789-90Men outside Todd Dry Docksbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/791-92Men outside of building possibly a factorybetween 1917 and
1920? 1/793Men on dockbetween 1917 and
1920? Negative 93 is broken.
1/794-97Seattle waterforntbetween 1917 and
1920? Scenes in SeattleCrew Team and Boat Club1/898-101Boating and crew races outside Cascade Canoe Club and
Pioneer Motor Boat Clubbetween 1917 and
1920? Negative 101 is broken.
1/8102-104Two boats, possibly belonging to the U.S. Navy, in the
Montlake Cut, Seattlebetween 1917 and
1920? Street Fashion PhotographyPhotographs capturing the fashion and clothing styles of
children, men and women crossing the street and standing in various locations
in downtown Seattle. The negatives are in a smaller format than the others
suggesting they were part of a specific photograph project.
1/8105-115Families downtownbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/9116-124Men and women downtownbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/9125-126Men with newspapers, including a newspaper
salesmanbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/10127-147Men downtownbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/11148-159Pedestrians outside Harold Week's The Melody Shop at
1408 Second Avenue, Seattlebetween 1917 and
1920? The Melody Shop was opened at 1408 Second Avenue around 1917
and sold sheet music. In 1922 the shop re-opened at 1402 Second Avenue. The
expanded new store advertised talking machines, records, and small musical
instruments. The new store also presented daily public concerts to test and
introduce new songs including some written by Harold Weeks himself, a popular
song writer.
1/12160-164Pedestrians outside United Cigars shopbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/12165-171Pedestrians outside Bon Marché at Second and
Unionbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/13-1/15172-229Women crossing street and walking downtownbetween 1917 and
1920? Negative 214 is broken.
1/16230Photograph of a photograph of woman posed on
pedestalbetween 1917 and
1920? Original photograph has signature of Avepe at 345 1/2 Wash.
St. Portland, Oregon.
Gatherings1/16231-233Gathering of men and women on downtown
streetbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/16234-235Group of dignitaries in top hatsbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/16236Group portrait with Christmas decorations in
backgroundbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/16237Luncheon served in milking room at milking time to
Pacific Northwest Ice Cream Manufacturers Association, Hollywood
FarmNovemver 19,
1918 Parades through Downtown SeattleMultiple military parades are depicted and include parades to
encourage war recruiting, bond buying, support of troops and welcome home
parades for World War I. Possible parades include Armistice Day parades and
Seattle Elks Lodge No. 92 supported celebrations.
View of parade and participants1/17238Automobile made of sugar for parade on downtown
streetbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/17239-240Band playing for paradebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/17241Car procession in front of Hudson Bay Fur
Companybetween 1917 and
1920? 1/17242Construction for ceremony sitebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/17243Dignitaries and soldiers probably viewing
paradebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/17244Group of men with sign "Kaiser Bill's
gone"between 1917 and
1920? 1/17245Man giving a speechbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/17246Men in kilts playing bagpipesbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/17247Native American participants in paradebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/17248-253Parade in front of the New Washington Hotel on 2nd
Ave. near Virginia St.between 1917 and
1920? 1/18254-255Parade along Second Avenuebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/18256Parade banner reading "Welcome Home"between 1917 and
1920? 1/18257-258Seattle streetcar in paradebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/18259Unidentified ceremony spectatorsbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/18260-262Views of the paradebetween 1917 and
1920? Negative 260 is broken.
1/18263Women's group participating in paradebetween 1917 and
1920? Marine Corps Recruiting Activities1/19264Soldier in front of New Wasshington Hotel carrying
banner "Recruiting service, Man Power of Pershing..."between 1917 and
1920? 1/19265-267Soldier riding elephant with banner "Marine Corps
Recruiting Station"between 1917 and
1920? Soldiers and Sailors in the parade1/19268Soldier in viewing box for paradebetween 1917 and
1918 1/19269-272Soldiers in parade through downtownbetween 1917 and
1918 1/19273-274Soldiers in parade with signs reading "Buy more
Bonds"between 1917 and
1918 Park1/19275-276Children outside, one with a toy baby
carriagebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/19277Man with beard and child in parkbetween 1917 and
1920? People in Downtown Seattle1/20278Close up of women's hats as they greet a soldier in a
streetcarbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/20279Group of men and women in front of
streetcarbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/20280Group of people crossing the street
downtownbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/20281Man in front of unidentified museumbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/20282Man giving a speech to a group of men outside
buildingbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/20283Man using rope to scale side of buildingbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/20284Man with a moustachebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/20285Men around a mailbox with a plaque on the wall in
memory of Yeslerbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/20286-288Men and women leaving buildingbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/20289-290Men outside of buildingbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/20291Men possibly boarding a shipbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/20292People standing in line downtownbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/20293Possibly Bertha Knight Landesbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/20294Two men, one possibly a pilotbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/21295Two women on side of road with parcels and
bagsbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/21296Two women with fox tippet and childbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/21297Woman in fur-trimmed coat next to an
automobilebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/21298Woman selling tickets to crowd from inside an
automobilebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/21299Women downtownbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/21300Women in fur trimmed coatsbetween 1917 and
1920? Seattle Residences1/21301Interior of a homebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/21302Interior of a room with beaded curtainsbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/21303Residence at 1804 NE 50th St, Seattlebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/21304-306House on Harrison Streetbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/21307View of house and gardenbetween 1917 and
1920? Sign in front reads: Real Estate West & Wheeler.
1/21308View of a staircase inside residencebetween 1917 and
1920? Shops and Vendors1/22309Female shopper holding a cabbagebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/22310Man in a work apronbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/22311Men around a produce displaybetween 1917 and
1920? 1/22312-313Window shoppers outside a toy storebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/22314San Francisco Oyster House and Day and Night Safe
Deposit and Storage Co.between 1917 and
1920?Was located at 202 Yesler Way.
1/22315Broken storefront window at 700 East Pine with
advertisement for cigars, magazines and chocolatesbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/22316Woman next to sign and display for fresh
eggsbetween 1917 and
1920? Street Scenes1/23317-318Animals in enclosures, possibly at zoobetween 1917 and
1920? 1/23319Child and two soldiers looking through bars on cage
possibly at zoobetween 1917 and
1920? 1/23320-322First Avenue with Grand Pacific Hotel and
advertisement for Yucatan Gumbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/23323Lake Union, view from Eastlake looking towards Queen
Anne and Wallingfordbetween 1917 and
1920? Photograph of a photograph.
Written on original photograph: Lake Union one of Seattle's
greatest assets.
1/23324-325Looking north on Eighth from James Street showing
James street streetcar and Trinity Parishbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/23326Looking north on Fourth Avenue and Pike with Plaza
Hotel and Colonial Theaterbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/24327Man climbing ladder in fire equipment demonstration in
front of Firehouse No. 2, Fourth Ave. and Battery St.1921? 1/24328Second Avenue with two rows of trucksbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/24329Street Scene with streetcar and sign for Sherman Clay
Pianos on Third Avenuebetween 1917 and
1920? At left is Fire Station No. 2 on NE corner of Third and Pine
(later, location of Bon Marche). At right is Frederick & Nelson on NE
corner of Fifth and Pine.
1/24330Men climbing ladders on side of buildingbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/24331Unidentified construction scenebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/24332-333Workers on the roof of the Lincoln Hotel 1920? On April 7, 1920 the Lincoln Hotel, located at 4th Avenue and
Madison Street caught fire.
University of Washington Athletics1/24334-338Football game at University of Washington
Stadiumbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/24339Marching band in University of Washington
Stadiumbetween 1917 and
1920? Soldiers and sailors1/25340Child in uniform salutingbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/25341Man on motorized scooterbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/25342-347Sailors and soldiers aboard ships, includes soldiers
with american flags and on deck of the U.S.S. General
Mifflinbetween 1917 and
1920? Negative 342 is cracked.
1/25348Soldiers carrying equipmentbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/25349Soldiers carrying unidentified objectbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/25350Soldiers gathered in streetbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/25351-354Soldiers in formation and at attentionbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/25355Soldiers in formation possibly at the University of
Washingtonbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/25356Soldier standing in entrance to Olympic Block building,
SE corner of 1st Ave S and Yesler Way, Seattlebetween 1917 and
1920? Advertisement on pillars in background read: For action on sea
and land join the Marines.
1/25357Soldier with pipe window shopping alongside a woman and
child and little girl at a toy storebetween 1917 and
1920? 1/25358Tank demonstration (Sjulstad 232)between 1917 and
1920? 1/25359-360Two soldiers in front of tank on flatbed railroad
carbetween 1917 and
1920? 1/25361Two soldiers walking down street near restaurant
signbetween 1917 and
1920?