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Dillis B. Ward photograph collection, circa 1864-circa 1909

Overview of the Collection

Collector
Ward, Dillis B
Title
Dillis B. Ward photograph collection
Dates
circa 1864-circa 1909
Quantity
45 photographic prints (1 box and 1 folder); sizes vary
Collection Number
PH0488
Summary
Collection contains photographs, mainly portraits, of the Dillis B. Ward and Dickey families of Seattle, Washington
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. Selections of collection are available on digital site. Use digital site to preserve original photographs.

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Languages
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Biographical Note

Dillis Burgess Ward, an early Pacific Northwest pioneer, was born in Hartford, Kentucky in 1838. He crossed the plains to Salem, Oregon in 1853 where he worked on his father's farm until he was twenty-one. Ward moved to Seattle in 1859, and started working in the Yesler sawmill. He later drove the team that hauled the lime and stone for the first University of Washington building. He attended the UW as a student and eventually became an instructor there.

Ward made and lost fortunes twice in the real estate business; then, with his two brothers, he started theSeattle Chronicleand theSeattle Post, both among the ancestors of the present-daySeattle Post-IntelligencerFor seven years, he was in charge of the Industrial School at the Skokomish Indian Reservation. He also served as a member of the Washington State Territorial Legislature in 1879, and was active in Seattle's early church, educational, and cultural life.

In 1863, Ward was married to Sarah Isabella Byles, who as a child had crossed the plains with the first train to come through Naches Pass in 1853. Their daughter, Lizzie, later married Edmond S. Meany, and their daughter Maud married William A. Dickey.

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Content Description

The collection contains mainly portraits of approximately four generations of the Dillis B. Ward and the Dickey families.

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Use of the Collection

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Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Source:The Shorey Bookstore, January 1964.

Processing Note

Processed by Rachel Woodbrook, 2010.

Photographs of the Dickey family which had been removed from the collection and put in the portrait file were transferred back to the collection in 2010.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

  • Ward Family

    • Description: Carte de visite portrait of Jesse Ward

      Jesse Ward was born in February 25, 1796 and died December 27, 1871 in Oak Hills, Oregon.

      Written on verso: Father of Dillis B. Ward. Was born in Maryland in 1797. Died (I think) 1873. I was born June 30th 1838, in Hartford, Ohio County-Dillis B. Ward.

      Dates: circa 1860s-1870s
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 1
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Children: Greg (Gary?), Claire, Earnest, and Kirk Ward
      Judkins, Seattle, W.T (photographer)
      Dates: Before 1889
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 2
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Kirk Ward
      McClaire & Quirk, Seattle, W.T (photographer)
      Dates: Before 1889
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 3
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Mrs. Kirk Ward
      George Moore, Seattle, W.T (photographer)

      Written on verso: Her brother was Chief Justice Dunbar, Olympia.

      Dates: Before 1889
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 4
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Possibly Basil Ward's wife
      Buchtel & Stolte, Portland, OR (photographer)
      Dates: Before 1879
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 5
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: William E. Ward

      Written on verso: Compliments of William E. Ward. Hartford, Ohio Co. Ky. To his cousin. D.B. Ward Seattle, Wa.

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 6
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Carte de visite portrait of Dillis B. Ward
      Dates: 1864
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 7
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Dillis B. Ward
      Moore, Seattle, W.T (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1878
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 8
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Dillis B. Ward
      Moore, Seattle, W.T (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1880
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 9
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Dillis B. Ward
      Eggan Brothers, Seattle, WA (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1891-1895
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 10
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Dillis B. Ward
      Curtis, Seattle, WA (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1898-1906
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 11
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Dillis B. Ward
      Eggan & Ericson, Seattle, WA (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1903-1906
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 12
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Dillis B. Ward
      Dates: Before 1889
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 13
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Sarah Isabelle Byles Ward (Mrs. D.B. Ward)
      Moore, Seattle, W.T (photographer)
      Dates: Before 1889
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 14
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Sarah Isabelle Byles Ward (Mrs. D.B. Ward)
      Lothrop, Seattle, WA (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1911-1925
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 15
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Dillis B. Ward family

      Written on verso: Standing (L-R): Clarence, Maude. Sitting on bench: "Aunt Lizzie," Mrs. D.B. Ward, D.B. Ward, Kate. On floor: Agnes, Mabel (youngest)

      Dates: circa 1870s-1880s
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 16
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Mrs. D.B. Ward & five daughters
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 17
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Mrs. D.B. Ward & five daughters

      (L-R) Kate Bushnell, Maude Dickey, Lizzie Meany, Mrs. D.B. Ward, Mabel Pennington, Agnes Lively.

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 18
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: D.B. Ward and daughters Mabel (L) & Agnes standing in front of ship

      Written on verso: Sailing of theAustraliafor Skagway.

      This would be during the time of the Klondike Gold Rush.

      Dates: February 26, 1898
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 19
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Sarah Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Ward (Meany)

      Written on verso: S.E. Ward in her graduating dress.

      Dates: 1885
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 20
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Elizabeth Meany and her son, Mercer Meany
      McClaire, Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1894-1895
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 21
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Kate Ward (Knapp/Bushnell)
      Vail Brothers, Poughkeepsie, NY (photographer)

      Written on verso: "Kate Ward Dickey." Kate Ward, however, did not marry into the Dickey family.

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 22
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Maud Ward (Dickey)
      M.S. McClaire, Seattle, W.T (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1884-1885
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 23
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Maud Dickey
      The Rainier Studios, Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1891
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 24
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Maud Dickey and three friends
      La Roche & Co., Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1889-1890
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 25
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Agnes Ward
      Boyd, Seattle (photographer)

      (married Karl V. Lively)

      Dates: circa 1889-1905
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 26
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Mable Ward
      Boyd, Seattle (photographer)

      (married Brigadier General Carlos Alden Pennington)

      Dates: circa 1889-1905
      Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 27
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Clarence Ward
      Moore, Seattle, W.T (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1884-1885
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 28
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Clarence Ward
      McClaire, Seattle, W.T (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1887-1889
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 29
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Clarence Ward
      McClaire, Seattle, W.T (Photographer)
      Dates: circa 1887-1889
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 30
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Clarence Ward
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 31
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Clarence Ward
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 32
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: Charles Clarence Ward
      McBride & Anderson (Photographer)
      Dates: After 1932
      Container: Box folder:oversize OS3, Item 33
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: D.B. Ward's house, 1225 6th Ave. West, Seattle,WA.
      F. G. Rueter, Photo-Viewing Company (Photographer)
      Dates: 1907-08
      Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Item 34a
      Location: Ward Family
    • Description: D.B. Ward's residence, William Dickey possibly in front
      Dates: circa 1888
      Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Item 34b
      Location: Ward Family

  • Dickey Family

    • Description: Mable Dickey (W.A. Dickey's sister)
      Richardson, San Francisco, CA (Photographer)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/14, Item 35
      Location: Dickey Family
    • Description: Mable Dickey
      Horton Bros., Providence, R.I (Photographer)

      Written on photo: George E. Audrens [?]

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/14, Item 36
      Location: Dickey Family
    • Description: William A. Dickey
      The Curtis Studio, Seattle (Photographer)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Item 37
      Location: Dickey Family
    • Description: Frank Dickey
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Item 38
      Location: Dickey Family
    • Description: Dorothy Dickey
      Meriwether (Photographer)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Item 39
      Location: Dickey Family
    • Description: Dorothy and Hester Dickey
      James & Bushnell, Seattle (Photographer)
      Dates: circa 1904-1906
      Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Item 40
      Location: Dickey Family
    • Description: Dickey-Whalley children and mothers

      Written on verso: Whalley's backyard, 202 First Ave W. between Thomas & Harrison.

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Item 41
      Location: Dickey Family
    • Description: H. Dickey wearing Knight Templar regalia
      S. Piper, Manchester, N.H (Photographer)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Item 42
      Location: Dickey Family
    • Description: Hannah Andrews Dickey
      S. Piper, Manchester, N.H (Photographer)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Item 43
      Location: Dickey Family

  • Ward & Dickey family portrait

    • Description: Ward & Dickey family group

      Accompanying material lists those in photograph: L-R. 1. Mrs. Clarence Ward 2. Frank Dickey (knickerbockers) 3. Clarence Ward holding Betty 4. Mrs. W.A. Dickey, Duncan in front 5. Aunt Lizzie (Mrs. E.S. Meany) 6. Mercer Meany 7. Hester Dickey 8. Behind Hester-Sherman Bushnell 9. Sarah Proctor (Byles) 10. Aunt Kate-Kate Bushnell 11. Jim Bushnell 12. E.S. Meany 13. Ned Meany in front 14. Grandma Meany (?) 15. Aunt Agnes- Agnes Liveley (?) 16. Phil Liveley & Betty Liveley 17. Grandma Ward (Mrs. D.B. Ward) 18. Grandpa (D.B. Ward) 19. Dick Ward (in front) 20. Margaret Meany 21. Jimmie Liveley (in front) 22. Mabel Pennington 23. Front of [?] Priscilla and Alden Pennington 24. Dorothy Dickey 25. Dillas Knapp.

      Dates: 1909
      Container: Box folder:oversize OS3, Item 44
      Location: Ward & Dickey family portrait

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